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''Arthur'' is an animated
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television series for children ages 4 to 8, developed by Kathy Waugh for
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, and produced by
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. The show is set in the fictional U.S. city of Elwood City, and revolves around the lives of
Arthur Read Arthur Timothy Read is a fictional anthropomorphic aardvark created by American author Marc Brown. He is in the third grade and lives in the fictional city of Elwood City. Physical appearance Arthur is an anthropomorphic aardvark. In Brown's ...
, an
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aardvark The aardvark ( ; ''Orycteropus afer'') is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa. It is the only living species of the order Tubulidentata, although other prehistoric species and genera of Tubulidentata are known. Unlike ...
, his friends and family, and their daily interactions with each other. The television series is based on the ''Arthur'' book series written and illustrated by Marc Brown. WGBH Boston along with Montreal-based Cinar (now
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) began production of the animated series in 1994, and aired its first episode on October 7, 1996. During its 25-season run, the show has broadcast 253 half hour episodes. A pilot for the spin-off series ''
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'' aired in December 2003 as a season 8 episode of ''Arthur''. ''Postcards from Buster'' aired from October 11, 2004, to November 21, 2008; the series faced several years of hiatus, until a brief revival in February 2012, only to be cancelled after airing three unseen episodes that had been held over from the show's third season. In June 2018, it was announced that ''Arthur'' was renewed for four additional seasons, through its 25th season. It was subsequently announced on July 27, 2021, that the 25th season would be the final season. ''Arthur'' concluded its original run on
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on February 21, 2022. Despite concluding after 25 years, the show will continue to have new content on PBS Kids and on the video app. The series often deals with important issues families face such as
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, and
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. It also encourages reading and relationships with family and friends by explaining that people have different personalities and interests. It was the longest-running children's animated series in the U.S., and the second longest-running animated series in the U.S., behind Fox's ''
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''.


Setting

Arthur Read Arthur Timothy Read is a fictional anthropomorphic aardvark created by American author Marc Brown. He is in the third grade and lives in the fictional city of Elwood City. Physical appearance Arthur is an anthropomorphic aardvark. In Brown's ...
, the series' titular character, is an
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brown
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who lives in the fictional town of Elwood City. He is a third-grade student at Lakewood Elementary School. Arthur's family includes two home-working parents, his father David (a chef) and his mother Jane (an accountant), his two younger sisters, Dora Winifred (D.W.), who is in preschool, and Kate, who is still an infant, and his dog Pal. Arthur also has several friends who come from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, and he also occasionally meets with members of his extended family. Elwood City is portrayed as a largely suburban area which bears a strong resemblance to the Boston area; the TV series is partially produced by
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. There are also firm references to Brown's hometown of
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. Most notably, the local shopping mall in the TV show is called "Mill Creek Mall", a reference to
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. Brown himself stated that the series is influenced by his upbringing as a child in Erie, and specifically noted that Mr. Ratburn is based on a middle-school algebra teacher he had at Westlake Middle School.


Production


Development

In 1994, Marc Brown was approached by WGBH and PBS about the possibility of adapting the ''Arthur'' books into a television series. Brown was reluctant at first to become a part of a medium for which he had little respect, but soon agreed when he learned that the objective of the television series would be to use the powerful medium of television to encourage children to read books. Although the program is primarily written and produced by
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of
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, the production of the animation and voice acting are done in
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,
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,
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, and Hong Kong. The animation of the show was done at AKOM Production Company from season 1 to 11, then at Animation Services (HK) Ltd from season 12 to 15. The entire cast of ''Arthur'' lives in Montreal or Toronto, where Cookie Jar Entertainment's studios are located. The only segments of the show that are filmed outside Canada are the "A Word from Us Kids" interstitials, filmed at elementary schools or other educational sites in the Boston area. Beginning in Season 11, the "A Word From Us Kids" segment was replaced by a segment called "Postcards from You", where live action videos sent in by young viewers were spotlighted per episode, and then replaced with "A Word from Us Kids" in season 12. The segments are omitted from all airings outside the US. Marc Brown's children, Tolon, Eliza, and Tucker, are referenced in the show several times, just as they are in the ''Arthur'' book series. For example, the town's moving company is called "Tolon Moving", and everyday items such as cups or pencil sharpeners have the word "Eliza" printed on them. References to Cookie Jar Entertainment and WGBH also appear often on the show. In one episode, Francine and Buster are shown playing a
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game in which one team's players wear shirts in the
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' signature colors with Montreal-based Cinar's logo on them (Cinar was the predecessor to the Cookie Jar Entertainment) and the other team's players wear shirts in the
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' colors with Boston-based WGBH's sting logo on them. Subsequent episodes that involve hockey also depict players wearing these sweater designs. Also, in the episode "The Big Blow-Up" in Season 2, a racecar driver wears a jersey with "Cinar" written on it and a car with "WGBH" written on it. In the episode "Prove It" in Season 4, Brain introduces D.W. to science while watching a live-action episode of ''
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'', a science series also produced by WGBH. Brown's son Tolon, for whom Brown first invented the character of Arthur the Aardvark in a bedtime story, was the executive director of the show. In October 1999, Cinar was investigated for tax fraud. It was revealed that both the chairman Micheline Charest and president Ronald Weinberg invested $122 million (US) into Bahamian bank accounts without the board members' approval. Cinar had also paid American screenwriters for work while continuing to accept Canadian federal grants for content. However, ''Arthur'' itself was not involved in the scandal as it was publicly known to be co-produced with an American company. Head writers Joe Fallon and Ken Scarborough left around that time, but not because of the scandal; Fallon left about a year before the investigation began. Following the departures of Charest and Weinberg, former CBC and YTV executive Peter Moss took over Cinar, assuming Charest's former position on the show as an executive producer alongside WGBH's Carol Greenwald. By season 7, Moss had left Cinar to join
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as a development executive, and financial director Andrew Porporino took his place as executive producer. He was replaced by longtime producer Lesley Taylor in season 8. In the Season 14, the series began producing and airing episodes in 1080i HD. However, until October 15, 2012, in the U.S., the episodes still aired in 4:3 aspect ratio, with the left and right sides cropped out. They have since begun airing in 16:9 on October 15, 2012. Season 12 also marks the switching of animation studios from ''AKOM'' to ''ASHK''. Starting with season 16, the series was produced by 9 Story Entertainment (now
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) and airs in 16:9 aspect ratio. Alongside this change, 9 Story produced a re-mastered opening theme for the series in 16:9, and animation was moved in-house using
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. Season 19 was the last season to be produced by 9 Story, with Montreal-based-Oasis Animation taking over starting in season 20. In November 2018,
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(voice of Binky, Mr. Read, and Bailey) revealed that he has finished recording the final episodes in advance. Production of the final season was completed by the end of 2019. The series finale, "All Grown Up" featured Arthur's original voice actor,
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voicing his adult self.


Music

The TV show's reggae-style theme song, "Believe in Yourself", was written by Judy Henderson and Jerry de Villiers Jr. and was performed by
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. A remixed techno version of the song has been officially released on the
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and a shortened version has been played during the closing credits for the sixth season. The
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covered the song with the original instrumentals for the ending credits of television special ''Arthur: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll''. The original music score was produced by Ray Fabi. In season 2, the song "Crazy Bus", written and performed by then-head writer Joe Fallon, was introduced. It served as the alternate anthem of the television series. Cellist
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and jazz composer
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covered the song on the ending credits of the season 4 finale episode, "
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". When Joe Fallon left Arthur after season 4, the song was officially retired from the show. The show mentions to this on the TV special ''Arthur: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll'' when D.W. says, "Crazy Bus is for babies; I know a million better songs."


Guest stars

Many celebrity guest stars have appeared on the show, each providing the voice for their anthropomorphic animal counterpart, except for
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, who played as Francine's maternal grandmother.
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and Joan Rivers are the only guest stars to make more than one appearance on the series.


Cast and characters


Characters

Arthur's immediate family is the focus of the series, with most episodes involving Arthur, his younger sister D.W., their parents David and Jane, Baby Kate, and their dog, Pal. Arthur's closest friends include Buster, Francine, Muffy, Binky, Brain, and Sue Ellen, along with others such as Fern, Prunella, Jenna, and George as frequent supporting characters. The adults in ''Arthur'' play important roles: Mr. and Mrs. Read display a significant amount of stress from parenting, Arthur's friends' parents are shown struggling in middle-class jobs, and Mr. Ratburn endures the demands and expectations of teaching elementary school. Even in difficult, adult situations, these grown ups maintain a cheerful attitude. Arthur, D.W., and Kate also visit their paternal grandmother, Thora Read, and maternal grandfather, Grandpa Dave.


Voice cast

Unlike most animated television series, ''Arthur'' showcases a wide range of voice actors. While the majority of the main supporting characters such as Jane, David, Buster, Francine and Binky have been voiced by the same set of actors since the beginning of the series, many of the young characters including Arthur, D.W., Brain, the Tibble Twins, and James have each been voiced by several actors throughout the seasons due to the producers' choice to employ young male actors for these parts. * ''
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'' **
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(Seasons 1–5, "All Grown Up") **
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(Season 6) **
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(Seasons 7–8, season 6 redub (U.S. only)) **
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(Seasons 9–11) ** Dallas Jokic (Seasons 12–15) ** Drew Adkins (Seasons 16–17) ** William Healy (Seasons 18–19) ** Jacob Ursomarzo (Seasons 20–21) ** Roman Lutterotti (Season 22–25) * ''
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'' ** Michael Caloz (Seasons 1–3) **
Oliver Grainger Oliver Grainger (born May 9, 1988) is a Canadian former child voice actor. Grainger is the voice actor for Dongwa, Sagwa's older brother, on ''Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat''. He also is the voice actor of D.W. Read on ''Arthur'' between Seas ...
(Seasons 4–6) **
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(Seasons 7–10) ** Robert Naylor (Seasons 11–15) **
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(Seasons 16–17) ** Andrew Dayton (Seasons 18–19) ** Christian Distefano (Seasons 20–21) ** Ethan Pugiotto (Season 22–25) **
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("All Grown Up") * ''
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(as "Danny Brochu" from seasons 1–4) * ''Francine'' **
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(as "Jodie Lynn Resther" from season 20–25) * ''Muffy'' **
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* ''Brain (Alan)'' ** Luke Reid (Seasons 1–4) **
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(Seasons 5–6) ** Alex Hood (Seasons 7–9) ** Paul-Stuart Brown (Seasons 9–11) **
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(Seasons 12–15) ** Siam Yu (Seasons 16–19) ** Max Friedman-Cole (Season 20–21) ** Evan Blaylock (Season 22–25) *'' Binky/Mr. Read/Bailey'' **
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* ''Mrs. Read'' ** Sonja Ball * ''Mr. Ratburn/Bionic Bunny'' **
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* ''Grandma Thora'' ** Joanna Noyes * ''Grandpa Dave/Mr. Crosswire'' ** A. J. Henderson * ''Prunella'' ** Tamar Koslov * ''Sue Ellen'' ** Patricia Rodriguez (Seasons 1–8) ** Jessie Kardos (Seasons 9–25) * ''Tommy Tibble'' ** Jonathan Koensgen (Seasons 1–6) ** Aaron Grunfeld (Seasons 7–8) ** Tyler Brody-Stein (Season 9) ** Ryan Tilson (Seasons 10–11) ** Jake Roseman (Seasons 12–13) ** Jake Sim (Seasons 14–25) * ''Timmy Tibble'' ** Ricky Mabe (Seasons 1–5) ** Samuel Holden (Seasons 6–9) ** Tyler Brody-Stein (Seasons 10–11) ** Chris Lortie (Seasons 12–13) **
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(Seasons 14–15) **
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(Seasons 16–25) * ''Emily'' **
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(Seasons 1–8) **
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(Season 9–25) * ''Nadine'' ** Hayley Reynolds * ''Fern'' **
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* ''George'' ** Mitchell David Rothpan (Seasons 1–7) ** Evan Smirnow (Season 8) **
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(Seasons 9–25) * ''Ladonna'' ** Krystal Meadows * ''Molly'' ** Maggie Castle * ''Jenna'' ** Brigid Tierney * ''Catherine'' ** Patricia Rodriguez (Seasons 1–7) ** Alexina Cowan (Seasons 8–15) ** Robyn Thaler (Season 16–25) * ''James'' ** Nicholas Wheeler-Hughes (Seasons 1–13) ** London Angelis (Seasons 14–15) ** John Flemming (Seasons 16–17) ** Christian Distefano (Seasons 18–25) * ''Bud Compson/Cisely Compson/Kara'' **
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*''Mrs. MacGrady'' **
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* ''Rubella'' ** Eramelinda Boquer * ''Mr. Haney/Mr. Marco'' ** Walter Massey * ''Oliver Frensky'' **
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* ''Mr. Morris'' ** Al Gravelle * ''Mrs. Barnes'' ** Jane Wheeler * ''Bitzi Baxter'' **
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* ''Paige Turner'' ** Katie Hutchison * ''Miss Woods'' **
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* ''Baby Kate'' ** Tracy Braunstein * ''Pal'' ** Simon Peacock * ''Nemo'' **
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* ''Patrick'' ** Marcel Jeanin * ''Slink/Rafi'' **
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Celebrity guests

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– as himself on the episode "
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". *
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– as himself in a surprise visit to Elwood City in the episode "
Arthur Meets Mister Rogers The second season of the television series ''Arthur'' was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from October 20, 1997 to April 17, 1998 and contains 20 episodes. This season, like seasons 1 and 3, was released on DVD in Europe only; du ...
". *
Art Garfunkel Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, poet, and actor. He is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Highlights of Garfunkel's solo music career include one top-10 ...
– as "the singing moose" in the episode "
The Ballad of Buster Baxter The 3rd season of the television series ''Arthur (TV series), Arthur'' was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from November 16, 1998 to January 1, 1999 and contains 15 episodes. This season, like seasons 1 and 2, was released on DVD ...
". *
Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma (''Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...
– as Redman's rival in "
My Music Rules The 4th season of the television series ''Arthur'' was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from October 4 to 15, 1999 and contains 10 episodes. This is the last season with Luke Reid voicing Brain. Oliver Grainger has replaced Michae ...
". *
Joshua Redman Joshua Redman (born February 1, 1969) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He is the son of jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman (1931–2006). Life and career Joshua Redman was born in Berkeley, California, to jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman ...
– as himself as Francine's uncle in "
My Music Rules The 4th season of the television series ''Arthur'' was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from October 4 to 15, 1999 and contains 10 episodes. This is the last season with Luke Reid voicing Brain. Oliver Grainger has replaced Michae ...
" *
Alex Trebek George Alexander Trebek (; July 22, 1940 – November 8, 2020) was a Canadian-American game show host and television personality. He is best known for hosting the syndicated general knowledge quiz game show ''Jeopardy!'' for 37 season ...
– as "Alex Lebek", a game show host, in " Arthur and the Big Riddle". *
Michelle Kwan Michelle Wingshan Kwan (born July 7, 1980) is a retired competitive figure skater and diplomat serving as United States Ambassador to Belize. In figure skating Kwan is a two-time Olympic medalist (silver in 1998, bronze in 2002), a five-time W ...
– as herself, teaching Francine how to skate in "
The Good Sport The 6th season of the television series ''Arthur (TV series), Arthur'' was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States on September 24 to November 26, 2001 and contains 10 episodes. A shortened version of the remix of the opening theme son ...
". *
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– as themselves in the hour-long special, "Arthur - It's Only Rock 'N' Roll". *
Larry King Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger; November 19, 1933 – January 23, 2021) was an American television and radio host, whose awards included 2 Peabodys The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program ...
– interviews the Arthur characters during the interstitial on PBS's telecasts. *
Tom and Ray Magliozzi Thomas Louis Magliozzi (June 28, 1937 – November 3, 2014) and his brother Raymond Francis Magliozzi (born March 30, 1949) were the co-hosts of NPR's weekly radio show ''Car Talk'', where they were known as "Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothe ...
– in the episode "
Pick a Car, Any Car The 7th season of the television series ''Arthur'' was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from October 8 to November 29, 2002 and contains 10 episodes. The special " Arthur, It's Only Rock 'N' Roll" served as the premiere of this sea ...
" as Click and Clack from the "Car Talk" radio show. *
Arthur Ganson Arthur Ganson (born 1955) is a kinetic sculptor. He makes mechanical art demonstrations and Rube Goldberg machines with existential themes. His moving sculptures have been exhibited at a number of science museums and art galleries. Ganson's wo ...
– as himself in the episode "
Muffy's Art Attack The 8th season of the television series ''Arthur'' was originally broadcast on PBS Kids in the United States from September 15 to December 26, 2003 and contains 10 episodes. This is the last season with Mark Rendall and Patricia Rodriguez voicing ...
". *
Koko Taylor Koko Taylor (born Cora Anna Walton, September 28, 1928 – June 3, 2009) was an American singer whose style encompassed Chicago blues, electric blues, rhythm and blues and soul blues. Sometimes called "The Queen of the Blues", she was known for ...
– as herself in "
Big Horns George The 8th season of the television series ''Arthur (TV series), Arthur'' was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from September 15 to December 26, 2003 and contains 10 episodes. This is the last season with Mark Rendall and Patricia Rod ...
". *
Taj Mahal The Taj Mahal (; ) is an Islamic ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1631 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan () to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mu ...
– as himself who helps George write music in "
Big Horns George The 8th season of the television series ''Arthur (TV series), Arthur'' was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from September 15 to December 26, 2003 and contains 10 episodes. This is the last season with Mark Rendall and Patricia Rod ...
". * Frank Gehry – as an architect who helps the gang build the new treehouse in "Castles in the Sky". * Rod Gilfry, Rodney Gilfry – as a player in the episode "Lights, Camera... Opera!" * Johnny Damon – as a player for the Elwood City Grebes. * Édgar Rentería – as a player in "The Curse of the Grebes". * Mike Timlin – as a player in "The Curse of the Grebes". * Ming Tsai – as a judge for a cooking contest at the Lakewood Elementary school in "What's Cooking?". * Matt Damon – as himself in "The Making of Arthur". *
Lance Armstrong Lance Edward Armstrong (''né'' Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist. Regarded as a sports icon for winning the Tour de France seven consecutive times from 1999 Tour de ...
– as himself to help Francine deal with cancer on "The Great MacGrady". Also appears on "Binky vs. Binky" and "Room to Ride". All episodes featuring him were pulled from the air because of Armstrong's Lance Armstrong doping case, doping case, and "The Great MacGrady" was later remade with character Uncle Slam replacing him. *
Joan Rivers Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014), known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, producer, writer and television host. She was noted for her blunt, often controversial comedic persona—heavi ...
– as Francine's grandmother, in both season 12's "Is That Kosher?" and season 15's "Grandpa Dave's Memory Album". * Philip Seymour Hoffman – in "No Acting Please" as Will Toffman. * Neil Gaiman – in "Falafelosophy" as himself. * Michael Fincke – as himself in "Buster Spaces Out;" credited as Mike Fincke. * Alan Cumming – as Sebastian Winkleplotz in "Show Off". * Idina Menzel – as Dr. Paula in "Arthur (season 18), Shelter from the Storm". * B. J. Novak – as Mike "MC" Cramp in "The Last Day (Arthur), The Last Day". * John Lewis – as himself in "Arthur Takes a Stand". * Jane Lynch – as Mr. Ratburn's older sister Patty Nelson in "Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone". * R. L. Stine – as Bob Baxter in "Arthur (season 23), Fright Night". * Kevin Sampson (artist), Kevin Sampson – as himself in "George Scraps His Sculpture". * Marc Brown – as himself in "Arthur (season 25), All Grown Up".


Episodes

Each episode of ''Arthur'' ran for half an hour. Episodes consisted of two completely self-contained 11-minute stories. The episodes usually start off with one of the characters (usually Arthur) speaking towards the audience about a situation within the story followed by the title card. The episodes were separated by a one-to-two-minute live action interstitial program, interstitial called "And Now a Word from Us Kids" (or, in some cases, a variation of that title more specific to its contents). The live action segments almost always featured children from elementary schools (generally in the Boston area) presenting subjects they are currently learning about or projects they have been working on in their classes (the subjects covered here relate to the first cartoon segment in the half-hour). This segment was seen exclusively on Public Broadcasting Service, PBS telecasts of the show, filling space otherwise used for commercials, which are generally forbidden on PBS. There was also a segment that sometimes appears at the end of the second 11-minute episode called "And Now a Word from Marc Brown" where he shows the viewers how to draw various main characters from the show. In 2007, the show began encouraging viewers to send in "video postcards" (similar to those used in the spin-off show ''
Postcards from Buster ''Postcards from Buster'' is a live-action/animated children's television series that originally aired on PBS. It is a spin-off of the ''Arthur'' TV series. The show stars Arthur's best friend, 8-year-old anthropomorphic rabbit Buster Baxter. ...
''), which were shown in the interstitials of episodes until the middle of Season 12. Beginning with Episode 151, the show reverted back to "And Now a Word from Us Kids". Set in a realistic environment (as opposed to the more fantastical settings prominently featured in children's programming), certain stories (often in the second half of the episode) may not necessarily focus on the titular protagonist's point of view and may instead detail the experiences and viewpoints of surrounding characters, usually Arthur's classmates. Often such episodes covered those characters handling situations often faced by children in actuality as a means of guiding audiences through those situations, including bed-wetting,
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, or
dyslexia Dyslexia, also known until the 1960s as word blindness, is a disorder characterized by reading below the expected level for one's age. Different people are affected to different degrees. Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, r ...
, and Arthur's character sometimes may see a reduced role (in some episodes, Arthur himself does not appear in the story at all). Stories in later seasons dealt with more serious issues or subjects, such as cancer,
autism spectrum disorder The autism spectrum, often referred to as just autism or in the context of a professional diagnosis autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or autism spectrum condition (ASC), is a neurodevelopmental disorder, neurodevelopmental condition (or conditions) ...
, or even same-sex marriage, although numerous episodes simply addressed topics including childhood fears, trends, or fantasies. Occasionally, some episodes may not offer educational value. In spite of the realistically designed environment, the series showcased the fantasies or daydreams of a few characters on a number of occasions, and a few episodes feature supernatural elements such as ghosts or secret situations unknown to other characters such as Kate and Pal's friendship. In May 2019, Alabama Public Television withheld the airing of "Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone", where Arthur's teacher, Mr. Ratburn, married another man named Patrick. The station had also declined to broadcast a 2005 episode of the spin-off show, ''Postcards from Buster'', where a friend had two mothers.


Franchise


Television

In addition to the television series, the ''Arthur'' franchise has spawned seven hour-long films, some of which used to be often run on PBS during pledge drives. An additional movie, ''Arthur's Missing Pal'', was produced by Mainframe Entertainment and was the first animated ''Arthur'' project to make use of 3D computer graphics, 3-D computer-generated imagery. ''Arthur''s success has also led to the spin-off series ''
Postcards from Buster ''Postcards from Buster'' is a live-action/animated children's television series that originally aired on PBS. It is a spin-off of the ''Arthur'' TV series. The show stars Arthur's best friend, 8-year-old anthropomorphic rabbit Buster Baxter. ...
''. ''Postcards from Buster'' premiered on October 11, 2004, with several returning characters, and aired its final three episodes in 2012.


Website

The program's official website has been given a rating of 5/5 stars at website ''Common Sense Media'', and has been advised for viewers 5 and up. The site described the show as being "one of the Internet's best offerings for kids". It also advised that "there are links to PBS sponsors but other than that, there is no commercial marketing to kids." The review added, "The games are actually teaching your kids something for example ''The Music Box'' combines music and learning, so much so that kids won't even realize that they're figuring out space relations, hand–eye coordination, and mousing skills as they jam along to upbeat tunes."


Music albums

''Arthur'' has released three music albums. The first album, ''Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD'', contained songs that were played throughout the TV show and original songs for the album. The second album, ''Arthur's Perfect Christmas'', contained songs that were played during the television film of the same title. The third album, ''Arthur's Really Rockin' Music Mix'', contained only original songs, including a remix of the theme song which was played on the credits of season 6 as a promotion for the album.


ActiMates

In 1998, both Arthur and D.W. were made into Microsoft ActiMates, refined toy dolls who could interact with children, with each other, with certain computer software and the ''Arthur'' website, and also with the ''Arthur'' television show and videos. Microsoft discontinued the ActiMates line shortly before season 5 aired, most possibly due to a lawsuit pertaining to patent infringement and the fact that sales were dropping. It has been noted that post-season 4 episodes of ''Arthur'' have not included any ActiMates code. Newer videos and DVD releases of the show does not carry ActiMates code either. The enhancements on the website were removed when the site was redesigned in 2002 and thus the ActiMates would not interact with the website. Likewise, re-releases of the ActiMates software by Creative Wonders do not interact with the ActiMates because the library that controls the PC Pack has been replaced with a dummy library file.


Video games


Home media releases

Selected episodes were distributed on VHS and DVD by Random House. Each tape had two or three episodes dealing with similar subjects. WGBH Home Video also released two Region 1 ''Arthur'' season sets; they released Season 10 on March 25, 2008, and Season 11 was released on September 2, 2008. Seasons 10–19 are available to download on the iTunes Store and Amazon.com. The first three seasons were released over four collections (the second season was split into two volumes) on DVD in Europe only.


Broadcast

''Arthur'' became one of the highest-rated shows on PBS Kids for several years since its debut, averaging almost 10 million viewers weekly in the U.S. It is aired in a total of 83 countries, including on: PBS in the United States; Télévision de Radio-Canada, Radio-Canada, Knowledge Network, TVOntario, KSPS-TV, and CBC Television, CBC in Canada; several Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC channels in Australia; and BBC One/CBBC (TV channel), CBBC/CBeebies in the UK and PBS Kids in South Africa.


Reception


Awards

The series has been acknowledged with the Peabody Award, George Foster Peabody Award and four Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Children's Animated Program. In 2002, ''TV Guide'' ranked Arthur Read No. 26 on its list of the "50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time". The show has also won a BAFTA and was nominated for 17 Daytime Emmys.


Critical response

Ostrov, Gentile, and Crick (2006) write that "our viewing of many educational programs such as ''Arthur'' suggests that relational aggression is modeled at a fairly high rate. For example, children may be shown excluding and ostracizing friends or peers on the playground as part of the TV show." (p. 622). They go on to theorize that preschoolers, due to their developmental stage, may have a hard time fully understanding conflict resolution, which typically occurs at the very end of a show. Shows like ''Arthur'' typically spend most of their time building up conflicts and this may impact the type of learning that is occurring while watching shows. Moreover, they cite research suggesting that the impacts of modeling relational aggression may be especially strong for girls. This research was elaborated on in the ''New York Times'' best-selling book on parenting ''NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children'' by Bronson and Merryman (2009). Their punch line is: "Essentially, Ostrov had just found that ''Arthur'' is more dangerous for children than ''Power Rangers''" (p. 181). About.com gave the show a rating of 4.5 stars. The series described ''Arthur'' assets:
The ''Arthur'' series has won several awards including the George Foster Peabody, and for good reason. ''Arthur'' presents issues and situations kids can relate to, and teaches positive behaviors and responses to these issues in a genuine and comical way. The series is fun and engaging to the target age group. Kids will relate to the storylines and characters, and will therefore give thought to the responses the characters demonstrate and outcome of those responses. Because "Arthur" presents real childhood issues, the show contains some imitative behavior such as name calling or bickering, much like children experience in their own lives. Kids might hear words like "sissy" or "stupid" and see Arthur and D.W. argue. Should children mimic some of these phrases or tactics, the show provides a good springboard for parents to talk about the issues with their children and point out the importance of considering others' feelings.
The review continued by citing many ways in which children could extract more from the series, for example by encouraging kids to write stories based on their own families (in much the same way ''Arthur'' was first realised) or by Kim Brown, Marc Brown's sister, teaching kids to draw Arthur while on tour. Jillian Fabiano of ''E! News'' wrote that the show's ending "has taught kindness, empathy and inclusion for 25 years."


In popular culture

''Arthur'' regularly incorporates Parody, parodies of and references to popular culture, pop culture including (but not limited to) ''South Park'', ''Jeopardy!'', ''The Waltons'', ''Dexter's Laboratory'', ''The Sopranos'', ''Beavis and Butt-Head'', the Indiana Jones films, the James Bond films, ''The Adventures of Tintin'', ''Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist'', ''The Jerry Springer Show'', ''The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah'', ''Law & Order'', ''Charlie Rose'', ''Antiques Roadshow (U.S. TV series), Antiques Roadshow'', ''Mystery!'', ''The Twilight Zone'', Alfred Hitchcock's ''The Birds (film), The Birds'', ''Macbeth'', ''Planet of the Apes (1968 film), Planet of the Apes'', ''The Matrix'', ''Star Wars'', ''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'', ''The Wizard of Oz (1939 film), The Wizard of Oz'', ''Jaws (film), Jaws'', ''That '70s Show'', ''Harry Potter'', ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians'', ''This Old House'', ''The Happy Hollisters'', ''Percy Jackson & the Olympians'', ''High School Musical (franchise), High School Musical'', Pirates of the Caribbean (film series), ''Pirates of the Caribbean'', and ''The Chronicles of Narnia''. In July 2014, Chance the Rapper released his interpretation of the theme song of the series called "Wonderful Everyday: Arthur" with Wyclef Jean and Jessie Ware. In and leading up to July 2016, ''Arthur'' regained attention from users of Black Twitter, where stills from the series have become explicit and comedic internet memes, often using an image of Arthur's clenched fist from the episode "Arthur's Big Hit".
WGBH WGBH may refer to: * WGBH Educational Foundation, based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States ** WGBH (FM), a public radio station at Boston, Massachusetts on 89.7 MHz owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation ** WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), ...
said, "We appreciate the memes that have been created and shared in good fun, we are, however, disappointed by the few that are outside of good taste." In July 2020, YouTuber Lilly Singh created a parody of the Arthur Theme Song called "Arthur Theme Song (2020 Version)", in which the lyrics satirise COVID-19 pandemic, the nature of 2020.


Discography


Albums

* "Arthur TV soundtracks#Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape), ''The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape)''" (1998) * "Arthur TV soundtracks#Arthur's Perfect Christmas, ''Arthur's Perfect Christmas''" (2000) * "Arthur TV soundtracks#Arthur's Really Rockin' Music Mix, ''Arthur's Really Rockin' Music Mix''" (2001)


Singles

* "''Boogie Woogie Christmas''" (2000)


References


External links


PBS Kids: Official Site
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