"Arthur" (1996) TV series 1996-????

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Debra Toffan

Writers:

Cusi Cram (writer) (episode)
Peter Egan (writer)
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

Genre:

Animation | Family | Comedy | Fantasy

Plot:

The adventures of 8-year-old Aardvark Arthur Read. When he's not at home being hounded by his obnoxious...

Plot Keywords:

Best Friend | Friend | Aardvark | Mother Son Relationship | Friendship

Awards:

8 wins & 21 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 12	9:00 AM	PBS	It's a No-Brainer; The Shore Thing	#5.3
Mon. July 13	4:00 PM	PBS	The Last of Mary Moo Cow; Bitzi's Beau	#5.8

Cast

Cameron Ansell	...	Arthur Timothy Read / ... (30 episodes, 2004-2007)
Daniel Brochu	...	Buster Baxter (22 episodes, 1996-2006)
Michael Yarmush	...	Arthur Timothy Read (19 episodes, 1996-2001)
Bruce Dinsmore	...	David Read; Binky Barnes / ... (18 episodes, 1996-2006)
Jodie Resther	...	Francine Alice Frensky (18 episodes, 1996-2006)
Arthur Holden	...	Emil Nigel Ratburn III (17 episodes, 1996-2006)
Tamar Kozlov	...	Prunella / ... (17 episodes, 1996-2006)
Holly G. Frankel	...	Fern Walters (17 episodes, 1996-2006)
Melissa Altro	...	Mary Alice Crosswire (16 episodes, 1996-2006)
Bronwen Mantel	...	Mrs. Sarah MacGrady (16 episodes, 1996-2006)
Patricia Rodriguez	...	Sue Ellen Armstrong (16 episodes, 1996-2003)
Vanessa Lengies	...	Emily (16 episodes, 1996-2006)
Ellen David	...	Bitzi Baxter (16 episodes, 1997-2006)
Sonja Ball	...	Jane Read (15 episodes, 1996-2006)
Walter Massey	...	Principal Herbert Haney (15 episodes, 1996-2006)
Joanna Noyes	...	Grandma Thora Read (15 episodes, 1996-2006)
A.J. Henderson	...	Grandpa Dave; Ed Crosswire (15 episodes, 1996-2006)
Kate Hutchison	...	Paige Turner (15 episodes, 1996-2006)
Hayley Reynolds	...	Nadine (15 episodes, 1996-2006)
Eleanor Noble	...	George / ... (15 episodes, 1997-2006)
Mark Camacho	...	Oliver Frensky (15 episodes, 1996-2006)
Maggie Castle	...	Molly (14 episodes, 1997-2006)
Harald Winter	...	Patron (14 episodes, 1997-2006)
Robert Naylor	...	Dora Winifred 'D.W.' Read / ... (14 episodes, 2007-2009)

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Series Directed by
Greg Bailey		(8 episodes, 1996-2005)
Debra Toffan		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Allan Neuwirth		(2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Stephanie Simpson		(unknown episodes, 2003)
Cusi Cram		(unknown episodes)
Peter Egan		(unknown episodes)
Joe Fallon		(unknown episodes)
Peter K. Hirsch		(unknown episodes)
Michelle Lamoreaux		(unknown episodes)
Joseph Purdy		(unknown episodes)
Nick Raposo		(unknown episodes)
Judy Rothman Rofé		(unknown episodes)
Ken Scarborough		(unknown episodes)
Dietrich Smith		(unknown episodes)
Matt Steinglass		(unknown episodes)
Terence Taylor		(unknown episodes)
Mathayu Warren-Lane		(unknown episodes)
Kathy Waugh		(unknown episodes)
Sandra Willard		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Tolon Brown	....	producer (30 episodes, 2005-2008)
Danielle Gillis	....	associate producer (3 episodes, 2007)
Geoff Adams	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Greg Bailey	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Marc Brown	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Micheline Charest	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Diane Dallaire	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Jacqui Deegan	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Carol Greenwald	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Paul Higgins	....	coordinating producer (unknown episodes)
Cassandra Schafhausen	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Lesley Taylor	....	line producer (unknown episodes)
Toper Taylor	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Pierre Valette	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Ronald A. Weinberg	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Judith Henderson		(30 episodes, 1996-1997)
Raymond C. Fabi		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Nathalie Rossin		(27 episodes, 1996-2005)
Kelly Kincaid		(6 episodes, 2006-2007)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert Waldren	....	assistant director (1 episode, 2000)

Series Art Department
John Pagan	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1996)
Norm Roen	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1996)
Wayne Millett	....	design supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Louis Collin	....	supervising sound editor (154 episodes, 1996-2009)
Benoît Coaillier	....	sound re-recording mixer (86 episodes, 1997-2003)
Marie-Pierre Grenier	....	foley assistant (44 episodes, 1996-2005)
François Arbour	....	dialogue recordist (44 episodes, 1996-2003)
Kelly Kincaid	....	dialogue editor (16 episodes, 1997-2007)
Alain Roy	....	sound re-recording mixer (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Mario Choquette	....	sound effects editor (6 episodes, 2002-2004)
Henry Godding Jr.	....	dialogue recordist (unknown episodes)
Philippe Pelletier	....	second re-recording engineer (unknown episodes)
Jean Christophe Verbert	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Sebastian Grunstra	....	animation timing director (2 episodes, 2000-2007)
Paula Irvine	....	lip assignment (2 episodes, 2000-2007)
Al Jeffery	....	animation timing director (2 episodes, 2000-2007)
Dev Ramsaran	....	animation timing director (2 episodes, 2000-2007)
Rich Morris	....	character designer (unknown episodes)
Chi Chung Tse	....	animation layout artist (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Judith Henderson	....	composer: theme music (30 episodes, 1996-1997)

Series Other crew
Ken Scarborough	....	story editor (75 episodes, 1996-1999)
Andrew Gryn	....	talent coordinator (unknown episodes)
Debra Toffan	....	voice director (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• CINAR (????-????)
• Cookie Jar Entertainment
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
• WGBH

Distributors

• Amazonia Films (2005-2008) (Venezuela) (TV)
• Club Super 3 (1999) (Spain) (TV)
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
• Televisión Española (TVE) (1999) (Spain) (TV)

Other Companies

• Akom Production Company  animation
• Arthur Vining Davis Foundations  funding
• Baby Gap  sponsoring
• Chuck E. Cheese's  funding
• Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)  funding
• Kraft Foods Inc.  funding
• LEGO  sponsoring (as Lego Group)
• Libby's Juicy Juice  sponsoring
• National Endowment for Children's Educational Television  funding
• Polaroid  sponsoring
• Post Cereals  sponsoring
• U.S. Department of Education  funding

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Malaysia:U | UK:U | USA:TV-Y

Company:

CINAR

Trivia:

Arthur has bunny slippers, and his best friend, Buster, has aardvark slippers.

Goofs:

Continuity: In "D.W.'s Baby", when D.W. is playing with her toy truck on the floor, it's brown, but when she offers it to Baby Kate, it's blue.

Quotes:

D.W.: [seeing power go out all over the city] Daddy! The town is exploding and it's very pretty.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Lonesome Jim (2005)

Soundtrack:

Arthur Theme Song

Very good

Arthur is a very good animated show. Based on Marc Brown's wildly popular series of books for children, Arthur - a third-grader in an aardvark suit - and his anthromorphic family and friends attempt to make sense of one another and the world in general. Arthur has a pre-school sister, D.W., who just for fun annoys him. Very believable, and very good if your child is 4 to 8 years old. Grade A