Feb
21st
2022
The End of an Era (for children's tv) · 11:16am Feb 21st, 2022
At some point today, the final 4 episodes of the tv series Arthur will Aire on tv and be available on YouTube. Yes you read that correctly people. The. LAST. 4. EPISODES. EVER!! This will be considered the 25th season of the show. Arthur started airing towards the end of 1996 and continued for 25 years, 4 months and 2 weeks. That's, rather literally, the LONGEST running children's animated series in U.S. history! And in a few hours, it'll be over. No more than reruns to pass the time. At least we can say it was fun growing up! Let's raise a cheer to a staple of many childhoods! To Arthur!☕️
(Arthur : 10/07/1996-02/21/2022)
Huh, I didn't even know it was still airing.
I remember having mixed feelings on it as a kid - on one hand, it was fairly enjoyable and I learnt a good bit from it (what 'fasting' means for example), on the other, I remember being disturbed by most of the character designs and not understanding what animals most of them were supposed to be. Then again, I was creeped out and disturbed by almost everything when I was a little kid, so that's not exactly saying much.
I enjoyed it a good bit though. It's one of the ones I've actually maintained a fairly positive opinion of over time, unlike some of my other childhood shows that I now look back at with a sour taste in my mouth.
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Appropriate response. Not many shows can boast the amount of wholesomeness and slight "educational" values that Arthur has for over 2 and a half decades.
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As a kid I didn't know exactly what The Chipmunks were supposed to be, either. I concluded they were deformed kids who were abandoned by their parents (hey--happens in fairy tales all the time) and then adopted by Dave Seville, who discovered their musical talents and made them into a novelty act. Happy ending!
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Oddly enough, I drew the same conclusion as a kid...then that movie from 2007 happened and I just got completely confused again.
R.I.P., My childhood.
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Will post the final episode in a bit.
I think it's really great that the show's finally coming to an end.
I loved "Arthur" as a kid, but once they switched the animation style to Adobe Flash...well, to me it was really jumping the shark.
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While I have to agree there, there was a simple reason behind that. Much like a lot of shows that abruptly switched to Adobe Flash, the previous software was simply too outdated to continue the demanding production orders. So, while definitely throwing one for a loop, it still retains the charm and youthful willfulness that made us love it as kids (psst: about 2 hours ago, I posted the finale).
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Of course.
Other than that, most of the stories that the Adobe Flash-episodes had weren't as impactful as their predecessors. At least, in my opinion.
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I'd have to agree there. However the one episode that truly takes the cake as far as "Why?" goes, is "The Great MacGrady" from season 13 (originally). See they actually released that episode twice!