The History of Arthur | PBS Rewind

We take a look at the history of our favorite aardvark and discuss his most memorable episodes
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Written By: Nicholas DeMarco of The Frensky Star

Narrated By: Guthrie Edson of The Frensky Star

Edited By: The2002Kid

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ERRORS:

Accidentally said "2001" instead of "2021" on the sentence "On July 13th 2021, he released the 3rd Episode"

The "L" is missing from the word "longest" on the sentence "Arthur is the longest-running kids animated series in history"

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[Kaydiva]

Whoever the librarian was that suggested the Arthur books to be a TV show to the producer I just want to say thankyou!!! I enjoyed this show as a kid and as a adult ne er grew out of it!

[plastickills]

So glad that someone finally made a documentary about Arthur. It is one of the most monumental children shows of all time and will live forever. It really is a shame there isn't more about this stuff and it's basically all compilation videos and "savage moments." Which is cool and all but it's just not this.

[joeybaseball]

Arthur was an outstanding show. It never got the hype franchises like Rugrats or SpongeBob SquarePants got. But that worked in it's favor, as it was a slow burn, that flew under the radar. Arthur is one of those IPs that you don't realize just how successful it was until you see it's brag sheet on paper, and you're like "holy shit!" A book series, a cartoon series, movies, video games, toys, DVDs, etc. There's even Arthur cookies. Arthur cookies! It was (and still is) a media empire.

[edwardo]

I’m glad grew up watching Arthur when I was younger along with other PBS Kids shows from the 90s, 2000s and Early 2010s

[aliciad]

As a 22 year old going to school to become a teacher, and growing up watching Arthur. I can’t wait to share the Arthur episodes with my students and my own children. I really miss Arthur.

[pepethefrog]

This will forever be one of my favorite childhood shows. It's taught to have be creative, driven and open minded!

[EthanAnania]

I remember watching Arthur on PBS Kids when I was a little kid. Such nostalgia memories!

[garycollins]

Hard to believe it’s been on 25 years, I remember in 1997 my 8th grade English and and homeroom teacher loved the show, so sometimes we’d watch episodes in class rather than book work.

But the first book I read was Arthur’s Eyes in the first grade in 1990 and that’s also the year I got my first glasses.

[jjc]

Just think, if Marc Brown didn't let the merchandising happen the show may well have only lasted one season despite its success. It's just amazing that Arthur was able to last 25 continuous years and garner multiple generations of fans. It went out with a bang as well with the All Grown Up finale.

[matthewbaduria]

It's one of my favorites, I watch it every day on PBS, and it never goes away.

[chanhjohnnguyen]

The entire PBS Kids Go block from the mid 2000’s is an entire gold mine of pbs shows

[flanthief]

Among my friends I'm known to go on long spiels about Arthur. It is my comfort show and can have it's childish moments but totally an enjoyable show for all

[coolchannelize]

This show gives me elementary school after school vibes I would watch it a lot as a kid back in the day 😭 I sometimes still watch it as a university student 😭

[forgottenmma]

This show will hold a special place in my heart.

[JohnAckerman]

I still remember watching Arthur every morning before school. It was such an awesome show, and I even have some tapes of Arthur as well.

[Bestboy]

I’m gonna miss Arthur, I been watching it ever since I was little

[hedgethewedge]

Arthur was a good show, I will never forget how it ended, and what it was.

[thefrenskystar]

Thank you to everyone for watching! I hope you all enjoy!

[autumn]

I remember watching Arthur everyday after school before I did my homework and ate dinner it was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid