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"The Arthur Podcast" is a Podcast Featuring Arthur Read. It will be released October 20th. New podcast episodes are scheduled to be released weekly on Thursdays throughout the fall of 2022. The Arthur Podcast is available to stream on the Arthur PBS website the PBS KIDS Video app, the Arthur YouTube channel, and most major audio streaming platforms, such as Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. The podcast is produced by (W)GBH Kids and Gen-Z Media, and distributed by PBS KIDS and PRX. Each podcast episode features Arthur retelling the events of a classic Arthur television episode, with commentary from his friends and family. It also includes an interactive segment that incorporates listener-submitted audio clips from kids, responding to questions posed by Arthur regarding topics that relate to kids' everyday life and challenges.[1]

Plot[edit]

  • Trailer: Arthur is getting ready to start his new podcast. He has his recording equipment set up in his bedroom, but D.W. is curious and eager to interrupt. She wants to make the show all about her instead. Arthur explains that the podcast will be about his friends and family.
  • Spelling Trubble: Arthur is surprised when he and Brain are chosen to represent Mr. Ratburn’s class in the school-wide spellathon. Arthur didn’t study! How will he be able to compete against the smartest kid in the school and last year’s reigning champ?
  • Scare-Your-Pants-Off: When a group called “Parents Against Weird Stories” try to ban the “Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club” books, it’s up to Arthur and his friends to save their favorite book series!
  • Buster's Secret Admirer: Buster receives a box of chocolates in the mail. Who could they be from? He’ll need Arthur’s help to discover who his secret admirer is.
  • Snow Biz: It’s snowing in Elwood City, and Arthur’s new shoveling business is booming…that is, until Buster tries to get in on the action. Now the friends must compete to be the best shoveler on the block!
  • Arthur's New Baby: Arthur is not excited when his parents announce that they’ll be having another baby. One little sister is more than enough! Will he be able to win Baby Kate over, or will he have another D.W. to contend with?
  • Locked In The Libary: Francine is upset with Arthur and refuses to speak to him. Being in a fight with your best friend is hard enough, but things take a turn for the worst when they both get locked inside the Elwood City Library for the weekend!
  • Long Dull Winter: When Arthur and his friends catch a case of the winter blues, they decide that having a holiday to celebrate is the only way to cure it. Since there are no major holidays coming up, they take it upon themselves to create a brand new one!
  • Crunch Cereal: Arthur is determined to win the new Crunch Cereal Jingle contest! All he needs is a band…and lyrics…and a melody.
  • Arthurs Pet Business: To prove to his parents that he’s responsible enough to have a dog of his own, Arthur creates his own pet sitting business. But managing all these pets turns out to be harder than he bargained for!
  • The World Record: Arthur and his friends want to break a world record, but can’t seem to agree on which record to break!
  • D.W.'s Very Bad Mood: D.W. is acting even crankier than usual, and it’s up to Arthur and Francine to get to the bottom of what’s causing her bad mood.
  • StayCation: Mr. and Mrs. Read have to cancel their vacation when they can’t find a babysitter for Arthur, D.W., and Baby Kate. To help cheer their parents up, the kids plan a staycation for them in their own backyard.
  • Lend Me Your Ear: Mr. Ratburn is acting strangely, and Arthur, Buster, and Brain are worried. The kids work together to get to the bottom of Mr. Ratburn’s odd behavior!
  • Speak Up, Francine: After discovering that the local creek is polluted, Francine is determined to get the word out during Elwood City’s Earth Day Rally. But will her fear of public speaking get in her way?
  • Desk Wars: It’s the hottest school day of the year and tempers are even hotter. The tension comes to a head when Mr. Ratburn moves Brain and Arthur away from their usual desks and sets off the most dramatic desk war in third grade history!
  • The Case Of the Girl with the Long Face: Fern has been feeling down, but none of her friends know why! Buster Baxter, private eye, is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery.
  • Arthur's New Old Vacation: Arthur’s family goes on the same summer vacation every year to Codpocket Lake. But this year, Arthur wants to go to the pirate-themed amusement park: Dead Man’s Cove. Can he convince his family to change up their usual vacation destination?
  • Arthur's Big Meltdown: Arthur is usually pretty calm, but even the most mild-mannered kid gets upset sometimes! When his friends ruin his brand new pair of sneakers, Arthur flips out. Will he be able to salvage his reputation—and his friendships?
  • How the Cookie Crumbles: Muffy is determined to win the cookie competition at this year’s Strawberry Festival. Together with her friends, she makes the perfect batch of cookies with a brand new recipe. But she’ll have to decide which is more important: getting all the credit, or keeping her friends!
  • Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone: Arthur’s third grade class is shocked when they discover that Mr. Ratburn is getting married. When they overhear Mr. Ratburn talking about a wedding with a woman named Patty, the kids worry that he’s marrying someone even tougher than he is!

Characters[edit]

Trailer
Spelling Trubble
Scare-Your-Pants-Off
Buster's Secret Admirer
Snow Biz
Arthur's New Baby
Locked In The Library
Long Dull Winter
Crunch Cereal
Arthur's Pet Business
The World Record
D.W.'s Very Bad Mood
StayCation
Lend Me Your Ear
Speak Up, Francine
Desk Wars
The Case Of the Girl with the Long Face
Arthur's New Old Vacation
Arthur's Big Meltdown
How The Cookie Crumbles
Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone

Songs[edit]

  • Spelling Trubble:
  • Snow Biz:
    • The Magic Snow Jingle
    • The Everclean Snow Shoveling Jingle
  • Long Dull Winter:
    • There's Nothing To Do Today Day
  • Crunch Cereal:

List Of Podcasts[edit]

Season 1
  1. Trailer
  2. Spelling Trubble
  3. Scare-Your-Pants-Off
  4. Buster's Secret Admirer
  5. Snow Biz
  6. Arthur's New Baby
  7. Locked In The Library
  8. Long Dull Winter
  9. Crunch Cereal
Season 2
  1. Arthur's Pet Business
  2. The World Record
  3. D.W.'s Very Bad Mood
  4. StayCation
  5. Lend Me Your Ear
  6. Speak Up, Francine
Season 3
  1. Desk Wars
  2. The Case Of the Girl with the Long Face
  3. Arthur's New Old Vacation
  4. Arthur's Big Meltdown
  5. How The Cookie Crumbles
  6. Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone

Trivia[edit]

Errors[edit]

  • Scare-Your-Pants-Off: The plot on YouTube misspelled as "When a group called “Parents Against Weird Stories” trird to ban the “Scare-Your-Pants-Off” books, it’s up to Arthur and his friends to save their favorite book series!"

References[edit]

  • Locked In The Library: Historical figures Joan of Arc and Harriet Tubman are mentioned.
  • Desk Wars:
    • This title is similar to Star Wars and Heli Wars and Base Wars, which the latter two are Roblox games.
    • This episode is reminiscent of World War I because various alliances and incidents dragged countries into the conflict just like how the students were forming alliances and causing conflict amongst one another
      • The students are also writing reports on the United Nations, an intergovernmental organization.
    • The premise is simliar to The Sweet Spot where (Arthur and his friends/Lincoln and his sisters) fight to get the best (Seat/The Sweet Spot), and later they got caught.

Differences from the T.V. show[edit]

  • Desk Wars:
    • Unlike the television episode, the man who intervenes the chaos is Mr. Ratburn instead of Mr. Haney. This is likely due to the 2014 passing of Haney's voice actor, Walter Massey.
    • George's role is substituted by Fern in the podcast. Many of George's original speaking lines remain the same, except Fern says them.
    • Sue Ellen plays a small role in the original television episode, but she is only mentioned in the podcast.
    • In the television episode, the chaos is triggered when George's gummy dinosaur model is squashed, while in the podcast the trigger is Fern sharpening Brain's pencil.
    • Fan is replaced with Window
    • Francine says podcast instead of Show

Credits[edit]

  • Executive Producers: Carol Greenwald and Marc Brown
  • Original Stories: Marc Brown
  • Original Television Script Writer: Joe Fallon
  • Television Script Adapted for Podcasting: Holly Gregory
  • Music Editing, Sound Design, and Mix: Chris Tarry
  • Audio Engineer: Darian Newsome
  • Voice Director: Holly Gregory
  • Supervising Producer: Claire McClanahan
  • Session and Post Producer: Amy Cervini
  • Voice Recording: Difuze & Super Sonics
  • Composer: Ray Fabi
  • Talent Coordination: Chantal Page and Sphere Animation
  • Casting: Debra Toffan
  • Co-producer: Ben Strouse / Gen-Z Media
  • Senior Producer: Tolon Brown
  • Producer: Anthony Bostler
  • Associate Producer: Kacie Quinn

External Links[edit]

Transcript[edit]

The Arthur Podcast/Transcript

Sources[edit]