My Dad, the Garbage Man

My Dad, the Garbage Man is the first half of the 26th episode of season 1 of the animated children's series Arthur. It originally aired on April 21st, 1997.

Summary
Mr. Ratburn's class is going on field trips to several of the students' parents at work to learn about careers. Francine is embarrassed to let everyone know that her dad works as a garbage man.

Trivia

 * Arthur will again, wear a surgical mask in Hic or Treat, and the kids will again, wear surgical masks in .Vomitrocious! (albeit in Francine's dream sequence.)

Goofs

 * The sign for Westboro Apartments lacked the letter S in the word "Apartments"
 * Helmets usually have holes in them. But while they are at the dump, there are no holes in them. Since George is a moose and has antlers, it would be impossible for the helmet to fit on him.
 * After Francine talks to her mother Laverne about having to cancel the field trip to the Elwood City Dump where her father Oliver works, when Laverne tells Francine "It sounds like you've been talking to Catherine", the closed-captioning reads "You sound like Catherine".