The Rat Who Came to Dinner

"The Rat Who Came to Dinner" 'is the second half of the 5th episode of season 4 of the animated children's series Arthur''. It originally aired on October 4th, 1999 along with the episode The Blizzard.'''

Plot
After his roof caves from snow, Mr. Ratburn stays at Arthur's house. Arthur is afraid that it will be nonstop homework and teaching, only to find out Mr. Ratburn is more fun than he thought. However, at school, his friends start calling him a teacher's pet, and avoiding him, afraid that they will catch his "Teachers pet disese". However, at the end, Mr. Ratburn decides he should stay at other students houses, and Arthur helps them understand that it is not as bad as they think it will be.

Comments

 * Assuming Spooky Poo aired around the early 1970's like Scooby Doo did, that makes Arthur's Mom roughly 30 or so, based on when this episode aired.
 * As we indirectly know from #41002 - "That's a Baby Show", Spooky Poo is still on TV -- it airs after Love Ducks and Mary Moo Cow.