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| {{Episode infobox | | '''''{{Episode infobox |
| |ep. name = Elwood City Turns 100! | | |ep. name = Elwood City Turns 100 |
| |image = S07E05 Main Image.jpg | | |image = 1136.JPG |
| |season = [[Season 7|7]] | | |season = 7 |
| |us = October 14, 2002<ref>http://www.ket.org/episode/ARUR%20%20000705</ref> | | |airdate = October 14, 2002 |
| |can = January 20, 2003<ref>http://ww3.tvo.org/program/157024/arthur - Season 2002, Page 2</ref>
| | |prod. code = 910 |
| |prod. code = 705 | | |prev. episode = Waiting To Go |
| |prev. episode = [[Waiting to Go]] | | |next episode = Pick a Car, Any Car}}Elwood City Turns 100!''''' is the 100th episode of [[Arthur]]. |
| |next episode = [[Pick a Car, Any Car]] | | |
| |writers = [[Peter K. Hirsch]]<br>[[Matthew Lane]]
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| |storyboarders = [[Jeremy O'Neill]]<br>[[Robert Yap]]
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| |number = 5
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| |titlecard = S07E05 Title Card.jpg
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| }}{{EpisodeHeader||5|7}} It is also the 100th episode of the series overall as well as the first 22-minute special. | |
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| ==Summary==
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| The musical [[Nigel Ratburn|Mr. Ratburn]]’s class is staging for Elwood City's centennial turns into a drama of missed cues, inflated egos, and alien invasions — and all of that is going on behind the scenes.
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| ==Plot== | | ==Plot== |
| The episode begins in 1903, at the ceremony where Elwood is made an official city. President [[Theodore Roosevelt]], businessmen [[J.P. Morgan]] and [[Henry Ford]], and town founder [[Jacob Katzenellenbogen]], a wealthy lumber magnate, were all in attendance. Katzenellenbogen was not happy because he wanted the town to be named Elmwood, not Elwood, and he was even more displeased over the hideous statue of him that Morgan and Ford had donated to the city. | | The episode begins in 1903, at the ceremony where Elwood is made an official city. President Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, Henry Ford, and town founder [[Jacob Katzenellenbogen]], a wealthy lumber magnate, were all in attendance. Katzenellenbogen was not happy because he wanted the town to be named Elmwood, not Elwood, and he was even more upset over the statue that Morgan and Ford had donated to the city. Then the episode forwards to the present where Mr. Ratburn announces to the class that Lakewood Elementary was chosen out of 15 schools in the city to stage a musical production about the town's history, and then he has the class pick roles for the show. Arthur is the narrator, Brain is the writer, and Buster is the director. After the parts were picked, Muffy talked to Mr. Ratburn about doing the publicity for the musical. However, during rehearsals, everything was in chaos, so Muffy blew on one student's recorder to get their attention and gives a speech to tell them to get their act together. Arthur was having trouble getting the narrator's singing part right, so he trades parts with Francine one week before the show. On opening night, everyone was there except for Francine, who was running late, so Arthur had to go onstage in her place as the Narrator. At first, everything was going okay until it was almost time for the UFO scene, since the flying saucer that was going to be used was crushed by the garbage truck, and that made Buster so upset that he locked himself in the janitor's closet. Then Brain changes the scene at the last minute to write the flying saucer out of the show, and when Buster realized that they were going on without him, he goes onstage as Dr. Ector, and sings a song about flossing your teeth to the tune of Yankee Doodle until his hook tears a hole in the set, forcing an intermission. When everyone realizes that the show is ruined, Francine appears and has a plan to tell about the modern Elwood City, and the show ends well for everyone. |
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| Then the episode moves into present where Mr. Ratburn announces to the class that Lakewood Elementary was chosen out of fifteen schools in the city to stage a musical production about the town's history, and then he has the class randomly pick roles for the show. Arthur is the narrator, Brain is the writer, and Buster is the director. After the parts were picked, Muffy talked to Mr. Ratburn about doing the publicity for the musical. However, chaos starts after Francine sings the narrator part, forcing Arthur to call her a show off. Matters then become worse after Muffy invited celebrities such as Michelle Kwan, Yo-Yo Ma, and Mr. Rogers. Then Mr. Ratburn asks Muffy if they would want to see this chaos. So Muffy gathers a speech about helping out.
| | ==Oh Elwood! Cast and Crew== |
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| Arthur was having trouble getting the narrator's singing part right, so he trades parts with Francine one week before the show. On opening night, everyone was there except for Francine, who was running late, so Arthur is forced to go onstage in her place as the Narrator. At first, everything was going okay until the UFO scene. Since the flying saucer that was going to be used was crushed in Mr. Frensky's garbage truck, Buster locked himself in the janitor's closet, upset, disappointed and tearful. Then Brain changes the scene last minute to write the flying saucer out of the show. When Buster realized that the show continued without him, he goes onstage as Dr. Ector, the alien, and sings a song about flossing teeth to the tune of Yankee Doodle. His hook tears a hole in the set, forcing an intermission. When everyone realizes that the show is ruined, Francine appears. She encourages her classmates by letting them know their audience loves the show, and the show ends well for everyone. | | *Arthur Read/Francine Frensky - Narrator and themselves |
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| When the Reads are driving home, D.W. say that Arthur should play the alien. Arthur says that they won't do another centennial play for 100 years.
| | *Alan Powers - Jacob Katzenellenbogen and himself |
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| ==Characters==
| | *Fern Walters - Green-Tailed Grebe and herself |
| ===Greater===
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| *[[Francine Frensky]] | |
| *[[Buster Baxter]]
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| *[[Alan Powers|Brain]]
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| *[[Muffy Crosswire]]
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| *[[Nigel Ratburn]]
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| *[[Fern Walters]]
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| *[[Binky Barnes]]
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| *[[Arthur Read]]
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| *[[Jenna Morgan]]
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| *[[George Lundgren]]
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| *[[Sue Ellen Armstrong]]
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| ===Recurring===
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| *[[Alex]]
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| *[[Ms. Krasny]]
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| *[[D.W. Read]]
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| *[[Jacob Katzenellenbogan]] (past)
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| *[[Timmy and Tommy Tibble]]
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| *[[Vicita Molina]]
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| *[[Pal]]
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| *[[Kate Read]]
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| *[[Larry King]]
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| *[[Oliver Frensky]]
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| *[[Jane Read]]
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| *[[David Read]]
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| *[[Thora Read]]
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| *The ducks
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| ===Background===
| | *Buster Baxter - Dr. Ector the Alien (which actually said Director) and himself |
| *[[Dave]] | | |
| *[[3rd Grade Male Rat]]
| | *Binky Barnes, Jenna Morgan, George Lundgren, Sue Ellen Armstrong - Ensemble themselves |
| *[[3rd Grade Male Dog]]
| | *Mrs. Morgan and Jenna- Costumes |
| *[[Maria Pappas]]
| | *Mr. Lundgren and George- Props |
| *[[Mary (3rd grader)|Mary]]
| | *Buster Baxter- Director |
| *[[Jessica Simmons|Jessica]]
| | *Alan Powers- Writer |
| *[[Kenny]] | | *Ms. Krasny- Musical Direction |
| *[[Brian (4th grader)|Brian]]
| | *Muffy Crosswire- Stage Manager and Publicity |
| *[[Thora Read]]
| | *Mr. Ratburn- Supervision |
| *[[3rd Grade Female Aardvark (Number 2)]]
| | *Assorted Lakewood Students- Band |
| *[[Beulah McInnerny]]
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| *[[3rd Grade Male Rabbit]]
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| *[[Neal Lundgren]]
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| *[[Mrs. Barnes]] | |
| *[[Mr. Barnes]] | |
| *[[Prunella Deegan]]
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| *[[Bitzi Baxter]] | |
| *[[Ed Crosswire]] | |
| *[[Millicent Crosswire]]
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| *[[3rd Grade Female Cat (Number 2)]]
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| *[[Doria Walters]]
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| *[[Mrs. Tibble]] | |
| *[[Mr. Armstrong]] | |
| *[[Mrs. Powers]]
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| *[[Mr. Powers]] | |
| *[[Norman Hedgehog]]
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| *[[3rd Grade Female Aardvark]]
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| *[[3rd Grade Male Cat]] | |
| *[[3rd Grade Male Dog (Number 3)]]
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| *[[Rattles]]
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| *[[Molly MacDonald]]
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| *[[James MacDonald]]
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| *[[Fred Rogers]]
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| *[[Yo-Yo Ma]]
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| *[[Michelle Kwan]]
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| *[[Alex Trebek]]
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| *[[Marc Brown]]
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| *[[Art Garfunkel]]
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| *[[Jeremy O'Neill]]
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| ==Songs== | | ==Songs== |
| *"[[Jacob Katzenellenbogan (song)|Jacob Katzenellenbogan]]" | | *Jacob Katzenellenbogen by [[Alan Powers|The Brain]], [[Binky]], [[George]], [[Jenna]], & [[Sue Ellen]][[File:Fern1.jpg|thumb|Fern the Green Tailed Grebe]] |
| *"[[The Long-Lost Green-Tailed Grebe]]" | | *The Long-Lost Green-Tailed Grebe by [[Fern]][[File:GRBEJO~1.jpg|thumb|Green tailed Grebe]] |
| *"[[Dr. Ector]]" | | *Dr. Ector (Tune of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Doodle Yankee Doodle]) by [[Buster]] |
| *"[[That's Elwood City]]" | | *That's Elwood City (Finale) by [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] & The Gang |
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| | ==Quotes== |
| | *'''Mr. Ratburn: (Knocks the door) Buster, Open this door right now! You're behaving very unprofessionally!''' |
| | *'''Buster: (To Mr. Ratburn) I don't care! I'm not a professional!''' |
| | *'''(Arthur, The Brain, & Muffy all urging Buster to come out of the Janitor's closet at once)''' |
| | *'''Muffy: (Gasps)''' Fern's scene is almost finished! What are we going to do? |
| | *'''Brain:''' I'll ''just'' have to write the flying saucer out. Quick! Hand me those napkins. |
| | *'''Arthur:''' What about Francine? The narrator's singing part is coming up. |
| | *'''Muffy: (To Arthur)''' Don't worry. She's on her way. |
| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *This was the first episode that didn't show the "And now back to ''Arthur''." '' title card with the kids saying it. Instead, Larry King said "Thanks for tuning in, folks. And now back to ''Arthur''." | | ===Notes=== |
| * This is the first Half hour episode | | *This was the first time the story breaks in half as there's an intermission in between. |
| *The scene in which Mr. Ratburn announces that Lakewood Elementary School has been chosen out of 15 schools to produce a musical that makes connections with the Erie City School District, a Pennsylvanian school district compromising the same number of schools. Marc Brown was a resident of Erie
| | *When Buster was upset about the flying saucer, He started to get locked in the Janitor's closet. |
| *In the beginning, Buster's excited comment "We won! We won!" could be referring to the line "Yee-hey, woo! We wiiiiin!" in the often-used "cheering" sound effect, which was in fact played a few seconds before he spoke.
| | *This was the last appearance of Mister Rogers. |
| *Ducks appear in this episode three times, meaning that it's possible that in Arthur's universe, ducks are a descendant of grebes, which are said to be extinct in this episode.
| | *This is the second time that Muffy is seen wearing a businesswoman's outfit, the first time is in ''[[Arthur, It's Only Rock and Roll]]''. |
| *'''4th Wall break:''' [[Marc Brown]] made a cameo in this episode. He was not only on the guest list, he was seen in the row with the other celebrities while Arthur narrated after Fern's song. [[Jeremy O'Neill]] was also on the guest list. | | *This is the second time that Mr. Ratburn uses a hat for the students to choose jobs at random. The first time is in ''[[Citizen Frensky]]''. |
| *'''Running Gag:''' [[Mr. Ratburn]] saying "Curtain!"
| | *Marc Brown made a cameo in this episode. He was not only on the guest list, he was seen in the row with the other celebrities while Arthur narrated after Fern's song. |
| *'''Timeline:'''
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| **This episode takes place in the year 2003. This is true because the 100th anniversary was celebrated in this episode, and Elwood City was founded in 1903. 100 years after 1903 is 2003, making that the year this episode takes place.
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| ** Jenna complains to Binky when he splits his pants again. This may be a reference to [[Arthur's Underwear (episode)|Arthur's Underwear]], when Binky's pants ripped in the classroom.
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| ===Episode connections===
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| *This is the second time that Mr. Ratburn uses a hat for the students to choose jobs at random. The first time is in "[[Citizen Frensky]]." | |
| *'''The song ''[[That's Elwood City]]'' mentions events from multiple episodes:'''
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| **The [[Ted Glass|substitute crossing guard]] from "[[Arthur vs. the Very Mean Crossing Guard]]".
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| **The [[Baxter Comet]] from "[[The Boy Who Cried Comet]]". | |
| **The snowstorm from "[[The Blizzard]]".
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| **The Father's Day picnic from "[[1001 Dads]]".
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| **[[Fred Rogers|Mister Rogers]], [[Michelle Kwan]], [[Yo-Yo Ma]], [[Alex Lebeck]], and [[Joshua Redman]], all of who were guest stars in previous episodes, were invited to the show by Muffy.
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| * The man who drives Francine and her dad to the show is the same balding man seen in "[[Buster's Sweet Success]]", driving the same car sold to him by [[Ed Crosswire]] that features in the tow truck title card. Here however, the car has four functioning wheels and runs on its own power.
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| ===Errors===
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| *The man giving Francine and her father a ride to the play appears in the audience even before they arrive.
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| **Also, in the audience, Mr. Frensky can be seen in the crowd at the beginning of the musical before they arrived.
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| *Arthur was wearing a pink sweater for a couple of seconds.
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| === Cultural references ===
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| *The introduction, set in 1903, features President {{W|Theodore Roosevelt}}, {{W|Henry Ford}}, and {{W|J.P. Morgan}}. Ford would found a city called {{W|Fordlândia}} in Brazil in 1928.
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| *Mr. Ratburn reads ''{{W|An Actor Prepares}}'' by Constantin Stanislavski.
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| *Brain mentions the zoological family Podicipedidae or {{W|grebe|grebes}}. There are 22 species. The green-tailed grebe, however, is fictional.
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| *[[Jacob Katzenellenbogan (song)|Jacob Katzenellenbogan]] lines, "To chop, to stump and stub, a man known as Jacob... Katzenellenbogan, a lumber tycoon" references [https://web.roblox.com/games/13822889/Lumber-Tycoon-2 Lumber Tycoon 2] and [https://web.roblox.com/games/5038415/Lumber-Tycoon the oringinal verision] on {{W|Roblox}}.
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| ===Production notes===
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| * Counting both halves of an episode as a single episode, this is the 100th episode.
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| ==Home Video==
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| ;'''DVD:'''
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| ;* [[Sleepovers, Sports and More|Arthur: Sleepovers, Sports and More]]
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| ==Gallery==
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| {{Main|Elwood City Turns 100!/Gallery}}
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| ==See also==
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| *[[PBS Kids Share-a-Story Talent Show]]
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| *[[Play Problems]]
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| ==References== | | ===Goofs=== |
| {{Reflist}}
| | *Binky's pants ripped again in [[Arthur's Underwear]] which made [[Jenna]] frustrated at him. |
| {{EpisodeNav|7}}
| | *The car that Francine & her father took a ride on was either from UK or India. |
| [[Category:Episodes with guest stars]] | | ==Acts== |
| | #1,000,000 Trees |
| | #The Long-Lost Green-Tailed Grebe |
| | #The Year 1952 |
| | #Finale |
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