Arthur's Almost Boring Day

"Arthur's Almost Boring Day"
Season/Series:	1
Original Airdate:	February 3, 1997
Credits
Written by:	Joe Fallon
Storyboard by:	Stefanie Gignac
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Arthur's Almost Boring Day is the first half of the 20th episode of Season 1. It first aired on February 3, 1997.

Summary

Arthur and his friends are assigned to write about what they do over Saturday, but it rains and ruins plans. Arthur and D.W. are sent over to Grandma Thora's. Without anything better to do, they help her clean out her attic and find some interesting things, including old home movies.

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Trivia

• Arthur and his friends never watch wrestling after this episode, besides Binky.
• When Grandma Thora said "Come in you two. It's only good weather for ducks!" a second later a duck family riding bikes said "Beautiful weather, huh?".
• Honey Smacks cereal is parodied in this episode, being called "Honey Squid"
  • The kid in the commercial has a resemblance to Adil.

Quotes

• D.W.: (When trying to let Arthur play Weasel Rally) You're doing it wrong!
• Arthur: I am not! I am not! I am not! I am not! I am not!
• (Kate starts to cry)
• Mrs. Read: What's going on, You Two?
• D.W.: Arthur's ruining the game. He's not playing right.
• Arthur: I am so! I rolled the dice, and I moved around the board!
• D.W.: But you're supposed to be having fun. Look at the little boy on the box.
• Arthur: That little boy is not playing with you.
• Mrs. Read: Arthur, Is there another game you could play?
• D.W.: Yes. I'll go set it up.
• Arthur: Mom, Dad, I can't write a report on playing "Confuse The Goose." Everyone will laugh at me.
• Mr. Read: Why don't you read a book to D.W.?
• Mrs. Read: There. That should be quiet.........Uh, Fun.

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• (When trying to read a book, Arthur growls, D.W. screams, Kate starts to cry again, and Pal barks)
• Mr. Read: EVERYBODY, FRRRRRREEEEEEEEEZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• (Pal yelps)
• D.W.: (mutters) Arthur's trying to bite my nose.
• Mr. Read: Is that anyway to treat a book?!
• Arthur: No, But she didn't want me to read to her!
• Mrs. Read: Why don't you draw?
• D.W.: (back at the living room) What did you draw?
• Arthur: A dog, And he's bored. What did you draw?
• D.W.: A stick.
• Arthur: A stick?
• D.W.: A stick from the park where you.......PROMISED TO TAKE ME TODAY!!!!!!!!!
• Arthur: I never promised you anything!
• (Arthur & D.W. arguing and Kate starts to cry once more)
• Mrs: Read: We're never gonna get anything done.
• (Arthur & D.W. still arguing while their father tries to give them their coats)
• Mr. Read: (Clears throat and at the front door) Have fun at grandma's.

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   (everyone is reading their reports of what they did on Saturday)

' Francine: 'Then my dad made me stop drumming so I watched wrestling all day.

Binky: After watching 8 hours of wrestling, I hope that someday I can be a wrestler too, because then I could pulverize people and get paid for it! (he tears his paper apart into two when he mentions this)

Buster: I watched wrestling all day........

(Mr. Ratburn yawns with boredem and half of the class has fallen asleep with bordem also, except for Arthur and Francine.)

Buster:........it was very interesting. The End.

  (Francine and Arthur both yawn with boredom.)

Francine: Boy! It's like living through the most boring day in the history of life twice!

Mr. Ratburn: (yawns with bordem again) Arthur you're next.

(everyone wakes up hoping Arthur's report is gonna be better)

   Arthur: On Saturday I went to my Grandma's.

Binky: Oh this is gonna be fascinating.

(The whole class falls asleep again with bordem.)

Arthur: No. It wasn't boring. Grandma!

(Grandma Thora walks in with a projector to which the whole class reawakens again curious to know what's going on.)