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Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival
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| "Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival" | |
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| Season/Series: | 3 |
| Number in season: | 11B |
| Original Airdate: |  December 28, 1998 February 8, 1999 March 7, 2002[1] |
| Credits | |
| Written by: | Joe Fallon Ken Scarborough |
| Storyboard by: | Robert Yap |
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Summary
Arthur and Buster have an imaginary music festival featuring the whole cast in songs based on their lives, themselves, and the library.
Plot
At the beginning of the episode, D.W. and Jane Read hear a noise that leads D.W. to the basement, where Buster and Arthur are pretending to make music videos. After Arthur promises that they aren't tricking her, D.W. agrees to watch, and the videos start.
The episode consists of five songs, including a reprise of Library Card:
The show ends with D.W. yelling "Who is Dewey?" As the episode comes to a close, Arthur and Buster say "Ta-dah!" D.W. comments that their show was okay for the basement, and then adds, "but it would never work on real TV." Arthur and Buster then pull a "The End" curtain over their video station. "By the way," D.W. adds, "who's Dewey?"
Characters
- Arthur Read
- Binky Barnes
- The Brain
- Buster Baxter
- D.W. Read
- Fern Walters
- Francine Frensky
- George Lundgren
- Francis Haney
- Nigel Ratburn
- Paige Turner
- Muffy Crosswire
- Prunella Deegan
- Alex
- Amanda Hulser
- Billy
- Billy and Bobby
- Bionic Bunny
- Brian
- Buffy
- Catherine Frensky
- Chester
- Colleen
- David Read
- Edwin
- Emily
- Thora Read
- Helen
- I.Q.
- Jack Weasel
- James MacDonald
- Jane Read
- Jenna Morgan
- John
- Kenny
- Kiefer
- Liam
- Lucy
- Lisa
- Luke
- Maria Pappas
- Mary
- Maryann
- Ms. Morgan
- Miss Sweetwater
- Ms. Tingley
- Molly MacDonald
- Leah MacGrady
- Mr. Marco
- Ms. Bryan
- Ms. Krasny
- Nancy
- Grandpa Dave
- Mary Moo Cow
- Nadine Flumberghast
- Liam
- Wally
- Bailey
- Mrs. Tibble
- Norman Hedgehog
- Rattles
- Ricky
- Rusty
- Sarah
- Steve
- Sue Ellen Armstrong
- Unknown Female Aardvark (Number 3)
- Unknown Male Monkey
- Winky
- 3rd Grade Female Aardvark
- 3rd Grade Female Aardvark (Number 2)
- 3rd Grade Female Aardvark (Number 8)
- 3rd Grade Female Bear (Number 2)
- 3rd Grade Female Cat (Number 2)
- 3rd Grade Female Dog
- 3rd Grade Female Dog (Number 2)
- George's sister
- Jessica
- 3rd Grade Male Cat
- 3rd Grade Male Dog
- 3rd Grade Male Dog (Number 3)
- 3rd Grade Male Goat
- 3rd Grade Male Rabbit
- 3rd Grade Male Rat
- 4th Grade Female Aardvark
- Fletcher
- 4th Grade Male Dog
- 4th Grade Male Rabbit
Songs
- Library Card
- Jekyll and Hyde
- Leftovers Goulash
- Homework
- Library Card (Reprise)
Trivia
- Several of the Glenbrook students make a cameo appearance in Library Card.
- The Homework song is not shown on some PBS stations during its Pledge Drive.
- The songs that were sung in this episode are featured on the Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape) CD.
- Stock footage from many previous episodes of Season 1, 2, and 3 is used during Homework and Leftovers Goulash.
- This is one of the episodes focusing on music (with the others being Arthur vs. the Piano, My Music Rules, Arthur Plays the Blues, Brother, Can You Spare a Clarinet?, Big Horns George, Tipping the Scales, Lights, Camera... Opera!, Binky's Music Madness).
- Crazy Bus, Go to Sleep, Lucky Pencil, and The UFO Song are not featured in this episode.
- This has the most cast of character's
Episode connections
- When D.W. and Arthur are singing Leftovers Goulash, several different previous episodes are featured such as D.W.'s Imaginary Friend, D.W. Gets Lost, Arthur Makes a Movie, Buster's Dino Dilemma, Arthur Accused!, Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe, Arthur's Family Vacation, The Half-Baked Sale, D.W.'s Snow Mystery, Arthur's Lucky Pencil, D.W., the Picky Eater, Arthur's Baby, Arthur's Faraway Friend, D.W. Blows the Whistle, Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest, How the Cookie Crumbles, Dad's Dessert Dilemma, Poor Muffy, Buster Baxter, Cat Saver, So Long, Spanky, D.W. Thinks Big, My Dad, the Garbage Man, Buster's Back, Arthur Cleans Up, D.W.'s Perfect Wish, The Big Blow-Up, Arthur's Mystery Envelope, Meet Binky, D.W.'s Deer Friend, Arthur's Substitute Teacher Trouble, Attack of the Turbo Tibbles, Arthur's Spelling Trubble, Arthur's Chicken Pox.
Cultural references
- "Library Card" contains many references to real life authors, books, and painters:
- Fern mentions two real life books, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Half Magic.
- The Tibbles sing "Hop on Pop! Fox in Socks!", which are both books by Dr. Seuss.
- Arthur mentions three authors: Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Ray Bradbury.
- Prunella says that the library has paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, and Pablo Picasso.
- Mr. Haney "confidentially" reads Go, Dog. Go!
- Buster mentions three children's books: "There's The Giving Tree, and Jumanji, and Where the Wild Things Are!"
- The Dewey Decimal System is how libraries organize and arrange books. It is named after Melvil Dewey.
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