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|name = Peter K. Hirsch
'''Peter K. Hirsch '''is the head writer on {{Arthur}}. He was a staff writer for the first four seasons of ''Arthur'' and took over as head writer after [[Joe Fallon]] and [[Ken Scarborough]] left the production crew. He is perhaps the program's most prolific writer, having written 105 episodes in total thus far, as well as writing episodes for every season of the program, except for season 23. He also wrote lyrics for some songs in the special ''[[Arthur's Perfect Christmas]]''. Some of his other writing credits include ''Martha Speaks'' and ''Time Warp Trio''.
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|gender = Male
==Appearances on ''Arthur''==
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===Confirmed===
'''Peter K. Hirsch '''is the head writer on [[Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]. He was a staff writer for the first four seasons of ''Arthur'' and took over as head writer after [[Joe Fallon]] and [[Ken Scarborough]] left the production crew. He is perhaps the program's most prolific writer having written installments for every season of the program as of October 2012, and the special ''[[Arthur's Perfect Christmas]]''.
*[[Mayor Hirsch]] is named after him.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140212033419/http://elwoodcitycentral.createaforum.com/new-board/crew-members-that-appear-in-the-series/msg1025/#msg1025</ref>
==Writing Credits==
*He appears in person as one of the two people who tell [[Arthur Read|Arthur]], [[Buster Baxter|Buster]], and [[Bo Baxter|Bo]] that their car has been towed in the episode "{{E|Postcards from Buster}}".<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140212070520/http://elwoodcitycentral.createaforum.com/new-board/crew-members-that-appear-in-the-series/msg815/#msg815</ref>
===Arthur Episodes===
*[[Dr. Hirsch]] is also named after him.
*10702 [[Buster Makes the Grade (episode)]]
===Speculated===
*11301 [[So Long, Spanky]]
*The name 'Peter' appears on a paper on the bulletin board behind Arthur in "[[Arthur's Big Hit]]" right after Binky walks into Ratburn's classroom.
*11601 [[Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest (episode)]]
 
*11602 [[D.W. Flips (episode)]]
==Writing credits==
*20202 [[Arthur's Lucky Pencil]]
===''Arthur''===
*20302 [[Buster and the Daredevils]]
*107b. [[Buster Makes the Grade (episode)|Buster Makes the Grade]]
*20401 [[Arthur Makes a Movie]]
*113a. [[So Long, Spanky]]
*20501 [[Arthur's Underwear (episode)]]
*116a. [[Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest (episode)|Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest]]
*20701 [[Arthur's TV-Free Week]]
*116b. [[D.W. Flips (episode)|D.W. Flips]]
*20122 [[Arthur and the Square Dance]]
*202b. [[Arthur's Lucky Pencil]]
*20131 [[Water and the Brain]]
*203b. [[Buster and the Daredevils]]
*20141 [[Sue Ellen's Lost Diary]]
*204a. [[Arthur Makes a Movie]]
*20202 [[Sue Ellen's Little Sister]]
*205a. [[Arthur's Underwear (episode)|Arthur's Underwear]]
*30201 [[D.W., All Fired Up]]
*207a. [[Arthur's TV-Free Week]]
*30401 [[Background Blues]]
*212b. [[Arthur and the Square Dance]]
*30701 [[Arthur Rides the Bandwagon]]
*213a. [[Water and the Brain]]
*30902 [[The Return of the King]]
*214a. [[Sue Ellen's Lost Diary]]
*30111 [[Double Tibble Trouble]]
*220b. [[Sue Ellen's Little Sister]]
*30131 [[Arthur's Dummy Disaster]]
*302a. [[D.W. All Fired Up]]
*40101 [[D.W.'s Library Card]]
*304a. [[Background Blues]]
*40301 [[Buster's Breathless]]
*307a. [[Arthur Rides the Bandwagon]]
*40801 [[1001 Dads]]
*309b. [[The Return of the King]]
*40901 [[What is that Thing?]]
*311a. [[Double Tibble Trouble]]
*50102 [[Arthur and the Big Riddle]]
*313a. [[Arthur's Dummy Disaster]]
*50201 [[Kids are from Earth, Parents are from Pluto]]
*401a. [[D.W.'s Library Card (episode)|D.W.'s Library Card]]
*50501 [[The Lousy Week]]
*403a. [[Buster's Breathless]]
*50502 [[You Are Arthur]]
*408a. [[1001 Dads]]
*50802 [[Bitzi's Beau]]
*409a. [[What is that Thing?]]
*50901 [[Just Desserts]]
*501b. [[Arthur and the Big Riddle]]
*50101 [[Arthur's Family Feud]]
*502a. [[Kids are from Earth, Parents are from Pluto]]
*60101 [[Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked]]
*505a. [[The Lousy Week]]
*60102 [[Best of the Nest]]
*505b. [[You Are Arthur]]
*60302 [[The Secret Life of Dogs and Babies]]
*508b. [[Bitzi's Beau]]
*60501 [[The Boy Who Cried Comet!]]
*509a. [[Just Desserts]]
*60701 [[The Boy with His Head in the Clouds]]
*510a. [[Arthur's Family Feud]]
*60801 [[Rhyme for Your Life]]
*601a. [[Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked]]
*70102 [[The Great Sock Mystery]]
*601b. [[Best of the Nest]]
*70401 [[To Tibble the Truth]]
*603b. [[The Secret Life of Dogs and Babies]]
*705 [[Elwood City Turns 100!]]
*605a. [[The Boy Who Cried Comet]]
*70901 [[Prunella Sees the Light]]
*607a. [[The Boy with His Head in the Clouds]]
*70100 [[April 9th]]
*608a. [[Rhyme for Your Life]]
*80101 [[Dear Adil]]
*701b. [[The Great Sock Mystery]]
*80102 [[Bitzi's Break-Up]]
*704a. [[To Tibble the Truth]] (with [[Gerard Lewis]])
*80502 [[Sue Ellen Chickens Out]]
*705. [[Elwood City Turns 100!]] (with [[Matthew Lane]])
*806 [[Postcards from Buster (episode)|Postcards from Buster]]
*709a. [[Prunella Sees the Light]]
*80101 [[Big Horns George]]
*710. [[April 9th]]
*90101 [[Castles in the Sky]]
*801a. [[Dear Adil]]
*90401 [[Buster's Green Thumb]] (with [[Catherine Lieuwen]])
*801b. [[Bitzi's Break-Up]]
*90501 [[Lights, Camera, Opera!]]
*805b. [[Sue Ellen Chickens Out]] (with [[Peter Egan]])
*90602 [[It Came From Beyond]]
*806. [[Postcards from Buster (episode)]]
*90102 [[Breezy Listening Blues]]
*810a. [[Big Horns George]]
*1001 [[Happy Anniversary]]
*901a. [[Castles in the Sky]]
*100901 [[Do You Speak George?]]
*902a. [[George Blows His Top]] (with [[Courtney Lilly]])
*110101 [[Swept Away]]
*904a. [[Buster's Green Thumb]] {{C|idea by [[Catherine Lieuwen]]}}
*110401 [[Phony Fern]]
*905a. [[Lights, Camera... Opera!]]
*110501 [[Baby Kate and the Imaginary Mystery]]
*906b. [[It Came From Beyond]]
*110601 [[The Making of Arthur]]
*910b. [[Breezy Listening Blues]]
*110702 [[Mr. Alwaysright]]
*1001. [[Happy Anniversary]]
*110902 [[Spoiled Rotten]] (with [[Wolfram Breuer]])
*1009a. [[Do You Speak George?]]
*120201 [[Room to Ride]] (with [[Ken Olshanksky]] and [[Martha Atwater]])
*1101a. [[Swept Away]]
*120202 [[The Frensky Family Fiasco]]
*1104a. [[Phony Fern]]
*120802 [[Mei Lin Takes a Stand]]
*1105a. [[Baby Kate and the Imaginary Mystery]]
*120901 [[Home Sweet Home]]
*1106a. [[The Making of Arthur]]
*1301 [[The Great MacGrady]]
*1107b. [[Mr. Alwaysright]]
*130301 [[Arthur's Number Nightmare]]
*1109b. [[Spoiled Rotten]] {{C|with [[Wolfram Breuer]]}}
*130601 [[When Carl Met George]]
*1202a. [[Room to Ride]] {{C|with [[Ken Olshanksky]] and [[Martha Atwater]]}}
*130701 [[The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Tibble]]
*1202b. [[The Frensky Family Fiasco]]
*130902 [[The Pride of Lakewood]]
*1208b. [[Mei Lin Takes a Stand]]
*140401 [[Falafelosophy]]
*1209a. [[Home Sweet Home]]
*140402 [[The Great Lint Rush]]
*1301. [[The Great MacGrady]]
*140601 [[Follow the Bouncing Ball]]
*1303a. [[Arthur's Number Nightmare]]
*140602 [[Buster Baxter and the Letter from the Sea]]
*1306a. [[When Carl Met George]]
*140901 [[D.W., Queen of the Comeback]]
*1307a. [[A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Tibble]]
*140102 [[The Long Road Home]]
*1309b. [[The Pride of Lakewood]]
*150301 [[Buster's Secret Admirer]]
*1404a. [[Falafelosophy]]
*150601 [[Prunella the Pack Rat]]
*1404b. [[The Great Lint Rush]]
*1601 [[Based on a True Story]]
*1406a. [[Follow the Bouncing Ball]]
*160502 [[Read and Flumberghast]]
*1406b. [[Buster Baxter & the Letter from the Sea]] {{C|with [[Mathayu Warren Lane]]}}
*1701a [[Show Off]]
*1409a. [[D.W., Queen of the Comeback]]
*1701b [[Dog's Best Friend]]
*1410b. [[The Long Road Home]]
*1705b [[Kidonia]]
*1503a. [[Buster's Secret Admirer]]
*1506a. [[Prunella the Packrat]]
*1601. [[Based on a True Story]]
*1605b. [[Read and Flumberghast]]
*1606a. [[The Last Tough Customer]] {{C|with [[P. Kevin Strader]]}}
*1606b. [[Brain's Chess Mess]]
*1610a. [[So Funny I Forgot to Laugh]]
*1701a. [[Show Off]]
*1701b. [[Dog's Best Friend]] {{C|with [[Jacqui Deegan]]}}
*1705b. [[Kidonia]] {{C|with [[Tolon Brown]]}}
*1707a. [[Pets and Pests]]
*1707b. [[Go Fly a Kite]]
*1708a. [[The Director's Cut]]
*1708b. [[Crime and Consequences]]
*1710b. [[Brain Freeze]] {{C|with [[Andy Yerkes]]}}
*1801b. [[D.W. & Bud's Higher Purpose]]
*1802a. [[The Friend Who Wasn't There]] {{C|with [[Craig Carlisle]]}}
*1804a. [[Best Wishes]] {{C|with [[Dietrich Smith]]}}
*1805b. [[Arthur Calls It]] {{C|with [[Craig Carlisle]]}}
*1806a. [[Whip. Mix. Blend.]]
*1810. [[Shelter from the Storm]]
*1901a. [[Brain's Brain]]
*1902a. [[Sue Ellen Adds It Up]] {{C|with [[Cusi Cram]]}}
*1905a. [[Buster Isn't Buying It]]
*1907a. [[Carl's Concerto]] {{C|with [[Eric Shaw]]}}
*1907b. [[Too Much of a Good Thing]]
*1909b. [[Besties]]
*1910. [[The Last Day]]
*2001b. [[Arthur and the Whole Truth]]
*2002a. [[Fern's Flights of Fancy]]
*2005a. [[Lend Me Your Ear]] {{C|with [[Raye Lankford]]}}
*2005b. [[The Butler Did It]]
*2101a. [[Binky's 'A' Game]]
*2102. [[The Master Builders]]
*2104b. [[Arthur Takes a Stand]]
*2105a. [[Slink's Special Talent]]
*2107b. [[Pal and the Big Itch]]
*2201a. [[Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone]]
*2204a. [[Muffy's Car Campaign]] {{C|with [[Matt Hoverman]]}}
*2402 "[[The Great MacGrady (Season 24 episode)|The Great Macgrady]]" {{C|with [[Leah Ryan]] (uncredited)}}
*2504b. "[[All Grown Up]]"
 
===''Postcards from Buster''===
*[[Buster's Egyptian Adventure]]


===Specials===
===Specials===
*S1 [[Arthur's Perfect Christmas|Arthur's Perfect Christmas ]]
*[[Arthur's Perfect Christmas]]
[[Category:Writers|Hirsch, Peter K.]]
*[[D.W. and the Beastly Birthday]]
[[Category:Crew members]]
*[[Arthur and the Haunted Treehouse]]
 
==Songwriting Credits==
*"[[Perfect Christmas]]" (lyrics)
*"[[What's the Use of Presents?]]" (lyrics)
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{NameSort}}{{NameSort}}
[[Category:Writers]]
[[Category:Songwriters]]
[[Category:A to Z]]

Latest revision as of 22:14, 16 June 2023

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Peter K. Hirsch is the head writer on Arthur. He was a staff writer for the first four seasons of Arthur and took over as head writer after Joe Fallon and Ken Scarborough left the production crew. He is perhaps the program's most prolific writer, having written 105 episodes in total thus far, as well as writing episodes for every season of the program, except for season 23. He also wrote lyrics for some songs in the special Arthur's Perfect Christmas. Some of his other writing credits include Martha Speaks and Time Warp Trio.

Appearances on Arthur[edit]

Confirmed[edit]

Speculated[edit]

  • The name 'Peter' appears on a paper on the bulletin board behind Arthur in "Arthur's Big Hit" right after Binky walks into Ratburn's classroom.

Writing credits[edit]

Arthur[edit]

Postcards from Buster[edit]

Specials[edit]

Songwriting Credits[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140212033419/http://elwoodcitycentral.createaforum.com/new-board/crew-members-that-appear-in-the-series/msg1025/#msg1025
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140212070520/http://elwoodcitycentral.createaforum.com/new-board/crew-members-that-appear-in-the-series/msg815/#msg815



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