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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 installments for every season of the program as of season 17. 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''.
'''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''==
==Appearances on ''Arthur''==
*Confirmed
===Confirmed===
**The character [[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>
*[[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>
**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 "[[Postcards from Buster (episode)|Postards 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>
*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>
*Speculated
*[[Dr. Hirsch]] is also named after him.
**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.
===Speculated===
==Writing Credits==
*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==
===''Arthur''===
===''Arthur''===
*107b [[Buster Makes the Grade (episode)]]
*107b. [[Buster Makes the Grade (episode)|Buster Makes the Grade]]
*113a [[So Long, Spanky]]
*113a. [[So Long, Spanky]]
*116a [[Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest (episode)]]
*116a. [[Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest (episode)|Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest]]
*116b [[D.W. Flips (episode)]]
*116b. [[D.W. Flips (episode)|D.W. Flips]]
*202b [[Arthur's Lucky Pencil]]
*202b. [[Arthur's Lucky Pencil]]
*203b [[Buster and the Daredevils]]
*203b. [[Buster and the Daredevils]]
*204a [[Arthur Makes a Movie]]
*204a. [[Arthur Makes a Movie]]
*205a [[Arthur's Underwear (episode)]]
*205a. [[Arthur's Underwear (episode)|Arthur's Underwear]]
*207a [[Arthur's TV-Free Week]]
*207a. [[Arthur's TV-Free Week]]
*212b [[Arthur and the Square Dance]]
*212b. [[Arthur and the Square Dance]]
*213a [[Water and the Brain]]
*213a. [[Water and the Brain]]
*214a [[Sue Ellen's Lost Diary]]
*214a. [[Sue Ellen's Lost Diary]]
*202b [[Sue Ellen's Little Sister]]
*220b. [[Sue Ellen's Little Sister]]
*302a [[D.W., All Fired Up]]
*302a. [[D.W. All Fired Up]]
*304a [[Background Blues]]
*304a. [[Background Blues]]
*307a [[Arthur Rides the Bandwagon]]
*307a. [[Arthur Rides the Bandwagon]]
*309b [[The Return of the King]]
*309b. [[The Return of the King]]
*311a [[Double Tibble Trouble]]
*311a. [[Double Tibble Trouble]]
*313a [[Arthur's Dummy Disaster]]
*313a. [[Arthur's Dummy Disaster]]
*401a [[D.W.'s Library Card]]
*401a. [[D.W.'s Library Card (episode)|D.W.'s Library Card]]
*403a [[Buster's Breathless]]
*403a. [[Buster's Breathless]]
*408a [[1001 Dads]]
*408a. [[1001 Dads]]
*409a [[What is that Thing?]]
*409a. [[What is that Thing?]]
*501b [[Arthur and the Big Riddle]]
*501b. [[Arthur and the Big Riddle]]
*502a [[Kids are from Earth, Parents are from Pluto]]
*502a. [[Kids are from Earth, Parents are from Pluto]]
*505a [[The Lousy Week]]
*505a. [[The Lousy Week]]
*505b [[You Are Arthur]]
*505b. [[You Are Arthur]]
*508b [[Bitzi's Beau]]
*508b. [[Bitzi's Beau]]
*509a [[Just Desserts]]
*509a. [[Just Desserts]]
*501a [[Arthur's Family Feud]]
*510a. [[Arthur's Family Feud]]
*601a [[Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked]]
*601a. [[Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked]]
*601b [[Best of the Nest]]
*601b. [[Best of the Nest]]
*603b [[The Secret Life of Dogs and Babies]]
*603b. [[The Secret Life of Dogs and Babies]]
*605a [[The Boy Who Cried Comet!]]
*605a. [[The Boy Who Cried Comet]]
*607a [[The Boy with His Head in the Clouds]]
*607a. [[The Boy with His Head in the Clouds]]
*608a [[Rhyme for Your Life]]
*608a. [[Rhyme for Your Life]]
*701b [[The Great Sock Mystery]]
*701b. [[The Great Sock Mystery]]
*704a [[To Tibble the Truth]]
*704a. [[To Tibble the Truth]] (with [[Gerard Lewis]])
*705 [[Elwood City Turns 100!]]
*705. [[Elwood City Turns 100!]] (with [[Matthew Lane]])
*709a [[Prunella Sees the Light]]
*709a. [[Prunella Sees the Light]]
*701 [[April 9th]]
*710. [[April 9th]]
*801a [[Dear Adil]]
*801a. [[Dear Adil]]
*801b [[Bitzi's Break-Up]]
*801b. [[Bitzi's Break-Up]]
*805b [[Sue Ellen Chickens Out]]
*805b. [[Sue Ellen Chickens Out]] (with [[Peter Egan]])
*806 [[Postcards from Buster (episode)|Postcards from Buster]]
*806. [[Postcards from Buster (episode)]]
*810a [[Big Horns George]]
*810a. [[Big Horns George]]
*901a [[Castles in the Sky]]
*901a. [[Castles in the Sky]]
*904a [[Buster's Green Thumb]] (with [[Catherine Lieuwen]])
*902a. [[George Blows His Top]] (with [[Courtney Lilly]])
*905a [[Lights, Camera, Opera!]]
*904a. [[Buster's Green Thumb]] {{C|idea by [[Catherine Lieuwen]]}}
*906b [[It Came From Beyond]]
*905a. [[Lights, Camera... Opera!]]
*901b [[Breezy Listening Blues]]
*906b. [[It Came From Beyond]]
*1001 [[Happy Anniversary]]
*910b. [[Breezy Listening Blues]]
*1009a [[Do You Speak George?]]
*1001. [[Happy Anniversary]]
*1101a [[Swept Away]]
*1009a. [[Do You Speak George?]]
*1104a [[Phony Fern]]
*1101a. [[Swept Away]]
*1105a [[Baby Kate and the Imaginary Mystery]]
*1104a. [[Phony Fern]]
*1106a [[The Making of Arthur]]
*1105a. [[Baby Kate and the Imaginary Mystery]]
*1107b [[Mr. Alwaysright]]
*1106a. [[The Making of Arthur]]
*1109b [[Spoiled Rotten]] (with [[Wolfram Breuer]])
*1107b. [[Mr. Alwaysright]]
*1202a [[Room to Ride]] (with [[Ken Olshanksky]] and [[Martha Atwater]])
*1109b. [[Spoiled Rotten]] {{C|with [[Wolfram Breuer]]}}
*1202b [[The Frensky Family Fiasco]]
*1202a. [[Room to Ride]] {{C|with [[Ken Olshanksky]] and [[Martha Atwater]]}}
*1208b [[Mei Lin Takes a Stand]]
*1202b. [[The Frensky Family Fiasco]]
*1209a [[Home Sweet Home]]
*1208b. [[Mei Lin Takes a Stand]]
*1301 [[The Great MacGrady]]
*1209a. [[Home Sweet Home]]
*1303a [[Arthur's Number Nightmare]]
*1301. [[The Great MacGrady]]
*1306a [[When Carl Met George]]
*1303a. [[Arthur's Number Nightmare]]
*1307a [[The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Tibble]]
*1306a. [[When Carl Met George]]
*1309b [[The Pride of Lakewood]]
*1307a. [[A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Tibble]]
*1404a [[Falafelosophy]]
*1309b. [[The Pride of Lakewood]]
*1404b [[The Great Lint Rush]]
*1404a. [[Falafelosophy]]
*1406a [[Follow the Bouncing Ball]]
*1404b. [[The Great Lint Rush]]
*1406b [[Buster Baxter and the Letter from the Sea]](with [[Mathayu Warren Lane]])
*1406a. [[Follow the Bouncing Ball]]
*1409a [[D.W., Queen of the Comeback]]
*1406b. [[Buster Baxter & the Letter from the Sea]] {{C|with [[Mathayu Warren Lane]]}}
*1401b [[The Long Road Home]]
*1409a. [[D.W., Queen of the Comeback]]
*1503a [[Buster's Secret Admirer]]
*1410b. [[The Long Road Home]]
*1506a [[Prunella the Pack Rat]]
*1503a. [[Buster's Secret Admirer]]
*1601 [[Based on a True Story]]
*1506a. [[Prunella the Packrat]]
*1605b [[Read and Flumberghast]]
*1601. [[Based on a True Story]]
*1606a [[The Last Tough Customer]](With [[P. Kevin Strader]])
*1605b. [[Read and Flumberghast]]
*1606b [[Brain's Chess Mess]]
*1606a. [[The Last Tough Customer]] {{C|with [[P. Kevin Strader]]}}
*1610a [[So Funny I Forgot to Laugh]]
*1606b. [[Brain's Chess Mess]]
*1701a [[Show Off]]
*1610a. [[So Funny I Forgot to Laugh]]
*1701b [[Dog's Best Friend]]
*1701a. [[Show Off]]
*1705b [[Kidonia]](With [[Tolon Brown]])
*1701b. [[Dog's Best Friend]] {{C|with [[Jacqui Deegan]]}}
*1707a [[Pets and Pests]]
*1705b. [[Kidonia]] {{C|with [[Tolon Brown]]}}
*1707b [[Go Fly a Kite]]
*1707a. [[Pets and Pests]]
*1708a [[The Director's Cut]]
*1707b. [[Go Fly a Kite]]
*1708b [[Crime and Consequences]]
*1708a. [[The Director's Cut]]
*1710b [[Brain Freeze]](With [[Andy Yerkes]])
*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===
*[[Arthur's Perfect Christmas]]
*[[D.W. and the Beastly Birthday]]
*[[Arthur and the Haunted Treehouse]]


==Songwriting Credits==
==Songwriting Credits==
*"[[Perfect Christmas]]" (lyrics)
*"[[Perfect Christmas]]" (lyrics)
*"[[What's the Use of Presents?]]" (lyrics)
*"[[What's the Use of Presents?]]" (lyrics)
==References==
==References==
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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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