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And Now a Word from Us Kids is a regular feature aired as interstitial content on most episodes of Arthur, after the first episode and before the second. The segments feature real kids (most often third graders and usually at a school), who discuss the topic featured in the story immediately preceding the initial segment. For example, in the segment following "Arthur's Chicken Pox," a group of real-kids discuss having had the chicken pox and show their own chicken pox-related drawings. After the segment, a kid's drawing of Arthur is shown while the kids announce, "And Now Back To Arthur."
Other examples include:
- A trip to the Cape Cod potato chip factory in The Chips Are Down
- Looking for clues to find some animals in Binky Rules
- A class trip to the fire department in D.W. All Fired Up
- Holly Holland talks about herself in The Contest
- A boy sharing about how deafness affects his life in Do You Speak George?
- An interview with firefighters following Part I of April 9th
- A behind the scenes look at Zoom in The Last of Mary Moo Cow (There was no Arthur drawing at the end of this segment. Caroline made a mistake by saying, "And Now Back to Zoom" instead of Arthur.)
- A teenager discussing acting in a play ("A Word from an Actor") in No Acting, Please
- A girl with cerebral palsy and her twin sister in The Wheel Deal
- A girl named Corinne, her sister, and friends make snacks like fruit smoothies, then play basketball at the end of the day in Desert Island Dish
- A group of kids talking about healthy snacks in Just Desserts
- A Karate class in Binky vs. Binky
- Making friends in Arthur Makes Waves
- Students discussing bad habits in All Thumbs
- A Computer poem in Sue Ellen Gets Her Goose Cooked
- A solution to an argument about a pen in Arthur's Family Feud
- Techniques for getting to sleep in Sleep No More
- A Class vote in The Election
- A word from a biologist in The Lousy Week
- A word from Kosta (a pizzeria owner) in The World Record
- Imaginary Planets in D.W. Aims High
- Kids' donations in Prunella the Pack Rat
- Water experiment with filters in Feeling Flush
- Inventions in What is That Thing?
- A look at life with Asperger's Syndrome in When Carl Met George
- A Word From Buster in Happy Anniversary (There was no Arthur drawing at the end of this segment. Instead, it just shows Buster when the kids announce, "And Now Back to Arthur.")
- Animal facts in The Squirrels
- School news in Citizen Frensky
- Art projects and rock climbing in Three's a Crowd
- Scary stories in Fernkenstein's Monster
- Dream buildings in Castles in the Sky
- Story about a birthday party in Fern and the Case of the Stolen Story
- Jennie Kirk talks about how she's good at ice skating in The Good Sport
- Book facts in Buster's Book Battle
- Poems about bullying in The Last Tough Customer
- Trivia game in Get Smart
- Kids talk about dyslexia in The Boy with His Head in the Clouds
- A Song from Us Kids in Big Horns George
- A visit with the proprieters of a nut-free chocolate company and their daughter who's allergic to nuts in Binky Goes Nuts
- A music class at Conservatory Lab Charter School in D.W. Beats All
- Students teaching each other how to do things in Bud's Knotty Problem
- Kids play dodgeball at recess in The "A" Team
- Happy and mad face in Mom and Dad Have a Great Big Fight
- Twins in Double Tibble Trouble
- A word from Amelia and Eliot in Attack of the Turbo Tibbles
- Kids creating a dodgeball opera with Rodney Gilfry's help in Lights, Camera...Opera!
- A word from us friends in Buster's Back
- A word from Larry King in Elwood City Turns 100! (There is no Arthur drawing at the end of this segment. Instead, Larry says, "And Now Back to Arthur.")
- A word from Dr. Griffith on living with asthma in Buster's Breathless
- A word from Mason-Rice Elementary School principal and cancer survivor Mark Springer in The Great MacGrady
- A word from Firefighter Scott in D.W. All Fired Up
In a number of installments of Arthur following the premiere of Postcards from Buster, this segment was briefly replaced with the feature Postcards from You, but it was discontinued once Postcards from Buster went off the air, and And Now a Word from Us Kids returned.
A similar themed segment, A Word From Marc Brown, is shown at the end of the second Arthur story starting with Season 10. Marc Brown shows how to draw the faces of one character per segment, including Arthur, D.W., Kate, and Pal. Later, a similar feature called Which ARTHUR Character Are You? started airing after the second Arthur episode, featuring kids comparing themselves to characters in Arthur.
Segments[edit]
Season 1[edit]
Season 2[edit]
Season 3[edit]
| Number | Episodes | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Buster's Back" / "The Ballad of Buster Baxter" | |
| 2 | "D.W. All Fired Up" / "I'd Rather Read It Myself" | A class trip to the fire department |
| 3 | "Arthur Goes Crosswire" / "Sue Ellen and the Brainasaurous" | |
| 4 | "Background Blues" / "And Now Let's Talk to Some Kids" | |
| 5 | "The Chips are Down" / "Revenge of the Chip" | A trip to the Cape Cod potato chip factory. |
| 6 | "Binky Rules" / "Meet Binky" | the class is Looking for clues to find some animals. |
| 7 | "Arthur Rides the Bandwagon" / "Dad's Dessert Dilemma" | |
| 8 | "Popular Girls" / "Buster's Growing Grudge" | |
| 9 | "Arthur's Treasure Hunt" / "The Return of the King" | |
| 10 | "Attack of the Turbo Tibbles" / "D.W. Tricks the Tooth Fairy" | |
| 11 | "Double Tibble Trouble" / "Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival" | |
| 12 | "What Scared Sue Ellen?" / "Clarissa is Cracked" | |
| 13 | "Arthur's Dummy Disaster" / "Francine and the Feline" | |
| 14 | "Mom and Dad Have a Great Big Fight" / "D.W.'s Perfect Wish" | |
| 15 | "Arthur and D.W. Clean Up" / "The Long, Dull Winter" |
Season 10[edit]
| Number | Episodes | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Happy Anniversary" | Buster reads letters from kids about why they like Arthur. |
Season 13[edit]
| Number | Episodes | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Great MacGrady" | Students share their feelings after their principal recovers from cancer |
Season 14[edit]
| Number | Episodes | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Wheel Deal"/"The Buster Report" | Kids visit the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency. |
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Season 16[edit]
| Number | Episodes | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Based on a True Story" | Kids advise Ladonna on what she should do after lying. |
| 2 | "Flippity Francine" / "Muffy Takes the Wheel" | A 1st grade class takes pictures. |
| 3 | "All About D.W." / "Blockheads" | |
| 4 | "Get Smart" / "Baby Steps" | A class plays a quiz game on an interactive whiteboard. |
| 5 | "Night of the Tibble" / "Read and Flumberghast" | Kids discuss times they were scared and how they got over it. |
| 6 | "The Last Tough Customer" / "Brain's Chess Mess" | |
| 7 | "Baseball Blues" / "Brain's Biggest Blunder" | A class discusses talents and interests. |
| 8 | "Buster's Book Battle" / "On the Buster Scale" | Kids recommend books to each other. |
| 9 | "Fern and the Case of the Stolen Story" / "Sue Ellen Vegges Out" | |
| 10 | "So Funny I Forgot to Laugh" / "The Best Day Ever" | A class has a puppet show about standing up to bullies. |
Season 17[edit]
| Number | Episodes | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Show Off" / "Dog's Best Friend" | |
| 2 | "Adventures in Budylon" / "Ladonna Compson: Party Animal" |
Season 18[edit]
| Number | Episodes | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Shelter from the Storm" | Kids visit the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency. |
Season 22[edit]
| Number | Episodes | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone" / "The Feud" | Students meet their teacher's husband for the first time and get to know him better. |
Season 24[edit]
| Number | Episodes | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "George Scraps His Sculpture" / "Arthur's Big Meltdown" | Kids visit with Kevin Sampson to see how he creates his artwork. |
| 2 | "The Great MacGrady" | Students share their feelings after their principal recovers from cancer. (Originally aired during Season 13) |
| 3 | "D.W.'s New Best Friend" / "Freaky Tuesday" | Kids design and model their own clothes. |
Season 25[edit]
| Number | Episodes | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Binky Wrestles with a Story" / "All Will Be Revealed!" | Students learn how to write an attention-grabbing sentence. |
| 2 | "Making Conversation" / "A Cloudy Day" | Kids make a silent movie. |
| 3 | "Listen Up" / "Arthur's New Old Vacation" | |
| 4 | "Blabbermouth" / "All Grown Up" | Students discuss their personalities and compare them with the Arthur cast of characters. |
Kids' drawings of Arthur at the end of the segment[edit]
1996 variant
1996 variant
Normal 1996-1998 version
1997-2012
2012–present
Trivia[edit]
- In all Season 1 episodes and 10 Season 2 episodes, the introductory music was eventually redubbed in reruns in the United States. Some VHS and DVD releases retain the original music.
- In overseas and international airings of the show, such as when it aired on CBBC in the United Kingdom and on Disney Channel Asia airings of the show, this segment was omitted to make room for commercials. They are also omitted on many PBS stations during pledge drives.
- The interstitial after "Prunella's Special Edition" originally showed students writing their own books and having a book signing, but this segment was later replaced by the interstitial after "The Wheel Deal". This interstitial is about the All Kids Can character contest and is now featured after each of the aforementioned episodes.
- "Postcards from Buster" is the only episode to not include an interstitial, likely because the episode itself featured many different live-action scenes similar to this one.
- The audio of the kids saying, "And now back to Arthur." at the end of each segment was slightly lowered in pitch in later seasons.
