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Any television connoisseur will tell you that the first six seasons of Arthur rival The West Wing, Breaking Bad, or even M*A*S*H. Beginning in 1996, these 95 episodes of Arthur include almost every quotable moment from the show, including:
The entire "Library Card" episode
“Thanks, Eggs Benedict Arnold!”
“Oh I have a hunch breakfast, dinner, and lunch would be so fun to munch if I had it with Nadine.”
and “Jeckyll Jeckyll Hyde Jeckyll Hyde Hyde Jeckyll!”
Season two even began with Arthur meeting Mr. Rogers, played by Fred Rogers himself:
This was the hey[“HEY!”]day of Arthur.
Michael Yarmush voiced everyone's favorite aardvark, while Luke Reid voiced the Brain (or "Alan").
Arthur's class meets Bill Clinton, Yo-Yo Ma, and Art Garfunkel!
(D.W.'s snowball also went missing.)
So, let's take a stroll around the Internet to LEGALLY PURCHASE the first six seasons of Arthur, shall we?
Amazon? Nope.
iTunes? That's a "no."
Surely Hulu? Sadly no.
They have to be on Netflix... right? THEY'RE NOT!
WHERE ARE THEY HIDING THE FIRST SEASONS OF ARTHUR???
So, I did the only rational thing and started asking PBS on the Arthur Facebook page until they responded:
According to PBS, Arthur’s later episodes are all scattered throughout the Internet. But even if you have Hulu, Netflix, and iTunes, you still cannot watch the first six seasons of Arthur.
This also upset Francine Frensky (see the comments above).
“LET’S GET TOGETHER AND MAKE THINGS BETTER, BY WORKING TOGETHER!”
Why things need to get better:
Young children currently have few, if any, meaningful and well-written television programs to watch. Arthur assumes that children are intelligent and care about issues beyond superhero violence and flowers.
For example, no other children's program will ever construct an entire episode around the class bully noticing that a Piet Mondrian painting was hung upside down at the local art museum.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Contact PBS Kids
Visit the PBS Kids website and ask them to release the first six seasons of Arthur!
Like the Arthur Facebook page
Visit the Arthur Facebook page, click "Like," and ask them to release the first six seasons of Arthur!
And PBS, if you're reading this, please realize that we're TRYING TO GIVE YOU OUR MONEY TO WATCH YOUR SHOW!
Because the first six seasons of Arthur weren't just "okay" ...
... they were SPECTACULAR!
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