Picture #Character NameCatch Phrases/ description1'I knew I should have stayed home today.' 2'At my old school.' 3bad puns followed by, 'Get it?' 4'According to my research.'
Picture #Character NameCatch Phrases/ description5'Prove it!' 6'Let's get the facts.'
7'Take chances! Make mistakes!
Valerie Frizzle is the eccentric third grade teacher at Walkerville Elementary School. 'The Friz,' as her students sometimes call her, uses a variety of unusual magic devices to teach them scientific concepts. The most notable of these is the famous Magic School Bus, a shape-shifting yellow bus that seems to have a mind of its own sometimes.
8an anthropomorphic bus, controlled by Ms. FrizzlePicture #Character NameCatch Phrases/ description9'I think I'm gonna be sick.' 10'We've been frizzled.' 11'Come on, you weasly wimps!'
Frizzle's side-kick and class pet.
The Magic School BusGenreEducational adventure comedyBased onbyDeveloped byAlison BlankKristin Laskas MartinJane StartzVoices ofTara MeyerMaia FilarRenessa BlitzTheme music composerOpening theme'Ride on the Magic School Bus', performed byCountry of originUnited StatesCanadaOriginal language(s)EnglishNo. Of seasons4No.
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Of episodes52 ProductionRunning time25 minutesProduction company(s)DistributorNelvanaScholasticReleaseOriginal networkPicture format:Audio formatOriginal releaseSeptember 10, 1994; 24 years ago ( 1994-09-10) –December 6, 1997; 21 years ago ( 1997-12-06)ChronologyFollowed byExternal linksThe Magic School Bus is a -, based on. The series has received critical acclaim for its use of celebrity voice talent and combining entertainment with an educational series. Said the show was 'among the highest-rated shows for school-age children.' A revival series titled was released on on September 29, 2017 and lasted until April 13, 2018.
Main article:. as Miss Valerie Felicity Frizzle, the science teacher of Walkerville Elementary School. Amos Crawley (Season 1) and (Season 2-4) as Arnold Perlstein, a bespectacled boy.
as Carlos Ramon, a class clown. Tara Meyer as Dorothy Ann Rourke, the class bookworm. as Keesha Franklin, an smartest girl. Maia Filar as Phoebe Terese, the new girl in Ms. Frizzle's class. as Ralphie Tennelli, an class athlete. Max Beckford (Season 1) and Andre Ottley-Lorant (Season 2-4) as Tim Jamal, an artistic student.
as Wanda Li, a tough tomboy and the youngest member of the class.Characters. Main article: SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedFirst airedLast aired13September 10, 1994December 3, 199413September 9, 1995December 2, 199513September 14, 1996December 25, 199613September 13, 1997December 6, 1997Production and broadcast In 1994, The Magic School Bus concept was made into an animated series of the same name by and it premiered on September 10, 1994.
The idea for the show was thought up by former Scholastic Entertainment Vice President and Senior Editorial Director Craig Walker. Scholastic Entertainment president Deborah Forte said that adapting the books into an animated series was an opportunity to help kids 'learn about science in a fun way'. Around that time, Forte had been hearing concerns from parents and teachers about how to improve science education for girls and minorities across the globe. Each episode of the series ran for 30 minutes.
Contributed some of the animation for this series.When The Magic School Bus was syndicated on commercial networks, the Producer Says segment at the end of each episode was cut out to make space for commercials. The Producer Says segments were only seen when the series was shown on non-commercial networks, international networks, VHS, and DVD releases. Within the episodes, there were also time points where the episode fades out and then fades back in after a series of commercials are shown. On non-commercial networks, VHS, and DVD releases the scene immediately fades back in right after it fades out as no commercials are shown.The show's theme song called 'Ride on the Magic School Bus' was written by and performed by rock 'n' roll legend.The show's voice director was, two of the writers for the show were and, who also worked on.On the PBS version, the show was funded by the, the, the, the, and the annual financial support from the viewers/stations of PBS. The show was close-captioned by the when it aired on PBS.Broadcast history In the United States, The Magic School Bus originally aired on as a part of its children's block, through 's network; it was the first fully animated series to be aired on PBS.
The last episode aired on December 6, 1997; the series then aired reruns on PBS until 1998., in a hasty effort to fill for its stations, aired repeats on its weekday block from 1994 to 2002. Starting September 27, 2010, The Magic School Bus started a daily run on in the US, and on Saturday mornings on. The Fox Kids and Qubo airings both used a shortened version of the opening. Based on information from their website, Qubo no longer carries The Magic School Bus in their programming lineup.The Magic School Bus was also seen on from February 15, 2003 until 2008, and aired on the block on from 2004 to 2009, and the in Canada and, and in the United Kingdom, with no plans to make more episodes. The series was widely known in Canada for showing reruns on as part of its children's block, now known as, from 2008 to 2013. In 2014, Nelvana sold the series to Latin America's Cartoon Network.
Child-oriented network showed episodes between 2010 and 2012. In Canada, it ran on from 1998 until 2000, and has run on from 1998 until the present time. It was presented internationally by from 2004 to 2009, and in the UK, Latin America, Australia, Spain, and India by from 1995 to 2003. It was also shown in the UK by from 2003 to 2007. It aired for some time on from 1996 to 2000.
It also aired on from 1995 to 2002. Other airers have included (1997 to 1999), in the Middle East from 2000 to 2017, (2003 to 2007), of South Korea (1995 to 1999), (Latin America, 2001 - 2008)from 1995 to 2000 and(1995 to 1999), and has run on from 2007 until the present time.Home media The series was originally released on by (a division of ) between 1995 and 2003, and on by (through and WarnerVision Entertainment) and between 2002 and 2013. Only the DVDs contain the funding credits. In the home video releases, all the episodes are uncut and un-edited with the Producer Says segments intact.
In the UK, it was broadcast until mid-2007 when it was removed off the air on channel.On July 31, 2012, New Video Group released the complete series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.On August 15, 2013, Scholastic announced the entire series would be available on. Reception Jason Fry, in a column for the online edition of, expressed an overall appreciation for the show, but wrote that the episode 'The Magic School Bus Gets Programmed' should have been about the perils of Internet searches and network concepts surfacing at the time, rather than an old-fashioned technology-run-amok story about the respective roles of programmer and machine (although he conceded that the episode was ten years old).Tomlin won a for her role as Ms.
Awards and nominations YearNominee / workAwardResult1998The Magic School BusALMA Award for Outstanding Program for Children or YouthNominated1997The Magic School BusDaytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated ProgramNominated1997Lily Tomlin (for playing 'Ms. Frizzle')Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated ProgramNominated1997The Magic School BusTelevision Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Children's ProgrammingNominated1996Lily Tomlin (for playing 'Ms. Frizzle')Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated ProgramNominated1996Milton Buras (for episode 'Halloween Special')Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding HairstylingNominated1996The Magic School BusDaytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated ProgramNominated1996The Magic School BusNCLR Bravo Award for Outstanding Program for Children or YouthNominated1996Lily Tomlin (for playing 'Ms. Frizzle')Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated ProgramWon1995The Magic School Bus title designers and graphic artistsDaytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Graphics and Title DesignNominated1995The Magic School Bus (for episode '.Meets the Rot Squad')USA Environmental Media Award for Children's Animated ProgramNominatedGames. Main article:Various computer and video games associated with the series were released from 1994 to 2000, and were typically amalgamations of storylines from both the original book series and the television show. The games were published by Microsoft Home.A video game titled The Magic School Bus: Oceans was released for on October 25, 2011, ten years after the release of the last game.
The video game, similar to the computer game before it, was likely based on the book, The Magic School Bus On the Ocean Floor and the TV episode, The Magic School Bus Gets Eaten. This is the only game to be released on a Nintendo platform.Revival series. Main article:On June 10, 2014, a new series was announced by and Scholastic Media titled The Magic School Bus 360°. The new iteration of the franchise features a modernized Ms. Frizzle and high-tech bus that stresses modern inventions such as robotics, wearables and camera technology. The producers hoped to captivate children's imaginations and motivate their interest in the sciences.
Would produce the series. Producer, who voiced Ralphie in the original series, stated that The Magic School Bus 360° will feature some of the original voice actors in different roles. The show's voice cast is based in, and, with as the Los Angeles voice director and as the Toronto voice director.In February 2017, Netflix announced that was cast in the role of Fiona Felicity Frizzle, the younger sister of Ms. Frizzle, now Professor Frizzle, again played by Lily Tomlin. By this point the title of the series had been changed to The Magic School Bus Rides Again. Of performs the theme song.
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