Arthur - Where is the Show Going?

[Any Del]

I thought the older versions of the characters in "The Contest" depicted teens?

Either way, I prefer the designs in "The Contest" more. At least Muffy looked more attractive than in "All Grown Up".

I wonder why they didn't show any of the characters' chlldren or married partners in "All Grown Up".

Right? That would have been a nice feature but eh what's done is done.

 

[DatH]

Honestly, I was kinda sad at the idea of Arthur ending but then I saw the quality of these new episodes and realized that it really is for the best.

I think ending it at season 7 would have been the perfect run for Arthur. They hit the 100th episode mark that season and had a great episode about it. April 9th was the last episode and would have doubled as a perfect series finale. That episode perfectly captured everything that made the series as great as it was.

That's not to say that they didn't have good episodes past season 7 but it really would have ended on top if it stopped there.

Fun fact, the S1-5 character designer (Richard Morris) was still in contact with the writers when S7 was in production. The initial draft in response to 9/11 sensitivity for that ep was for a major accident to...unfortunately cripple Sue Ellen
It's probably why Sue Ellen's section of that ep was glossed over compared to Arthur/Buster/Binky's: it would've been too morbid, so it was changed haphazardly, especially with more seasons to be made. Mr. Morris leaving due to injury/age was better to grasp, but I can't imagine what would happen if the initial draft was used...

I agree with it being a really good potential finale though, though what if an actual movie was made right after to seal it? Would've been something

Shame all we got was a cruddy CG movie. At least the Christmas special S5 was nice

 

[DatH]

Just Realized a Rich Morris was a character designer for potentially Mr. Morris...

 

[MrMuppet93]

That just leaves one question.....whatever happened to the Lebron James guest star episode? Did it get canned? Or is it a special for new Arthur content post-regular series?

 

[CoolGuy1013]

I didn’t see this post until today, but I think it was made pretty clear after Space Jam 2 that people don’t want to see Lebron James interact with cartoon characters.

 

[Rugrats1]

A person who worked on Arthur answered some interesting questions about the show

https://www.reddit.com/r/Arthur/comments/1clzu4e

 

[Muppet Master]

That just leaves one question.....whatever happened to the Lebron James guest star episode? Did it get canned? Or is it a special for new Arthur content post-regular series?

Was it ever confirmed that they made an episode with him? The articles I find say they just wanted him to be on it.

 

[Muppet Master]

Neil Gaiman is currently facing some serious allegations, so I wonder if Arthur will ban "Falafelosophy" (the episode he guest-starred in). They removed the Lance Armstrong episodes from circulation, so I wouldn't be surprised if this one disappears from reruns.

 

[YellowYahooey]

You know, I have come to realize a trend regarding characters on Arthur, whether recurring or minor. It seems as if some of the characters on Arthur were named after Sesame Street characters (whether seen or mentioned on Sesame Street). Such as Prunella (Oscar's cousin from the UK), Binky (mentioned on the "Grover the Messenger" sketch), Maria (long-running former human character), Beulah (cow who went on strike mentioned in a Guy Smiley segment), and possibly a few others.

 

[CoolGuy1013]

I’m pretty sure that’s just a coincidence.