As a kid, I was bummed to not have access to shows on Nickelodeon and Disney channel. Now as an adult, I’m so glad I was blessed with a show like Arthur.
I religiously watched Arthur as a kid. I’m 20 now, and I remember this episode. I loved Arthur so much. I was a bit embarrassed and even made of (at times) for the fact that my family did not want to pay for cable TV shows, especially kids ones. It was mostly a cost savings measure, as my parents were very frugal, but it was also because my Mom believed in what shows like Arthur taught. It wasn’t mumbo jumbo crap TV that was on profit driven paid channels. Instead, it was a thought provoking media that actually offered real benefit to kids. Looking back I now see how impactful this type of programming was on me. I am honored to say my parents understood that.
same situation here, im 20 now and seeing where i am vs where the friends that i had that grew up on cable are, its clear to say we have different values/morals/way of living. maybe not everyone, but thats how i see it in my life. ill be raising my kids with arthur
I went 23 years without cable from 13 in 1997 to 36 in 2020. I was so focus going to school during teen years, and working during my adult years that I really didn't think too much about.
Arthur was one of my favorite shows growing up. We didn't have cable, so Arthur, Cyberchase, Fetch and the like were my staples. I'm glad I grew up being exposed to these kinds of programs that have intelligent writing, empathetic characters, and realistic scenarios.
I think using a fire instead of the twin tower attacks was also a good idea because it didn't rehash a real world event that traumatized many people. By depicting a school fire, it spared survivors affected by 9/11 from potentially triggering or retraumatizing imagery. It made the episode accessible to a part of the audience they were definitely trying to connect with, so I think it was a great decision.
It kept them from having to explain a lot of adult topics like "terrorism" and "mass murder", and kept the story focused on dealing with trauma. Definitely spared a lot of parents from having to explain 9/11 to their little kids.
I think Bluey may be walking in the footsteps of Arthur, being unafraid to tackle tough subjects in a manner children can understand without talking down to them. Arthur really did a good job and the show ran for almost 30 years. That's super impressive if you ask me.
that's so true,bluey's not afraid to tackle hard subjects,and I agree,I've been watching arthur my entire life,it's done a great job,I'm proud of arthur and bluey for being amazing shows and able to tackle hard issues
Yeah, I remember almost being lost to find out the show was going to end, even though I hadn't watched it in years. That show started airing when I was about 3 or 4 & had been on TV almost all the way to age 30.
Man this one hit hard. I survived a house fire when I was a child, which severely impacted me growing up and even today. I remember being unable to watch any sort of tv program that depicted fire-even cartoons. There was one time, a few years after the fire I survived, I was at a fancy restaurant with some family and someone ordered a flambé, which terrified me to the point of nearly causing a scene. I never received any sort of therapy or counseling afterwards, and the words “post traumatic stress” didn’t even enter my vocabulary until I was nearly done with high school. Needless to say, shows like Arthur that touch on these subjects in a way a child can understand are vital.
I witnessed my neighbor's house on fire in January 2020. Luckily, my neighbor wasn't home when it happened, or she probably would've died. Unfortunately, she lost everything in the fire. Even her dog. She was able to rebuild her house and got her a new dog.
It wasn't cancelled! When it was announced in 2021 that the 25th season was gonna be its last, the show had already wrapped up production in 2019 according to show developer Kathy Waugh. Her and Marc simply decided that 25 was a nice number to end. So it wasn't one of those cancellations where production ended right when it was announced, but rather the show had an actual finale. The show's final segment is called All Grown Up. They find a fortune telling game and gets a hint of what their futures might hold. Arthur picks up a book from the library but realizes he got a book about drawings. Going back to exchange it, they discover the game. When they play the game, Muffy is predicted to be a public servant, she thinks a mail carrier, but they tell her she should be a politician. Francine is predicted to be businesswoman, Buster is predicted to be a teacher, but when it comes to Arthur's turn...the batteries run out. Arthur decides to give the book about drawing animals a chance...jump 20 years later, and Arthur is now a creative writing professor and decides to work on a graphic novel about his childhood...which is the show. You really outdid yourself on this narration and profound analysis! I still remember this episode vividly, was actually one of the first episodes of Arthur I ever saw as a kid. In a series with so many iconic episodes and storylines in those early years, this one really hit home for me.
No matter what issue or topic it was, Arthur always found a way to talk about it in an episode. This episode was, and still is, the best example of that. They were aware of an event that impacted many people and handled it respectfully. Arthur was just one of those PBS Kids shows that wasn't only about exploring the world or learning about math and science, but was also about handling serious topics. I'm glad this show existed, and I'm glad it wasn't afraid to talk about topics you wouldn't hear that much in any PBS Kids show or any kids show in general.
Yeah right before the series ended when Bubbie died. It reminded me of when my dad died. Muffy learned to listen which is ver important and above all she never gave up on Francine just like my best friend never gave up on me either. She didn’t understand but I felt so much better knowing I could talk to her.
This episode made me feel for every character who had to deal with their issues. It definitely goes to show on how great this show is with teaching important lessons.
For those who don't know, this episode was written by the majority of Canadian writers from Toronto and Montréal because Arthur is actually Canadian. As a Canadian myself, they did an outstanding job comforting the Americans from New York, to across the whole country with this episode. It got to the point, which this episode is straight up beautiful, and it had a touching message. It had me almost tearing up soon after seeing this video. God Bless America. I love Arthur.
How is Arthur Canadian? I'm not going to argue about the team of writers for teh show, as I have no idea, but the location is clearly based on where Marc Brown grew up. Living near where Marc Brown is from I can tell you they make a lot of references to sound similar.
No disrespect to you or your nationality, but I'm pretty sure Arthur isn't Canadian. In one of the early episodes where they show the founding of Elwood City through a play, (Elwood City Turns 100, I think) they show US President Theodore Roosevelt at the founding event, showing that Elwood City is definitely an American city. If I had to give a good estimate for where Arthur actually lives, my best guess would be somewhere around western Pennsylvania. Bonus: Oh, and I remember in a very early episode, Arthur visited the White House, making it very likely that Arthur lives in the US, as he if he were Canadian, he would be visiting the PM in Ottawa and not the US President in Washington.
@@masonma2026 actually, Cookie Jar Entertainment l, the same team that worked on Arthur, is based in Canada, but the TV show was based both in Canada and the U.S.. Arthur is Canadian-Amerixan, but I'm referring to the show which had Canadian writers who worked on the show, and gave plotlines during Arthur's 25 year run.
I started crying during this video. I love that this could be applied to ANY tragedy and many (maybe even most) kids will live through something very impactful like this. Whether that be a natural disaster or something else. This shows Mr. Rogers level of care towards children's psyches, which is so important.
I started crying too. For some reason I knew how each of these kids felt. Like when I saw the remaining piece of Sue Ellen’s scrap book it reminded me of my dog. And the bits and pieces I have of him. That hit me hard.
Wokeness ruined the show, and such messages were replaced with indoctrination propaganda. Those moral and instructional moments ceased to be important and they focused on irrelevant topics, such as gay marriage.
I actually re-watched this episode recently, it still holds up incredibly great. Sue Ellen's closing words had me crying uncontrollably, it made me think about how much kids have to go through nowadays because of school shootings like Uvalde. "I never wanna go through another fire, but I never wanna lose this feeling; that each day is special. That my friends are the best friends in the world, and that if we stick together, we can make it through just about anything."
Not hard to see why it was aired on this date lol & 9/11 which was jesuit order sanctioned terrorism to break the fabric of our reality just like, 19 hijackers & 19 years later covid19... Chaos = 19!!! Terror = 94 (9th April) Terror also equals 68... Feel free to run date durations with President Terror-talking George Bush & note that 68 from his birthday to September 11th... All media has (literally) has jesuit order mkultra going on, then folks are hypnotised & don't care when shown the facts... (will this Horse use his mouth to say what's needed with the script code we been showing over here in our Gematria community for a decade this year trying wake ths world 🤷🏾♂️ i won't hold me breath 😂 & yes we over here knew celeb19 was coming 2016-17 way before 2020...
Uvalde was also jesuit order scripted by the numbers 🔤 🔢 just like the mkultra Rapper on independence day (with the 47 tattoos & 47 on his car) Holiday = 74 Independence day = 74, Active shooter 74 Killing 74 Masonic = 74
I feel bad for kids whose parents just put cocomelon on and call it a day. There is a whole generation of kids who are spending the prime developmental years with a diet of brain twinkes.
@@ob2kenobi388 There's just too much junk on TV for it to be really worth watching nowadays. Back when I growing up in the early 90s through the 2000s PBS kids had educational programming that was actually fun and entertaining to sit down and watch. Back then we had shows like Arthur, Cyberchase, Sagwa The Chinese Siamese Cat, Zaboomafoo, Dragon Tales, George Shrinks, 7 Little Monsters and Mr Rogers Neighborhood. Those were the days.
That's why I never understand the mentality of needing to shield kids from harder topics. Kids are smarter than we give them credit for, and we should trust them to understand these things, not think they're too young to handle them.
I was in my 20s when Arthur started, and 52 when it went off the air last year. I'd often watch it while getting ready for work, or in afternoons. Its intelligence and refusal to condescend struck me, and I'm sure they contributed to its staying power. This essay is just as trenchant and careful as the show.
@@cakecheese2895There are tons of educational programs on CZcams alone you fool. They are not government created and it costs taxpayers nothing (except for if the government of their country subsidizes CZcams somehow.) How ignorant. At least with CZcams I am not forced to pay towards programming I do not want such as that which promotes gay marriage.
I was the Storyboard Supervisor on Arthur in the late 1990's but all of the credit for Arthur's success should go to the Writers and the Director, Greg Bailey. Arthur scripts were very classy and clever and we tried to provide visuals that were more cinematic than other cartoons at the time. There were no child psychologists involved in the series giving dumb notes and ruining the show like kids shows have today. I doubt we could have the word "dopey" in a cartoon today. BTW I would vote the episode where DW eats the green potato chip and thinks she's about to die as another very dark episode...but it was handled in such a comedic way you'd never know it was an episode about death and characters contemplating what is the meaning of life! What cartoon today would even go near these subjects?
Thank you for making me and so many other people’s childhoods brighter and better. Arthur is a show I will always have a special place in my heart for. It was a show beyond its time, one of the few that showed children realistic scenarios and help tackle real life problems. Arthur was a great show and its message was loud and clear to everyone. So sad, it shut down recently. I still listen to that lovely intro song. Arthur and his friends made my afternoon’s and weekends so much better. PBS Kids is such a great network. They know how to teach children in the most engaging ways. Many little kids today know more than they should, and at such a fast pace. But networks like PBS are still one of the best programs for kids to learn in my opinion.
I remember watching Arthur as a little kid and now to see it as an older person just makes me realize what and understand the show a lot more. As a kid I never knew Arthur dealt with social commentary topics but after watching this video it makes me remember and summarize. This is the reason why cartoons make me cry not just because of what happened but the innocence of the characters and how naive but not in a bad way.
I cried in the digimon episode where wizardmon talks about his friendship with gatomon as he’s dying bc he saved her life, and then gatomon digivolves for the first time
I feel the same way about good cartoons or good stories for children in general. The innocence and hopefulness really move me, there’s so little of that stuff in adult life.
I remember this episode. It actually helped me learn to process emotions/trauma, and it’s amazing that a kids show can have that kind of impact. Very thoughtfully written and well-executed episode.
I'm glad you broke this down. Honestly, I caught this episode long after the events of 9/11 when I only had like 5 local channels and literally one of the few decent shows was Arthur. It was all syndication by that point, and I caught this episode out-of-context. I thought it was a bit bizarre because it's definitely structured and written a little differently than normal. The premise seemed fine enough, but it was handled with such a heavy weight over all of the characters and I just thought it was being dramatic. I adore this show for its mature approach of complicated and serious issues, but this is one such topic that completely slipped under the radar for me and I appreciate you shining a light on it.
I'm kinda in the same boat. I was born after 9/11 happened and didn't watch this episode until many many years after it happened and was referencing an event I wasn't even alive for so it's understandable that I was confused. I thought the episode was pretty dramatic as well. It was always one that very starkly stood out to me as being different from the rest of them and was kind of unsettling for me, particularly Arthur's nightmares and the scene of Sue Ellen crying in the parking lot (the biggest thing that always stood out to me was I had no idea why it was a problem for Sue Ellen to get her backpack, especially afterwards seeing how none of the students were in any drastically immediate danger). I think at the time I was just a little too unaware of things like this happening to have any understanding for why they were having such a serious episode. Maybe like Buster to a whole new level. I was able to feel for Binky and sorta Arthur, but in I think I was too confused to get to a point of understanding with Buster (probably because of the lies stuff that still seems a little strange) and I felt bad for Sue Ellen losing her stuff but was like Muffy and didn't understand why people trying to help her replace it wasn't working. I don't know, I feel like this video broke it down really well and I liked it because a lot of what was going on with it went right over my head and now I can appreciate it more than thinking of it as "that one Arthur episode that felt very tonally different for the rest of the series"
New episodes of Arthur were produced into 2020, when Marc Brown decided that 25 seasons was a "Nice place to finish." I'm apart of early Gen Z, and it was one of the highlights of my childhood, I was sad to hear it ended, but at least the creator was the one to say it could end.
As a person who has been diagnosed with PTSD, Binky's story hit really close to home in terms of trauma responses, especially as a child, and the direction the show took to explain it, complete with your analysis, really gave me a bit of closure with myself and how I continue to make sense of a world in where awful traumatic events happen to good people.
While Arthur’s subplot may be the least compelling, as a kid who most likely had BPD I can absolutely empathize with being terrified with a parent one day just not coming home. Even at 16 a few nights ago I was balling my eyes out at the idea that statistically my mom will probably die before me. I used to have terrible daydreams of my mother getting into an accident on the way home, I would scream and cry and run after her car when she would leave without me. It was made even worse when my brother passed away, death feels even closer than ever. And this is all without there being a scare with my mom like Arthur experienced. Overall I very much appreciate them having that part for those who may have BPD or OCD or maybe are just paranoid about death.
Sounds like you've come to understand and accept these things over the years and reached a more stable point. Kudos. BPD is typically lifelong - I have it, work with BPD charities, and teach vulnerable adults - and diagnosed from a minimum of 8 symptoms not just abandonent, though that IS a major factor. Thanks for sharing & helping raise awareness, we need more people like yourself and it's great that something like Arthur triggers such conversation.
the best part about Arthur as a show is that it didn't treat kids like they were stupid. it taught things that other shows at the time would have sugarcoated to diabetic levels. in a sea of wacky colors, characters with goofy voices and catchphrases like "yowza-ka-wowza", arthur keeps things grounded and (mostly) realistic. How many cartoons aimed specifically at young children do you know that would have had a character come out as homosexual and go on to have a same-sex marriage? we need more cartoons like Arthur. The messages this show taught were invaluable for children to learn. teach them serious matters while they're still young and impressionable, and that way it'll stick more.
@@sucasica3845True, however the he Owl House is not for young kids though it’s target demographic is older kids and young teenagers. It’s hard to think of cartoons specifically aimed at young kids, that are willing to delve into difficult subjects tactfully without too much sugar coating.
Remember Bluey? Because it manages to also handle serious topics as well. For instance the episode "Copycat" for how it handled the topic of death realistically and professionally.
I was there during 9/11 on a trip. When I got home people didn't understand why my memories and feelings of the day were completely different to theirs. Nobody could consolidate the fact that even the sound, the dust cloud and panic were totally different when you were in the middle of it Vs seeing in on TV in a totally different country. I actually wasn't affected in any real deep way past reoccurring dreams because I saw the other side of the attacks too with a country coming together to mourn and support each other. Strangely the attacks became a sort of meaningless action to me because it taught me that when people try to use fear, people will still hold hope against them. I think that learning about how basic compassion changes the world more than hate is what most people don't get about my experience there.
Fear does work as a weapon because many laws were changed and many things happened that did not help the hopeful. You need to learn that enemies are more dangerous than you realize. Then, as it gets harder and scarier and you see more battles lost. You will find that you still of course need to hope and endure like when you were younger only it has become more complicated and harder to do. Don't be afraid to ask for help from anyone older than you. And....don't be afraid to ask for help from anyone younger than you either. Fires are easy to pull the alarm over but more difficult to put out.
Personally, I just still find it incredibly disgusting and unjust that Americans remember their own victims more than the millions of victims of their fascist regime that has been terrorirzing the world for generations. All the victims of the illegal and anti-democratic dissolution of the USSR. All the victims of anti-socialist extermination campaigns worldwide overseen by the US government. The wars in Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, etc. The US regime is a terror regime that has annihilated hundreds of millions of lives and the capitalist system it perpetuates annihilates tens of millions people more every single day. Yet Americans consider themselves the biggest victims. Having remembrance days for themselves. And the rest of the world comforts them. We need to make the Americans understand that they are the biggest criminals of all. That their country is the most evil of all. That no hardship the Americans ever experienced due to someone else's hand will ever comes close to the horrors the US empire inflicts on its victims every single day. Also: Covid-19 raptured more Americans than 9/11 every single day for over a year. Considering that Americans wanted to eradicate the Iraqi and Afghani people over 9/11... why didn't they at the very least start a socialist revolution to eradicate their own government/deep state/capitalists? American society is SICK! People defending it are SICK! People who "always remember 9/11" while still supporting the continued existence of capitalism and vote in US elections rather than planning revolution are SICK!
I was 7 during the attack. I was in school, in 2nd grade. My teacher came in our door and told our teacher to turn on the news. Mr. W, as we will call him did exactly that. Live on television we watched as people jumped to their deaths to escape the flames. That event has long scarred me, just as it has most Americans. I didn't grow up watching Arthur, but this episode, after watching it for myself, strikes a powerful chord. Thanks.
@@remainderofsturgeonslaw7156 that's kind of my point I mean aurthur handled a situation like 9/11 in the most appropriate way possible for a children's show and yet made an episode where dw deserved to get punched and was satisfying to watch while somehow also telling us aurthur was wrong.
I was born in 2003. The only world I've ever known is a world after 9/11, and my parents tell me the world changed that day. Growing up in a world full of confusion, division and a different horrifying news story every day, I'm glad I had shows like Arthur to help me see this world as what it is: not perfect, but full of good people just trying their best. Thanks for making this video.
same here as someone born on the 13th of may in 2005, the world after 9/11 is surely a strained and stressful one, I have ptsd from this one ex friend who would scream and yell at me, peered at me under a bathroom stall back in elementary school, crumpled up what i'd draw and throw it at me and scream about how dumb I was, had some friends crowd around me in an attempt to scare me, and even beat me up and pushed me onto stairs. and to add onto the trauma; I also have had men constantly trying to get into my pants for whatever reason, all starting at the age of 9 when some 13 year old told me how he had a dream where I MARRIED him, going up to the age of 15; someone on a site told me that she'd hoped that i'd get raped and murdered; and another guy kept calling me a slut and a whore, when I was 16 some older man was acting flirtatious with me at a haunt, and at 17; a man was calling me "Shawty" and telling me to "say hi to your(referring to me) boyfriend" when I didn't have a boyfriend or significant other. With all that trauma, I have kind of changed my sexuality a lot, from straight, to bisexual, to asexual, to abro, to ace, to bi, and then now i realize that I might be Caedsexual(Asexual, but caused because of some sort of trauma) going up to when I was 16 some older man was acting flirtatious with me at a haunt,
I was born in 2003 and I remember I was in my 7th grade classroom in 2016 I was probably 13 or 14 one of my classmates made a very insensitive joke about the attack, when I asked them to explain the joke I was called a dumbass by the same kid, the teacher not only heard it but lectured the kid not for name calling but for making horrible jokes like that, after he sent the kid out he explained to us (the class) what it was. Later I asked my foster mom what happened that year, she told me the 3rd plane crashed outside of down town Philadelphia almost hitting one of the most important places in American history. I think it was Stonycreek Township.
@@tsukiii2810I was born in 2005 and my school showed us videos of the twin towers on fire as part of our "American History" curriculum.. in SECOND GRADE.
@@sleeplessstudios7626 I only learned the full history of it during my jr year of highschool but that was it I also asked my parents about it, my mom said she saw it on my grandma's mini TV when she was getting ready for school and my dad was working on his GED in a program during that year my mom said No one gave a shit about Muslims before this attack. But after it racism popped up against them.
Another one I can recommend is King of the Hill's episode, "Death of a Propane Salesman," which actually came out in '98. Hank and Luanne survive a propane explosion where her boyfriend dies, and it's a two-parter where you see them and the people around them deal with the PTSD, all in a funny and entertaining package. It's powerful to see Hank, normally stoic and undaunted, completely break down as he develops a phobia of what even non-watchers know as his true love of propane. It's treated fairly realistically too and has a solid ending where the messages aren't patronizingly explicit.
This show was way, way better than anyone would have expected from a PBS cartoon. Remember the episode where Arthur hit his sister because she ruined his airplane? Memes aside, there was something very genuine about the way that was handled. The entire show was surprisingly real despite the fact that it starred cartoon animals. I absolutely love when early childhood shows talk about such difficult topics. One master of this is definitely Sesame Street, like this one episode where they had Tony Soprano himself James Gandolfini come on and talk to one of the Muppets about how he gets scared of the dark or haircuts or giant talking vegetables. Now not only was that hilarious because Tony Soprano is talking about how he's afraid of the dark and likes having his teddy bear, but I love it because it validates the kids' fears by saying grownups also get scared. Not to mention their episode on 9/11 where they tackled PTSD with that one shop catching fire, so they take one of the Muppets to see the firehouse. Especially their episodes on death, specifically the one about Mr. Hooper's death and I think it was Elmo's uncle being dead. I love it how when the adults talk about it to the kids, they're also very unsure about how to explain it. Granted they don't say it out loud but as an actor I can see their motivation was uncertainty.
I never watched much Arthur, but I wish I had seen this episode as a kid. When my grandfather died, the main source of grief I felt was an emptiness at how little I was affected by it. My whole family was lost and distraught, but, being the youngest of them, I didn’t know my grandfather well. I didn’t have memories of him as my funny grandpa who took me fishing, or my loving dad who shaped me as a person like everyone else around me did. I didn’t realize that, though. I just felt guilty because I thought I was some awful person who didn’t care that a relative died. Buster’s story isn’t just an allegory for 9/11, but it could have been and I’m sure was a very valuable lesson on grief in general.
I feel the same. I went through a time where a lot of my great grandparents were finally passing away, and my own grandfather had passed as well. I grieve for my grandfather now because I wasn't able to in the past, but I remember at the time I didn't really understand any of it. I still think I don't fully grapple with processing grief and trauma.
I was very similar, growing up. I never formed serious attachments to anyone in childhood. I could feel sorry for someone, or like I wanted to take responsibility for a bad situation, even if I didn't know how, but I was not capable of caring enough whether someone was around or not to have any sort of emotional reaction just based on that. We had a dog that died when I was 6, who had been around my whole life & I played with all the time. They weren't able to get the message to me quick enough, so I walked into the garage to see the body lying on the steps. Remember being a little confused & wondering if I should be worried, until someone came out to tell me what happened & I literally felt nothing. Same when friends at school moved away. Same when my grandmother, who raised me, died. Even when my mom died two years back, everyone ended up deciding to leave the decision of what to do when she ended up in the hospital to me, because everyone else there was Paralyzed by the thought of making the wrong move & I wasn't. Literally only felt true emotional attachment to one single person in my entire life, & I didn't meet them until I was about 21.
And as for me, I was the sort of person who "should" be affected by 9/11 (my mom worked in the nearby area if not the building itself), but since the first time I experienced the sort of fear and grief associated with this was a combination of stores going out of business and a scary Gushers commercial several years before when I was younger, I had already learned to suppress and not go into those feelings because the things I was initially feeling those feelings meant that they were pathologized, and me cast as a "baby" for feeling them and teachers trying to "treat those feelings" (and who would be shocked pikachu face if they ever heard or realized that this "training" might end up extending to things like 9/11). And at the time I had also been told, in no uncertain terms, by the vice principal of my middle school no less (while I was going through cis female puberty and experiencing the crying that goes with that) that crying was "not good self-control" in a context where "not good self-control" meant things that would have you taken to the mental institution if the wrong person caught you. So basically I just went to my usual coping mechanism of focusing on the idea of a better future and other similar thoughts (and having meltdowns and not being able to pinpoint where any individual meltdown was from because that tends to happen when you are abused for being autistic and your emotions are too big to shut down without going completely catatonic and your abusers either drive a wedge between you and your parents or include your parents).
Bluey is a really good example of a kid’s show covering grown up topics. It talks about anxiety, neurodivergency, miscarriages, and a lot more. It’s brilliant
@@yourfathersinferioritycomplexkids aren't given the credit, which is a shame, because producers seem to make shows they think will appeal to kids by making it loud and bright. I grew up with old school Thomas the Tank Engine and holy shit! That show was dark when rewatching as an adult. I even hid my old Thomas the Tank Engine toys and mom found them in my room years later when I moved out. I would like to think that Bluey holds such a special place in kids these day that they'll hide their Bluey toys as an older teen like I did 🥲
I dread the day when bluey tries to cover any topic like discrimination or poverty or sexism. The right will not allow any of those topics to be discussed in adult media without flipping out and screeching woke like some kind of horrible culture wars parrot. If the Arthur 9/11 episode had come out now they would have called it woke for not specifically having arthur and his friends beat a Muslim child with the American flag.
One episode that sticks out to me and is kind of similar to this one is where a hurricane hits Elwood City. After the hurricane, Brain's father's ice cream shop is destroyed. After seeing the extent of the damage, things like wind and rain make him nervous. His parents take him to therapist who teaches him coping mechanisms so he can reduce his anxiety. I really liked this episode because it showed what trauma looked like and how you can deal with it. Arthur was a really good show. I'd think Bluey is a really close contender or even exceeds the discussion about adult topics catered for children to understand and empathize with. They tackle infertility, the worry of being a good parental figure, dealing with death, separation anxiety, neurodiversity and the military and many more I can't squeeze into this comment which is really impressive for a show about Aussie dogs if you ask me! Just to clear a couple things up: the "gay rights" episode wasn't necessarily about LGBTQ+ rights but more about the class trying to find who Mr. Ratburn's special someone is. They assume it's this woman he's seeing, but it turns out she's just his sister and Mr. Ratburn is engaged to the local chocolatier. And Arthur Takes a Stand was released in 2018 (though in the UK it was released in June 2020 because of the protests), and was in general inspired by activist John Lewis's work (who voiced himself in the segment). I believe it was later rerun to pay tribute following Lewis's passing in July 2020 (which was shortly after George Floyd), along with a little online short about anti-racism (which the short WAS about the 2020 protests).
Muffy’s problem in this episode is a recurring one in the show. She wants to help people, but doesn’t fully understand what they’re dealing with. She doesn’t understand that some things can’t just be replaced. She has good intentions, but is often tactless in trying to help others.
I feel very privileged to have become friends with Marc Brown since he and his wife first dined in at a restaurant I was the maitre’d at. This man literally helped me grow into the man I am today. And he told me I turned out great.
Arthur in the show's entirety talks about real life hitting topics without messing up the younger audiences. Being older now, I can really understand how good Arthur was. I remember being a lil kid, my parents would watch the show with me before I go to bed for school the next day. really enjoyed it
I always respected Arthur for not treating kids like they were stupid. When I watched it as a kid, I never felt like my intelligence was being insulted. Even though I quit watching it when I got older, I still felt depressed when I heard the series was ending, because it was a large part of my childhood. When Arthur ended it truly was an end of an era.
Not exactly what I'd call advanced or big-brain stuff, but simple in a good way. Relatable to kids and still good fun. It is a good show among kids' shows, and all TV as far as that goes.
Arthur dealt with some very serious topics, but also had some of the best insults a kid's show could have. I love that everyone is sharing their favorite Arthur insults
"I dont need any make up, im already beautiful. But Francine doesn't have any and she could sure use some..." -Muffy after she gat a Cindy Crawfish make up palette for christmas
Arthur was a phenomenal tv show. Not only entertaining, but teaching kids a variety of lessons and sharing knowledge. One of the greatest children's tv shows.
I occasionally think back on this show every now and again and remember how amazingly well written and nuanced it was. One thing I always liked was that Binky, the character who as you said was always the tough guy, actually does ballet. I remember the episode of him learning and finding enjoyment in it and that actually being a thing that comes up across several episodes. I believe one of them was a lesson about it being fine for a guy like him to enjoy doing ballet. There's later episodes where him doing ballet isn't even a thing that gets attention drawn to it, it's just there which really helps sell that it's ok
As someone that likes Arthur, I think bluey is a pretty good show that doesn’t patronize their audience because it’s made for babies, it tackles some serious topics like infertility and death but also smaller issues like not giving up after the first couple of tries. I don’t think it’s better than Arthur but it’s easily top 10 imo
It also tackles something big that I don't think Arthur did.. ADHD.. Bluey has ADHD and a lot of people with ADHD relate to him and the things he does, it's basically telling kids with ADHD (or any other behavioral disorder) that it's ok to be different, it might be hard, but you aren't alone. Especially if it's a kid that doesn't know why they are acting the way they are
Commenting from an anonymous account: This video is one that personally means a lot to me. I have some trauma with school, a lockdown to be specific due to gun threats My reaction to that day for the longest time made me feel crazy and like I wasn't allowed to feel the way I felt due to nobody getting hurt in the end. When you covered Binky's trauma response, that really hit me. The fire on tv reminds me of being unable to even look at anything that resembles a gun The fire alarm reminds me of my research on police response times and statistics to active threats Binky seeing fire in the school doesn't have direct ties as I do not experience hallucinations, but it does remind me how I go completely cold whenever I have to walk into the classroom I was in at the time I thought I was crazy or bad for experiencing any of those things for something that didn't end badly Thank you for making this video, I cannot describe how perfectly done this video was. It genuinely changed my view on my response and its helped me be able to reach out for help and accept when people attempt to help me through my frequent panic attacks and nightmares. This is a video and an episode I will forever treasure. :)
@@FoxSqueeArt oh im sorry for being traumatized over being locked in a dark closet for two hours being told that there were three shooters in our school ready to kill us and that people were already dead I didn't realize that wasn't something to be traumatized over
I went through a similar experience myself. Everything you listed down to hiding in the closet while people got messages about casualties. And yeah I still feel like it didn't warrant so much emotion but as far as our animal brains are concerned, our lives were in danger. We felt those things and telling one's self that it's illogical doesn't make the feelings go away. Hope you've been able to work through it.
I was involved in an accident 3 years ago that nearly took my life. I watched this episode not too long ago for the first time in years. As someone who has experienced PTSD before, I felt I could relate to Binky the most. However, the part when he's watching TV and the camera zooms in on his face all wide-eyed and jaw dropped, experiencing PTSD, hit way too close to home for me.
Algorithm sent me here. I completely forgot all about this episode, but as you described the synopsis, the memories from close to 20 years ago of watching this episode once flooded in. I didn't make the 9/11 connection at the time, but I noticed that the episode seemed more dramatic than others in the series. They tackled that topic with grace with the perspectives and not giving some false, feelgood ending where everything is better now. Binky having the trauma of seeing the fire, being known as the tough guy in class, was a great choice since I always sensed a bit of depth to him. I still need to rewatch the episode, but it was hard not tearing up as you described it. Great work!
I was absolutely terrified of fire as a kid so this episode really hit home. The way it discussed the different reactions and trauma of the children has always stuck with me. It helps me as an educator knowing how differently students can react to traumatic events, and it honestly helps me process my own phobias and trauma responses. Knowing this was about 9/11 just adds another layer of depth I'm very impressed by
I was 3 years old when 9/11 happened and my mother had picked me up from a school located next to a JRB and made sure I didn't see anything on the TV. I do remember seeing everything years later through documentaries. To this day they still make me cry.
I watched this late into the night while tired and emotionally vulnerable and the blend of nostalgia and great analysis nearly made me cry 💀 Great video about a great show, thank you for this.
its so interesting how as a kid, i didnt realize this was symbolizing the events of 9/11. but i ALWAYS remembered this episode because i loved how it tackled the serious topics. other episodes of arthur that i greatly appreciate are when buster becomes a germaphobe; as someone who struggled with that greatly in elementary school, it made me feel so seen. there's also an episode where francine throws up at school, and i think either she or someone else becomes scared of it (emetaphobia) which is also something i struggled with (and still do 😅) thank you so much for talking about this. arthur is an AMAZING show because of how it tackles these topics in a way that kids can understand, and in a way that captivates adults as well (sort of like what bluey is doing now!) but arthur will always have a special place in my heart, and im glad that there's other people who realize the impact of this show.
other episodes i wanna mention that i still remember so well are: - when binky's family adopted a baby from china (my older sister was adopted from china so that was just great to see) - when there's a bad storm and allen (the brain) gets bad anxiety and learns coping methods from a psychologist (which is exactly what i was going through when the episode aired) - when george meets carl who has autism and sees that his brain just works a little differently, and thats okay - when DW had to go get ear surgery or something? i cant remember exactly but i remember she was very worried for that but everything was alright theres so many other great ones (and funny ones!) but ahh overall arthur is just such a good show and i could talk about it forever. my mom would always watch it with me too, she wouldnt really with any of the other PBS kids shows, which proves that arthur is so great for both kids and adults.
I love how they touched in the very real experience of just not caring. I was in 7th grade during 9/11. I was dealing with being physically assaulted at school everyday, suicidally depressed, no friends, severe ED- I didn't have the emotional bandwidth to think about anything but my day to day survival.
You're just about a yr older then myself. I'm sorry for your experience, luckily we had shows like Arthur in our childhood. Not many today can say they're this lucky. Sadly with all the social media a lot of people who were our age and perhaps a bit older are going through the same thing mainly because of cyberbullying. They need to bring these programs back and put them on a regular rotation so no one else will go through what you did. The lack of shows like these are a big reason why many of the things going on with the younger generation is going on. They're not properly developing empathy and it shows through their actions. I'm sorry for the essay, but it saddens me everytime I hear someone went what you went through. Oh and that kitten looks like one of the kittens that I had around the age of 11/12.
I didn’t know there was an Arthur episode about this, I think this video could be really good for kids nowadays too. This might help with kids who’ve been traumatized by school shootings, I wish we didn’t need a children’s show to help kids through unnessesary trauma, but until things get better it might help.
I’m so glad the algorithm showed me this video. I remember watching this episode as a kid several years after 9/11 (I was born in 2002), and not seeing much that interested me in the episode, other than the concept of a school fire, which as I remember was terrifying. Looking back at your recap now really shows me how much I took for granted quality children’s programming that wasn’t so “all-up-in-your-face” style storytelling and left conflict resolution up to interpretation. Amazing video, new fan!
I always remember feeling weirdly impressed with episodes that went a lot darker/ more serious & never really knowing how to quantify why I was so much more engaged. When Buster left for several episodes to live with his dad, is the main one that's coming to mind that I can remember.
In my entire childhood of growing up on PBS Kids, I never knew this was a 9/11-based episode. I was born in 2006 and in my life I’ve probably seen this episode 5 to 6 times. And with you explaining it in the way that you do, it really helps me to appreciate just how beautiful the Arthur writers did at depicting trauma, and how to deal with it in a healthy manner. It is truest beautiful to see society pulling people together in such a way that helps everyone understand such things, and cares enough to help them deal with the shock after said event/fact.
I remember this episode as a kid, but had completely forgotten about it. I remember in particular being struck by how it was structured, with the 4 concurrent stories being recollected. I didn't realize it was about 9/11 as a kid (I was a Buster in this scenario - witnessed coverage on the news as it happened before elementary school, lived with my parents in Colorado at the time), but looking back it's SO poignant and has some really, really great lessons. Good show
I think bluey does a lot for my kids that shows like Arthur did for me. They keep things so easy for kids to understand and relate to as well as go over some very serious topics.
I wasn't born yet when 9/11 hit. But my brother had just turned a year old. I can't remember exactly how my parents reacted when it happened, it's been told so many times but it's rarely brought up unless mentioned. But I think my mom had told me she was crying as she saw the news. Growing up, I was always taught about 9/11 every year in school. How it has effected everyone even in later generations. I never knew this episode existed, even through the reruns I'd see when I'd help babysit. But it was delivered so well. I hope to see stuff like this in future shows. Kids NEED to understand this stuff, to help them learn as they get older. To help them understand serious issues going on in the world.
I was 4 turning 5, I remember my mom and my aunt looking at the live coverage in Univision crying and asking and praying to God what was going on, it was surreal, I still remember it to this day
I was barely a year old, but my parents mentioned it just felt surreal to see on tv. I’m not from the US so I’ve never really understood the impact of the tragedy, which I think brings an extra layer of dissociation to it all. When I was a kid watching this episode, I related to Buster the most and that still rings true even as an adult today
I was 6, I didn't understand what was going on. I was homeschooled and I remember, my parents sitting me down, with my grandparents and explaining to me, what had happened. I remember, my grandmother rubbing my back and I was scared but they assured me, since we lived in a tiny IL town, where everyone knew everyone, we were safe. We weren't even close to New York. I remember my parents had the TV on the VCR channel only or toon disney for me, in the living room while my grandparents watched the coverage in the kitchen. My parents and grandparents agreed I was far too young to see such destruction at a young age. I remember later that day, we went to the lake to swim, to keep me distracted and the whole time, the radio was off... apparently all the other parents in the area had the same idea. I remember no one talked about it, like we were all pretending it was a normal day... I remember having fun, but I remember how forced my parents smiles were and I remember the way my dad hugged me a little too tightly... I understand now, he was just grateful to be living in a quiet little town, where all he had to worry about was what to grill for dinner. That day sticks out to me in a weird way, where I don't remember being effected by it, but I remember the effect it had on my family.
I was 7 when it happened, and the only thing I understood was "The bad guys hit the two towers with planes." I might of not remembered, or understand a lot of what happened that day, but I sure as hell remember the aftermath. I grew up in the military, and when we went to war everyone I knew had one thing on our minds. Will my dad/mom be sent overseas to the war... Obviously not everyone who was deployed overseas wasn't sent into combat, but that didn't stop anyone from worrying.
I was about 9. I don't remember being all that affected by it. It was saddening & shocking, at first, but I quickly got really, REALLY tired of it, when every single TV station's content was preempted almost all day long for a week, when I wanted to watch something else. Kind of feel like a dick about it, now. The aspects I remember most were all of us being sent home immediately after the initial broadcast aired & a kid behind me as we were heading to the busses was literally catatonic & kept muttering "It's the end of the world," & I was just watching him, thinking "Well, that's a bit dramatic. Where is he getting that from?" He also apparently shat himself on the way to the bus. The kids behind him jumped & were complaining that a turd had just rolled down his pants leg onto the floor & they almost stepped in it. Was definitely a dark time. I do remember getting a bit more worried about the anthrax than the plane crashes & the subsequent crashes on the pentagon & in PA (which was aiming for a nuclear power plant a county north of where I lived) had us all watching the sky for planes, as if we could figure out if one had been hijacked, ourselves, from the ground, & stop another attack.
I loved Arthur always one my favorite shows as a kid. I remember coming home from school everyday and watching it, didn’t matter if I was 6 or 12! What you’re discussing is definitely one of the reasons it struck with me so, it and Hey Arnold had very real situations shown through the eyes of a child and they’ll always be my favorites.
Beautiful video. I'm not exactly sure why, at some point in the video, I wanted to cry. I know I have some heavy things in my past I'm still carrying. It's beautiful to see such a poignant message in a show that's geared to appeal to a pre-teen/teenage audience. Outside of the show, this channel and this video give's everyone another opportunity to appreciate some of the things we may have watched in our younger years, yet no longer remember. Regardless, it was an amazing recap, a capturing voice (to the man who made the video), and a gorgeous production. ❤
I think Arthur has sort of been replaced with shows like Bluey. Dealing with difficult and hard topics in a way that both children and parents/guardians watching can understand, even if it isn't as big as 9/11 but might be the loss of a loved one, the theories about Bluey being a rainbow baby, family issues
Yeah, I agree with this statement. The main thing that makes these two shows so great is that, as mentioned in the video, neither shows talk down to the viewer. Another thing both shows have is that they validate what the kids are feeling and don’t brush their emotions under the table. They take them seriously because, to the characters, they are serious. I think that is what makes both Bluey and Arthur so good and I think it is something more kids shows should incorporate.
I agree, and Arthur was for a different generation and era. I don't see the show as cancelled so much as retired (It did have a conclusive ending after all) This generation has bluey, and so on and so forth will have stories in the future. We're never gonna run out of writers and animators telling stories of humility, kindness and the hardships of life, that's for sure
oh the rainbow baby theory is basically confirmed at this point. the show's creator mentioned in an interview for a book that the Season 2 episode "The Show" specifically alludes to Chilli having had a miscarriage
@@CarmenFialamaybe we’ll learn more about it in ways kids could understand in the future. that’s certainly a subject many many kids could be impacted by
Despite all the problems CZcams has, I often find some of my favorite creators popped up through the algorithm. This is such a great video about an episode I never knew existed. And your channel is filled with so many cool, clearly dedicated discussions I can see becoming very popular down the road. I really hope you’ll get the growth you deserve, and am going to check out more of your work ❤
I don't know if you'll see this reply to my own comment, but I had to add how BEAUTIFUL your thumbnails are and am interested to know if you make them yourself. I've never been so excited to watch a channel's videos as a new subscriber. Your topics are so cool ❤️
@SeasonsYT Fantastic idea. It's nice your taking advantage of the program for you videos, do you also use Midjourney for visuals in your videos? I started watching your viking video, along with Nero and Aurelius (reading Meditations right now so great timing)
Thanks for checking out the channel! I do sometimes use Midjourney in the videos (often, actually). It just depends on the subject I’m discussing - whether AI can produce appropriate images.
@SeasonsYT It's exciting to see creators like yourelf applying AI for your videos, most of us all know Midjourney for the comedy and wacky images. I hope 2023 will be your big year 🫶
The PBS shows all handled talking about 9-11 amazingly. They helped all of us who were kids at the time. While I love Arthur; the show that I remember the most was the Mr. Rogers episode. Now as an adult it means even more to me. Knowing that he came out of retirement because he knew after something so horrible that his children needed him. I start crying every time I talk about it.
I don't remember that. Hmm, but it does seem like something he'd do. I miss people like Mr. Rogers and shows like Arthur that helped guide you when you needed them as children and even adults.
@@vergilmontiero2558Yup. It’s an episode that aired in 1998. Mr. Rogers even did a “behind the scenes” segment explaining how he was made into an animated character. Now he can live on as a lovable “fursona” on Arthur and reruns of his show. My 5 year old daughter still insists getting up at 5 in the morning because she has to watch Mr. Rogers reruns. She thinks Daniel Tiger is “stinky” though and thinks that “it stinks like Caillou”. Her words not mine.
This video had me captivated from start to finish. The way you move from point to point so seamlessly is perfect. If every video is like that, this channel will have not choice but to blow up due to the affect of viewer retention on the algorithm. Keep it up! I see you!
i really relate to arthur in this episode. my mom works in a jail in a city, which can be very dangerous. every time she goes to work, i worry about her safety. some days are worse than others, but i’m always so relieved when she comes home
this episode caused a realization that bluey is the modern-age arthur. watch episodes like “flat pack” and “baby race”. they’re funny for kids, but make adults emotional and have the “if you know, you know” factor. bluey really is a special show. the effort that goes into the animation, and the casual voice acting makes it feel much more life-like. personally, i haven’t felt so connected with an animated show since bojack.
Another bluey episode that I feel doesn't get enough recognition is "Chest" and it's seemingly about bandit teaching his daughters chess, but there's an amazing lesson and underlying message in there about bandit wanting bluey and bingo to become strong independent and smart women when they grow up and bandit just wants to prepare his daughters for the real world because he won't always be around to help them and its sucH A GOOD EPISODE
being an older person, i remember arthur as a book character, when i had my first job in a bookstore. then, i was sort of aware that the books were turned into a pbs series. it wasn't until my kids were born in 2005 & 2007 that i soon after became an active viewer of "arthur". i didn't expect much from it & was never a fan of the way the characters were drawn. i'd say within a few months i was won over. my kids liked the show, but i ended up being a bigger fan. i'll still watch an episode when i'm clicking around on the tv & i land on the pbs kids channel. thanks for covering this episode & giving "arthur" its props.
I look fondly back at Arthur these days not just for nostalgia, but also because it taught us deep lessons like this. Even as an adult, these are lessons that can really help heal whatever problems we are facing. Tbf, I feel like Bluey is another show that can compare to Arther in some sense. While the episodes are shorter, they show a lot about what it takes to overcome fears we have not just as kids, but as adults as well. Gr8 video! 👍
It's amazing when a children's show can make adults cry. I never saw this episode, but I was tearing up watching this video. I recently watched the Sesame Street episode where Mr. Hooper dies. I remember watching it as a kid and I didn't understand it. When I watched it recently, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't bawling my eyes out. Especially when Big Bird starts to understand and gets angry saying he doesn't like it.
Lol. That's why I love Digimon Tamers & Gargoyles so much. Seriously, has any adult ever managed to get all the way through Digimon Tamers without crying, once?
the trauma I've faced in my life is different the that of what these characters went through, but I find myself so connected to their feelings and responses. this video deadass triggered my own ptsd a little bit lol, but still fantastic job 💗
The greatest show of our generation, honestly. I’m so happy I grew up with Arthur in the early years. If I see a rerun on tv(when I have time to watch tv) I watch it and I realize how intelligent and important this show made me feel as a kid. Thanks, Marc Brown and team! Y’all have no idea how much this show meant to a lot of younger millennials. ❤️
Hey mate, I know this seems a little odd, but I would like to say thanks for this video, it came up and was really enjoyable to watch. As well as emotional. On the other hand as well, it really opened my eyes about writing and it's ways of portrayal as well as handling certain things and how to do it. Especially heavy topics which was something I needed to realise. So two thumbs up from my two accounts. One, for being a great video. Two, teaching me certain things I needed to realise.
I'm a sucker for good cartoon breakdown commentaries 😭 this was so good and I hope you continue to make more videos like this If its a passion you're wanting to follow of course c:
Ty for your words and viewership! I just make videos about things that interest me… that does include cartoons, so I suspect there will could more of these at some point. Not sure when though! -Michael
@SeasonsYT that's super valid, can't wait to see what else you come up with! Hoping to hear more about some darker episodes 😤🤞🏻 always really fun to look back with a more open mind on what was innocence for us in our younger years
We are 23 and have cptsd related to our upbringing. We have no memory of 911 because we were a baby. Watching this video on truama and how it effects people differently, made us cry. We enjoyed this video very much.
As a kid, I made no connection that this was about 9/11, which is so interesting to me when I look back at how I responded to 9/11. I don’t remember the day of 9/11 at ALL because I blacked out, which is weird when I consider how I was so thoroughly convinced that our school would be the next target when we went back to class the next day. Arthur was one of my favorites growing up. It was always so poignantly done and, as an adult, I think it was far more refreshing compared to other shows. Thank you for making this analysis and sharing it with us. it was a lovely, respectful and well-done breakdown.
I can completely relate to this. I'm 25 years of age and only recently accepted I needed counselling. Withing a handful of sessions I was sent a list of common things people do as a result of trauma. Risky and impulsive behaviour is one of the things listed on that sheet I was given. Exactly when Binky threw the alarm and couldn't explain why, I've done countless things, even recently, like last year, where I done something that was risky/impulsive and had to quit my job as a result. I had no idea at the time that I was and still am experiencing PTSD. If only I seen this episode as a kid....I could've understood. It's messing my life up.
Arthur was my favorite show growing up; I watched it every morning and afternoon. I was 7 in 2001 and was definitely in the target audience for “April 9th” in the years it aired following 9/11. Having loved Arthur so much there are a ton of episodes of this show I think about, but this is one that has stuck with me for over 20 years in a major way. No other show helped me process like this without me even realizing that’s what it was doing. Thank you for this video; it’s so amazing to hear someone else talk about it!!
Thanks for a very insightful appreciative review of a fairly complicated episode. Buster's role was to show survivors syndrome. Beautfully written by Peter Hirsch who lived through 9/11 in his home in Manhatten. I remember attending the annual writers meeting a week after 9/11 in Boston. We did have concerns that show might be traumatising for kids so we had to approach it with a lot of scrutiny and suggestions from psychologists. At the meeting 11:0511:05 Peter was still walking around with gasmask. I had crossed the Quebec /vermont border with a very cursory border crossing at a small country crossing That was the last i crossed after 9/11 without pasports and heightened border security that followed.
I genuinely believe Arthur and other actually helpful/educational PBS kids shows helped me grow into the perosn I am today. Arthur helped me feel heard and even understand others. It was fun, humorous, educational, and..comforting. Truly a amazing show
What a wonderful kind of day where we can learn to laugh and play
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You got to listen to your heart
Listen to the beat
@@ThatGuy_2955 The rhythm of the street
@@nick90s10Open up your eyes
@@-karma-2426 Get together and make things better
As a kid, I was bummed to not have access to shows on Nickelodeon and Disney channel. Now as an adult, I’m so glad I was blessed with a show like Arthur.
Same here man
Same
Arthur was/is the absolute best! ❤
Me too
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I religiously watched Arthur as a kid. I’m 20 now, and I remember this episode.
I loved Arthur so much. I was a bit embarrassed and even made of (at times) for the fact that my family did not want to pay for cable TV shows, especially kids ones. It was mostly a cost savings measure, as my parents were very frugal, but it was also because my Mom believed in what shows like Arthur taught. It wasn’t mumbo jumbo crap TV that was on profit driven paid channels. Instead, it was a thought provoking media that actually offered real benefit to kids.
Looking back I now see how impactful this type of programming was on me. I am honored to say my parents understood that.
same situation here, im 20 now and seeing where i am vs where the friends that i had that grew up on cable are, its clear to say we have different values/morals/way of living. maybe not everyone, but thats how i see it in my life. ill be raising my kids with arthur
@@organized.chaos317 love to hear it
I went 23 years without cable from 13 in 1997 to 36 in 2020. I was so focus going to school during teen years, and working during my adult years that I really didn't think too much about.
Yeah you can totally tell the kids who were banned from watching SpongeBob 🤣
@@organized.chaos317If those kids watched enough cable TV to have been molded by it, TV wasn't the main problem.
Arthur was one of my favorite shows growing up. We didn't have cable, so Arthur, Cyberchase, Fetch and the like were my staples. I'm glad I grew up being exposed to these kinds of programs that have intelligent writing, empathetic characters, and realistic scenarios.
Cyberchase 🤖♥️
70's, 80's, 90's and 2000's kids were given so much cooler stuff than what the kids have today imho.
Same here! Awesome experience
@@BrianIsTheGOAT594 Fr, Cyberchase was dope af
Facts I loved this shows
I think using a fire instead of the twin tower attacks was also a good idea because it didn't rehash a real world event that traumatized many people. By depicting a school fire, it spared survivors affected by 9/11 from potentially triggering or retraumatizing imagery. It made the episode accessible to a part of the audience they were definitely trying to connect with, so I think it was a great decision.
It also helps to this day. I imagine, if you showed this episode to a kid now, they'd relate to it since, now they have to do shooter drills.
It also makes the episode timeless. A kid watching this today might associate this with school shootings
It kept them from having to explain a lot of adult topics like "terrorism" and "mass murder", and kept the story focused on dealing with trauma. Definitely spared a lot of parents from having to explain 9/11 to their little kids.
It also is a lot more digestable. A fire isn't a terrorist or armed threat. It has no motivation. Fires destroy, and kids understand that.
The same thing was done for Sesame Street
I think Bluey may be walking in the footsteps of Arthur, being unafraid to tackle tough subjects in a manner children can understand without talking down to them.
Arthur really did a good job and the show ran for almost 30 years. That's super impressive if you ask me.
that's so true,bluey's not afraid to tackle hard subjects,and I agree,I've been watching arthur my entire life,it's done a great job,I'm proud of arthur and bluey for being amazing shows and able to tackle hard issues
I am a bit worried with Disney having ownership, but I think it’s getting there it stand’s pretty strong as a show
It went horrible at the end
Yeah, I remember almost being lost to find out the show was going to end, even though I hadn't watched it in years. That show started airing when I was about 3 or 4 & had been on TV almost all the way to age 30.
@@Scguaicysvipsovyiycs disney doesn't own it, they just distribute it in the US
Man this one hit hard. I survived a house fire when I was a child, which severely impacted me growing up and even today. I remember being unable to watch any sort of tv program that depicted fire-even cartoons. There was one time, a few years after the fire I survived, I was at a fancy restaurant with some family and someone ordered a flambé, which terrified me to the point of nearly causing a scene. I never received any sort of therapy or counseling afterwards, and the words “post traumatic stress” didn’t even enter my vocabulary until I was nearly done with high school. Needless to say, shows like Arthur that touch on these subjects in a way a child can understand are vital.
I'm really sorry that happened to you. You didn't and don't deserve any of this pain.
I hope you're doing well now
I witnessed my neighbor's house on fire in January 2020. Luckily, my neighbor wasn't home when it happened, or she probably would've died. Unfortunately, she lost everything in the fire. Even her dog. She was able to rebuild her house and got her a new dog.
I know exactly how you feel. I lost a home to a fire on Dec 17th 2004 and almost 20 years later it still effects me
I had 4 pug dogs that I lost and I still cry that I couldn't save them to this day.
It wasn't cancelled! When it was announced in 2021 that the 25th season was gonna be its last, the show had already wrapped up production in 2019 according to show developer Kathy Waugh. Her and Marc simply decided that 25 was a nice number to end. So it wasn't one of those cancellations where production ended right when it was announced, but rather the show had an actual finale. The show's final segment is called All Grown Up. They find a fortune telling game and gets a hint of what their futures might hold.
Arthur picks up a book from the library but realizes he got a book about drawings. Going back to exchange it, they discover the game. When they play the game, Muffy is predicted to be a public servant, she thinks a mail carrier, but they tell her she should be a politician. Francine is predicted to be businesswoman, Buster is predicted to be a teacher, but when it comes to Arthur's turn...the batteries run out. Arthur decides to give the book about drawing animals a chance...jump 20 years later, and Arthur is now a creative writing professor and decides to work on a graphic novel about his childhood...which is the show. You really outdid yourself on this narration and profound analysis! I still remember this episode vividly, was actually one of the first episodes of Arthur I ever saw as a kid. In a series with so many iconic episodes and storylines in those early years, this one really hit home for me.
No matter what issue or topic it was, Arthur always found a way to talk about it in an episode. This episode was, and still is, the best example of that. They were aware of an event that impacted many people and handled it respectfully.
Arthur was just one of those PBS Kids shows that wasn't only about exploring the world or learning about math and science, but was also about handling serious topics.
I'm glad this show existed, and I'm glad it wasn't afraid to talk about topics you wouldn't hear that much in any PBS Kids show or any kids show in general.
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Welcome to another episode of Arthur Talks! This time around, we’ll be discussing *THE NAZI INVASION*
@@spungbopscarepans They didn't invade Iraq looking for nonexistant nukes in civilian basements.
"The Great Mcgrady" still fucks me up to this day.
Yeah right before the series ended when Bubbie died. It reminded me of when my dad died. Muffy learned to listen which is ver important and above all she never gave up on Francine just like my best friend never gave up on me either. She didn’t understand but I felt so much better knowing I could talk to her.
This episode made me feel for every character who had to deal with their issues. It definitely goes to show on how great this show is with teaching important lessons.
i animate better than pbs.
@@alexthemovie troll
@@alexthemoviewhy don’t you animate yourself getting a life
For those who don't know, this episode was written by the majority of Canadian writers from Toronto and Montréal because Arthur is actually Canadian. As a Canadian myself, they did an outstanding job comforting the Americans from New York, to across the whole country with this episode. It got to the point, which this episode is straight up beautiful, and it had a touching message. It had me almost tearing up soon after seeing this video. God Bless America. I love Arthur.
How is Arthur Canadian? I'm not going to argue about the team of writers for teh show, as I have no idea, but the location is clearly based on where Marc Brown grew up. Living near where Marc Brown is from I can tell you they make a lot of references to sound similar.
“As a Canadian myself.” No one asked nor does anyone care
No disrespect to you or your nationality, but I'm pretty sure Arthur isn't Canadian. In one of the early episodes where they show the founding of Elwood City through a play, (Elwood City Turns 100, I think) they show US President Theodore Roosevelt at the founding event, showing that Elwood City is definitely an American city.
If I had to give a good estimate for where Arthur actually lives, my best guess would be somewhere around western Pennsylvania.
Bonus: Oh, and I remember in a very early episode, Arthur visited the White House, making it very likely that Arthur lives in the US, as he if he were Canadian, he would be visiting the PM in Ottawa and not the US President in Washington.
@@bencoldwell4609 well I'm pretty sure if "nobody cared", over 70 people wouldn't have liked my comment.
@@masonma2026 actually, Cookie Jar Entertainment l, the same team that worked on Arthur, is based in Canada, but the TV show was based both in Canada and the U.S.. Arthur is Canadian-Amerixan, but I'm referring to the show which had Canadian writers who worked on the show, and gave plotlines during Arthur's 25 year run.
I started crying during this video. I love that this could be applied to ANY tragedy and many (maybe even most) kids will live through something very impactful like this. Whether that be a natural disaster or something else. This shows Mr. Rogers level of care towards children's psyches, which is so important.
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Sue Ellen's and Binky's stories absolutely made me shed a few tears
I started crying too. For some reason I knew how each of these kids felt. Like when I saw the remaining piece of Sue Ellen’s scrap book it reminded me of my dog. And the bits and pieces I have of him. That hit me hard.
Edit: *the bits and pieces of memories I have left of him*
Wokeness ruined the show, and such messages were replaced with indoctrination propaganda. Those moral and instructional moments ceased to be important and they focused on irrelevant topics, such as gay marriage.
I actually re-watched this episode recently, it still holds up incredibly great.
Sue Ellen's closing words had me crying uncontrollably, it made me think about how much kids have to go through nowadays because of school shootings like Uvalde.
"I never wanna go through another fire, but I never wanna lose this feeling; that each day is special. That my friends are the best friends in the world, and that if we stick together, we can make it through just about anything."
fuck now you've got ME crying
@@ericr.malice318jesus christ, me too
Damn that's good
Not hard to see why it was aired on this date lol & 9/11 which was jesuit order sanctioned terrorism to break the fabric of our reality just like, 19 hijackers & 19 years later covid19... Chaos = 19!!!
Terror = 94 (9th April)
Terror also equals 68... Feel free to run date durations with President Terror-talking George Bush & note that 68 from his birthday to September 11th...
All media has (literally) has jesuit order mkultra going on, then folks are hypnotised & don't care when shown the facts...
(will this Horse use his mouth to say what's needed with the script code we been showing over here in our Gematria community for a decade this year trying wake ths world 🤷🏾♂️ i won't hold me breath 😂 & yes we over here knew celeb19 was coming 2016-17 way before 2020...
Uvalde was also jesuit order scripted by the numbers 🔤 🔢 just like the mkultra Rapper on independence day (with the 47 tattoos & 47 on his car)
Holiday = 74
Independence day = 74,
Active shooter 74
Killing 74
Masonic = 74
This is why we need good kid’s content. It’s not just to occupy them. It’s to help them with growing up
I feel bad for kids whose parents just put cocomelon on and call it a day. There is a whole generation of kids who are spending the prime developmental years with a diet of brain twinkes.
Yeah too many shows won't treat their kids like real people. They really gotta respect their audiences more.
@@ob2kenobi388 There's just too much junk on TV for it to be really worth watching nowadays. Back when I growing up in the early 90s through the 2000s PBS kids had educational programming that was actually fun and entertaining to sit down and watch. Back then we had shows like Arthur, Cyberchase, Sagwa The Chinese Siamese Cat, Zaboomafoo, Dragon Tales, George Shrinks, 7 Little Monsters and Mr Rogers Neighborhood. Those were the days.
That's why I never understand the mentality of needing to shield kids from harder topics. Kids are smarter than we give them credit for, and we should trust them to understand these things, not think they're too young to handle them.
no consume your spider man and elsa content
I think Bluey is starting to get to that level of brilliant writing that doesn’t pander to kids
I agree!
Came to say the same thing. Space, Onesies, Sleepytime, Copycat…all great examples of the same ethos towards kids TV.
I was in my 20s when Arthur started, and 52 when it went off the air last year. I'd often watch it while getting ready for work, or in afternoons. Its intelligence and refusal to condescend struck me, and I'm sure they contributed to its staying power. This essay is just as trenchant and careful as the show.
This is why public broadcasting is so damn important. A corporation would never make a story that is so unprofitable, yet educationally important.
lol source?
@@vileluca Name one single educational show that wasn't profitable that was continued to be made anyway aside from Arthur.
@vileluca lol imagine licking the boot of the corporate scum
@@cakecheese2895There are tons of educational programs on CZcams alone you fool. They are not government created and it costs taxpayers nothing (except for if the government of their country subsidizes CZcams somehow.) How ignorant.
At least with CZcams I am not forced to pay towards programming I do not want such as that which promotes gay marriage.
Now public broadcasting is pushing transgerderism on children. So maybe it is less important now than it used to be
I was the Storyboard Supervisor on Arthur in the late 1990's but all of the credit for Arthur's success should go to the Writers and the Director, Greg Bailey. Arthur scripts were very classy and clever and we tried to provide visuals that were more cinematic than other cartoons at the time. There were no child psychologists involved in the series giving dumb notes and ruining the show like kids shows have today. I doubt we could have the word "dopey" in a cartoon today. BTW I would vote the episode where DW eats the green potato chip and thinks she's about to die as another very dark episode...but it was handled in such a comedic way you'd never know it was an episode about death and characters contemplating what is the meaning of life! What cartoon today would even go near these subjects?
Loved that episode… thanks for your great work! 😄 -Michael
You worked on a beautiful show. Thank you for making our childhoods happier.
@@BrianIsTheGOAT594 thank you, shucks, you're swell! :)
Thank you for making me and so many other people’s childhoods brighter and better. Arthur is a show I will always have a special place in my heart for. It was a show beyond its time, one of the few that showed children realistic scenarios and help tackle real life problems. Arthur was a great show and its message was loud and clear to everyone. So sad, it shut down recently. I still listen to that lovely intro song. Arthur and his friends made my afternoon’s and weekends so much better. PBS Kids is such a great network. They know how to teach children in the most engaging ways. Many little kids today know more than they should, and at such a fast pace. But networks like PBS are still one of the best programs for kids to learn in my opinion.
Don't flatter yourself, PBS pablum.
I remember watching Arthur as a little kid and now to see it as an older person just makes me realize what and understand the show a lot more. As a kid I never knew Arthur dealt with social commentary topics but after watching this video it makes me remember and summarize. This is the reason why cartoons make me cry not just because of what happened but the innocence of the characters and how naive but not in a bad way.
I cried in the digimon episode where wizardmon talks about his friendship with gatomon as he’s dying bc he saved her life, and then gatomon digivolves for the first time
@@dino91001 Me as well. A real Tearful.
I feel the same way about good cartoons or good stories for children in general. The innocence and hopefulness really move me, there’s so little of that stuff in adult life.
@@timgimmy609 💯 I Agree with you.
@@dino91001Don’t got me started on Digimon Adventure 😭
I remember this episode. It actually helped me learn to process emotions/trauma, and it’s amazing that a kids show can have that kind of impact. Very thoughtfully written and well-executed episode.
I'm glad you broke this down.
Honestly, I caught this episode long after the events of 9/11 when I only had like 5 local channels and literally one of the few decent shows was Arthur. It was all syndication by that point, and I caught this episode out-of-context. I thought it was a bit bizarre because it's definitely structured and written a little differently than normal. The premise seemed fine enough, but it was handled with such a heavy weight over all of the characters and I just thought it was being dramatic.
I adore this show for its mature approach of complicated and serious issues, but this is one such topic that completely slipped under the radar for me and I appreciate you shining a light on it.
I'm kinda in the same boat. I was born after 9/11 happened and didn't watch this episode until many many years after it happened and was referencing an event I wasn't even alive for so it's understandable that I was confused. I thought the episode was pretty dramatic as well. It was always one that very starkly stood out to me as being different from the rest of them and was kind of unsettling for me, particularly Arthur's nightmares and the scene of Sue Ellen crying in the parking lot (the biggest thing that always stood out to me was I had no idea why it was a problem for Sue Ellen to get her backpack, especially afterwards seeing how none of the students were in any drastically immediate danger). I think at the time I was just a little too unaware of things like this happening to have any understanding for why they were having such a serious episode. Maybe like Buster to a whole new level. I was able to feel for Binky and sorta Arthur, but in I think I was too confused to get to a point of understanding with Buster (probably because of the lies stuff that still seems a little strange) and I felt bad for Sue Ellen losing her stuff but was like Muffy and didn't understand why people trying to help her replace it wasn't working. I don't know, I feel like this video broke it down really well and I liked it because a lot of what was going on with it went right over my head and now I can appreciate it more than thinking of it as "that one Arthur episode that felt very tonally different for the rest of the series"
i animate better than pbs.
@@alexthemovie You need work kid. Don't say you can do something, when you're still learning. Practice for a few more years.
@@alexthemovieok but nobody cares
New episodes of Arthur were produced into 2020, when Marc Brown decided that 25 seasons was a "Nice place to finish." I'm apart of early Gen Z, and it was one of the highlights of my childhood, I was sad to hear it ended, but at least the creator was the one to say it could end.
As a person who has been diagnosed with PTSD, Binky's story hit really close to home in terms of trauma responses, especially as a child, and the direction the show took to explain it, complete with your analysis, really gave me a bit of closure with myself and how I continue to make sense of a world in where awful traumatic events happen to good people.
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Mad respect for the team for being fearless and adventuring into these dark topics
Literally crying over an episode of Arthur.
While Arthur’s subplot may be the least compelling, as a kid who most likely had BPD I can absolutely empathize with being terrified with a parent one day just not coming home. Even at 16 a few nights ago I was balling my eyes out at the idea that statistically my mom will probably die before me. I used to have terrible daydreams of my mother getting into an accident on the way home, I would scream and cry and run after her car when she would leave without me. It was made even worse when my brother passed away, death feels even closer than ever. And this is all without there being a scare with my mom like Arthur experienced. Overall I very much appreciate them having that part for those who may have BPD or OCD or maybe are just paranoid about death.
Had BPD?
Like cancer, it will be back.
Good luck.
Sounds like you've come to understand and accept these things over the years and reached a more stable point. Kudos. BPD is typically lifelong - I have it, work with BPD charities, and teach vulnerable adults - and diagnosed from a minimum of 8 symptoms not just abandonent, though that IS a major factor. Thanks for sharing & helping raise awareness, we need more people like yourself and it's great that something like Arthur triggers such conversation.
@@fenrir6200 I say had BPD in like hindsight, I definitely still have it lol
@@Sinc3r3ly Try not to be unmade.
*bawling (different meaning)
the best part about Arthur as a show is that it didn't treat kids like they were stupid. it taught things that other shows at the time would have sugarcoated to diabetic levels. in a sea of wacky colors, characters with goofy voices and catchphrases like "yowza-ka-wowza", arthur keeps things grounded and (mostly) realistic. How many cartoons aimed specifically at young children do you know that would have had a character come out as homosexual and go on to have a same-sex marriage?
we need more cartoons like Arthur. The messages this show taught were invaluable for children to learn. teach them serious matters while they're still young and impressionable, and that way it'll stick more.
Uhh the owl house?
And yes, we do need more cartoons like Arthur showing things that a lot of cartoons are afraid to do
@@sucasica3845True, however the he Owl House is not for young kids though it’s target demographic is older kids and young teenagers. It’s hard to think of cartoons specifically aimed at young kids, that are willing to delve into difficult subjects tactfully without too much sugar coating.
We all know that Mr. Ratburn was piping Arthur's Dad on the downlow.
Remember Bluey? Because it manages to also handle serious topics as well. For instance the episode "Copycat" for how it handled the topic of death realistically and professionally.
I was there during 9/11 on a trip. When I got home people didn't understand why my memories and feelings of the day were completely different to theirs. Nobody could consolidate the fact that even the sound, the dust cloud and panic were totally different when you were in the middle of it Vs seeing in on TV in a totally different country. I actually wasn't affected in any real deep way past reoccurring dreams because I saw the other side of the attacks too with a country coming together to mourn and support each other. Strangely the attacks became a sort of meaningless action to me because it taught me that when people try to use fear, people will still hold hope against them. I think that learning about how basic compassion changes the world more than hate is what most people don't get about my experience there.
Fear does work as a weapon because many laws were changed and many things happened that did not help the hopeful.
You need to learn that enemies are more dangerous than you realize. Then, as it gets harder and scarier and you see more battles lost.
You will find that you still of course need to hope and endure like when you were younger only it has become more complicated and harder to do.
Don't be afraid to ask for help from anyone older than you.
And....don't be afraid to ask for help from anyone younger than you either.
Fires are easy to pull the alarm over but more difficult to put out.
I mean you could be affected bad aswell even if you weren’t in person, like if you lost a loved one
Personally, I just still find it incredibly disgusting and unjust that Americans remember their own victims more than the millions of victims of their fascist regime that has been terrorirzing the world for generations. All the victims of the illegal and anti-democratic dissolution of the USSR. All the victims of anti-socialist extermination campaigns worldwide overseen by the US government. The wars in Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, etc.
The US regime is a terror regime that has annihilated hundreds of millions of lives and the capitalist system it perpetuates annihilates tens of millions people more every single day.
Yet Americans consider themselves the biggest victims. Having remembrance days for themselves. And the rest of the world comforts them.
We need to make the Americans understand that they are the biggest criminals of all. That their country is the most evil of all. That no hardship the Americans ever experienced due to someone else's hand will ever comes close to the horrors the US empire inflicts on its victims every single day.
Also: Covid-19 raptured more Americans than 9/11 every single day for over a year. Considering that Americans wanted to eradicate the Iraqi and Afghani people over 9/11... why didn't they at the very least start a socialist revolution to eradicate their own government/deep state/capitalists? American society is SICK! People defending it are SICK! People who "always remember 9/11" while still supporting the continued existence of capitalism and vote in US elections rather than planning revolution are SICK!
I was 7 during the attack. I was in school, in 2nd grade.
My teacher came in our door and told our teacher to turn on the news.
Mr. W, as we will call him did exactly that.
Live on television we watched as people jumped to their deaths to escape the flames.
That event has long scarred me, just as it has most Americans.
I didn't grow up watching Arthur, but this episode, after watching it for myself, strikes a powerful chord.
Thanks.
i want to point out this is the same show that made us side with a 9 year old punching a 5 year old.
D.W. deserved it and it was fairly cathartic
@@remainderofsturgeonslaw7156 that's kind of my point I mean aurthur handled a situation like 9/11 in the most appropriate way possible for a children's show and yet made an episode where dw deserved to get punched and was satisfying to watch while somehow also telling us aurthur was wrong.
Warranted
plot twist: it was based on true events
It's probably satisfying because most people watching it probably DO have younger siblings.
I was born in 2003. The only world I've ever known is a world after 9/11, and my parents tell me the world changed that day. Growing up in a world full of confusion, division and a different horrifying news story every day, I'm glad I had shows like Arthur to help me see this world as what it is: not perfect, but full of good people just trying their best. Thanks for making this video.
I was born that same year!
same here as someone born on the 13th of may in 2005, the world after 9/11 is surely a strained and stressful one, I have ptsd from this one ex friend who would scream and yell at me, peered at me under a bathroom stall back in elementary school, crumpled up what i'd draw and throw it at me and scream about how dumb I was, had some friends crowd around me in an attempt to scare me, and even beat me up and pushed me onto stairs.
and to add onto the trauma; I also have had men constantly trying to get into my pants for whatever reason, all starting at the age of 9 when some 13 year old told me how he had a dream where I MARRIED him, going up to the age of 15; someone on a site told me that she'd hoped that i'd get raped and murdered; and another guy kept calling me a slut and a whore, when I was 16 some older man was acting flirtatious with me at a haunt, and at 17; a man was calling me "Shawty" and telling me to "say hi to your(referring to me) boyfriend" when I didn't have a boyfriend or significant other. With all that trauma, I have kind of changed my sexuality a lot, from straight, to bisexual, to asexual, to abro, to ace, to bi, and then now i realize that I might be Caedsexual(Asexual, but caused because of some sort of trauma) going up to when I was 16 some older man was acting flirtatious with me at a haunt,
I was born in 2003 and I remember I was in my 7th grade classroom in 2016 I was probably 13 or 14 one of my classmates made a very insensitive joke about the attack, when I asked them to explain the joke I was called a dumbass by the same kid, the teacher not only heard it but lectured the kid not for name calling but for making horrible jokes like that, after he sent the kid out he explained to us (the class) what it was. Later I asked my foster mom what happened that year, she told me the 3rd plane crashed outside of down town Philadelphia almost hitting one of the most important places in American history. I think it was Stonycreek Township.
@@tsukiii2810I was born in 2005 and my school showed us videos of the twin towers on fire as part of our "American History" curriculum.. in SECOND GRADE.
@@sleeplessstudios7626 I only learned the full history of it during my jr year of highschool but that was it I also asked my parents about it, my mom said she saw it on my grandma's mini TV when she was getting ready for school and my dad was working on his GED in a program during that year my mom said No one gave a shit about Muslims before this attack. But after it racism popped up against them.
Another one I can recommend is King of the Hill's episode, "Death of a Propane Salesman," which actually came out in '98.
Hank and Luanne survive a propane explosion where her boyfriend dies, and it's a two-parter where you see them and the people around them deal with the PTSD, all in a funny and entertaining package. It's powerful to see Hank, normally stoic and undaunted, completely break down as he develops a phobia of what even non-watchers know as his true love of propane. It's treated fairly realistically too and has a solid ending where the messages aren't patronizingly explicit.
sounds awesome, I'm gonna go watch that now
The ending scene with them on the rocket hits hard
This show was way, way better than anyone would have expected from a PBS cartoon. Remember the episode where Arthur hit his sister because she ruined his airplane? Memes aside, there was something very genuine about the way that was handled. The entire show was surprisingly real despite the fact that it starred cartoon animals. I absolutely love when early childhood shows talk about such difficult topics. One master of this is definitely Sesame Street, like this one episode where they had Tony Soprano himself James Gandolfini come on and talk to one of the Muppets about how he gets scared of the dark or haircuts or giant talking vegetables.
Now not only was that hilarious because Tony Soprano is talking about how he's afraid of the dark and likes having his teddy bear, but I love it because it validates the kids' fears by saying grownups also get scared. Not to mention their episode on 9/11 where they tackled PTSD with that one shop catching fire, so they take one of the Muppets to see the firehouse. Especially their episodes on death, specifically the one about Mr. Hooper's death and I think it was Elmo's uncle being dead. I love it how when the adults talk about it to the kids, they're also very unsure about how to explain it. Granted they don't say it out loud but as an actor I can see their motivation was uncertainty.
I never watched much Arthur, but I wish I had seen this episode as a kid. When my grandfather died, the main source of grief I felt was an emptiness at how little I was affected by it. My whole family was lost and distraught, but, being the youngest of them, I didn’t know my grandfather well. I didn’t have memories of him as my funny grandpa who took me fishing, or my loving dad who shaped me as a person like everyone else around me did. I didn’t realize that, though. I just felt guilty because I thought I was some awful person who didn’t care that a relative died. Buster’s story isn’t just an allegory for 9/11, but it could have been and I’m sure was a very valuable lesson on grief in general.
I feel the same. I went through a time where a lot of my great grandparents were finally passing away, and my own grandfather had passed as well. I grieve for my grandfather now because I wasn't able to in the past, but I remember at the time I didn't really understand any of it. I still think I don't fully grapple with processing grief and trauma.
I was very similar, growing up. I never formed serious attachments to anyone in childhood. I could feel sorry for someone, or like I wanted to take responsibility for a bad situation, even if I didn't know how, but I was not capable of caring enough whether someone was around or not to have any sort of emotional reaction just based on that. We had a dog that died when I was 6, who had been around my whole life & I played with all the time. They weren't able to get the message to me quick enough, so I walked into the garage to see the body lying on the steps. Remember being a little confused & wondering if I should be worried, until someone came out to tell me what happened & I literally felt nothing. Same when friends at school moved away. Same when my grandmother, who raised me, died. Even when my mom died two years back, everyone ended up deciding to leave the decision of what to do when she ended up in the hospital to me, because everyone else there was Paralyzed by the thought of making the wrong move & I wasn't. Literally only felt true emotional attachment to one single person in my entire life, & I didn't meet them until I was about 21.
And as for me, I was the sort of person who "should" be affected by 9/11 (my mom worked in the nearby area if not the building itself), but since the first time I experienced the sort of fear and grief associated with this was a combination of stores going out of business and a scary Gushers commercial several years before when I was younger, I had already learned to suppress and not go into those feelings because the things I was initially feeling those feelings meant that they were pathologized, and me cast as a "baby" for feeling them and teachers trying to "treat those feelings" (and who would be shocked pikachu face if they ever heard or realized that this "training" might end up extending to things like 9/11).
And at the time I had also been told, in no uncertain terms, by the vice principal of my middle school no less (while I was going through cis female puberty and experiencing the crying that goes with that) that crying was "not good self-control" in a context where "not good self-control" meant things that would have you taken to the mental institution if the wrong person caught you. So basically I just went to my usual coping mechanism of focusing on the idea of a better future and other similar thoughts (and having meltdowns and not being able to pinpoint where any individual meltdown was from because that tends to happen when you are abused for being autistic and your emotions are too big to shut down without going completely catatonic and your abusers either drive a wedge between you and your parents or include your parents).
Bluey is a really good example of a kid’s show covering grown up topics. It talks about anxiety, neurodivergency, miscarriages, and a lot more. It’s brilliant
It also has an episode that explains death to children!
@@rustymidlander05 "happy happy happy"
We need more children shows that explain the realistic aspects of life casually
@@yourfathersinferioritycomplexkids aren't given the credit, which is a shame, because producers seem to make shows they think will appeal to kids by making it loud and bright. I grew up with old school Thomas the Tank Engine and holy shit! That show was dark when rewatching as an adult. I even hid my old Thomas the Tank Engine toys and mom found them in my room years later when I moved out. I would like to think that Bluey holds such a special place in kids these day that they'll hide their Bluey toys as an older teen like I did 🥲
I dread the day when bluey tries to cover any topic like discrimination or poverty or sexism. The right will not allow any of those topics to be discussed in adult media without flipping out and screeching woke like some kind of horrible culture wars parrot. If the Arthur 9/11 episode had come out now they would have called it woke for not specifically having arthur and his friends beat a Muslim child with the American flag.
One episode that sticks out to me and is kind of similar to this one is where a hurricane hits Elwood City. After the hurricane, Brain's father's ice cream shop is destroyed. After seeing the extent of the damage, things like wind and rain make him nervous. His parents take him to therapist who teaches him coping mechanisms so he can reduce his anxiety. I really liked this episode because it showed what trauma looked like and how you can deal with it. Arthur was a really good show. I'd think Bluey is a really close contender or even exceeds the discussion about adult topics catered for children to understand and empathize with. They tackle infertility, the worry of being a good parental figure, dealing with death, separation anxiety, neurodiversity and the military and many more I can't squeeze into this comment which is really impressive for a show about Aussie dogs if you ask me!
Just to clear a couple things up: the "gay rights" episode wasn't necessarily about LGBTQ+ rights but more about the class trying to find who Mr. Ratburn's special someone is. They assume it's this woman he's seeing, but it turns out she's just his sister and Mr. Ratburn is engaged to the local chocolatier. And Arthur Takes a Stand was released in 2018 (though in the UK it was released in June 2020 because of the protests), and was in general inspired by activist John Lewis's work (who voiced himself in the segment). I believe it was later rerun to pay tribute following Lewis's passing in July 2020 (which was shortly after George Floyd), along with a little online short about anti-racism (which the short WAS about the 2020 protests).
Muffy’s problem in this episode is a recurring one in the show. She wants to help people, but doesn’t fully understand what they’re dealing with. She doesn’t understand that some things can’t just be replaced. She has good intentions, but is often tactless in trying to help others.
Arthur was way ahead of its time. How it tackled real-world issues from a kid's point of view took me by surprise almost every time.
Plenty of shows in the 90s and early 2000s did as well, very much something that is lost these days.
I feel very privileged to have become friends with Marc Brown since he and his wife first dined in at a restaurant I was the maitre’d at. This man literally helped me grow into the man I am today. And he told me I turned out great.
Lucky guy 😏
Awesome
Arthur in the show's entirety talks about real life hitting topics without messing up the younger audiences. Being older now, I can really understand how good Arthur was. I remember being a lil kid, my parents would watch the show with me before I go to bed for school the next day. really enjoyed it
Yea until recent when they had me Rat burn get married to a man
Another stunningly beautiful essay that deeply enriched my life and expanded my understanding of the world. Eternally grateful to you. 🙏🎉
I always respected Arthur for not treating kids like they were stupid. When I watched it as a kid, I never felt like my intelligence was being insulted. Even though I quit watching it when I got older, I still felt depressed when I heard the series was ending, because it was a large part of my childhood. When Arthur ended it truly was an end of an era.
Not exactly what I'd call advanced or big-brain stuff, but simple in a good way. Relatable to kids and still good fun. It is a good show among kids' shows, and all TV as far as that goes.
All I remember was Arthur was constantly in the classroom compared to the other shows, was not that non-patronizing
Arthur dealt with some very serious topics, but also had some of the best insults a kid's show could have.
I love that everyone is sharing their favorite Arthur insults
Very true, like Francine saying she'd rather have head lice than kiss Arthur lol.
@@vergilmontiero2558 "A lonely child is what you'll be when I s e l l y o u" - Arthur, to DW
"Without lights, you'd have to shop in the dark. Oh I'm sorry, I guess you already do." - Francine
"I dont need any make up, im already beautiful. But Francine doesn't have any and she could sure use some..." -Muffy after she gat a Cindy Crawfish make up palette for christmas
@@dicksdrugsanddebutantes9305 that burn was severe
Arthur was a phenomenal tv show.
Not only entertaining, but teaching kids a variety of lessons and sharing knowledge.
One of the greatest children's tv shows.
And people ask why it won 4 emmys (and holds the reccord for the most emmys for a kid's show).
I occasionally think back on this show every now and again and remember how amazingly well written and nuanced it was. One thing I always liked was that Binky, the character who as you said was always the tough guy, actually does ballet. I remember the episode of him learning and finding enjoyment in it and that actually being a thing that comes up across several episodes. I believe one of them was a lesson about it being fine for a guy like him to enjoy doing ballet. There's later episodes where him doing ballet isn't even a thing that gets attention drawn to it, it's just there which really helps sell that it's ok
I appreciate that you didn’t add music to this video. It added emphasis to your words and the illustrations which were meaningful on their own.
I didnt even notice that lol
As someone that likes Arthur, I think bluey is a pretty good show that doesn’t patronize their audience because it’s made for babies, it tackles some serious topics like infertility and death but also smaller issues like not giving up after the first couple of tries. I don’t think it’s better than Arthur but it’s easily top 10 imo
I was about to say that Bluey might be a current kids show able to tackle this kind of topic too
It also tackles something big that I don't think Arthur did.. ADHD.. Bluey has ADHD and a lot of people with ADHD relate to him and the things he does, it's basically telling kids with ADHD (or any other behavioral disorder) that it's ok to be different, it might be hard, but you aren't alone. Especially if it's a kid that doesn't know why they are acting the way they are
@@bluerefrBluey isn’t the one with ADHD, at least she’s not explicitly shown to have it. The character with ADHD is a Jack Russell Terrier named Jack.
@@bluerefr The show says that Bluey has ADHD? I thought that was another character. And by the way Bluey's a girl.
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This video is one that personally means a lot to me.
I have some trauma with school, a lockdown to be specific due to gun threats
My reaction to that day for the longest time made me feel crazy and like I wasn't allowed to feel the way I felt due to nobody getting hurt in the end.
When you covered Binky's trauma response, that really hit me.
The fire on tv reminds me of being unable to even look at anything that resembles a gun
The fire alarm reminds me of my research on police response times and statistics to active threats
Binky seeing fire in the school doesn't have direct ties as I do not experience hallucinations, but it does remind me how I go completely cold whenever I have to walk into the classroom I was in at the time
I thought I was crazy or bad for experiencing any of those things for something that didn't end badly
Thank you for making this video, I cannot describe how perfectly done this video was. It genuinely changed my view on my response and its helped me be able to reach out for help and accept when people attempt to help me through my frequent panic attacks and nightmares. This is a video and an episode I will forever treasure.
:)
thats pretty sad...
over only a threat? lmao if it was more than that i get it but a threat? lmao kids are so soft in the spine today
@@FoxSqueeArt oh im sorry for being traumatized over being locked in a dark closet for two hours being told that there were three shooters in our school ready to kill us and that people were already dead
I didn't realize that wasn't something to be traumatized over
I went through a similar experience myself. Everything you listed down to hiding in the closet while people got messages about casualties. And yeah I still feel like it didn't warrant so much emotion but as far as our animal brains are concerned, our lives were in danger. We felt those things and telling one's self that it's illogical doesn't make the feelings go away. Hope you've been able to work through it.
@@ricardus3696 I've been getting a bit better, but I still have frequent nightmares and panic attacks
I apologize for lashing out in replies
I was involved in an accident 3 years ago that nearly took my life. I watched this episode not too long ago for the first time in years. As someone who has experienced PTSD before, I felt I could relate to Binky the most.
However, the part when he's watching TV and the camera zooms in on his face all wide-eyed and jaw dropped, experiencing PTSD, hit way too close to home for me.
Algorithm sent me here. I completely forgot all about this episode, but as you described the synopsis, the memories from close to 20 years ago of watching this episode once flooded in. I didn't make the 9/11 connection at the time, but I noticed that the episode seemed more dramatic than others in the series. They tackled that topic with grace with the perspectives and not giving some false, feelgood ending where everything is better now. Binky having the trauma of seeing the fire, being known as the tough guy in class, was a great choice since I always sensed a bit of depth to him. I still need to rewatch the episode, but it was hard not tearing up as you described it. Great work!
THERE WAS NO 911 CONNECTION BECAUSE THIS CAME OUT WAY BEFORE 911
I was absolutely terrified of fire as a kid so this episode really hit home. The way it discussed the different reactions and trauma of the children has always stuck with me. It helps me as an educator knowing how differently students can react to traumatic events, and it honestly helps me process my own phobias and trauma responses.
Knowing this was about 9/11 just adds another layer of depth I'm very impressed by
IT WASNT DUDE. THIS CAME OUT WAY BEFORE 911
@@UNABRIDGED_SCIENCE no, this episode was first aired on November 29, 2002
I was 3 years old when 9/11 happened and my mother had picked me up from a school located next to a JRB and made sure I didn't see anything on the TV. I do remember seeing everything years later through documentaries. To this day they still make me cry.
I watched this late into the night while tired and emotionally vulnerable and the blend of nostalgia and great analysis nearly made me cry 💀 Great video about a great show, thank you for this.
its so interesting how as a kid, i didnt realize this was symbolizing the events of 9/11. but i ALWAYS remembered this episode because i loved how it tackled the serious topics. other episodes of arthur that i greatly appreciate are when buster becomes a germaphobe; as someone who struggled with that greatly in elementary school, it made me feel so seen. there's also an episode where francine throws up at school, and i think either she or someone else becomes scared of it (emetaphobia) which is also something i struggled with (and still do 😅)
thank you so much for talking about this. arthur is an AMAZING show because of how it tackles these topics in a way that kids can understand, and in a way that captivates adults as well (sort of like what bluey is doing now!) but arthur will always have a special place in my heart, and im glad that there's other people who realize the impact of this show.
other episodes i wanna mention that i still remember so well are:
- when binky's family adopted a baby from china (my older sister was adopted from china so that was just great to see)
- when there's a bad storm and allen (the brain) gets bad anxiety and learns coping methods from a psychologist (which is exactly what i was going through when the episode aired)
- when george meets carl who has autism and sees that his brain just works a little differently, and thats okay
- when DW had to go get ear surgery or something? i cant remember exactly but i remember she was very worried for that but everything was alright
theres so many other great ones (and funny ones!) but ahh overall arthur is just such a good show and i could talk about it forever. my mom would always watch it with me too, she wouldnt really with any of the other PBS kids shows, which proves that arthur is so great for both kids and adults.
Legit exact same here. Word for word.
I love how they touched in the very real experience of just not caring. I was in 7th grade during 9/11. I was dealing with being physically assaulted at school everyday, suicidally depressed, no friends, severe ED- I didn't have the emotional bandwidth to think about anything but my day to day survival.
You're just about a yr older then myself. I'm sorry for your experience, luckily we had shows like Arthur in our childhood. Not many today can say they're this lucky. Sadly with all the social media a lot of people who were our age and perhaps a bit older are going through the same thing mainly because of cyberbullying. They need to bring these programs back and put them on a regular rotation so no one else will go through what you did. The lack of shows like these are a big reason why many of the things going on with the younger generation is going on. They're not properly developing empathy and it shows through their actions.
I'm sorry for the essay, but it saddens me everytime I hear someone went what you went through. Oh and that kitten looks like one of the kittens that I had around the age of 11/12.
*every day (means "daily")
everyday = adjective meaning typical/average/mundane
@@alvallac2171 what
I didn’t know there was an Arthur episode about this, I think this video could be really good for kids nowadays too. This might help with kids who’ve been traumatized by school shootings, I wish we didn’t need a children’s show to help kids through unnessesary trauma, but until things get better it might help.
This channel is so underrated and CZcams really needs to recommend it more
I’m so glad the algorithm showed me this video. I remember watching this episode as a kid several years after 9/11 (I was born in 2002), and not seeing much that interested me in the episode, other than the concept of a school fire, which as I remember was terrifying. Looking back at your recap now really shows me how much I took for granted quality children’s programming that wasn’t so “all-up-in-your-face” style storytelling and left conflict resolution up to interpretation. Amazing video, new fan!
Same here
I always remember feeling weirdly impressed with episodes that went a lot darker/ more serious & never really knowing how to quantify why I was so much more engaged. When Buster left for several episodes to live with his dad, is the main one that's coming to mind that I can remember.
Only 9/11 kids understand! Zoomers wouldn't understand this
In my entire childhood of growing up on PBS Kids, I never knew this was a 9/11-based episode. I was born in 2006 and in my life I’ve probably seen this episode 5 to 6 times. And with you explaining it in the way that you do, it really helps me to appreciate just how beautiful the Arthur writers did at depicting trauma, and how to deal with it in a healthy manner. It is truest beautiful to see society pulling people together in such a way that helps everyone understand such things, and cares enough to help them deal with the shock after said event/fact.
I remember this episode as a kid, but had completely forgotten about it. I remember in particular being struck by how it was structured, with the 4 concurrent stories being recollected. I didn't realize it was about 9/11 as a kid (I was a Buster in this scenario - witnessed coverage on the news as it happened before elementary school, lived with my parents in Colorado at the time), but looking back it's SO poignant and has some really, really great lessons. Good show
I think bluey does a lot for my kids that shows like Arthur did for me. They keep things so easy for kids to understand and relate to as well as go over some very serious topics.
Every generation gots the cream of the crop I guess
A blue dog always comes to guide the generations
I wasn't born yet when 9/11 hit. But my brother had just turned a year old. I can't remember exactly how my parents reacted when it happened, it's been told so many times but it's rarely brought up unless mentioned. But I think my mom had told me she was crying as she saw the news.
Growing up, I was always taught about 9/11 every year in school. How it has effected everyone even in later generations.
I never knew this episode existed, even through the reruns I'd see when I'd help babysit. But it was delivered so well.
I hope to see stuff like this in future shows. Kids NEED to understand this stuff, to help them learn as they get older. To help them understand serious issues going on in the world.
I was 4 turning 5, I remember my mom and my aunt looking at the live coverage in Univision crying and asking and praying to God what was going on, it was surreal, I still remember it to this day
I was barely a year old, but my parents mentioned it just felt surreal to see on tv. I’m not from the US so I’ve never really understood the impact of the tragedy, which I think brings an extra layer of dissociation to it all. When I was a kid watching this episode, I related to Buster the most and that still rings true even as an adult today
I was 6, I didn't understand what was going on. I was homeschooled and I remember, my parents sitting me down, with my grandparents and explaining to me, what had happened. I remember, my grandmother rubbing my back and I was scared but they assured me, since we lived in a tiny IL town, where everyone knew everyone, we were safe. We weren't even close to New York. I remember my parents had the TV on the VCR channel only or toon disney for me, in the living room while my grandparents watched the coverage in the kitchen. My parents and grandparents agreed I was far too young to see such destruction at a young age. I remember later that day, we went to the lake to swim, to keep me distracted and the whole time, the radio was off... apparently all the other parents in the area had the same idea. I remember no one talked about it, like we were all pretending it was a normal day... I remember having fun, but I remember how forced my parents smiles were and I remember the way my dad hugged me a little too tightly... I understand now, he was just grateful to be living in a quiet little town, where all he had to worry about was what to grill for dinner.
That day sticks out to me in a weird way, where I don't remember being effected by it, but I remember the effect it had on my family.
I was 7 when it happened, and the only thing I understood was "The bad guys hit the two towers with planes."
I might of not remembered, or understand a lot of what happened that day, but I sure as hell remember the aftermath. I grew up in the military, and when we went to war everyone I knew had one thing on our minds.
Will my dad/mom be sent overseas to the war...
Obviously not everyone who was deployed overseas wasn't sent into combat, but that didn't stop anyone from worrying.
I was about 9. I don't remember being all that affected by it. It was saddening & shocking, at first, but I quickly got really, REALLY tired of it, when every single TV station's content was preempted almost all day long for a week, when I wanted to watch something else. Kind of feel like a dick about it, now. The aspects I remember most were all of us being sent home immediately after the initial broadcast aired & a kid behind me as we were heading to the busses was literally catatonic & kept muttering "It's the end of the world," & I was just watching him, thinking "Well, that's a bit dramatic. Where is he getting that from?" He also apparently shat himself on the way to the bus. The kids behind him jumped & were complaining that a turd had just rolled down his pants leg onto the floor & they almost stepped in it.
Was definitely a dark time. I do remember getting a bit more worried about the anthrax than the plane crashes & the subsequent crashes on the pentagon & in PA (which was aiming for a nuclear power plant a county north of where I lived) had us all watching the sky for planes, as if we could figure out if one had been hijacked, ourselves, from the ground, & stop another attack.
I loved Arthur always one my favorite shows as a kid. I remember coming home from school everyday and watching it, didn’t matter if I was 6 or 12! What you’re discussing is definitely one of the reasons it struck with me so, it and Hey Arnold had very real situations shown through the eyes of a child and they’ll always be my favorites.
Beautiful video. I'm not exactly sure why, at some point in the video, I wanted to cry. I know I have some heavy things in my past I'm still carrying. It's beautiful to see such a poignant message in a show that's geared to appeal to a pre-teen/teenage audience. Outside of the show, this channel and this video give's everyone another opportunity to appreciate some of the things we may have watched in our younger years, yet no longer remember. Regardless, it was an amazing recap, a capturing voice (to the man who made the video), and a gorgeous production. ❤
I think Arthur has sort of been replaced with shows like Bluey. Dealing with difficult and hard topics in a way that both children and parents/guardians watching can understand, even if it isn't as big as 9/11 but might be the loss of a loved one, the theories about Bluey being a rainbow baby, family issues
Yeah, I agree with this statement. The main thing that makes these two shows so great is that, as mentioned in the video, neither shows talk down to the viewer. Another thing both shows have is that they validate what the kids are feeling and don’t brush their emotions under the table. They take them seriously because, to the characters, they are serious. I think that is what makes both Bluey and Arthur so good and I think it is something more kids shows should incorporate.
I agree, and Arthur was for a different generation and era. I don't see the show as cancelled so much as retired (It did have a conclusive ending after all) This generation has bluey, and so on and so forth will have stories in the future. We're never gonna run out of writers and animators telling stories of humility, kindness and the hardships of life, that's for sure
oh the rainbow baby theory is basically confirmed at this point. the show's creator mentioned in an interview for a book that the Season 2 episode "The Show" specifically alludes to Chilli having had a miscarriage
@@CarmenFialamaybe we’ll learn more about it in ways kids could understand in the future. that’s certainly a subject many many kids could be impacted by
Despite all the problems CZcams has, I often find some of my favorite creators popped up through the algorithm. This is such a great video about an episode I never knew existed. And your channel is filled with so many cool, clearly dedicated discussions I can see becoming very popular down the road. I really hope you’ll get the growth you deserve, and am going to check out more of your work ❤
I don't know if you'll see this reply to my own comment, but I had to add how BEAUTIFUL your thumbnails are and am interested to know if you make them yourself. I've never been so excited to watch a channel's videos as a new subscriber. Your topics are so cool ❤️
@Wyattinous I see all the comments! Thanks for the love - I do make the thumbnails, many (not all) of them feature art generated by Midjourney AI.
@SeasonsYT Fantastic idea. It's nice your taking advantage of the program for you videos, do you also use Midjourney for visuals in your videos? I started watching your viking video, along with Nero and Aurelius (reading Meditations right now so great timing)
Thanks for checking out the channel! I do sometimes use Midjourney in the videos (often, actually). It just depends on the subject I’m discussing - whether AI can produce appropriate images.
@SeasonsYT It's exciting to see creators like yourelf applying AI for your videos, most of us all know Midjourney for the comedy and wacky images. I hope 2023 will be your big year 🫶
Buster was like "there was a 3rd plane that missed both towers, also it was all done with holograms"
Oh my goodness, this is just so good. Your videos are wonderful, and this is so important, and thank you so much.❤
The PBS shows all handled talking about 9-11 amazingly. They helped all of us who were kids at the time.
While I love Arthur; the show that I remember the most was the Mr. Rogers episode. Now as an adult it means even more to me. Knowing that he came out of retirement because he knew after something so horrible that his children needed him. I start crying every time I talk about it.
I don't remember that. Hmm, but it does seem like something he'd do. I miss people like Mr. Rogers and shows like Arthur that helped guide you when you needed them as children and even adults.
@@vergilmontiero2558Yup. It’s an episode that aired in 1998. Mr. Rogers even did a “behind the scenes” segment explaining how he was made into an animated character. Now he can live on as a lovable “fursona” on Arthur and reruns of his show. My 5 year old daughter still insists getting up at 5 in the morning because she has to watch Mr. Rogers reruns. She thinks Daniel Tiger is “stinky” though and thinks that “it stinks like Caillou”. Her words not mine.
@@princesspikachu3915 caillou...was a bit of a spoiled brat. Wait 5 am? He has reruns? Where?
@@vergilmontiero2558 The PBS station out of SIU (southern Illinois).
@@princesspikachu3915 ah so you're about a state or two away. Idk if they have anything remotely close that I could do to see the show.
This was really well thought out and well done, you deserve much more recognition. Keep working hard fam
This was really well thought out and well done, you deserve much more recognition. Keep working hard fam
This was a really beautiful episode and you did an amazing job analyzing and explaining why it’s good
This video had me captivated from start to finish. The way you move from point to point so seamlessly is perfect. If every video is like that, this channel will have not choice but to blow up due to the affect of viewer retention on the algorithm. Keep it up! I see you!
i really relate to arthur in this episode. my mom works in a jail in a city, which can be very dangerous. every time she goes to work, i worry about her safety. some days are worse than others, but i’m always so relieved when she comes home
this episode caused a realization that bluey is the modern-age arthur.
watch episodes like “flat pack” and “baby race”. they’re funny for kids, but make adults emotional and have the “if you know, you know” factor.
bluey really is a special show. the effort that goes into the animation, and the casual voice acting makes it feel much more life-like.
personally, i haven’t felt so connected with an animated show since bojack.
I was about to say this, thanks for commenting
YES
Another bluey episode that I feel doesn't get enough recognition is "Chest" and it's seemingly about bandit teaching his daughters chess, but there's an amazing lesson and underlying message in there about bandit wanting bluey and bingo to become strong independent and smart women when they grow up and bandit just wants to prepare his daughters for the real world because he won't always be around to help them and its sucH A GOOD EPISODE
This video essay was very well done. It made me feel happy and proud that Arthur played a role in my childhood as well.
being an older person, i remember arthur as a book character, when i had my first job in a bookstore. then, i was sort of aware that the books were turned into a pbs series. it wasn't until my kids were born in 2005 & 2007 that i soon after became an active viewer of "arthur". i didn't expect much from it & was never a fan of the way the characters were drawn. i'd say within a few months i was won over. my kids liked the show, but i ended up being a bigger fan. i'll still watch an episode when i'm clicking around on the tv & i land on the pbs kids channel. thanks for covering this episode & giving "arthur" its props.
I look fondly back at Arthur these days not just for nostalgia, but also because it taught us deep lessons like this. Even as an adult, these are lessons that can really help heal whatever problems we are facing.
Tbf, I feel like Bluey is another show that can compare to Arther in some sense. While the episodes are shorter, they show a lot about what it takes to overcome fears we have not just as kids, but as adults as well.
Gr8 video! 👍
It's amazing when a children's show can make adults cry. I never saw this episode, but I was tearing up watching this video. I recently watched the Sesame Street episode where Mr. Hooper dies. I remember watching it as a kid and I didn't understand it. When I watched it recently, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't bawling my eyes out. Especially when Big Bird starts to understand and gets angry saying he doesn't like it.
Lol. That's why I love Digimon Tamers & Gargoyles so much. Seriously, has any adult ever managed to get all the way through Digimon Tamers without crying, once?
Not Just That But Also Elmos Uncle Died, Also Had A 9/11 Ep, Bullying, Discrimination, Racism,Divorce,Parental Imprisonment,Disease And More
What a great video with great insight! Arthur was and continues to be my favorite show of all time. My three year old is getting into it now!
the trauma I've faced in my life is different the that of what these characters went through, but I find myself so connected to their feelings and responses. this video deadass triggered my own ptsd a little bit lol, but still fantastic job 💗
Arthur was the best show of the 90s 2000s 2010s and 2020s.
The greatest show of our generation, honestly. I’m so happy I grew up with Arthur in the early years. If I see a rerun on tv(when I have time to watch tv) I watch it and I realize how intelligent and important this show made me feel as a kid. Thanks, Marc Brown and team! Y’all have no idea how much this show meant to a lot of younger millennials. ❤️
Honestly I really like your channel, you are telling all this informative stuff like its written in a book. And we read it.
Your channel is underrated, was recommended to me just now, I really like it.
10:26 Bluey definitely achieved that. A big achievement, even for Australians 😅
I keep seeing people talk about Bluey, I need to check it out! Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment! -Michael
@@HorsesOnYT Please do. I like to think of it as a show that teaches both children _and_ their parents because of the way it tackles things.
Hey mate, I know this seems a little odd, but I would like to say thanks for this video, it came up and was really enjoyable to watch. As well as emotional.
On the other hand as well, it really opened my eyes about writing and it's ways of portrayal as well as handling certain things and how to do it. Especially heavy topics which was something I needed to realise.
So two thumbs up from my two accounts.
One, for being a great video.
Two, teaching me certain things I needed to realise.
I appreciate your kind words ♥️ I’m glad you got something out of this video, and thank you sincerely for watching -Michael
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Thanks again, it really did change how I saw loss.
I remember watching this episode as a child, thank you so much for explaining the wonderfully written allegory which I never saw
Arthur was my favorite show growing up. Loved his adventures. 🥰
Arthur is interestingly able to talk about anything in a way that never offends, hurts, or attacks anyone.
I’m so glad Arthur spoke about these types of topics that other cartoons didn’t it made the show unique and more real, love it for that
Watching this as a child living in the UK I never realised the connection until watching this video! Thank you
What a heroic analysis. This is some of the best internet has offered, well done!!
I'm a sucker for good cartoon breakdown commentaries 😭 this was so good and I hope you continue to make more videos like this
If its a passion you're wanting to follow of course c:
Ty for your words and viewership! I just make videos about things that interest me… that does include cartoons, so I suspect there will could more of these at some point. Not sure when though! -Michael
@SeasonsYT that's super valid, can't wait to see what else you come up with! Hoping to hear more about some darker episodes 😤🤞🏻 always really fun to look back with a more open mind on what was innocence for us in our younger years
We are 23 and have cptsd related to our upbringing. We have no memory of 911 because we were a baby. Watching this video on truama and how it effects people differently, made us cry. We enjoyed this video very much.
Only 9/11 kids understand! Zoomers wouldn't understand this
Absolutely brilliant story telling. Arthur was the best. Thanks for this video
As a kid, I made no connection that this was about 9/11, which is so interesting to me when I look back at how I responded to 9/11. I don’t remember the day of 9/11 at ALL because I blacked out, which is weird when I consider how I was so thoroughly convinced that our school would be the next target when we went back to class the next day.
Arthur was one of my favorites growing up. It was always so poignantly done and, as an adult, I think it was far more refreshing compared to other shows. Thank you for making this analysis and sharing it with us. it was a lovely, respectful and well-done breakdown.
I can completely relate to this. I'm 25 years of age and only recently accepted I needed counselling. Withing a handful of sessions I was sent a list of common things people do as a result of trauma.
Risky and impulsive behaviour is one of the things listed on that sheet I was given. Exactly when Binky threw the alarm and couldn't explain why, I've done countless things, even recently, like last year, where I done something that was risky/impulsive and had to quit my job as a result. I had no idea at the time that I was and still am experiencing PTSD. If only I seen this episode as a kid....I could've understood.
It's messing my life up.
Easily the best episode of the series. I never made the 9/11 connection until I was much older but it earned my respect even more.
Arthur was my favorite show growing up; I watched it every morning and afternoon. I was 7 in 2001 and was definitely in the target audience for “April 9th” in the years it aired following 9/11. Having loved Arthur so much there are a ton of episodes of this show I think about, but this is one that has stuck with me for over 20 years in a major way. No other show helped me process like this without me even realizing that’s what it was doing. Thank you for this video; it’s so amazing to hear someone else talk about it!!
Thanks for a very insightful appreciative review of a fairly complicated episode. Buster's role was to show survivors syndrome. Beautfully written by Peter Hirsch who lived through 9/11 in his home in Manhatten. I remember attending the annual writers meeting a week after 9/11 in Boston. We did have concerns that show might be traumatising for kids so we had to approach it with a lot of scrutiny and suggestions from psychologists. At the meeting 11:05 11:05 Peter was still walking around with gasmask. I had crossed the Quebec /vermont border with a very cursory border crossing at a small country crossing
That was the last i crossed after 9/11 without pasports and heightened border security that followed.
I genuinely believe Arthur and other actually helpful/educational PBS kids shows helped me grow into the perosn I am today. Arthur helped me feel heard and even understand others. It was fun, humorous, educational, and..comforting. Truly a amazing show
*an amazing (because "amazing" starts with a vowel sound)
*show.