Topic: Today I learned: The Children’s Show “Arthur” Used to Reference Adult Animated Programming

Anonymous A started this discussion 1 year ago #121,120

I have no idea why this feels so weird to me. I know modern day animated programs targeted toward younger audiences often reference or are connected to more adult-oriented programming. See the Gravity Falls/Rick & Morty connection(s). But seeing Arthur, an educational children’s show on PBS make reference to both South Park and Beavis & Butt-Head is astounding to me.

South Park Referenced in Arthur: https://youtu.be/ujUmJPHq1PE

Beavis & Butt-Head Referenced in Arthur: https://youtu.be/e0pLJzOrfNE

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 2 hours later[^] [v] #1,324,801

I used to watch a show called Mister Wizard. And it was an educational program where a gruff man did science experiments and explained how they worked. Kids would ask him questions, and if they were stupid questions, Mister Wizard would openly treat them like they were retarded

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 1 hour later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,324,811

@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
That's why Bill Nye and Beakman's World were superior (they filtered the dumb kids a bit better).

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 1 minute later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,324,814

Catherinedraad

boof joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 18 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,324,821

There was also a US man Julius Sumner Miller who really got around, doing clips for shows around the world.
wiki says
in 1959, Miller began hosting his educational program, Why Is It So?, on KNXT (now KCBS-TV) Channel 2 in Los Angeles. From 1962 to 1964, he was Disney's "Professor Wonderful" on new introductions, filmed at Disneyland, to the syndicated reruns of The Mickey Mouse Club. He also starred in the Disney series Great Moments in Science and Science and its Magic. During the same period, he appeared on a semi-regular basis, performing physics experiments, on Steve Allen's late night TV show in Hollywood, syndicated by Group W. Eventually, he also had his own TV shows in Australia, Canada, Norway, and New Zealand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQW6SKBbRWU

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 1 year ago, 50 seconds later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,324,822

@1,324,811 (C)
I agree

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 19 hours later, 23 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,324,874

@1,324,811 (C)
@1,324,801 (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
I didn't know there was a third one.

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