DON'T TOUCH THAT AIRPLANE - Creator Marc Brown and PBS Kids Cancels Arthur After 46 Years

And I said Hey! HEY!!! What a wonderful kind of day!
If we could learn to work and play
and get along with each other

 In 1976, Marc Brown crafted the very first Arthur book "Arthur's Nose". In 1996, the PBS Kids TV series was launched to the world and a legacy was born

But now after 46 years, over 150 books and more than 400 storylines in over 250 episodes, the Arthur franchise is coming to an end.

PBS Kids is slated to axe the Arthur TV series, the longest running children's cartoon series of all time at 5pm on Monday, February 21st

In the final episode "Blabbermouth/All Grown Up", Arthur and DW talk total nonsense gibberish and then lead into one of the WORST IDEAS for a series finale ever made, seeing what happens when the characters you loved turn into ACTUAL adults.

Unfortunately, it's not just the TV show that's ending, but looks like the franchise as a whole as franchise series creator Marc Brown has recently written and published what is meant to be the LAST EVER Arthur book EVER "Believe In Yourself: What We Have Learned from Arthur" released last month.

Since 1996, Arthur has went into a WHOLE SLEW of internet memes. From punching his annoying sister DW to DW throwing spinach on the floor to Arthur's hatred of the Crazy Bus song, From Arthur bullying Sue Ellen by teasing her and making jokes about her yak sweater to Buster's short-lived Postcards spinoff. From guest star collaborations like Alex Trebek (Jeopardy), Larry King (LK Live) and Matt Damon to the meme-catchy songs of "Library Card" and "Jekyll & Hyde", From dealing with the 9/11 attacks of 2001 to Mr. Ratburn's controversial wedding episode, this series has made it all worth while every wonderful kind of day, especially the theme song from Ziggy Marley.

To mourn the passing and celebrate one of the greatest children's books franchises ever created, PBS and PBS Kids is ending the Arthur franchise with a BANG with a special six-days marathon of EVERY ARTHUR EPISODE EVER from the beginning of "Arthur's Eyes" on Wednesday, February 16th at 9:00AM ET/PT leading all the way right up to the final four episodes on Monday, February 21st beginning at 2:00PM ET?1c

The marathon will also include the hit Arthur films DW and the Beastly Birthday, Arthur's First Day and of course who could never forget the Backstreet Boys collaboration in Arthur! It's Only Rock & Roll?

A toast to Marc Brown, Ziggy Marley, Michael Yarmush, Michael Caloz and all of the Arthur team and collaborators past and present who have turned this savage but friendly aardvark into the global childhood phenomneon that it still is today.

Thanks for all the Wonderful Kinds of Days over the years
You will be dearly missed :(

RIP
Arthur the Aardvark
January 1, 1976-February 21, 2022