Best Of: 'Believe In Yourself': Remembering 25 Years Of 'Arthur'

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🗓️ 13 February 2022

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After 25 years on the air, PBS Kids' "Arthur" is ending.

But don't worry. We'll find out what the characters are like all grown up in the show's finale, which airs at the end of the month.

We talk with the creators and voices of "Arthur" — and hear your stories about connecting to the show.

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0:00.0	Growing up, I always easily related with the situations between Arthur and his two younger
0:06.8	sisters.
0:07.8	Even now, I occasionally think, uh, D. W.
0:11.3	I really think that, you know, without Arthur, I wouldn't have a good relationship with
0:20.2	my best friend.
0:21.2	Grandma didn't have cable, and we didn't watch a lot of TV when we visited Grandma, but
0:24.9	she wanted to be sure that we had some TV when we needed a break.
0:28.6	And so ahead of our visit, Grandma would make VHS recordings of Arthur episodes on PBS
0:34.4	so that we'd have something to watch.
0:35.6	She's get together and make things better.
0:38.0	I work in together.
0:39.6	My 21st birthday was Arthur's theme.
0:42.4	We made drinks for all the characters.
0:44.5	I remember Muffy was Mosquitoes and Binky was Spider because it looked like beer, but
0:51.2	it had that feminine side that he is on a parade of.
0:54.1	How much joy it brought me to sit with my daughter and watch the show.
1:02.0	When she was younger, we watched for about five years from the ages of about two to seven.
1:07.0	Sad to see it go, but I'm glad it was in my daughter's life.
1:11.2	And mine too.
1:12.2	It's a simple message and it comes from the heart.
1:16.4	Believe in yourself or that's the place to start.
1:21.2	The PBS Kids Show Arthur touched a lot of lives.
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