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I was actually really excited to recap this special. In fact, I mentioned it way back in April 2012 but I was holding off until I got a special reaction GIF and then I swore I already recapped this but I went through my archive to double check and I guess it never happened. Until now.

I should be studying for my midterms but fuck that, I just remembered how great this special is. I wish they’d onyesha it zaidi often.

Our special opens with Muffy and Francine watching the Backstreet Boys muziki video for ‘I Want It That Way’. There is a brief moment where we see their “real world” selves...

What’s up Ar-turds? That’s right, your inayopendelewa Arthur recap blogger (or maybe I’m the only Arthur recap blogger) is back and better than ever! Now with 10% zaidi “Buster is giant pothead” jokes!

So I’ve been gone for forty days as I gave up Tumblr for Lent and as a special treat, I decided that my returning post should cover “Arthur’s Missing Pal”.

“Arthur’s Missing Pal”, if wewe don’t know, is a CGI feature length film that aired in 2006 on select PBS stations written kwa Ken Scarbrough. This movie was *SPOILER ALERT* absolute shit, which is surprising considering Ken...

Man that theme song written kwa Ziggy Marley hit me like a giant semitruck carrying my childhood. I want to say something really important as this is technically the Arthur pilot and it’s a publicly funded animated series with like, 26 episodes in its first order…

What am I dithering about?

So don’t wewe notice that in the first episode of a tv series, the plotline is usually “Everyone, meet everyone” where the gang of Marafiki gets together au inducts a new person into their gang. And the the writers are crossing their fingers that enough people give a damn about the onyesha so they can...