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2017 multi-national TV series or program
| The Magic School Bus Rides Again | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Adventure, Children's, Educational |
| Based on | The Magic School Bus by Joanna Cole Bruce Degen |
| Voices of | |
| Theme music composer | Peter Lurye |
| Opening theme | "Ride on the Magic School Bus", performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production companies | Scholastic Entertainment 9 Story Media Group |
| Original release | |
| Network | Netflix |
| Release | September 29, 2017 – April 13, 2018 |
The Magic School Bus Rides Again is a Canadian-American animated children's television series, based on the book series of the same name by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen. It also serves as a continuation of the 1994–97 PBS Kids series The Magic School Bus, with Lily Tomlin reprising her role as Ms. Frizzle. The series premiered on Netflix on September 29, 2017. The second season premiered on April 13, 2018.
Plot
In a sequel to the original 1994–97 series, Valerie Frizzle retires from teaching and passes the keys of the Magic School Bus over to her younger sister, Fiona Frizzle, to embark on new adventures with her class. As they journey on their exciting new field-trips, they discover new locations, creatures, time periods and more to learn about the wonders of science, educating young viewers along the way.
Voice cast
Main article: List of The Magic School Bus characters- Kate McKinnon as Miss Fiona Felicity Frizzle
- Lily Tomlin as Professor Valerie Felicity Frizzle, Ph. D.
- Miles Koseleci-Vieira as Arnold Perlstein
- Lynsey Pham as Wanda Li
- Mikaela Blake as Keesha Franklin
- Gabby Clarke as Dorothy Ann Rourke
- Leke Maceda-Rustecki as Carlos Ramon
- Matthew Mintz as Ralphie Tennelli
- Birva Pandya as Jyoti Kaur
- Kaden Stephen as Tim
Guest stars
Season 1
- Will Arnett as Galapagos Gil ("Frizzle of the Future")
- Mae Jemison as Kathy K. Kuiper ("Space Mission: Selfie")
- Sandra Oh as Dr. Sarah Bellum ("Ralphie Strikes a Nerve")
Season 2
- Jay Baruchel as Dr. Tillage ("Ghost Farm")
- Nathan Fillion as Axle ValveStuck ("Waste Not, Want Not")
- Catherine O'Hara as Aunt Tennelli, Teresina Tennelli ("Ralphie and the Flying Tennellis")
- Martin Short as Tony Tennelli ("Ralphie and the Flying Tennellis")
Additional voices
- Lilly Bartlam
- Amos Crawley
- Annelise Forbes as Janet Perlstein, Arnold's know-it-all conceited cousin.
- Lisa Jai
- Julie Lemieux
- Ana Sani
- Stuart Stone
- Jamie Watson
- Marcus Craig
- Martin Roach
- Kevin Vidal
Episodes
Season 1 (2017)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Topic | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Frizzle of the Future" | Ecosystem | Richard Weston | John May & Suzanne Bolch | September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29) | |
| It's a new year in Walkerville Elementary as a brand new teacher arrives to make field trips more fun. However, Arnold is nervous that the new teacher, Ms. Frizzle's sister, will alter the class ecosystem. | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Pigs in the Wind" | Engineering | Richard Weston | Mike McPhaden | September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29) | |
| 3 | 3 | "In the Swim" | Fish Adaptations | Richard Weston | John May & Suzanne Bolch | September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29) | |
| 4 | 4 | "The Battle for Rock Mountain" | Rock Cycle (Rock Layers/Fossils & Erosion) | Richard Weston | John May & Suzanne Bolch | September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29) | |
| 5 | 5 | "The Magnetic Mambo" | Magnetism | Richard Weston | Jennifer Daley | September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29) | |
| 6 | 6 | "Carlos Gets the Sneezes" | Allergies | Richard Weston | George Arthur Bloom | September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29) | |
| In a throwback to "Inside Ralphie", Carlos brings a rat as the class pet, but then he starts sneezing uncontrollably. As Miss Fiona and the class investigate inside Carlos's immune system, they find that Carlos is being exposed to something that is giving him allergies. At first, they believe it's the rat, but later they discover it was pollen that got stuck in the rat's fur. | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Hides and Seeks" | Camouflage | Richard Weston | Betty Quan | September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29) | |
| 8 | 8 | "Three in One" | Solid, Liquid & Vapor | Richard Weston | Jocelyn Stevenson | September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29) | |
| 9 | 9 | "Space Mission: Selfie" | Satellites | Richard Weston | Mike McPhaden | September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29) | |
| 10 | 10 | "The Tales Glaciers Tell" | Ice | Richard Weston | Story by : Josh Gal Teleplay by : Jocelyn Stevenson, John May & Suzanne Bolch | September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29) | |
| 11 | 11 | "Ralphie Strikes a Nerve" | Nerves | Richard Weston | Bernice Vanderlaan | September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29) | |
| 12 | 12 | "Monster Power" | Different Kinds of Power | Richard Weston | Merrill Hagan | September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29) | |
| 13 | 13 | "DA and the Deep Blue Sea" | Ocean Zones | Richard Weston | Evan Thaler Hickey | September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29) | |
Season 2 (2018)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Topic | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "The Land Before Tim" | Fossils | Richard Weston | Brian Hartigan | April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13) |
| 15 | 2 | "Claw and Order" | Bird Features | Richard Weston | Jennifer Daley | April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13) |
| 16 | 3 | "Ghost Farm" | Harvesting | Richard Weston | Mike McPhaden | April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13) |
| 17 | 4 | "Nothin' But Net" | Computer Codes | Richard Weston | John May & Suzanne Bolch | April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13) |
| 18 | 5 | "I Spy with my Animal Eyes" | Eyes | Richard Weston | Emma Kassirer | April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13) |
| 19 | 6 | "Ready, Set, Fail!" | The Engineering Process and Failures Lead to Success | Richard Weston | Evan Thaler Hickey | April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13) |
| 20 | 7 | "The Good, the Bad, and the Gnocchi" | Simple machines | Richard Weston | Bernice Vanderlaan | April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13) |
| 21 | 8 | "Send in the Clouds" | Clouds | Richard Weston | Mike McPhaden | April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13) |
| 22 | 9 | "Ralphie and the Flying Tennellis" | Using Math in Real Life Scenarios | Richard Weston | John May & Suzanne Bolch | April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13) |
| 23 | 10 | "Tim and the Talking Trees" | Plant & Animal Communication/Interaction | Richard Weston | Nathalie Younglai | April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13) |
| 24 | 11 | "Waste Not, Want Not" | Utilizing Waste/Fertilization | Richard Weston | Evan Thaler Hickey | April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13) |
| 25 | 12 | "Janet's Mystery Gene" | DNA | Richard Weston | Bernice Vanderlaan | April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13) |
| 26 | 13 | "Making Magic" | Sun | Richard Weston | Suzanne Bolch, John May & Mike McPhaden | April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13) |
Production
In 2014, the series was first announced by Netflix and Scholastic Media, and was entitled The Magic School Bus 360°. The new iteration of the franchise features a modernized "Ms. Frizzle" (replacing Valerie with her younger sister Fiona) and a high-tech bus that stresses modern inventions such as robotics, wearables and camera technology. The hope is to captivate children's imaginations and motivate their interest in the sciences. It was produced by 9 Story Media Group. Producer Stuart Stone, who voiced Ralphie in the original series, stated that The Magic School Bus 360° will feature some of the original voice actors in different roles. The show's voice cast is based in Los Angeles, California, United States and Toronto, Ontario, Canada with Susan Blu as the Los Angeles voice director and Alyson Court as the Toronto voice director. In February 2017, Netflix announced that Kate McKinnon was cast in the role of Ms. Frizzle (without clarifying it was Fiona, the younger sister of Valerie, now Professor Frizzle, still voiced by Tomlin). The series then changed its name to The Magic School Bus Rides Again. Lin-Manuel Miranda of Hamilton sings the theme song. Phoebe Terese, a character from the original series, is replaced by a new student named Jyoti, as it was revealed that Phoebe transferred back to her old school. The series was released on Netflix on September 29, 2017. The second season was released on April 13, 2018.
The show is Flash animated unlike the original series that was traditionally animated by hand with cels. The entire Flash-animated show is made with Adobe After Effects, Adobe Animate (formerly Adobe Flash) and Adobe Photoshop.
Critical reception
Why has this good-natured show already received an inordinate amount of judgement? How can this much vitriol be thrown at a creation before anyone has even seen it?
— Decider,
After the series' announcement and the release of its trailer, there was initial resistance to the new art style, absence of Lilly Tomlin as Ms. Frizzle, and fear it wouldn't live up to the original series. AOL accused the show of giving Ms. Frizzle a nose job. Bustle put this down to fans of the show being "protective of its legacy".
Despite this speculation, the series has been critically acclaimed upon release. Common Sense Media deemed the show a worthy successor to its 1990s sister series, praising its gender and ethnic diversity and its commitment to teaching children about STEM subjects. Christianity Today argues that the show managed to keep the "genius of the franchise", which is that the children are almost more intrigued by the complexity and order of the natural world rather than the magic of the titular school bus. Daily Dot praised the series' premiere for addressing the change to the show's structure, putting viewers at ease through the transition, adding that the science was made "approachable". The Houstonian found the episodes' scenarios to be "pretty interesting", commenting on the academical and moral lessons. The AV Club felt the series lives up to its predecessor, and contains the same "goofy humor and ease with making learning fun". Another AV Club article wrote that the series is "lively, fast-paced, and exceedingly tolerable for adults", and full of enough science to allow them to park their kids in front of it guilt-free.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | The Magic School Bus: Rides Again | Parent's Choice Silver Honor - Spring 2018 Television | Won |
| 2018 | The Magic School Bus: Rides Again | Common Sense "Great For Families" seal | Won |
| 2018 | Annellie Rose Samuel for episode "Space Mission Selfie" | Canadian Cinema Editors Award for Best Editing in Animation | Nominated |
References
- ^ "New to Netflix in September: 'Pulp Fiction', 'Jerry Before Seinfeld' and More". EW.com. August 23, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- @netflix (September 5, 2017). "The bus is magic. The science is real" (Tweet) – via Twitter. video, Valerie: "Class, please welcome Miss Fiona Felicity Frizzle".
- "da Costa Talent". da Costa Talent. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
- "da Costa Talent". da Costa Talent. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
- Annelise Forbes. "Annelise Forbes on Twitter: "I'm playing "Janet" on the new Magic School Bus. @Lin_Manuel sings the theme song and it's a super fun show! @netflix #animation #voiceactor…". Twitter.com. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
- "Scholastic is Bringing The Magic School Bus 360 degrees to Netflix". Coming Soon. June 11, 2014. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
- Koch, Dave (June 18, 2014). "Three New Animated Series, Reboots All". Big Cartoon News. Archived from the original on June 20, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
- "The Magic School Bus 360 delayed to 2017". Coming Soon. December 3, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
- Gael Fashingbauer Cooper (January 4, 2017). "Celebrity cameos, familiar voices to ride 'Magic School Bus' reboot". CNET. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
- Serrao, Nivea (February 9, 2017). "Kate McKinnon to voice Ms. Frizzle in Netflix's 'Magic School Bus' revival". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
Netflix has found its Ms. Frizzle! Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live, Ghostbusters) will be voicing the beloved animated teacher in the Magic School Bus reboot
- Stanhope, Kate (September 5, 2017). "Lin-Manuel Miranda Updates 'Magic School Bus' Theme Song for Netflix Reboot". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
- "'The Magic School Bus Rides Again' brings new magic to a familiar set of wheels". Dailydot.com. September 29, 2017. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
- Writers: May, John & Bolch, Suzanne Director: Weston, Richard (September 29, 2017). "Frizzle of the Future". The Magic School Bus Rides Again. Season 1. Episode 1. Netflix.
- "Scarface, The Iron Giant, Seven coming to Netflix in April". EW.com. March 21, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
- "Why Are Adults So Mad About 'The Magic School Bus' Reboot?". September 29, 2017.
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/09/06/magic-school-bus-reboot-looks-very-different-from-the-original-who-stole-its-visual-soul/
- "'The Magic School Bus Rides Again' brings new magic to a familiar set of wheels". The Daily Dot. September 29, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- Staff, A. O. L. "'Magic School Bus' reboot: Did Ms. Frizzle get a nose job?". AOL.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- Patton, Rebecca. "The Magic School Bus' Reboot Could See Another Season So Soon". Bustle. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- "The Magic School Bus Rides Again - TV Review". www.commonsensemedia.org. September 28, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- Messer, Dustin. "The New 'Magic School Bus' Still Sees Knowledge as a Gateway to Wonder". ChristianityToday.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- "'The Magic School Bus Rides Again' brings new magic to a familiar set of wheels". The Daily Dot. September 29, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- Editor, Assistant; White, Masey (October 4, 2017). ""The Magic School Bus Rides Again" Review". The Houstonian. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
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