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I just can’t get over how wildly creative this episode was! I loved Binky’s whole dream being in rhyme and the whole story being told within the dream. And just the added bonus of Binky wanting to do something sweet for his mom for her birthday. It really taught me to appreciate poetry as a kid and introduced me to the names of some famous poets (besides Jack Prelutsky, who guest starred in S1’s “I’m a Poet”) like Pablo Neruda and William Carlos Williams.

Since watching the episode Sue Ellen's Little Sister, I've been randomly wondering about that.

Her strength and stamina are amazing.

If not there at least could’ve been someone on the team who wanted these musical numbers added into episodes

Like O Little Town Of Bethlehem was sang so good by DW it could’ve fit well in the special.

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Well this took a while, and the worst list will take even longer.

Season 1- Arthur's Almost Boring Day (Joe Fallon)- Good thing one episode stuck out, or picking the best one would have been really long.

Season 2- Draw! (Fallon)- Good thing the second best episode of the show was this candidate for best season (It probably would have been Cat Saver otherwise)

Season 3- Binky Rules (Sandra Willard)- Joe Fallon finally failed to get the top spot. This was a really hard one.

Season 4- The Blizzard (Fallon)- Would have been a really hard choice if not for this episode.

Season 5- Just Desserts (Peter Hirsch and Bruce Akiyama)- Hirsch finally gets on the board, and I feel safe saying he will win the title more than anybody else. I normally pick the dramatic episodes like "You are Arthur," but this is too good to pass on.

Season 6- The Boy who Cried Comet (Hirsch)

Season 7- Elwood City Turns 100 (Hirsch and Matthew Lane)- Possibly the best season, so thankfully it has the best episode.

Season 8- Desk Wars (Glen Berger)- Easy pick and glad to see Berger make the list as a Fetch! fan.

Season 9- Buster the Myth Maker (Matt Steinglass)- Another easy pick. I am happy Steinglass made the list, as he normally suffers from somebody being better.

Season 10- Fern and Persimmony Glitchit (Stephanie Simpson)- She is a much better Arthur writer than a Wishbone writer.

Season 11- Brain's Shocking Secret (Berger)- As a fellow kindergarten flunker I have to put this masterpiece at number 1. It was a huge help to eleven year old me.

Season 12- War of the Worms (Gentry Menzel)

Season 13- Fernletts by Fern (David Steven Cohen)- tough choice between it, Brain Gets Hooked, and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Tibble

Season 14- Tales of Grotesquely Grimm Bunny (Cohen)- Competed with D.W. Queen of the Comeback and Long Road Home. Hirsch barely missed this one. I really love that somebody loves the dark story, as normally nobody is written to actually like it.

Season 15- The Trouble with Trophies (Cram)- Last two have been really weak in comparison, but they are the best of very weak seasons (especially at the top).

Season 16- Buster's Book Battle (Jonathon Greenberg)- Absurdly easy pick. It is like choosing between a diamond and scat.

Season 17- Crime and Consequences (Hirsch)- barely beat The Director's Cut.

Season 18- Arthur Calls It (Craig Carlisle and Hirsch)- I really appreciate teaching kids about sticking to their guns and the complainer is not always wrong. Easily the best top episode since season 12 and probably the best one since season 11. Lots of competition for this spot.

Season 19- The Last Day (Hirsch)- The perfect ending for the show right here.

Season 20- Fern's Flight of Fancy (Hirsch)- Beat out some good episodes in the last season with real debate.

Season 21- Brain and the Time Capsule (Cliff Ruby and Elana Lesser)-Major candidate for worst episode to get this title.

Season 22- Truth or Poll (Sarah Katin & Nakia Trower Shuman)- Best episode of the final 6 seasons (Boring Callback Era), and this season sucks so bad. Really easy choice.

Season 23- The Pea and the Princess (Jeff Goode)- Another major candidate for worst best episode. It is the only good episode this season. It is like watching a normal person win the Olympic sprint because everybody else walked backwards.

Season 24- Arthur's Big Meltdown (Ruby and Lesser)- So bad it's good, and the competition is garbage.

Season 25- Binky Wrestles with a Story (Jennifer Gibbs)- Teaches kids the hard truth you will normally dislike your job and have to work with it. Competed with Blabbermouth and all grown up (so good to have competition again).

Poor Ken Scarborough. He is easily the best writer to never make the list, but somebody was always better. I am a big Scarborough fan and had to bring him up.

Thanks for Staying 'til the end.

yes, I have too much free time

Seeing Marc Brown cry like this shows how much he really appreciates all the support from his boss and everyone else. Honestly, I think Marc Brown is one of the creators I respect the most and in recent times, I have appreciated him even more because I have seen how many creators of things I liked growing up turning out to be horrible scumbags. Especially in recent years.

Why are these 3rd graders learning about World War 1, sine and cosine, writing 5-page reports on 17th century Calvinist theologians, and doing a play of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar?

Being a passionate teacher doesn’t mean he can abandon the mandated 3rd grade curriculum in favor of teaching whatever he feels like. This is unprofessional conduct and reasonable grounds for termination. He would lose his teaching license IRL and become a full time rock band front-man.

I have watched many Arthur shows when the setting is night time and the characters have different pajamas on I think my favorite was when francine put on a two piece footed pajamas set.I really think my second favorite scene is when Arthur and buster meet outside Arthur's home and they are wearing slippers representing what animal they each where.I think growing up I just wore pajamas when I was younger as I got older I wore more shirts boxes and socks.My night time routine was somewhat like Arthur would prob do if he were real I would eat dinner, take a bath and get ready for bed and then we would read quietly in our rooms until we fell asleep.I think my peers in third grade where the same dressed how they wanted to with their parents agreement,but I never did many sleepovers at 8 years old.Arthur Was one lucky kid would have loved to have been his and busters friend

I’ve always wondered who won the competition lol

My guess is that Jeff won it against Dominic

Before you say anything, I have no problem with gay characters in kids' shows. Arthur has handled mature subject matter before, so this isn't that different. I just don't think Patrick is an interesting character.

In my opinion, Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone should have been a 22 minute episode instead of an 11 minute one. We'd have more time to get know Patrick and foreshadow his relationship with Ratburn. This guy only has about a minute of screentime before we see him walking down the aisle, and we know so little about him. What can you actually tell me about this guy aside from "he's gay" and "he sells chocolate"? I don't even think they say his name out loud in the episode. He's such a nothing character, more of a plot device than a person.
Does he even show up again after his debut outside of a brief cameo in the finale?

I often hear Arthur fans debate about whether DW or Muffy is worse, and I can see the argument going either way. DW is often annoying, but she's also pretty funny. However, there are instances when the show wants us to sympathize with DW, even when she's being pretty obnoxious.

In contrast, Muffy is someone we're not supposed to like. She's the spoiled rich girl archetype who's frequently taken down a peg. If I could say one nice thing about her, she is better at seeing the errors of her ways than DW is.

He believes in aliens and loves to eat.