wait remember teacher's pet it was a disney channel original animated series that was
created by renowned fine artist gary baseman along with mary duo sherry and bill steinkilner
directed by timothy bjorklund this show just keeps delivering with its renowned and highly
sophisticated team but i don't want to get too much ahead of myself just yet premiering
on september 9 2000 this show is about a boy named leonard amadeus helperman and his dog spot
spot is not only anthropomorphic but is passionate about learning so he follows leonard to school
donning a pair of glasses a pair of pants a shirt and a cap they'll never suspect a thing with a
recognizable art style and use of classical and orchestral disney music the show has a distinct
tone and atmosphere despite these things the show didn't really go anywhere jumping from channel
to channel it had a semi-brief run however it doesn't feel like it was cut off in any major
capacity which could be thanks to what served as the finale to the series which was in the form of
a theatrically released movie so let's jump into the lore of teacher's pet and why spot wants to be
nay has got to be a boy because that's the the theme song don't get me started
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protected today that's great the show's origin can be traced to gary baseman's dog when he thought
about what his cocker spaniel hubcaps was doing when baseman wasn't at home from there the idea
was born of a little dog that gets lonely and goes to school to study with his owner in the concept
of spot basement was heavily inspired by the camp concept of the superman comics in which clark kent
mastered the art of disguise with his classes he embraced the absurdity of spot or rather his
human alter ego scott led ready the second before teacher's pet baseman was a renowned fine artist
with a very recognizable style over exaggerated people or animals with bulging veiny eyes and long
rubbery noodle-like bodies those are just some identifying factors it's absurdist pop surrealism
some of his work actually looked to be inspired by some of haranuma bosch's work which emphasized
storytelling in multiple locations of a singular painting but i'm not here to teach you art history
so how about a fun fact pewdiepie has a tattoo on his arm that depicts one of basement's paintings
of a skeleton riding a black cat neat famous for his art design in the hasbro cranium interactive
board games a staple of family game night for some he was essential in the visual creativity
that went into the show considering teachers pet a fine art cartoon producer for the show
steven swafford emphasized the importance of the animation by thinking about the big screen
as a canvas and ensuring that there was a dedicated team of background painters color
stylists character designers and a layout artist to stay true to bassman's original artistic vision
other than his work in fine art and games baseman was fairly new to the world of animation
having done two shorts for nickelodeon in the past he created a once aired kablam segment called the
louie and louie show another kablam short stewie the dog boy which was set to receive its own
spin-off show from kablam was going to fully be about a dog wanting to be a boy and go to
school but clearly nickelodeon wasn't fast enough to produce this and once they had saw that disney
already had teacher's pet in motion the full idea for the show was scrapped ain't no way they had a
parrot too actually now that i think about it a lot of those who have created or acted in
this show are not the typical cartoon aficionados the steinkilners were most famous for their work
on cheers the lion king one and a half and the sister act book and don't forget bill's work on
chef emerald's show bam in fact many of the cast is from these other projects kelsey grammer yes
frasier stars as the evil and mad doctor ivan crank in the teacher's pet movie nathan lane
who you might know is the famous role of timon in the lion king plays spot and plays phil in frasier
david ogden steers plays mr jolly the cowardly and romantic tabby cat as well as leland in frasier
sorry there is a weird fraser connective pipeline here and i just couldn't ignore
it deborah joe rupp is leonard's mother mrs mary lou moria angela darling helperman wallace sean
is the cat-loving dog-hating principal strickler and more cartoon-oriented actors include sean
fleming as leonard who also played both tim and jim possible in yeah you guessed it kim possible
and me whitman is also here voicing leonard's crush leslie rob paulson good old girl weezer
is ian wazelski jerry stiller who plays pretty boy the sassy and mean-spirited bird is yet another
renowned 90s sitcom actor best known for his role as frank costanza in seinfeld yeah it's safe to
say that this cast is stacked with so much talent and a lot of frasier alumni sounds good we'll be
right back with more teachers pet let's get back to more teachers pet so with all of this talent
and carefully crafted art direction why don't we remember it as well as a core memory i mean some
of you out there have to right it could possibly be attributed to the show's network inconsistency
jumping around from network to network the show premiered in september of 2000 on abc families
disney's one saturday morning cartoon block then move to toon disney which is now disney xd and for
its informal third season or better understood as its second half of season two premiered on
the disney channel it technically is considered for only running for two seasons so they just
pretended there was a third and the show lasted a total of 39 episodes with the last episode airing
may 10 2002 since 2006 the show did not experience any reruns but was fully available on disney plus
launch day along with the teacher's pet movie that released in theaters as a feature film on
january 16th 2004. the movie serves as a finale of the show bookending the series completely so not
enough love to keep the show going at least to the 65 episode limit but still warranted a movie in
which finalizes the series interesting play disney interesting play the movie itself actually goes
further into the lore of teacher's pet dr ivan crank is introduced as an archetypal mad scientist
who is generally regarded as wacko his general evil plan is to transform animals into humans
and maybe a little bit of vice versa how very kafka-esque or technically reverse kafka-esque
or maybe reverse cronenberg asks but spot doesn't turn into shirtless 80s jeff goldblum so
that's a bummer also this opens a whole universe for discussion does giving animals the ability to
talk and think like humans mean that they now have awkward conversations based on the past events
they've witnessed beforehand man spot's gonna be pissed when he realizes leonard probably neutered
him personally the show was pretty entertaining between the art and the voice cast the show
definitely had a level of entertainment that brought me back to some warm cozy
nostalgic feelings at only two seasons in a movie i enjoyed what there was to offer
however i wouldn't say much would bring me back to watch it again at least anytime soon the concept
is cool and all but i did feel part way through season 2 that i've seen it all starting to drag
on a tad bit not necessarily in a bad way or anything just more of a slower burn to get through
as for the movie it offered a fun larger adventure that feels both similar to the show itself but yet
so different i like that we get a look into some explanation that totally wasn't necessary as it's
a cartoon you can suspend your disbelief a little bit but it was a cool way to bring
in a villain and tell a different story away from the show itself oh and spot dies in this
okay okay he's completely fine but i think this may have done better as a tv movie i say this
because the show itself wasn't the biggest show at the time it didn't have nearly the biggest
fan base to pack out theater after theater for a massive successful release that's not me saying
the show didn't have a fan base it most absolutely did but on a 10 million dollar budget the film
sadly only returned right under 6.5 million making it a decent sized flop for the studio but
none of that means the show or the movie were bad or had a majority negative outlook you are
so unspeakably cruel teacher's pet is coming at you next on disney's one saturday morning
despite the generally positive audience feedback thanks to a lackluster turnout at the theater it
probably is the reason why we aren't seeing any spin-off shows or revivals and as of right now
there's nothing being talked about and that's okay is not everything needs a comeback reboot revival
sequel or prequel sometimes properties are best left the way they are and to be enjoyed for what
they were a forbes article talks about how the teacher's pet movie would be perfect as a broadway
musical but that's just an op-ed and it doesn't hint at any ideas going around disney productions
for the future of teacher's pet i mean it's not like nathan lane has won three tony awards or
anything for now i guess we'll just have to keep re-watching and enjoying the content that we have
maybe for me not anytime soon because i just marathoned it but for others there's still a
lot to love about it i mean another aspect that i truly love is the hyper-dramatic classical music
that is slathered over the structure of the show i mean just look at leonard's middle name amadeus
yeah you think you can pass that one bias disney well in true disney little einstein's
fantasia fashion they frequently used emotionally evocative classical pieces like george friedrich
handel's water music and flower duet from the first act of leo daleeb's opera lock me
frasier would be so proud of me there were also a few flash games as well to accompany the show
thrash can food fight and guess it that disney released which could be fun to enjoy if you're
really missing the show but what are your thoughts about teacher's pet do you think it's something
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