Arthur Goes To The Doctor
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Actor: Bruce Dinsmore, Daniel Brochu, J.T. Turner, Jodie Resther, Melissa AltroWriter: Catherine Lieuwen
Writer: Cusi Cram
Writer: Daisy Scott
Writer: Dietrich Smith
Writer: Glen Berger
Writer: Hilary Illick
Writer: Joel M. Barkow
Writer: Judy Rothman Rofé
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 30 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-06-11
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sony Wonder (Video)
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Movie Review: A Great Video -- a review of "Arthur Goes to the Doctor"
Summary: 5 Stars
The other reviewer is right, this is a very good tape with 3 different Arthur episodes all of which deal with health issues. (I have a kindergartener and preschooler who I am trying to teach not to share personal items so it was of particular interest to us.)
In the first episode, Arthur cuts his knee on an old lima bean can **at the dump!** The dump is a place he and DW know they are not supposed to go, and because of this, Arthur is afraid to tell his mom and dad about his injury.
This leaves DW with a dilemma because she wants to help her brother by getting him medical attention but she doesn't want to be a tattletale. Sitting on the swing, she comes to the conclusion (which as a mom I love) that this is `one of those cases' when it is more important to tell than to keep a promise! DW ends up not having to tell though when she and Brain convince Arthur that he really needs to `tell on himself'.
It is a clever story because it really covers two subjects at the same time. First, how kids really ought to listen to their parents, second, how sometimes tattling is the `right' thing to do.
In the second episode, DW has an unhappy run-in with poison ivy. Covered with calamine and looking rather splotchy, she dons a hockey mask and oven mitts and a persona named Otis to keep people from knowing what happened to her. (DW is convinced that everyone that sees her will run away.)
But the poison ivy is not what the story is about. It's actually about asthma, and DW's woes are only the segway into Buster's own experiences with asthma.
It is while playing with dusty magazines that Buster discovers that he has asthma. The solution to this seems easy. Take your inhalers and go on. The only problem is that Buster's friends have trouble understanding what asthma is. In one case, Francine runs away from Buster because she suspects that asthma is contagious.
The problem is resolved when Buster does his class report on why he sometimes has difficulty breathing. I particularly like that they use this as an opportunity to take a `Magic School Bus' type trip into Buster's airways.
The story ends with DW taking Buster's advice. She tries to educate people about her poison ivy plasters, calamine lotion, etc.
This episode is followed by a segment with real people discussing what it is like to live with asthma.
The final story is about lice. It's pretty cute despite being about a yucky subject. Part of the cuteness stems from the fact that they show the `nit invasion' as a military mission carried out by talking lice in uniform.
It's nice that Muffy (the rich kid) gets the lice first. I think this will help with any old-fashioned thinking. Lice are soon spreading around the school and are only licked when proper precautions and procedures are followed.
Five stars. Good stories about common health issues. I'm using all of the stories to teach my children about lice and cuts and scrapes, and telling the truth! (Especially important as you know how little girls are with sharing clothing.)
Summary of Arthur Goes To The Doctor
Get ready for a health lesson like never before in this trio of Arthur episodes exploring familiar, yet often misunderstood childhood maladies. In the first tale, viewers learn how blood cells fight infection after Arthur scrapes his knee as a result of a covert visit to the dump. The tetanus shot he receives is not as painful as D.W.'s valiant efforts to refrain from tattling. Asthma gets star billing in the next story when a guided tutorial of Buster's lungs finally convinces his friends that his breathing condition is not contagious. The third episode, "The Lousy Week," offers an entertaining exposé on head lice when an army of zealous nits (in combat fatigues) invades Muffy's school. It is no surprise that Arthur remains one of public television's golden nuggets, offering stories that are consistently creative and humorous while sprinkled with subtle reminders of kindness, forgiveness, honesty, and acceptance. (Ages 5 to 12) --Lynn GibsonSimilar DVD Movies
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