The Adventures of Pete & Pete - Season 1
by Adam Bernstein, B.K. Small, Chris Koch, Katherine Dieckmann, Nicholas Jacobs
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Actor: Alison Fanelli, Danny Tamberelli, Hardy Rawls, Judy Grafe, Michael C. MaronnaDirector: Adam Bernstein, B.K. Small, Chris Koch, Katherine Dieckmann, Nicholas Jacobs
Brand: Paramount
Writer: Alan Swayze
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 294 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-17
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Nickelodeon
Movie Reviews of The Adventures of Pete & Pete - Season 1
Movie Review: I have been praying for this day to arrive...
Summary: 5 Stars
To those poor, unfortunate souls who have never heard of this show, I present this challenge. Name one other children's show that features a superhero with scrawny limbs, thick glasses, and unfortunate taste in spandex, whose only known weaknesses are a certain E power-chord and an aluminum siding salesman; a malicious bowling ball known as Rolling Thunder; a math teacher who believes that her mother is the number 2; an underwear inspector who serves as a sort of guardian angel; secret footage of the International Adult Conspiracy (which you always knew existed); acknowledges a tattoo and a metal plate as characters in its opening credits; and counts Iggy Pop and LL Cool J among its strange stable of supporting actors.
Yes, The Adventures of Pete and Pete contained all of this Krebstar-rific goodness, and much, much more. Each episode is narrated by Big Pete, in a deadpan that would make Rod Serling jealous. This series has a lot of devoted fans (myself included), and I had long despaired that the show would ever be put on DVD.
In case you haven't figured it out, one of the least strange aspects of this show is the fact that its protagonists are two brothers who share the name Pete Wrigley. Amazingly, it appeals to both children and adults without the use of either cloying cuteness or double entendres. I think that the show's secret is that it portrays the world the way kids see it--a bizarre, often unfriendly place in which you just might carve out a niche for yourself.
I'm actually not sure if any of these episodes are from Season One (very helpful, I know), but here are a few of the general plotlines that I've been able to remember through the nearly 10 years since the series' cancellation. Hopefully, you'll either get a feel for this unique television treat, or be reminded of your own favorite episodes: Little Pete is grounded when his groundbreaking (literally) experiment messes up the lawn, and must find a way to escape if he is to see the Fourth of July fireworks. The local ice cream man mysteriously leaves town after befriending the Petes and their friend Ellen. While their parents are away for the weekend, Little Pete sells the house to a family out of a 1950s sitcom (for 50 cents). A boy whose ear has been flicked too many times retalliates by singing "If You're Happy and You Know It," the special song that their emotionally fragile, mentally unstable, recently single bus driver used to share with his girlfriend.
So what are you waiting for, blowhole? Order your copy already!
And to all you little vikings out there--PIPE!
Summary of The Adventures of Pete & Pete - Season 1
In The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Pete and Pete are two redheaded brothers living in the somewhat surreal town of Wellsville. Pete, the older of the two, narrates the stories about their adventures in everyday life.Pete and Pete took an alternative rock approach to the family sitcom. In other words, this wasn't your dad's situation comedy. Is it any wonder so many alternative musicians, like Juliana Hatfield, the B-52?s Kate Pierson, R.E.M.?s Michael Stipe, and Blondie?s Debbie Harry flocked to the (fictional) town of Wellsville? Nor could independent film actors, like Richard Edson (Stranger Than Paradise), Martin Donovan (Saved!), and Steve Buscemi (Fargo), resist the allure of the appealingly offbeat Wrigley family.
Meet the Wrigleys: redheaded teenager Pete (Michael Maronna, Home Alone), redheaded elementary school student Pete (Danny Tamberelli, The Mighty Ducks) and his tattoo Petunia, Dad (Hardy Rawls), Mom (Judy Grafe)--and the metal plate in her head. First season cast members include Big Pete's almost-girlfriend Ellen (Alison Fanelli), Little Pete?s pal Natasha (Heather Matarazzo, Welcome to the Dollhouse), bus driver Stu (Damian Young), and Little Pete's personal superhero, Artie (Toby Huss), the strongest man in the world. Buscemi appears as Ellen?s dad in "Apocalypse Pete" and would return for another episode in the second season.
The first season followed three years of 60-second shorts. It features 12 adventures (eight regular episodes plus four specials). Highlights include "King of the Road," in which the Wrigleys battle for road trip supremacy, "Tool and Die," in which Big Pete learns not to judge a shop teacher by his cover, and "Hard Day's Pete," in which Little Pete forms the Blowholes with Syd Straw and Marshall Crenshaw. Then there's "Don't Tread on Pete," in which Little Pete utters the immortal line, "Is this guy pickin' your scabs the way he's pickin' my scabs?" The Adventures of Pete and Pete ran on Nickelodeon for three well-loved, much-missed seasons. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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