Top 20 Hey Arnold! Episodes

Continuing with Hey Arnold! Month, Patricia looks back on the 100 episodes of the series and discusses about her all time favorites. It was a difficult task since there have been so many great episodes, but she was able to accomplish it. Let us know in the comments on your favorite episodes and why.

The History of Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie

On November 23, 2015, an article on Variety was posted saying that Nickelodeon was planning on doing TV movies based on the shows from the 90's with the first one being Hey Arnold! It had gotten even more exciting when it was revealed that the plot of the TV movie was going to be about Arnold searching for his missing parents. While for the younger audience, they have to wait until next November, the fans who grew up with the show had to wait almost 15 years for this movie which would've been in the form of a theatrical film called The Jungle Movie which was planned to be released in 2002.

However, it was canceled from being shown and afterwards, there was a long fight from the dedicated Hey Arnold! fans to get the movie greenlit. But how did this happen? Why did Nickelodeon cancel the project in the first place? What was creator Craig Bartlett doing after Hey Arnold! was finished? How did we get up to this point where The Jungle Movie will be coming out? Well sit back and relax and we go over the long history of Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie.

Special thanks to the Hey Arnold! Wiki page for archiving Craig Bartlett's interviews and all the other information bits on their website. http://heyarnold.wikia.com/wiki/Hey_Arnold_Wiki

Special thanks to Operation Ruthless and the Hey Arnold! Save the Jungle Movie Facebook page for your non-stop determination to get The Jungle Movie greenlit. 

http://savethejunglemovie.wixsite.com/opruth

https://www.facebook.com/groups/SaveTheJungleMovie

Special thanks to Arun Mehta for letting me borrow a clip from your podcast interview with Craig Bartlett and for your wonderful support. http://arunmehta.co.uk

Hey Arnold's Veterans Day Special Discussion/Review

Continuing with Hey Arnold! Month, Patricia does a quick recap and review of one of the show's most overlooked episodes, the Veterans Day episode. Does it deserve to be more well known? Absolutely. Now, more than ever. Why? Watch the video and find out.

 

Manic Expression's 31 Days of Halloween: Arnold's Halloween (Hey Arnold!)

Happy late Halloween, everyone! Continuing with Hey Arnold! month, Patricia does a quick recap and review of Hey Arnold's Halloween special. Debuting on October 1997, it's still regarded as one of the best Nickelodeon holiday specials ever made. Does it still have that claim almost 20 years later?

5 Reasons on How Hey Arnold! was an Improvement over Doug

Continuing with Hey Arnold Month, Patricia lists 5 reasons on why, in her opinion, that the 1996 Nicktoon created by Craig Bartlett was a major improvement in every way compared to the 1991 Nicktoon Doug created by Jim Jinkins.

NOTE: THIS IS NOT A VS. SERIES OR A VIDEO BASHING ON DOUG STATING IT'S TERRIBLE COMPARED TO HEY ARNOLD! 

Old School Lane Casual Chats Episode 66: Interview with Arun Mehta

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia continues Hey Arnold Month with interviewing Arun Mehta, the host and producer of The Arun Mehta Show where he interviews many of the people who were involved with Hey Arnold. They talk about his earliest memories of Hey Arnold, how he got started with his podcast radio show, his favorite episodes, and more.

Check out Arun's podcast and his other links down below

http://arunmehta.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/ArunMehtaShow
https://twitter.com/arunmehtashow
https://www.instagram.com/arunmehtashow

The Origins of Arnold

It's the 20th anniversary of the 1996 Nicktoon Hey Arnold! In honor of the occasion, we'll be doing our 3rd themed month of videos of 2016 about the timeless Nicktoon. We've received the most requests of doing an episode of From Pilot to Final Product on Hey Arnold. However, Patricia decides to showcase the origins of how the character was created, the different adaptations, and how the show was eventually greenlit for Nickelodeon.

Old School Lane Casual Chats Episode 35: Interview with Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia, Kevin, and newcomer Christina do their first double interview by interviewing Rugrats and Recess co-creator Paul Germain and Recess co-creator and Rugrats and Hey Arnold! writer Joe Ansolabehere.

Old School Lane's Nickelodeon Tribute: Veteran's Day (Hey Arnold)

Happy Veteran's Day, everyone! The day where we honor the soldiers we lost who fought to keep our country safe. However for most people, especially kids, it's a day off from school or work to do whatever you want. It's a day that a lot of people take for granted and with the exception of the news, no one gives Veteran's Day the praise compared to the later holidays such as Halloween or Christmas. Even kids' shows or cartoons don't give any Veteran's Day specials to celebrate the occasion. However, there was one that did: Nickelodeon's own Hey Arnold.

Hey Arnold has been known to give some of the most heartwarming and memorable holiday specials in Nickelodeon or even TV history. Of course, everyone remembers the Halloween, Valentine's Day, and Christmas special, but not many people bring up the Veteran's Day special. It debuted on November 6th, 1999, which was around when Season 4 was coming to a close. It debuted after the "Headless Cabbie/Friday the 13th" episode but before most people's favorite episode "Helga on the Couch". Couple with how incredible "Helga on the Couch" was plus a holiday many people don't appreciate makes "Veteran's Day" sidetracked when it first came out. How does it hold up today? Let's see as we look into "Veteran's Day".

The episode starts off with Arnold and Gerald having the day off from school due to Veteran's Day and wondering what they want to do. Both Grandpa Phil and Martin, Arnold's grandpa and Gerald's dad want to spend time with them, but they choose not to. So Phil and Martin have an idea to take a road trip to Washington, D.C. Each adult tells their war stories to Arnold and Gerald. Phil talks about his days at WWII when he was a cook and was ordered to dispose a Spam-like meat after it had rotted. However, he was caught by Nazis and took the canned meat thinking it was fresh. Afterwards, the Nazis were sick with the rotten canned meat and Phil called for backup to arrest the Nazis and was awarded a hero. Martin tells his days in Vietnam when he was a failed soldier turned file clerk working on organizing papers. In the end, Arnold and Gerald are disappointed with the stories since Phil is known for telling exaggerated tales and Martin didn't become a soldier or a hero during the Vietnam War.

As they arrive in Washington, D.C., Arnold and Gerald realized they were wrong about their family members not being heroes. Phil showed Arnold a statue dedicating to capturing the Nazis with rotten canned meat. While it was true that Phil did make a few things up, he was telling the truth the whole time. While Gerald and Martin were at the Vietnam Memorial Wall, a former Vietnam soldier thanked Martin for saving his life many years ago while he was shot and left for dead. Martin grabbed his organized papers and medicine from his bag and unknowingly rescued the soldier's life. It concludes with Arnold and Gerald having a bigger appreciation for their family members and the men who lost their lives fighting for the freedom of our country.

Overall, this is one of the most overlooked and underrated episodes of Hey Arnold and happens to be one of my all time favorites. It's told very well with funny jokes and heartwarming moments. Sure, it's not as memorable as the Hey Arnold Christmas special, but it's still up there as one of the greats. As of now, it's the only cartoon that I know of that has a Veteran's Day special. I recommend that you watch this episode and pay respects for the men and women we lost in exchange for our freedom.

That's all for now. Hope to see you around Old School Lane soon. Happy Veteran's Day.

-Patricia