Craig Bartlett

Yeah

... inspired Craig Bartlett.

I think so.

Um, and I was just, thought again just now, I was like, "So it was kind of the Hey Arnold of its time," because it just sort of-

Aardman Animations did early work on it before Wallace and Gromit.

Craig Bartlett, who later created Hey Arnold!, worked on it.

Panter's line about it?

This was like the hippie dream.

You've probably seen it if you're our age.

An animated series created by Craig Bartlett that first aired in 1996.

And I was one of its original watchers living with his grandparents in a boarding house in the fictional city of Hillwood.

Arnold stands out for his unusually mature outlook, empathy and strong moral compass, despite being only nine years old.

It's called Downtown Has Fruits and part two is called Eugene's Bike.

The show was written by series creator Craig Bartlett, Joe Ancelabieri, and Steve Vickston.

We're on part one.

Steve Vickston, Joe Ancelabieri, and Craig Bartlett were on part two.

Oh, that's just the same people in different order.

This episode aired on October 7th, 1996 on Nickelodeon.

i have a friend who i used to we bond over cartoons a lot and sometimes when he comes over and we like have drinks and stuff we'll watch old cartoons and we have we have already before watched random episodes of harold it's a really good like sunday i just want to ask you i'm

positive i'm gonna watch an episode of that show one day with my kid and they're gonna turn to me and say something so profound i'm gonna sob in front of my child good that's gonna happen in my life good

And it was just four days before Halloween when this episode came out.

This episode was written by Craig Bartlett, Joseph Purdy, Antoinette Stella, and it was directed by Jamie Mitchell.

This episode was very, very fun.

I loved it.

So I should have said Nickelodeon movies.

Ironically, the worst Nickelodeon movie that cashed on the trend was made by the brother-in-law of Matt Groening, Craig Bartlett.

Oh, what was that?

Hey Arnold.