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Arnold (the pilot)
In a schoolyard baseball game, Arnold manages to bean the school
bully, who challenges him to a fight the next day
Written by Craig Bartlett, Joe Ansolabehere, Steve Viksten
Directed by Craig Bartlett
Supervising Director: Tuck Tucker
Art Director: Carol Wyatt
Storyboard Artists: Tuck Tucker, Craig Bartlett
Song "I'm Crazy" lyrics by
Craig Bartlett and Joe Ansolabehere, music by Jim Lang,
performed by Gavin Christopher
Cast:
Arnold - J.D. Daniels
Helga - Francesca Smith
Harold - Justin Shenkarow
Gerald - Jamil Smith
Grandpa - Dan Castellaneta
Grandma - Tress MacNeille
A number of parts were uncredited, including Stinky, Brainy, Iggy, Joey, and the radio station announcer
This is based on the version that appeared on YouTube, which may have been an edited version; I'm pretty sure I've seen
another version with a different set of credits that included Craig Bartlett being credited as Brainy
- The original version of
the pilot was shown in theaters before Harriet the Spy.
(This was the second show to first appear in theaters; the
original CatDog pilot (which became "Fetch") was shown with
Good Burger.) As far as I know, it has never
aired on TV in the USA, nor has it been released on video
tape or disc (not even on the Harriet the Spy tape/DVD - the
original VHS release included two Rugrats stories
instead.)
- The story is based on a
story in the "Arnold" comic strip that appeared in the
"special 3-D issue" of Simpsons Illustrated magazine.
- There are a number of
design differences - for example, Arnold has an orange
sweater and a blue shirt, instead of the other way around;
Gerald's "33" shirt is green instead of red; Helga's dress
is the one she wears on "special occasions" on TV.
- The YouTube version is
just short of 10 minutes long (there was a time when YouTube
had a 10-minute limit). A number of sources say that
the actual pilot is 14 minutes, so that version may have
been re-edited and/or sped up for some reason. (There
is no obvious cut in the video, other than right at the
start, although the "I'm Crazy" song is shorter than the one
in the TV episode.)
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