Talk:Curious George (TV series)

known as monkey?

The character Bill doesn't seem to notice that George is a monkey. Does anyone think differently? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.195.133.53 (talk) 16:32, 28 December 2006 (UTC).

Well Bill has a tendency to call George "City Kid",but who wouldn't seem to notice a difference between a monkey and a human?????I understand where you are coming from.And the language is totally different.You don't see humans talking monkey!JakeTheBlake 21:59, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Also, the statement here that he is known as a monkey, but since he lacks a tail must be an ape, is incorrect. There are some species of Macaques (a true monkey not an ape) that lack tails. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaques)

Have you seen that episode where George makes a sailboat and it gets entered in a contest and his ribbon says, "Best Boat Made by a Monkey", and Bill takes it back thinking that they ran out of "normal awards", hoping that they had an award for best boat made by a city kid?

Curious George episodes

The list of episodes is getting awfully long, especially with the long overviews. Should it be split into another article or cut down? Squids'and'Chips 01:32, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree with you, I tried deleting a lot of text on one of the reviews. But, somewhat, someone restored it back. --Dudejerome 01:44, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

George is not a monkey

George has all the physical characteristics of a juvenal chimp which is an ape. Why must they always call him a monkey? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.106.55.153 (talk) 22:46, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Monkeys are more easily recognizable by children, therefore, he is refered to as a monkey. A macauqe is quite unrecognizable to children. 207.69.19.49 00:21, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Continuity errors

Is there any reason to include this section? It's a CARTOON for crying out loud. It's not supposed to represent reality. The section has no encyclopedic purpose. It's useless minutiae from people who seem to be obsessed with totally irrelevant details. Like the whole argument about whether George is a monkey or not. In the world of the cartoon, George is a monkey. Whether this maps to any reality in the real world is totally irrelevant, as are the supposed continuity errors. Including this stuff is absurd.

I quite agree with this. "Continuity Errors" are more appropriate for a resource like the IMDb. These should be deleted. Also, there is entirely too much information in the episode guides.

Agreed on the episode guides. I had added the "goofs" because my daughter is starting to catch them and be bothered by them. As she's the target age/audience, it seems worthy of comment here.

Copyvio....

At least some of the episode list is copyvio--the descriptions of at least the last few episodes are lifted in large chunks from http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/parentsteachers/program/ep_desc_s2.html.

(adds another show to her list of "needs a non-copy-vio episode guide...) Gladys J Cortez 17:33, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Since no one seemed interested in fixing it, I've removed it. We absolutely cannot have these copyright violations all over the PBSKids show lists. It's just the sort of thing that can get Wikipedia in serious trouble. I will do what I can to make the changes so it's not copyvio, but...You know what, I'd better step away from the keyboard. As a former English teacher, plagiarism makes me angrier than nearly anything else, and I'd like to remain civil here.Gladys J Cortez 02:51, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Season 2

What happened to all of the Season 2 epsides?????!!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.100.204.1 (talk) 23:59, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Clearly you aren't interested in reading this talk page. DIRECTLY ABOVE your question is the answer. THE SEASON TWO EPISODE DESCRIPTIONS WERE REMOVED BECAUSE THEY WERE NEARLY ALL COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS LIFTED DIRECTLY FROM THE PBS KIDS WEB SITE. This is NOT ACCEPTABLE.

(To other readers, please pardon my shouting. Apparently the individual in question is not paying attention; as in real life, sometimes one must raise one's voice to be heard.)Gladys J Cortez 00:20, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

You said the last few episodes-not every season 2 episode! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.100.206.73 (talk) 23:33, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

• I said "at LEAST the last few episodes". After further examination, everything from the third episode down had sentences taken DIRECTLY from the PBSKids website. This is not acceptable. As I said: I will do what I can to make the changes; unfortunately, I have this annoying problem called "employment" which consumes most of my life at this point. Hey, here's an idea: instead of complaining because I removed something which is illegal (not just Wikipedia-illegal; REAL-LIFE lawyers-and-everything illegal!), try writing descriptions of those episodes yourself--without lifting anything directly from PBSKids. That's what we're supposed to be doing here--writing an encyclopedia. Not cutting-and-pasting an encyclopedia--WRITING one. Gladys J Cortez 00:09, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Scotland vs. UK

From the PBSKids website: (emphasis mine)

Castle Keep: While George practices his golf swing, Bill shows him how a little leverage can send the ball high in the air - much to the dislike of Jumpy Squirrel in the tree! So when George and the Man with the Yellow Hat visit Uncle Tam in Scotland, George is very happy to be able to practice his swing at the Castle Golf Course. But then a pesky squirrel steals his ball and runs off, and George is sent on a wild chase throughout the castle. Luckily, he remembers the principle of leverage, and he's able to pry open windows, pull book cases, spin wheels to lower a bridge and ultimately accomplish the perfect swing not only to retrieve his ball, but to uncover a special family document that will keep the castle in the family's possession.

The SHOW says it's Scotland. Therefore, it's Scotland. Gladys J Cortez 22:33, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

I agree. Scotland should be enough description for users, and if they don't know where it is, that's why it's Wikilinked. There's no need to change it back. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 02:19, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Characters

In the People subsection under "Characters," I just removed "Ted" from the entry for "The Man with the Yellow Hat." I also removed the reference to Will Ferrell being his "original voice." Both of those refer to the movie, not the series. The series, like the books on which it is based, goes to great lengths NEVER to say the name of The Man. He is always called the man, the man with the yellow hat, your friend, and so on. I don't think they ever say the Doorman's name either (Ivan is his name in the feature film), but I could be wrong and haven't had time to research it. If I find that is true then I will remove "Ivan" as well in the future. --Dwimble (talk) 21:41, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Broadcast/Filming Formats

Curious George is now broadcast in HD format I think. At least it's in native widescreen format on newer episodes aired on PBS station KCTS9 (in Vancouver BC, HD KCTS9 channel carries it in native widescreen and SD KCTS9 analog channel carries it in 4:3 full screen). Something to consider in future page updates :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.7.70.97 (talk) 06:27, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

I just changed the Picture Format to "HDTV 1080i". The early seasons where in HD too, but they were in 4x3 aspect ratio rather than 16x9. The last season or two are 16x9. I'll check exactly when the aspect ratio changed and add that to the picture format info later. Dwimble (talk) 01:53, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Original fundings

Nickelodeon745, could you give original fundings for that program before ABCMouse.com Early Learning Academy, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Stride Rite, United States Department of Education and Corporation for Public Broadcasting come out of the funders board? List of original funders:

• Amazon.com Grocery (2007-2009)
• Sun-Maid (2007-2010)
• Shea Homes (2006-2009)
• Chuck E. Cheese's (2007-2013)
• Rainforest Cafe (2009-2011) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:0:8500:472:CF8:DF08:6AC1:E07D (talk) 22:30, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

Last Season

I wish the series of Curious George should end by 2016! I don't want to see it again!