The Edison Twins
| The Edison Twins | |
|---|---|
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| Created by | Michael Hirsh Patrick Loubert |
| Starring | Andrew Sabiston Marnie McPhail Sunny Besen Thrasher |
| Composers | Patricia Cullen John J. Weisman |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 78 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Patrick Loubert Michael Hirsh Clive A. Smith |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Nelvana |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | March 3, 1984 – December 17, 1986 |
The Edison Twins is a Canadian children's television program which ran for six seasons on CBC Television from March 3, 1984 to December 17, 1986. The Disney Channel also picked up the rights in the mid-1980s.[1] Six seasons were co-produced by Nelvana Limited and Canada Films.
Synopsis
[edit]The series stars Andrew Sabiston and Marnie McPhail as fraternal twins Tom and Annie Edison, Sunny Besen Thrasher as their mischievous little brother Paul, and Milan Cheylov as their bumbling friend Lance Howard. Brian George stars as their police officer friend Sgt. Paganee. The show focused on the adventures of the main cast as they stumbled onto one problem after another, using Tom and Annie's scientific wit to solve the situation.
In later seasons, Corey Haim joined the shows as recurring character Larry. [2]
Many episodes end with a short animated sequence illustrating a key scientific principle demonstrated in the preceding live action story.
The last name of "Edison" is a homage to the inventor Thomas Edison.
All six seasons are available via streaming through Amazon Video.[3] In Canada, all seasons were available on shomi. The show has not been released on DVD, however.
Cast
[edit]- Andrew Sabiston as Tom Edison
- Marnie McPhail as Annie Edison
- Sunny Besen Thrasher as Paul
Episodes
[edit]Season 1 (1984)
[edit]| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Code Affair" | Paul Shapiro | Paul Shapiro & Jack Blum & Patrick Loubert & Ian McDougall | March 3, 1984 |
| 2 | 2 | "Phantom of the Auditorium" | Zale Dalen | David Carol & Sondra Kelly & Peter Sauder | March 17, 1984 |
| 3 | 3 | "Dogs" | Paul Shapiro | Paul Shapiro & Patrick Loubert & Ian McDougall | April 7, 1984 |
| 4 | 4 | "Rock 'n' Roll Anniversary" | Zale Dalen | David Carol & Peter Sauder | April 21, 1984 |
| 5 | 5 | "Voice from Beyond" | Zale Dalen | Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert & Elaine Waisglass | May 5, 1984 |
| 6 | 6 | "Over the Rainbow" | Zale Dalen | David Carol & Zale Dalen & Patrick Loubert & Ian McDougall | May 19, 1984 |
| 7 | 7 | "The Delinquent" | Paul Shapiro | David Carol & Paul Shapiro & Elaine Waisglass | June 2, 1984 |
| 8 | 8 | "Diamonds" | René Bonnière | René Bonnière & Sondra Kelly & Patrick Loubert & Ian McDougall | June 16, 1984 |
| 9 | 9 | "UFO" | Paul Shapiro | David Carol & Paul Shapiro & Elaine Waisglass | July 7, 1984 |
| 10 | 10 | "The Race" | René Bonnière | René Bonnière & Alan Swayze & Patrick Loubert & Ian McDougall | July 21, 1984 |
| 11 | 11 | "Monster on the Bluffs" | Zale Dalen | David Carol & Zale Dalen | August 4, 1984 |
| 12 | 12 | "Twinners" | Paul Shapiro | Paul Shapiro & Jack Blum & Patrick Loubert & Ian McDougall | August 18, 1984 |
| 13 | 13 | "Robot" | René Bonnière | Peter Sauder & David Carol & Patrick Loubert & Ian McDougall | September 1, 1984 |
Season 2 (1984–85)
[edit]| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "Snakes and Ladders" | Ron Kelly | Sondra Kelly, David Young & Scott Barrie | September 15, 1984 |
| 15 | 2 | "A Penny Saved" | Allan Eastman | Sondra Kelly, Steve Wright & Scott Barrie | October 6, 1984 |
| 16 | 3 | "Ghosts for Sale" | Allan Eastman | Sondra Kelly, Scott Barrie & Paul Ledoux | October 20, 1984 |
| 17 | 4 | "Enemy of Weston" | Ron Kelly | Sondra Kelly, Elaine Waisglass & Scott Barrie | November 3, 1984 |
| 18 | 5 | "Double Trouble" | Clive A. Smith | Steve Wright | November 17, 1984 |
| 19 | 6 | "Blow Up" | Mario Azzopardi | Sondra Kelly, David Young & Scott Barrie | December 1, 1984 |
| 20 | 7 | "Mars to Paul" | Mario Azzopardi | Sondra Kelly, Bruce Martin & Scott Barrie | December 15, 1984 |
| 21 | 8 | "Boom Boom Edison" | Eric Till | Sondra Kelly, Elaine Waisglass & Bruce Martin | January 5, 1985 |
| 22 | 9 | "Team Rubberknees" | Mario Azzopardi | Steve Wright & Bruce Martin | January 19, 1985 |
| 23 | 10 | "Go Fly a Kite" | Ron Kelly | Sondra Kelly, Susan Snooks & Scott Barrie | February 2, 1985 |
| 24 | 11 | "Dark Horse" | Ron Kelly | Sondra Kelly, David Young & Patrick Loubert | February 16, 1985 |
| 25 | 12 | "Alive or Dead" | Ron Kelly | Sondra Kelly, David Young & Patrick Loubert | March 2, 1985 |
| 26 | 13 | "Rescue at Sea" | Ron Kelly | Sondra Kelly, David Young & Patrick Loubert | March 16, 1985 |
Season 3 (1985)
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No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "Bases Loaded...One Girl Out" | Don Haldane | Joan Besen, David Eames & Paul Ledoux | April 6, 1985 |
| 28 | 2 | "Running on Empty" | Alan Simmonds | Sondra Kelly, Scott Barrie & Paul Ledoux | April 20, 1985 |
| 29 | 3 | "Let Them Eat Cake" | Mario Azzopardi | David Eames, Bruce Martin & Susan Snooks | May 4, 1985 |
| 30 | 4 | "Monkey in the Middle" | Alan F. Simmonds | Joan Besen, David Eames & Paul Ledoux | May 18, 1985 |
| 31 | 5 | "Everyone a Rembrandt" | Clive A. Smith | Joan Besen, David Eames & Paul Ledoux | June 1, 1985 |
| 32 | 6 | "Darkness at Noon" | Timothy Bond | David Young, David Eames & Susan Snooks | June 15, 1985 |
| 33 | 7 | "Home Sweet Home" | Clive A. Smith | Joan Besen, David Eames & Andrew Sabiston | July 6, 1985 |
| 34 | 8 | "Robbers and Robots" | Peter Rowe | Joan Besen, David Eames & Paul Ledoux | July 20, 1985 |
| 35 | 9 | "Mind and Body" | Scott Barrie | David Young, David Eames & Susan Snooks | August 4, 1985 |
| 36 | 10 | "My House is Your House" | Timothy Bond | Joan Besen & Susan Snooks | August 17, 1985 |
| 37 | 11 | "The Case of the Missing Guitar" | Mario Azzopardi | Bruce Martin, Susan Snooks & Joan Besen | September 1, 1985 |
| 38 | 12 | "The Case of the Odd Job" | Mario Azzopardi | Bruce Martin, Susan Snooks & Joan Besen | September 21, 1985 |
| 39 | 13 | "The Final Mystery" | Mariio Azzopardi | Bruce Martin, Susan Snooks & Joan Besen | October 5, 1985 |
Season 4 (1985–86)
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 1 | "The Fix" | Donald Shebib | David Young, Susan Snooks & Joan Besen | October 19, 1985 |
| 41 | 2 | "Water Witch" | Peter Rowe | Joan Besen, Paul Ledoux & Susan Snooks | November 2, 1985 |
| 42 | 3 | "The Mole People" | Harvey Frost | David Young, Susan Snooks & Joan Besen | November 16, 1985 |
| 43 | 4 | "All That Glitters" | Don Haldane | Scott Barrie, Susan Snooks & Joan Besen | December 7, 1985 |
| 44 | 5 | "Star-Crossed Lovers" | Timothy Bond | David Young, Susan Snooks & Joan Besen | December 21, 1985 |
| 45 | 6 | "Heavy Sweat" | Alan Simmonds | David Young, Susan Snooks & Joan Besen | January 4, 1986 |
| 46 | 7 | "What Goes Up" | Timothy Bond | Scott Barrie, Susan Snooks & Joan Besen | January 18, 1986 |
| 47 | 8 | "Chips and Choppers" | Alan Simmonds | Joan Besen, Steve DiMarco & Susan Snooks | February 1, 1986 |
| 48 | 9 | "Strictly for the Birds" | Steve DiMarco | Joan Besen, Robert Sax & Susan Snooks | February 15, 1986 |
| 49 | 10 | "The Live One" | Timothy Bond | Joan Besen, B. Mohun & B. Murtagh | March 15, 1986 |
| 50 | 11 | "Survival of the Fittest" | Donald Shebib | Joan Besen, Paul Ledoux & Susan Snooks | April 9, 1986 |
| 51 | 12 | "Gone with the Windigo" | Donald Shebib | Joan Besen, Paul Ledoux & Susan Snooks | April 16, 1986 |
| 52 | 13 | "The Secret of Windigo Lake" | Donald Shebib | Joan Besen, Paul Ledoux & Susan Snooks | April 23, 1986 |
Season 5 (1986)
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 1 | "One Good Con..." | Don Haldane | Scott Barrie, Joan Besen & Susan Snooks | April 30, 1986 |
| 54 | 2 | "Racer's Edge" | Scott Barrie | Joan Besen, Paul Ledoux & Susan Snooks | May 7, 1986 |
| 55 | 3 | "Smile for the Camera" | Al Waxman | Joan Besen, Susan Snooks & David Young | May 14, 1986 |
| 56 | 4 | "Tarantula Blues" | Timothy Bond | Joan Besen, Susan Snooks & David Young | May 21, 1986 |
| 57 | 5 | "The Case of the Friendly Fugitive" | Don Haldane | Joan Besen, Robert Sax & Susan Snooks | May 28, 1986 |
| 58 | 6 | "Gems and Jelly Beans" | Don Haldane | Joan Besen, Robert Sax & Susan Snooks | June 4, 1986 |
| 59 | 7 | "The Maharajah of Weston" | Don Haldane | Joan Besen, Robert Sax & Susan Snooks | June 11, 1986 |
| 60 | 8 | "Video Vengeance" | Steve DiMarco | Joan Besen, Susan Snooks & David Young | June 18, 1986 |
| 61 | 9 | "Tinker Tom" | Timothy Bond | Joan Besen, Paul Ledoux & Susan Snooks | June 25, 1986 |
| 62 | 10 | "Pizza Poltergeist" | Alan Simmonds | Joan Besen, Susan Snooks & David Young | July 2, 1986 |
| 63 | 11 | "Invitation to a Mystery" | Scott Barrie | Joan Besen, Susan Snooks and Steve Wright | July 9, 1986 |
| 64 | 12 | "Lance's Luck" | Alan Simmonds | Joan Besen, Guy Mullally & Susan Snooks | September 3, 1986 |
| 65 | 13 | "One Way Ticket" | Scott LaBarge | Joan Besen, Guy Mullally & Susan Snooks | September 10, 1986 |
Season 6 (1986)
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 1 | "The Mystery of the Maze" | Donald Shebib | Guy Mullally | September 17, 1986 |
| 67 | 2 | "The Initiation" | Timothy Bond | Guy Mullally & David Young | September 24, 1986 |
| 68 | 3 | "Illegal Procedure" | Donald Shebib | Guy Mullally & David Young | October 1, 1986 |
| 69 | 4 | "The People's Choice" | Steve DiMarco | Guy Mullally & Paul Ledoux | October 8, 1986 |
| 70 | 5 | "The Revenge of the Plants" | Timothy Bond | Guy Mullally & David Young | October 15, 1986 |
| 71 | 6 | "Supersalesman" | Don Haldane | Guy Mullally & Dick Oleksiak | October 22, 1986 |
| 72 | 7 | "The Legacy of Bayfield Downs" | Scott LaBarge | Scott Barrie & Susan Snooks | November 5, 1986 |
| 73 | 8 | "Money for Nothing" | Don Haldane | Guy Mullally & David Young | November 12, 1986 |
| 74 | 9 | "The Golden Goose Chase" | Donald Shebib | Guy Mullally & David Young | November 19, 1986 |
| 75 | 10 | "How to Haunt a Haunted House" | Stan Olsen | Paul Ledoux & Guy Mullally | November 26, 1986 |
| 76 | 11 | "A Message for Triton" | Timothy Bond | Gregor Hutchinson & Guy Mullally | December 3, 1986 |
| 77 | 12 | "The Continental Twist" | Harvey Frost | Scott Barrie & Guy Mullally | December 10, 1986 |
| 78 | 13 | "Vows from the Deep" | Donald Shebib | David Young & Guy Mullally | December 17, 1986 |
References
[edit]- ^ Cotter, Bill (1997). The Wonderful World of Disney Television. Hyperion Books. pp. 293, 579. ISBN 0-7868-6359-5.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Amazon.com: Edison Twins Retrieved May 24, 2013
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