The Magic School Bus Rides Again is a Canadian-American animated children's television series, based on the book series of the same name by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen. It also serves as a continuation of the 1994 PBS Kids series The Magic School Bus with Lily Tomlin reprising her voice role from the previous series. The series premiered on Netflix on September 29, 2017. The second season premiered on April 13, 2018.
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Plot
In a sequel to the original 1994 series, Valerie Frizzle retires from teaching and passes the keys of the Magic School Bus over to her younger sister, Fiona Frizzle, to embark on new adventures with her class. As they journey on their exciting new field-trips, they discover new locations, creatures, time periods and more to learn about the wonders of science, educating young viewers along the way.
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Voice Cast
- Kate McKinnon as Miss Fiona Felicity Frizzle
- Lily Tomlin as Professor Valerie Felicity Frizzle, Ph. D.
- Miles Koseleci-Vieira as Arnold Perlstein
- Lynsey Pham as Wanda Li
- Mikaela Blake as Keesha Franklin
- Gabby Clarke as Dorothy Ann
- Leke Maceda-Rustecki as Carlos Ramon
- Matthew Mintz as Ralphie Tennelli
- Birva Pandya as Jyoti Kaur
- Kaden Stephen as Tim
Guest Stars
Season 1
- Will Arnett as Galapagos Gil (Frizzle of the Future)
- Mae Jemison as Kathy K. Kuiper (Space Mission: Selfie)
- Sandra Oh as Dr. Sarah Bellum (Ralphie Strikes a Nerve)
Season 2
- Jay Baruchel as Dr. Tillage (Ghost Farm)
- Nathan Fillion as Axle ValveStuck (Waste Not, Want Not)
- Catherine O'Hara as Aunt Tennelli, Teresina Tennelli (Ralphie and the Flying Tennellis)
- Martin Short as Tony Tennelli (Ralphie and the Flying Tennellis)
Additional Voices
- Lilly Bartlam
- Amos Crawley
- Annelise Forbes as Janet Perlstein
- Lisa Jai
- Julie Lemieux
- Ana Sani
- Stuart Stone
- Jamie Watson
- Marcus Craig
- Martin Roach
- Kevin Vidal
Episodes
Season 1 (2017)
Season 2 (2018)
Production
In 2014, the series was first announced by Netflix and Scholastic Media, and was entitled The Magic School Bus 360°. The new iteration of the franchise features a modernized "Ms. Frizzle" (replacing Valerie with her younger sister Fiona) and a high-tech bus that stresses modern inventions such as robotics, wearables and camera technology. The hope is to captivate children's imaginations and motivate their interest in the sciences. It was produced by 9 Story Media Group. Producer Stuart Stone, who voiced Ralphie in the original series, stated that The Magic School Bus 360° will feature some of the original voice actors in different roles. The show's voice cast is based in Los Angeles, California, United States and Toronto, Ontario, Canada with Susan Blu as the Los Angeles voice director and Alyson Court as the Toronto voice director. In February 2017, Netflix announced that Kate McKinnon was cast in the role of Ms. Frizzle (without clarifying it was Fiona, the younger sister of Valerie, now Professor Frizzle, still voiced by Tomlin). The series then changed its name to The Magic School Bus Rides Again. Lin-Manuel Miranda of Hamilton fame sings the theme song. Phoebe Terese, a character from the original series, is replaced by a new student named Jyoti, as it was revealed that Phoebe transferred back to her old school. The series was released on Netflix on September 29, 2017. The second season was released on April 13, 2018.
References
External links
- The Magic School Bus Rides Again on Netflix
- The Magic School Bus Rides Again on IMDb
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