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After nearly two decades, I’m finally getting back into The Magic School Bus, and I figured, why not do a 4K restoration to make it resemble a potential primetime rebroadcast?
Each episode will consist of the following:
- The 2019 opening PBS logo
- The original funding credits
- The opening sequence
- The episode itself
- The Producers Segment
- The closing credits (with original South Carolina ETV and Nelvana logos)
- The original funding credits
- A PBS Kids Dash/Dot logo
- #ILovePBS social media promo (only on Season 2)
- Book promo
And, of course, I’ll be assembling the masters in Blender and doing all upscaling in Avisynth.
All episodes are presented in 4K, with the original stereo audio in English and Spanish. As I intend this restoration for those who grew up on the series as I did, and not just today’s kids, most episodes will be TV-G; those that are rated higher, the reason is displayed right next to it on this page.
SEASON 1 (sponsored by National Science Foundation, Microsoft Home, U.S. Department of Energy, and Carnegie Corporation of New York)
- The Magic School Bus Gets Lost in Space (27:16) [TV-PG] (Reason: the infamous “block of ice” scene)
- The Magic School Bus Gets Eaten (27:16) [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Plays Ball (27:16) [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Gets Ready, Set, Dough (27:16) [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm (27:16) [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Goes to Seed (27:16) [TV-PG] (Reason: inadvertent upskirt)
- The Magic School Bus Gets Ants in Its Pants (27:16) [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Hops Home (27:16) [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus in the Haunted House (27:16) [TV-PG] (Reason: pervasive frightening atmosphere)
- The Magic School Bus For Lunch (27:16) [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Meets the Rot Squad (27:16) [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Inside Ralphie (27:16) [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Gets All Dried Up (27:16) [TV-G]
SEASON 2 (sponsored by National Science Foundation, Microsoft Home, U.S. Department of Energy, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS)
- The Magic School Bus Blows Its Top (27:46) [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Flexes Its Muscles [TV-G]
- Butterfly and the Bog Beast [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Wet All Over [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus in a Pickle [TV-PG] (Reason: intense peril)
- The Magic School Bus Revving Up [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Taking Flight [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Going Batty [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Getting Energized [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Out of This World [TV-PG] (Reason: inadvertent upskirt)
- The Magic School Bus Gets Cold Feet [TV-G]
- Ups and Downs [TV-G]
- A Magic School Bus Halloween [TV-PG] (Reason: pervasive frightening atmosphere)
SEASON 3 (sponsored by National Science Foundation, Microsoft, U.S. Department of Energy, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS)
- The Magic School Bus in the Arctic [TV-PG D] (Reason: race joke)
- The Magic School Bus Spins a Web [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Under Construction [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus in a Beehive [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Gets a Bright Idea [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Shows and Tells [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Makes a Rainbow [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Goes Upstream [TV-14] (Reason: sexual references, specifically the class being ejaculated on by a salmon)
- The Magic School Bus Works Out [TV-MA] (Reason: drug references, specifically blood doping, and brief realistic female human anatomy)
- The Magic School Bus Family Holiday Special + The Making of the Magic School Bus [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Gets Planted [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus in the Rainforest [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Rocks and Rolls [TV-G]
SEASON 4 (sponsored by National Science Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, and PBS)
- The Magic School Bus Cracks a Yolk [TV-PG] (Reason: inadvertent upskirt)
- The Magic School Bus Goes to Mussel Beach [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Goes on Air [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Gets Swamped [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Goes Cellular [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Meets Molly Cule [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Sees Stars [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Gains Weight [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Makes a Stink [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Gets Charged [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Takes a Dive [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus in the City [TV-G]
- The Magic School Bus Gets Programmed [TV-G]