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Iris, The Happy Professor (also known as Professor Iris and in French as Iris, le gentil professeur or Professeur Iris) was a Canadian-produced television show that ran for 156 episodes from 1992 to 1994, created by former Belgian-born comic book artist Henri Desclez and revolving around Professor Iris, a purple ibis who taught his class, which included his three students - Piano, Skeleton, and Plant (Kiwi would be added on the final year). The Professor would teach a variety of subjects to his students and would always wear bowties based on whatever the lesson was. Two computer games were developed based on the program: Professor Iris' Fun Field Trip: Seaside Adventure and Professor Iris' Fun Field Trip: Animal Safari. A French-language version was made by Montreal's Cinélume Film et Vidéo (first under the supervision of Vincent Davy for the first two seasons (uncredited on the first, credited on the second) then Christine Boivineau for the remaining episodes, with Joey Galimi for song adaptation) and was seen first in Québec on Radio-Canada until the late 90's, then it reran successively on Télé-Québec during most of the 2000's and finally on Unis TV since 2015. It also ran in Europe on Canal J for a while.
Professor Iris (Pier Paquette, Edgar Fruitier (Episodes 1 to 26, uncredited)/Pierre Auger (French)) - A purple ibis and teacher of the unnamed school that serves as the show's setting. He is knowledgeable, optimistic, and the show's protagonist.
Skeleton (Frank Meschkuleit/Rob Mills (Episodes 105 to 130), Jean Galtier (French)) - A character similar in appearance to Professor Iris, but with mere bones laid over a red cardigan.
Piano (Tim Gosley, Élise Bertrand (French)) - A purple piano.
Plant (Tim Gosley, Gilbert Lachance (French)) - A whimsical-looking flower in a flowerpot.
Ms. Principal (Frank Meschkuleit/Rob Mills (Episodes 105 to 130), François Sasseville (Episodes 1 to 26, uncredited)/Daniel Picard (French)) - A white duck and headmistress of the school. She often walks into the class when it gets noisy to complain about the racket.
Mr. Duster (Michel Lapointe, Edgar Fruitier (French) - A brown dog and janitor of the school. He appears on selected episodes of the final year, walking into the class to clean up some of the mess the students make.
Kiwi (Jani Lauzon, Lisette Dufour (French) - A green frog and niece of Ms. Principal. She appears as a student on selected episodes of the final year.
Episode list
NOTE: The title is the episode's topic. On the first season, a narrator says the concerned topic. For the remaining episodes, Plant would say it, laughing after all.
Season 1 (1992)
1. Hands and Feet
2. The Apple
3. The Seasons
4. Colors
5. Little and Big
6. Shapes
7. Why Should We Be Clean?
8. Fruits and Vegetables
9. The 5 Senses
10. Pets and Farm Animals
11. Hot and Cold
12. Cow and Milk
13. Sports
14. Animal's Homes
15. The House
16. Nature
17. Why Do We Eat?
18. The Sea
19. Drawing and Painting
20. Music, Songs and Dance
21. Little Animals
22. Birds
23. Why Do We Sleep?
24. Trees
25. Time
26. Earth and Sky
Season 2 (1993)
27. Butterflies
28. Shells
29. Laugh
30. Bees
31. Trains
32. Flying Machines
33. Hair
34. Elephants
35. Phone
36. Vacation
37. Horses
38. Why Do I Cry?
39. Car
40. Photography
41. Minerals
42. Jungle Animals
43. The Farm
44. Flowers
45. Volcanoes
46. Kites
47. Insects
48. Conifers
49. Eggs
50. Dogs
51. I Dress Up
52. The Voice
53. Space
54. Musical Instruments
55. Snow
56. Fish
57. Dancing
58. Cats
59. Wind
60. Percussions
61. I Am Sick
62. The Olympic Games
63. Castles
64. Water
65. Careers
66. Cold Lands
67. Rivers
68. Shoes
69. Friendship
70. Dinosaurs
71. I am Afraid!
72. Games
73. Dreams
74. I Calculate
75. Hot Lands
76. Turtles
77. Trash
78. Boats
79. Stamps
80. Learn
81. Rats
82. My Eyes
83. Hats
84. Bats
85. The Moon
86. I Love My Teeth
87. Books
88. Snakes
89. Taste
90. Puppets
91. Balloons
92. Strings
93. I Love My Planet
94. Cities and Towns
95. Circus
96. Monkeys
97. Tools
98. Candy
99. Felines
100. Light
101. The Newspaper
102. Vehicles
103. Temperature
104. Sea Mammals
Season 3 (1994)
105. The Carrot
106. Ladybirds
107. Proy Birds
108. The Ostrich
109. Flour
110. The Orange
111. Potery
112. Roses
113. Bouquets
114. Sweetness
115. I Love to Eat
116. Picnics
117. Monsters and Clocks
118. Being Patient
119. Being Lazy
120. I Love to Clean Up My Room
121. Chocolate
122. Nuts
123. Windmills
124. Bluebirds
125. Parrots
126. I imitate
127. Ducks
128. Subs
129. Bears
130. Grottos
131. Leaves
132. Shadows
133. Grapes
134. Gardening
135. Scultpure
136. Sugar
137. Odors
138. Furniture
139. Fashion
140. I Love to Give
141. Being Modest
142. Vigns
143. My Bedroom
144. Being Alone
145. Keys
146. Cabbage
147. Carnival
148. The Banana
149. Film
150. Oil
151. Decoration
152. Jewels
153. Toys
154. The Fox
155. The Newcomer
156. Imagination (Final Episode)
Credits
Created by Henri Desclez
Directors: Chuck Rubin, François Jobin and Pierre R. Thériault
Assistant to the director and to the line producer: Lloyd Maroti
Art Direction by Henri Desclez, with assistance from Norma Denys
Art Coordination by Madeleine Ste-Marie
Written by Henri Desclez, Sylvain Laforest, Nancy Klein, Yves St-Arnaud and Corinne De Vailly
Technical Directors: Pierre Larin and Sylvain Mercier
Song Lyrics by Henri Desclez and Éric Henry
Set Construction by Jean Gagnon and Pauline St-Laurence, with assistance from André Jolicoeur, from Panorama
Set Art Director and Special Effects: Dino Marinecu Constantin, with assistance from Charles Ducas, Annie-Claude Gagnon and Dean Kelly
Accessories: Dino Marinecu Constantin, with assistance from Charles Ducas, Annie-Claude Gagnon and Dean Kelly
Director of Photography: Sébastien Tremblay, with assistance from Daniel Pepin
Camera Operators: Joane Dion, Pierre R. Thériault
Additional Camera Operator: Shawn Job
Editors: Philippe Ralet, Dominique Champagne
Line Producer: Norma Denys
Executive Producers: Henri Desclez, Norma Denys (1994)
