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The Adventures of Pete & Pete

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The Adventures of Pete & Pete is an American television sitcom created by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi for Nickelodeon. It focuses on two brothers, both named Pete Wrigley, and their humorous and surreal adventures in suburbia among their equally eccentric friends, enemies, and neighbors. The Adventures of Pete & Pete began on Nickelodeon in 1989 as minute-long and 30-second shorts that aired as interstitials. Because of the popularity of the shorts, five half-hour specials were made, followed by a regular half-hour series that ran for three seasons from 1993 to 1996. As of October 5, 2015, reruns of the shorts and the shows aired on TeenNick as part of the NickSplat block. Jason Ankeny of AllMusic called the series "the greatest children's show ever", while IGN called it "one of the most well-written kids shows ever". The first two seasons were released on DVD in 2005; the third was planned for 2006 but was indefinitely postponed. Plans for a film based on the show fell through and the script was reworked into the Nickelodeon movie Snow Day, released on February 11, 2000. That film in turn, got a musical remake in 2022 as well.

Infobox

Genre
mw- Sitcom Coming-of-age Surreal comedy
Created by
Will McRobbChris Viscardi
Starring
Michael Maronna Danny Tamberelli Alison Fanelli Hardy Rawls Judy Grafe Toby Huss Michelle Trachtenberg
Narrated by
Michael Maronna
Theme music composer
Mark Mulcahy
Opening theme
"Hey Sandy" by Polaris
Composer
Mark Mulcahy
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
3
No. of episodes
34 (plus 5 specials and 26 shorts) (list of episodes)
Producer
Charles Darby
Running time
24 minutes
Production companies
Gordon Productions (1993–1995) Wellsville Pictures (1995–1996) Nickelodeon Productions
Network
Nickelodeon
Release
November 28, 1993 (1993-11-28) –April 1, 1996 (1996-04-01)

Tables

First released
First released
Season
First released
Episodes
Last released
Specials
Specials
Season
Specials
Episodes
5
Episodes
February 9, 1991 (1991-02-09)
Originally released
January 2, 1993 (1993-01-02)
1
1
Season
1
Episodes
8
Episodes
November 28, 1993 (1993-11-28)
Originally released
January 16, 1994 (1994-01-16)
2
2
Season
2
Episodes
13
Episodes
September 4, 1994 (1994-09-04)
Originally released
December 4, 1994 (1994-12-04)
3
3
Season
3
Episodes
13
Episodes
October 1, 1995 (1995-10-01)
Originally released
April 1, 1996 (1996-04-01)
Season
Episodes
Originally released
First released
Last released
Specials
5
February 9, 1991 (1991-02-09)
January 2, 1993 (1993-01-02)
1
8
November 28, 1993 (1993-11-28)
January 16, 1994 (1994-01-16)
2
13
September 4, 1994 (1994-09-04)
December 4, 1994 (1994-12-04)
3
13
October 1, 1995 (1995-10-01)
April 1, 1996 (1996-04-01)
· Home media › DVD
Season 1
Season 1
Broadcast season
Season 1
Release date
May 17, 2005
Episodes
All 8 from season one
Specials
"Valentine's Day Massacre""What We Did On Our Summer Vacation""Apocalypse Pete""New Year's Pete"
Commentary tracks
"What We Did on Our Summer Vacation""Day of the Dot""The Nightcrawlers"
Season 2
Season 2
Broadcast season
Season 2
Release date
November 1, 2005
Episodes
All 13 from season two
Specials
"Space, Geeks and Johnny Unitas"
Commentary tracks
"Halloweenie""Yellow Fever""Farewell, My Little Viking" (both parts)
Season 3
Season 3
Broadcast season
Season 3
Release date
Was originally scheduled for release February 28, 2006. However, after the merger between DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures, the third season was removed from Paramount's schedule.
Episodes
All 13 from season three
Specials
N/A
Commentary tracks
N/A According to co-creators Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi the season three DVDs were actually pressed and are sitting in a warehouse. In a LA Times article they discussed the situation. McRobb said, "The same thing goes on with the mythical third season on DVD. They put out the first two and everyone's thrilled, and the third one doesn't come out, and no one has ever told us why. And they made it, it's in the warehouse." Viscardi added, "It's packaged, it's recorded, we did commentary tracks with a bunch of the cast, there's all these special extras on it. They pressed them, we saw it. Nothing."
Broadcast season
Release date
Episodes
Specials
Commentary tracks
Season 1
May 17, 2005
All 8 from season one
"Valentine's Day Massacre What We Did On Our Summer Vacation Apocalypse Pete New Year's Pete"
"What We Did on Our Summer Vacation Day of the Dot The Nightcrawlers"
Season 2
November 1, 2005
All 13 from season two
"Space, Geeks and Johnny Unitas"
"Halloweenie Yellow Fever Farewell, My Little Viking" (both parts)
Season 3
Was originally scheduled for release February 28, 2006. However, after the merger between DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures, the third season was removed from Paramount's schedule.
All 13 from season three
N/A
N/A According to co-creators Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi the season three DVDs were actually pressed and are sitting in a warehouse. In a LA Times article they discussed the situation. McRobb said, "The same thing goes on with the mythical third season on DVD. They put out the first two and everyone's thrilled, and the third one doesn't come out, and no one has ever told us why. And they made it, it's in the warehouse." Viscardi added, "It's packaged, it's recorded, we did commentary tracks with a bunch of the cast, there's all these special extras on it. They pressed them, we saw it. Nothing."

References

  1. AllMusic
    http://www.allmusic.com/album/music-from-the-adventures-of-pete-pete-r403407/review
  2. IGN
    https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/05/03/the-adventures-of-pete-pete-season-one
  3. Niagara University
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160421124239/http://www.niagara.edu/chris-viscardi-84-telling-meaningful-childrens-stories/
  4. Los Angeles Times
    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-may-29-ca-pete29-story.html
  5. The Village Voice
    https://web.archive.org/web/20190129122929/https://www.villagevoice.com/2012/02/23/going-back-to-wellsville-six-great-musical-moments-from-the-adventures-of-pete-pete/
  6. New York Daily News
  7. Adventures of Pete & Pete, The – Short 15 – "The Dot"
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  10. Vulture
    https://www.vulture.com/2011/03/the-ten-most-memorable-guest-stars-of-the-adventures-of-pete-and-pete.html
  11. Lethal Amounts
    https://web.archive.org/web/20230122065423/https://www.lethalamounts.com/magazine-index/2021/7/1/the-many-musical-cameos-of-the-adventures-of-pete-and-pete
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    https://web.archive.org/web/20051116090048/http://www.greenroomradio.com/?p=13
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    https://web.archive.org/web/20150420231226/http://modern-vinyl.com/2015/04/17/rsd-must-haves-polaris-music-from-the-adventures-of-pete-pete/
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    https://consequence.net/2015/04/album-review-polaris-music-from-the-adventures-of-pete-pete-reissue/
  15. Paste Magazine
    http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/04/the-timelessness-of-pete-pete-polaris-mark-mulcahy.html
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    https://groups.google.com/g/alt.folklore.urban/c/-OOihwsKYKA?hl=en
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    https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000218/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Adventures-Pete-Pete/4984
  18. Los Angeles Times
    http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-the-further-adventures-of-pete-pete-will-and-chris-20120831,0,4720092.story?page=2
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    https://web.archive.org/web/20011104194120/http://www.family.ca/cgi-local/program3.cgi?value=Adventures+of+Pete+and+Pete,+The&type=title&match=exact
  20. MTV
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110313011235/http://clutch.mtv.com/2011/03/10/nick-at-night-for-twentysomethings-on-the-way
  21. EW.com
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110311065634/http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/03/10/teennick-goes-retro-with-90s-programming-exclusive/
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    https://popculture.com/tv-shows/news/adventures-of-pete-and-pete-reunite-for-nickelodeon-marathon/
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    https://web.archive.org/web/20150120034226/https://www.laweekly.com/arts/adventures-of-pete-and-pete-cast-reunites-again-with-the-band-polaris-2373022
  24. HuffPost
    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/adventures-of-pete-and-pete-reunion-nyc_n_1314979
  25. The Adventures of Pete and Pete
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120228080628/https://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/2011/11/pete_and_pete_reunion_ciniefam.php
  26. People
    https://people.com/the-adventures-of-pete-and-pete-danny-tamberelli-michael-c-maronna-still-best-friends-exclusive-8646319
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