The List

Arnold attemps to do "it all" - everything on "the list for a kid's perfect Saturday" - but has only slightly more success than Grandma's attempts to get a large piano into the boarding house Written by Joe Ansolabehere Storyboard Direction by Mark O'Hare Animation Direction by Larry Leichliter Storyboard Artists: Derek Drymon, John McIntyre Cast: Arnold - Toran Caudell Gerald - Jamil W. Smith Park - Marcus Toji (credited as "Togi") Sid - Sam Gifaldi Harold (uncredited) - Justin Shenkarow Grandpa, mover - Dan Castellaneta Grandma - Tress MacNeille Woman in the movie - Lisa Fuson Man in the movie - Craig Bartlett uncredited: Boy in the park     * Don't try this at home: Arnold tries to ride his bike down the steepest street in the city - without a bicycle helmet     * When Arnold sets his alarm clock, it says 5:45 (a little early for bed), but when he puts it on his desk, it's 10:30     * "I don't remember hearing Harold" - if you listen carefully, you can hear his distinctive laugh right after Gerald mentions riding down the steepest hill in the neighborhood Song Lyrics to "Look Up" When life gets you down, wearing a frown, don't look away, look up, 'Cause memories true come of the blue; you know the way - look up! When skies are gone gray, things gone astray, don't look away, look up; Arnold: I had a bad day; nothing went right; I hate my dumb life; I'm down. When you're feeling under the weather, and the dark clouds are getting to you, Keep your troubles light as a feather, and soon you'll be seeing a bright patch of blue; You.... Gotta look up, you gotta be strong, you gotta take things as they come, 'Cause everything new that happens to you is better when you...look up!

Haunted Train

Arnold, Gerald, and Helga hear Grandpa's "legend of the Haunted Train" and head for the abandoned train station where it's supposed to appear - and that train that pulls up to the station at midnight fits the description Written by Josie Nericcio Storyboard Direction by Tuck Tucker Animation Direction by Juli Murphy-Hashiguchi Storyboard Artist: John Mathot Cast: Arnold - Toran Caudell Gerald - Jamil W. Smith Helga - Francesca Marie Smith Brainy - Craig Bartlett Sid - Sam Gifaldi Grandpa, engineer - Dan Castellaneta uncredited: Singer at end     * Either somebody teach Helga how to skip rope, or somebody teach the animators how to draw Helga skipping rope - Helga does one rope turn and then stops eaech time       Somebody heard me - she does better in "Girl Trouble"     * Helga says, "We're all gonna die!" - apparently, Nickelodeon had no problems with words like "dead" at the time     * How did Brainy get on the train, anyway? Song Lyrics Gerald's song They say he lost his mind; Went crazy on that day; Ran his train right off the tracks And drove it straight to - Hey! Where's the engineer? Been waitin' all night long; Better show up soon Or I'm have to say so long! Whoo-whoo! Been waitin' on the haunted train... (it sounds like Gerald starts to sing "gonna" between "I'm" and "have to say" but doesn't, which is why that line looks so strange) The song in the closing credits (they're also in the closing credits of the "Urban Adventures" tape) Sometimes, late at night, You can hear the whistle wail With a spooky, screechy sound Like a wheel gone off the rail; And up in the smoky clouds, You can almost recognize The ghost of a crazy engineer With fiery cinder eyes; I say, Whoo-whoo! Can't you hear the haunted train? Whoo-whoo! Waitin' on a haunted train Crash that engine, You know, only sticks and stones And old conductors' bones remain... At the end, the engineer says "Arnold, take me to the roundhouse"; on the Urban Adventures tape, he then says "Spooky" (and I'm not sure about that "fiery cinder eyes" line, but neither the broadcast nor the Urban Adventures closed captions has anything that comes close to matching the line correctly)

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