Gerald Comes Over

Gerald Comes Over

December 30, 1996 TV Episode Hey Arnold!

Studio
Games Animation, Wang Film Productions.
Distributor
Nickelodeon.

Synopsis

Gerald gets an introduction to the residents of the boarding house when he and Arnold collect the rent- or, at least, collect the IOUs and catch the stuff that Suzie throws at Oskar.

Characters

Arnold, Brainy, Astronaut, Stockbroker, Mrs. Johanssen, Mr. Hyunh, Timberly, Mr. Johanssen, Sid, Ernie Potts, Mr. Purdy, Suzie Kokoshka, Gerald Johanssen, Oskar Kokoshka

Credits

Producing

Producer
Steve Viksten
Executive Producers
Craig Bartlett, Mary Harrington

Voices

Voice
Toran Caudell (Arnold), Craig Bartlett (Brainy, Astronaut, Stockbroker), Shari Belafonte (Mrs. Johanssen), Baoan Coleman (Mr. Hyunh), Avriel Epps (Timberly), Rick Fitts (Mr. Johanssen), Sam Gifaldi (Sid), Dom Irrera (Ernie Potts), Joseph Purdy (Mr. Purdy), Mary Scheer (Suzie Kokoshka), Jamil Walker Smith (Gerald Johanssen), Steve Viksten (Oskar Kokoshka)

Music

Music
Jim Lang

Art Department

Storyboards
Bert Ring
Layout Supervisor/BG Design
Brian Mark

Editing

Editor
Scott Jeffress

Production notes

Hey Arnold! showed us that having a football-shaped head is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the struggles of being an orphaned fourth grader.

The title star of Hey Arnold! was an unkempt, wise-beyond-his-years blonde boy. Arnold's guardians were his senile Grandfather and his Grandmother, a former librarian with an active imagination. The family of three lived in the grandparents' urban boarding house, along with a cast of odd grown-ups who often acted more like children than adults.

Arnold was just like any other kid growing up in the city, assuming those kids also had a room operated by a remote-control and a pet pig. He liked to hang out with friends, play stickball with kids from the neighborhood, and get into trouble–like when he and his best friend Gerald accidentally wound up downtown, DRESSED AS FRUIT! Gerald was remarkably cool, calm, and collected for a ten year-old. Arnold's other friend (and sometimes enemy) was Helga, a thick-skinned girl who both hated Arnold and loved him.

Along with Phoebe, Brainy, and resident jinx Eugene, this amusing group of fourth-graders had what it took to survive life in the big city. They even managed to survive the rigors of a regular television series, as Hey Arnold! became yet another successful "Nicktoon."