Spelling Bee
- Studio
- Games Animation, Wang Film Productions
- Distributor
- Nickelodeon.
Synopsis
Arnold and Helga represent P.S. 118 in the city spelling bee finals, where Arnold eyes the $500 prize so he can buy a new electronic keyboard, but Helga's father is so sure Helga will win that not only did he clear space on the wall normally full of Helga's sister Olga's awards, he promised to give away beepers if she doesn't win.
Characters
Arnold, Seymour, Contestant, Spelling Bee Moderator, Joey, Sid, Rhonda Wellington Lloyd, Singer In Commercial, Big Bob Pataki, Phoebe Heyerdahl, Seymour's Mother, Vincent, Harold Berman, Helga Pataki, Gerald Johanssen, Stinky Petersen
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Frank Nissen, Steve Socki, Jamie Mitchell, Larry Leichliter
Producing
- Producer
- Steve Viksten
- Executive Producers
- Craig Bartlett, Mary Harrington
Writing
- Writer
- Joe Ansolabehere, Joseph Purdy
Voices
- Voice
- Toran Caudell (Arnold, Seymour, Contestant), Caroline Aaron (Spelling Bee Moderator), Michael Fishman (Joey), Sam Gifaldi (Sid), Olivia Hack (Rhonda Wellington Lloyd), Angie Jaree (Singer In Commercial), Maurice LaMarche (Big Bob Pataki), Anndi McAfee (Phoebe Heyerdahl), Joey Paul (Seymour's Mother), Vincent Schiavelli (Vincent), Justin Shenkarow (Harold Berman), Francesca Smith (Helga Pataki), Jamil Walker Smith (Gerald Johanssen), Christopher Walberg (Stinky Petersen)
Music
- Music
- Jim Lang
Editing
- Editor
- Scott Jeffress
Crew
- Creator
- Craig Bartlett
- Developed by
- Craig Bartlett, Joe Ansolabehere, Steve Viksten
- Layout Supervisor/BG Design
- Brian Mark
- Storyboards
- Frank Nissen
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."
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."