Iris the Happy Professor
| Iris, The Happy Professor | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Professor Iris |
| Genre | Children's show |
| Created by | Henri Desclez |
| Developed by | Henri Desclez, Norma Denys |
| Written by | Henri Desclez |
| Directed by | Chuck Rubin, François Jobin, Pierre R. Thériault |
| Creative director(s) | Henri Desclez |
| Voices of | Pier Paquette, Tim Gosley, Frank Meschkuleit, Rob Mills, Michel Lapointe, Jani Lauzon |
| Theme music composer | Stéphane Deschamps |
| Composer(s) | Stéphane Deschamps, Benoit Roberge (1993), Joël Champagne (1993) |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English, French |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 156 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Henri Desclez |
| Producer(s) | Henri Desclez, Norma Denys |
| Location(s) | Montreal |
| Cinematography | Sébastien Tremblay |
| Camera setup | Multi-Camera |
| Running time | 14:00 |
| Production company(s) | Desclez Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | The Learning Channel, Radio-Canada |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 1992 – 1994 |
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 2000s and finally on Unis TV since 2015. It also ran in Europe on Canal J for a while.
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)
Season 2 (1993)
Season 3 (1994)
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