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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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