Talk:Season 22/@comment-4319402-20190110033029/@comment-24669562-20190119113807

"With the show ending and prior to Season 22 airing, we should reflect back on what got us into Arthur. Arthur has been around for over half a century, through books, commercials, games, television, etc. 50+ years of Arthur, it's amazing how one book can start something big."

I know right?

I mean I didn't see any commercials of Arthur, at least not outside PBS, but who knew this cartoon was going to be as big as it is and last as long as it has! I was amazed back in 2004, 05, or 06 that new episodes of Arthur were still being made! Or was it 2008?

I did see back in 2010 packages of sweets featuring Arthur, those Cherrybrook Kitchen treats https://arthur.fandom.com/wiki/Cherrybrook_Kitchen_Arthur_Cookies

This also just now brings back to my mind Arthur featured on Juicy Juice! I love those Juicy Juice products and used to drink them a lot in early 2009 because of them being 100% Juice. But Juicy Juice was behind Arthur 100%. That's all I remember seeing Arthur featured on. Too bad (unless I never saw) he wasn't sold as a toy for places like Burger King, McDonalds (I don't eat at McDonald's anymore except for their fries) and Wendy's among other places. Now that I mention that, they should if they haven't already!

Now that the show has lasted more than 20 years, they can stop now. And as Scrooge200 said, "It's like what they said in 'The Last of Mary Moo Cow': 'That's what happens to all shows eventually. They get cancelled.'" That or they end, to me a cancelled show is a show that was meant to go on but got cancelled either because the writer ran out of ideas, the show got too stale, lower viewership, or the show was too inappropriate to continue. Or the writer decided he or she just couldn't continue the show, or maybe the show was underfunded. My definition of a show ending, not being cancelled, is something that's been planned, like what I think they did with The Cosby Show and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. (Don't quote me on any of this, these are all just my guesses!)

Either way, nothing lasts forever and just as Victoria will be no secret, Arthur will be no exception! And I have to agree that if Arthur continues too long it could have seasonal rot. I mean I don't care if the show lasts beyond 25 seasons but eventually the plug will be pulled on Arthur one way or another. At least it'll be one of the longest running cartoons in history!

I'll admit it will hurt me a little if I find out the show is ending but eventually I'll get over it. I admittedly didn't take it well when Phineas and Ferb ended, and admittedly participated in a petition on change.org to keep the cartoon going only to be told by someone to let it go, and he was right, but I'm over the end of Phineas and Ferb now! Wish they did feature a few things in that cartoon but I've accepted its end and we're not always going to see what we want to see!

Oh, before I end this already long comment, what got me into this show, basically the characters themselves! I mean I saw this cartoon once in December 1997 during a visit from Germany to the U.S. but I forgot what the characters looked like and what the show was right after that (the only thing I remembered was a character admitting to another that he got nightmares if he didn't sleep with a night light.) Then I started watching Arthur in 2001 and the characters themselves and what they looked like is what drew me to Arthur, same with Dragon Tales. I just thought the characters were cute and I felt that way about characters in other cartoons! Now I have more reasons to like Arthur and there's just too many reasons to list! Want to know some of the reasons why I like this cartoon, see the long comment I left on this link https://arthur.fandom.com/wiki/Arthur_(TV_series), note, the paragraphs aren't spaced, I don't know why that didn't happen and I don't know if I can fix it without making it worse.)