Proof The Bible Is True

05/17/19

“This just illustrates how important it is to monitor what your kids are watching and not assume that because a program is on a particular network it’s ok for them to watch.”  Admin

 

When I was a kid, my family didn’t have cable, so I watched a lot of PBS, which meant I watched a lot of “Arthur,” the TV adaptation of Marc Brown’s books about a cartoon aardvark who is eternally stuck in the third grade. Back then, the show dealt mostly with sibling rivalry, bullying, trouble with teachers, and not feeding your dog chocolate.

 

In one of the earliest episodes, Arthur’s class gets a new teacher named Mr. Ratburn, who has a reputation among his students as something of a tough guy. Cowed, the show’s interspecific cast of 8-year-old critters guesses at Ratburn’s true identity. “I heard he’s an escaped convict,” whispers one. “He’s really a vampire with magical powers,” speculates another. The episode concludes by portraying Mr. Ratburn as just a normal guy who likes puppetry and bird-watching and expects the best from his students.

 

But it turns out Ratburn really was hiding something. Twenty years after his debut on the show, PBS has finally revealed the teacher’s true identity: He’s gay. In a season premiere over which adults on Twitter are apparently “losing it,” Mr. Ratburn (who is–congratulations, you guessed it–a rat) gets married to another male character–an aardvark named Patrick.

 

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