Every now and then, I like to cover one of the shows from my youth, even if it does enforce the fact I am a 90s kid. Nickelodeon was like a friend to me from a young age, name a show (that aired in the UK) on Nickelodeon from the 90s and I'll have seen it, dozens of times. This time, I'd like to tell you about a great show that I was pleasantly surprised to find out still stands up as a solid programme even today; Hey Arnold!
Hey Arnold! follows the adventures of Arnold, a fourth-grader who lives with his grandparents in an inner-city boarding house crammed full of interesting characters. There's also his school friends, such as Gerald his best friend, and Helga, his one part bully, two parts secret admirer. These days if you hear football head, it's usually in reference to Stewie from Family Guy, but Arnold is the OG football head.
The individual stories for each episode, at least for the first couple of seasons, are really well written, often fleshing out one of the many characters from this world. A great example of that is the Christmas episode from the first season, where Arnold gets Mr Hyunh, one of the boarders, as a secret santa, only to discover that his daughter was taken from him. This makes Arnold want to track her down, and so through a classic TV trope he ends up finding out where she is. The reintroduction of Mr Hyunh with his daughter is a genuinely touching scene that many dramas could take a note or two from.
I can't talk about this show without talking about Arnold's room. Holy mother of Bieber I wanted that room so bad growing up (and still do). His room was the attic of the boarding house, kitted out with some rather impressive tech for a mid-90s kids bedroom. His sofa would retract into his wall via remote, there was a ladder from his bed to the roof, oh and the sky light! I'd still happily live in that room if truth be told. One other thing that should probably be addressed, that isn't a skirt or kilt that he wears, but his shirt. That sparked a few playground arguments.
As I said at the beginning of this post, I was really happy to find out that this show is just as watchable today as it was back then. Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to be binging all 5 seasons anytime soon (I still can't believe it was that many, felt like a lot fewer) but when there's nothing else on and you feel like something nice, maybe after a particularly vicious horror film,Hey Arnold! will definitely do the job. I decided to revisit this old gem after I read that they had finally released the long awaited Jungle Movie, which had become something of a lost piece of media as far as I was aware. It was given an actual release last year, roughly 13 years after the show was last on the air. I haven't watched it myself yet, but if it's either very good or horribly bad I may do an actual review on it. maybe.
Did you catch Hey Arnold! in your youth? or maybe as an adult? I don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to watching the long awaited movie! Let me know your thoughts and feelings down below, and I'll see you in the comments. As always, make sure to follow me for the latest Technology, Internet and Pop Culture updates and if you're a fan of strange/interesting YouTube videos, you might want to follow me on Twitter.
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Sources:
Hey Arnold! on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Arnold!)
Image from Buzzfeed (https://www.buzzfeed.com/caseyrackham/move-it-football-head)