The Edison Twins

The Edison Twins
Created by	Michael Hirsh Patrick Loubert
Starring	Andrew Sabiston Marnie McPhail Sunny Besen Thrasher
Composers	Patricia Cullen John J. Weisman
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	78
Production
Executive producers	Patrick Loubert Michael Hirsh Clive Smith
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Nelvana
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	March 3, 1984 (1984-03-03) – December 17, 1986 (1986-12-17)

The Edison Twins is a Canadian children's television program which ran for six seasons on CBC Television from March 3, 1984 to December 17, 1986. The Disney Channel also picked up the rights in the mid-1980s. Six seasons were produced by Nelvana.

Synopsis

The series stars Andrew Sabiston and Marnie McPhail as fraternal twins Tom and Annie Edison, Sunny Besen Thrasher as their mischievous little brother Paul, and Milan Cheylov as their bumbling friend Lance Howard. Brian George stars as their police officer friend Sgt. Paganee. The show focused on the adventures of the main cast as they stumbled onto one problem after another, using Tom and Annie's scientific wit to solve the situation.

Many episodes end with a short animated sequence illustrating a key scientific principle demonstrated in the preceding live action story.

The last name of "Edison" is a homage to the inventor Thomas Edison.

All six seasons are available via streaming through Amazon Video. In Canada, all seasons were available on shomi. The show has not been released on DVD, however.

Cast

• Andrew Sabiston as Tom Edison
• Marnie McPhail as Annie Edison
• Sunny Besen Thrasher as Paul

Episodes

Season 1 (1984)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"The Code Affair"	Paul Shapiro	Paul Shapiro & Jack Blum & Patrick Loubert & Ian McDougall	March 3, 1984 (1984-03-03)
2	2	"Phantom of the Auditorium"	Zale Dalen	David Carol & Sondra Kelly & Peter Sauder	March 17, 1984 (1984-03-17)
3	3	"Dogs"	Paul Shapiro	Paul Shapiro & Patrick Loubert & Ian McDougall	April 7, 1984 (1984-04-07)
4	4	"Rock 'n' Roll Anniversary"	Zale Dalen	David Carol & Peter Sauder	April 21, 1984 (1984-04-21)
5	5	"Voice from Beyond"	Zale Dalen	Elaine Waisglass	May 5, 1984 (1984-05-05)
6	6	"Over the Rainbow"	Zale Dalen	David Carol & Zale Dalen & Patrick Loubert & Ian McDougall	May 19, 1984 (1984-05-19)
7	7	"The Delinquent"	Paul Shapiro	David Carol & Paul Shapiro & Elaine Waisglass	June 2, 1984 (1984-06-02)
8	8	"Diamonds"	René Bonnière	René Bonnière & Sondra Kelly & Patrick Loubert & Ian McDougall	June 16, 1984 (1984-06-16)
9	9	"UFO"	Paul Shapiro	David Carol & Paul Shapiro & Elaine Waisglass	July 7, 1984 (1984-07-07)
10	10	"The Race"	René Bonnière	René Bonnière & Alan Swayze & Patrick Loubert & Ian McDougall	July 21, 1984 (1984-07-21)
11	11	"Monster on the Bluffs"	Zale Dalen	David Carol & Zale Dalen	August 4, 1984 (1984-08-04)
12	12	"Twinners"	Paul Shapiro	Paul Shapiro & Jack Blum & Patrick Loubert & Ian McDougall	August 18, 1984 (1984-08-18)
13	13	"Robot"	René Bonnière	Peter Sauder & David Carol & Patrick Loubert & Ian McDougall	September 1, 1984 (1984-09-01)

Season 2 (1984–85)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
14	1	"Snakes and Ladders"	Unknown	Unknown	September 15, 1984 (1984-09-15)
15	2	"A Penny Saved"	Unknown	Unknown	October 6, 1984 (1984-10-06)
16	3	"Ghosts for Sale"	Unknown	Unknown	October 20, 1984 (1984-10-20)
17	4	"Enemy of Weston"	Unknown	Unknown	November 3, 1984 (1984-11-03)
18	5	"Double Trouble"	Unknown	Unknown	November 17, 1984 (1984-11-17)
19	6	"Blow Up"	Unknown	Unknown	December 1, 1984 (1984-12-01)
20	7	"Mars to Paul"	Mario Azzopardi	Bruce Martin	December 15, 1984 (1984-12-15)
21	8	"Boom Boom Edison"	Eric Till	Elaine Waisglass	January 5, 1985 (1985-01-05)
22	9	"Team Rubberknees"	Mario Azzopardi	Steve Wright & Bruce Martin	January 19, 1985 (1985-01-19)
23	10	"Go Fly a Kite"	Unknown	Unknown	February 2, 1985 (1985-02-02)
24	11	"Dark Horse"	Unknown	Unknown	February 16, 1985 (1985-02-16)
25	12	"Alive or Dead"	Unknown	Unknown	March 2, 1985 (1985-03-02)
26	13	"Rescue at Sea"	Unknown	Unknown	March 16, 1985 (1985-03-16)

Season 3 (1985)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
27	1	"Bases Loaded...One Girl Out"	Unknown	Unknown	April 6, 1985 (1985-04-06)
28	2	"Running on Empty"	Alan Simmonds	Paul Ledoux	April 20, 1985 (1985-04-20)
29	3	"Let Them Eat Cake"	Mario Azzopardi	Bruce Martin	May 4, 1985 (1985-05-04)
30	4	"Monkey in the Middle"	Unknown	Unknown	May 18, 1985 (1985-05-18)
31	5	"Everyone a Rembrandt"	Unknown	Unknown	June 1, 1985 (1985-06-01)
32	6	"Darkness at Noon"	Unknown	Unknown	June 15, 1985 (1985-06-15)
33	7	"Home Sweet Home"	Unknown	Unknown	July 6, 1985 (1985-07-06)
34	8	"Robbers and Robots"	Unknown	Unknown	July 20, 1985 (1985-07-20)
35	9	"Mind and Body"	Unknown	Unknown	August 4, 1985 (1985-08-04)
36	10	"My House is Your House"	Unknown	Unknown	August 17, 1985 (1985-08-17)
37	11	"The Case of the Missing Guitar"	Unknown	Unknown	September 1, 1985 (1985-09-01)
38	12	"The Case of the Odd Job"	Unknown	Unknown	September 21, 1985 (1985-09-21)
39	13	"The Final Mystery"	Unknown	Unknown	October 5, 1985 (1985-10-05)

Season 4 (1985–86)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
40	1	"The Fix"	Don Shebib	David Young	October 19, 1985 (1985-10-19)
41	2	"Water Witch"	Unknown	Unknown	November 2, 1985 (1985-11-02)
42	3	"The Mole People"	Unknown	Unknown	November 16, 1985 (1985-11-16)
43	4	"All That Glitters"	Unknown	Unknown	December 7, 1985 (1985-12-07)
44	5	"Star-Crossed Lovers"	Unknown	Unknown	December 21, 1985 (1985-12-21)
45	6	"Heavy Sweat"	Unknown	Unknown	January 4, 1986 (1986-01-04)
46	7	"What Goes Up"	Unknown	Unknown	January 18, 1986 (1986-01-18)
47	8	"Chips and Choppers"	Unknown	Unknown	February 1, 1986 (1986-02-01)
48	9	"Strictly for the Birds"	Unknown	Unknown	February 15, 1986 (1986-02-15)
49	10	"The Live One"	Unknown	Unknown	March 15, 1986 (1986-03-15)
50	11	"Survival of the Fittest"	Unknown	Unknown	April 9, 1986 (1986-04-09)
51	12	"Gone with the Windigo"	Unknown	Unknown	April 16, 1986 (1986-04-16)
52	13	"The Secret of Windigo Lake"	Unknown	Unknown	April 23, 1986 (1986-04-23)

Season 5 (1986)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
53	1	"One Good Con..."	Don Haldane	Scott Barrie	April 30, 1986 (1986-04-30)
54	2	"Racer's Edge"	Unknown	Unknown	May 7, 1986 (1986-05-07)
55	3	"Smile for the Camera"	Unknown	Unknown	May 14, 1986 (1986-05-14)
56	4	"Tarantula Blues"	Unknown	Unknown	May 21, 1986 (1986-05-21)
57	5	"The Case of the Friendly Fugitive"	Unknown	Unknown	May 28, 1986 (1986-05-28)
58	6	"Gems and Jelly Beans"	Unknown	Unknown	June 4, 1986 (1986-06-04)
59	7	"The Maharajah of Weston"	Unknown	Unknown	June 11, 1986 (1986-06-11)
60	8	"Video Vengeance"	Unknown	Unknown	June 18, 1986 (1986-06-18)
61	9	"Tinker Tom"	Unknown	Unknown	June 25, 1986 (1986-06-25)
62	10	"Pizza Poltergeist"	Unknown	Unknown	July 2, 1986 (1986-07-02)
63	11	"Invitation to a Mystery"	Unknown	Unknown	July 9, 1986 (1986-07-09)
64	12	"Lance's Luck"	Unknown	Unknown	September 3, 1986 (1986-09-03)
65	13	"One Way Ticket"	Scott LaBarge	Guy Mullally	September 10, 1986 (1986-09-10)

Season 6 (1986)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
66	1	"The Mystery of the Maze"	Unknown	Unknown	September 17, 1986 (1986-09-17)
67	2	"The Initiation"	Timothy Bond	David Young	September 24, 1986 (1986-09-24)
68	3	"Illegal Procedure"	Don Shebib	David Young	October 1, 1986 (1986-10-01)
69	4	"The People's Choice"	Steve DiMarco	Paul Ledoux	October 8, 1986 (1986-10-08)
70	5	"The Revenge of the Plants"	Unknown	Unknown	October 15, 1986 (1986-10-15)
71	6	"Supersalesman"	Unknown	Unknown	October 22, 1986 (1986-10-22)
72	7	"The Legacy of Bayfield Downs"	Unknown	Unknown	November 5, 1986 (1986-11-05)
73	8	"Money for Nothing"	Unknown	Unknown	November 12, 1986 (1986-11-12)
74	9	"The Golden Goose Chase"	Unknown	Unknown	November 19, 1986 (1986-11-19)
75	10	"How to Haunt a Haunted House"	Unknown	Unknown	November 26, 1986 (1986-11-26)
76	11	"A Message for Triton"	Unknown	Unknown	December 3, 1986 (1986-12-03)
77	12	"The Continental Twist"	Unknown	Unknown	December 10, 1986 (1986-12-10)
78	13	"Vows from the Deep"	Unknown	Unknown	December 17, 1986 (1986-12-17)

External links

• Episode titles and air dates
• The Edison Twins at IMDb