Iris, The Happy Professor

*Iris, The Happy Professor*
Iris, The Happy Professor
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	Henri Desclez
Voices of	Pier Paquette; Tim Gosley; Frank Meschkuleit; Rob Mills; Michel Lapointe; Jani Lauzon
Theme music composer	Stéphane Deschamps
Composers	Stéphane Deschamps; Benoit Roberge (1993); Joël Champagne (1993)
Country of origin	Canada
Original languages	English; French
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	156
Production
Executive producer	Henri Desclez
Producers	Henri Desclez; Norma Denys
Production locations	Montreal, Quebec
Cinematography	Sébastien Tremblay
Camera setup	Multi-Camera
Running time	14:00
Production company	Desclez Productions
Original release
Network	The Learning Channel; Radio-Canada
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. The Professor would teach a variety of subjects to his students and would always wear bowties based on whatever the lesson was.

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).

Characters

Professor Iris: voiced by Pier Paquette, Edgar Fruitier (uncredited) (English); Pierre Auger (French) - A purple ibis and teacher of the unnamed school that serves as the series' setting. He is knowledgeable, optimistic, and the series' protagonist.
Skeleton: voiced by Frank Meschkuleit, Rob Mills (English); Jean Galtier (French) - A ibis with bones laid over a red cardigan.
Piano: voiced by Tim Gosley (English); Élise Bertrand (French) - A purple piano.
Plant: voiced by Tim Gosley (English); Gilbert Lachance (French) - A whimsical-looking flower in a flowerpot.
Ms. Principal: voiced by Frank Meschkuleit, Rob Mills (English); François Sasseville (Episodes 1 to 26; uncredited), Daniel Picard (French) - A white duck and headmistress of the school. She often walks into the class when it gets noisy to complain about the racket.
Mr. Plumeau: voiced by Michel Lapointe (English); Edgar Fruitier (French) - A brown dog and janitor of the school.
Kiwi: voiced by Jani Lauzon (English); Lisette Dufour (French) - A green frog and the niece of Ms. Principal.

International broadcasting

Iris, The Happy Professor has aired in several countries and territories including Canada, France, the United States, Israel, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Latin America, Malaysia, Singapore, Spain, and Jordan.

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