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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(s) Henri Desclez
Voices of Pier Paquette
Tim Gosley
Frank Meschkuleit
Rob Mills
Michel Lapointe
Jani Lauzon
Theme music composer Stéphane Deschamps
Composer(s) Stéphane Deschamps
Benoit Roberge (1993)
Joël Champagne (1993)
Country of origin Canada
Original language(s) English
French
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 156
Production
Executive producer(s) Henri Desclez
Producer(s) Henri Desclez
Norma Denys
Production location(s) Montreal, Quebec
Cinematography Sébastien Tremblay
Camera setup Multi-Camera
Running time 14:00
Production company(s) Desclez Productions
Release
Original network The Learning Channel
Radio-Canada
Picture format 480i (4:3 SDTV)
Audio format Stereo
Original release 1992 (1992) – 1994 (1994)

Iris, The Happy Professor (also known as Professor Iris and in French as Iris, le gentil professeur or Professeur Iris) is a Canadian-produced television show that run 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 tells his class, which includes his three students - Piano, Skeleton, and Plant. The Professor can teach a variety of subjects to his students and can always wears bowties based on whatever the lesson is.

A French-language version is 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) - An ibis with bones laid over a red cardigan.
  • Piano: voiced by Tim Gosley (English); Élise Bertrand (French) - A purple piano. She always loves music.
  • Plant: voiced by Tim Gosley (English); Gilbert Lachance (French) - A whimsical 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; he is the school's janitor.
  • Kiwi: voiced by Jani Lauzon (English); Lisette Dufour (French) - A green frog; she is Ms. Principal's niece.

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, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Scotland, and Jordan.

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