The Adventures of Pete & Pete

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Pete & amp; Pete is an American comedy television series created by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi for Nickelodeon. It centers on the cute and surreal adventure of two brothers named Pete Wrigley, along with an eccentric family member, friends, and enemies.

Pete & amp; Pete started at Nickelodeon in 1989, as short-minute shorts that were aired as interstitial. Due to the popularity of shorts, a special five and a half hour was made, followed by a regular half-hour series that lasted for three seasons from 1993 to 1996. Repeat impressions of shorts and performances now run on TeenNick as part of their NickSplat block on 5 October 2015. Jason Ankeny of AllMusic calls the series "the greatest children show ever seen", while IGN calls it "one of the most well written children's shows ever". The first two seasons were released on DVD in 2005; the third is planned for 2006 but postponed indefinitely.

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Settings

Pete & amp; Pete is set in the city of Wellsville (implied state, but never explicitly mentioned, to be a fictional version of the real-life city of Wellsville, New York). An allusion to his location came during "When Petes Collide", when Petes's father walked four hours to the Canadian border to get rid of his bowling ball, Rolling Thunder. The parts of Wellsville are figured for the purpose of the show; Glurt County, mentioned in "Yellow Fever" and "The Good, the Bad and the Lucky", does not exist in any state (Wellsville is actually located in Allegany County, New York). The number plate in the show refers to Wellsville located in the "State of Sideburn".

One of the most widely reported guest appearances - Hunter S. Thompson, in "New Year Pete" - has been described as "apocryphal" by the creator of the show Will McRobb, who said that Hunter Thompson listed in the credit is the same additional name.

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Music

The show features music by artists such as Luscious Jackson, Nice, Drop Nineteens, Racecar, Chug, Poi Dog Pondering, Syd Straw, and The Apes in Stereo. Stephin Merritt's music can also be heard throughout the series, including songs from his projects The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths and The Gothic Archies. In the DVD commentary, the director and creator revealed that they tried to use a song by Pixies, but could not pay the rights.

Polaris, a side project of Mark Mulcahy's Miracle Legion, serves as an event "band house", providing theme songs and many other songs that are heard throughout the series and even appearing on "Hard Day's Pete" as a four-part local game of a garage. Some Polaris music from the show was released as a CD, Music from Pete & amp; Pete , including the theme song "Hey Sandy".

Polaris Music for the event was released on vinyl in Record Store Day 2015. The album tracks are: 1. Hai Sandy, 2. She's Extraordinary, 3. Waiting October, 4. Saturnine, 5. Anywhere, 6. Ivy Boy, 7. Summerbaby, 8. Coronado II, 9. Shame From the Story I Tell You, 10. As Usual, 11. Recently, 12. The Monster's Loose. The album sold out quickly, even with 2,100 pressings. It is deemed to be owned by many of the leading collector sites, such as Modern Vinyl, Consequence of Sound, and Paste Magazine.

The music of the show was also available in 1995 on a promotional cassette mini album, titled Happily Deranged , available by sending UPC symbols from Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats. These cassettes include Polaris songs "Hey Sandy", "She is Staggering" (listed on the cassette originally just "Staggering"), and "Coronado II". The tapes include a brief introduction and cover read by Big Pete. Robert Agnello is the author and maker of many pieces of music for Pete and Pete. He wrote most of Blowholes music such as: Marmalade Cream, Summer Wind, Piledriver and You Color My World. He also wrote One Lousy Dance sung by Iggy Pop and Garbageman theme sung by David Johanson. Many small musical sound bites by Agnello and the band Lamb to Slaughter.

Music production

The event also uses music from the standard production music library.

• "Drama Impact # 3"
• "Fisticuffs" by Laurie Johnson
• "Ballata Per Un Pistolero (Ballad of a Shooter)" A famous Western theme in Ennio Morricone style, it is used whenever there is a confrontation between characters, such as Little Pete and the phone ringing in "The Call".
• "Lonely Stranger" by Laurie Johnson

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Release home video

VHS

The VHS Nickelodeon tape was first released via Sony Wonder, then via Paramount.

• "Snick Vol 1: Nick Snicks Friendship" - Includes one episode of each event in SNICK's early lineup: , < i> Roundhouse , Ren & amp; Stimpy Show , and Are You Afraid of Dark? . A short series of short Pete and Pete are included between each show. The footage includes shorts "Artie, the World's Strong Man", "X-Ray Man", and "Route 34".
• "Snick Vol 2: Nick Snicks the Family" - Includes the same line as "Friendship". Pete and Pete are "The Burping Room", "Mom's Plate", and "The Punishment".
• "Classic Chests" - Includes episodes of "What We Do on Summer Vacations" and "Pete Apokalypse", plus a short "Artie Workout" bonus. (with the accompanying "Petunia" Tattoo)
• "School Dazed" - Includes "Day of the Dot" and "Tool and Die" episodes, plus short bonus "StareMaster" (with "Magic Motion Eyeball Card" attached).
• "Farewell, My Little Viking" - Includes both parts of the story, edited into one long episode. It also includes the shortest "Artie, the Strong Man in the World".

DVD

Nickelodeon DVD released via Paramount.

Season Release

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Broadcast

Pete and Pete's Adventure first-run on Nickelodeon from 1993 to 1996. Reruns continued to air from 1996 to 1999, and again from 2003 to 2004 on U-Pick Live. It also aired reruns on The N from 2002 to 2003.

Pete & amp; Pete is one of the series mentioned as a potential future series that will be broadcast on The '90s Are All That ; Although the pictures of the show appear on shows that are often shown The 90s Are All That , no episodes of the series are shown on the block. 1989 shorts began airing on blocks in 2013. When the block was expanded to The Splat (now NickSplat) in 2015, Pete & amp; Pete is listed as part of a block row, but not yet scheduled (only shorts that have been shown on the block).

On May 28, 2017, it was announced that Mike Maronna and Danny Tamberelli would take part in a weekend event at NickSplat called "Pete & Pete Adventures: World's Strongest Reunion" on June 17 & amp; 18, in which classic episodes are played when they share the various moments of the series making.

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Reunion

In late 2011 and early 2012 a series of cast and crew reunions took place in Los Angeles and New York City. Tamberelli, Syd Straw and Marshall Crenshaw performed the theme song "Hey Sandy" in addition to Pete and Pete's other compositions. The creator of McRobb, Viscardi, along with Michael Maronna, Hardy Rawls, Judy Grafe, Alison Fanelli, Toby Huss and Director Katherine Dieckmann are all present.

The Los Angeles 2011 reunion was billed by Cinefamily as the "KrebStar Film Festival," a reference to the show's own brand. In addition many products from the show are available, including Krebex, Kreb Scouts, KrebStore 24 and Krebgate Toothpaste. Staff members also handed out "Orange Lazarus" which improved performance.

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References

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External links

• Pete & amp; Pete on IMDb
• Pete & amp; Pete on TV.com
• "Pete & amp; Pete" flickr page
• The Pete & amp; Pete
• Overview of Pete & amp; Pete music, including the lyrics to the theme song "Hey Sandy"
• For Generation 90: Reunion Cast Pete and Pete, including two videos with the players.

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