The Adventures of Pete & Pete
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The Adventures of Pete & Pete is an American children's television series produced by Wellsville Pictures and broadcast by Nickelodeon
. The show featured humorous and surreal
elements in its narrative, and many recurring themes centered on two brothers both named Pete Wrigley, and their various interactions with family, friends, and enemies.
The show was created by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi
and began as minute-long shorts in 1989 that aired in between regular programs. Owing to the popularity of the shorts, five half-hour specials were made, followed by a regular half-hour series that ran for three seasons (1993–1996) and continued in reruns until around 1999. The N (now TeenNick
) aired reruns of the show between 2002–2003. The first two seasons were released on DVD in 2005; the third was planned for 2006 but was indefinitely postponed.
Springfield
, its state is never revealed (beyond the occasional New York license plate, though this may have been unintentional). However, an allusion to its location comes during "When Petes Collide", when the Petes' father runs four hours to the Canadian border to get rid of his bowling ball, Rolling Thunder. In addition, Glurt County, mentioned in "Yellow Fever" and "The Good, the Bad and the Lucky", does not exist. The show was filmed largely in Cranford, New Jersey
with location shots done in a variety of other spots around northern New Jersey, including the Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, NJ. The exteriors of Pete & Pete's house (as seen in the credit sequence and other shots) were filmed on Woodridge Place in Leonia, New Jersey
. The football field used for various episodes is that of Bayonne High School in Bayonne, New Jersey
.
in 2000. However, by this time the principal actors had aged into adulthood. The characters were renamed and recast, but series regulars Chris Elliot, Iggy Pop
and Damian Young make appearances.
Big Pete Wrigley (Mike Maronna
): The show's primary narrator, Big Pete often acts as a voice of reason in contrast to the strange occurrences and people around him. Typical sibling rivalry aside, he and his brother are best friends. He plays trombone in the school marching band.
Little Pete Wrigley (Danny Tamberelli
): Four years younger than his brother, Little Pete is often engaged in struggles against adults and other authority figures. He is also known to make irrational decisions in response to problems, like selling the house because his brother hung out with a girl instead of him, without taking responsibility for it. He frequently uses insults like "jerkweed" and "bite my neck hair."
"Petunia": A tattoo on Little Pete's right forearm depicting a woman in a red dress. It is frequently made to "dance" and gets its own credit in the show's opening sequence; the origins of that tattoo, and one of a sailing ship on Little Pete's back, are unclear.
Joyce Wrigley (Judy Grafe
): The Petes' mother, usually just called "Mom", has a metal plate in her head from an accident she had as a kid. It can pick up radio stations—and, in the case of little Pete's "WART Radio", it can also broadcast them.
Mom's Plate: The plate in Mom's head, like Petunia, gets its own opening credit.
Don Wrigley (Hardy Rawls
): Usually known as "Dad", Don is the Petes' father. He and Joyce met when the metal detector he was using on a beach led him to the metal plate in her head ("What We Did On Our Summer Vacation"). He is an extremely competitive driver, particularly during the family's excursion to Hoover Dam
("King of the Road"). Dad is known for being stubborn most of the time and his favorite hobbies include caring for his lawn ("Grounded For Life"), and fishing, particularly for "Old Bob", a legendary striped bass
("On Golden Pete").
): Ellen is Big Pete's best friend; though romance develops between the two on rare occasions, Pete generally sees Ellen as "a girl and a friend, but not a girlfriend". Over the course of the show she demonstrates some obsessive tendencies. In the pre-season 1 shot "The Dot", as well as the season one episode "Day of the Dot" she attempted to achieve "Perfect Dotness" due to her placement "riding the I" in the Wellsville marching band's show. Later that season she became fixated with metallurgy while in shop class. In season three she was fanatical at getting an A in Mr. Slurm's driver's ed course and near the end of the season getting a pizza on time to Endless Mike as a delivery girl. She played French horn in the band. Ellen is also a huge fan of Greco-Roman wrestling, and has vast knowledge on the subject as seen in the episode "Pinned" where she tries to coach Big Pete.
Artie, the Strongest Man in the World (Toby Huss
): Little Pete's personal superhero, who is very eccentric but quite powerful — for example, he can skip stones on Neptune
, move an entire house by an inch, and hit a golf ball 300,003 yards. Artie is also one of the few adults Little Pete seems to have any respect for. His catchphrase is "For I am Artie — the strongest man ... in the world!" His trademark word "pipe!" aggravates the adults of the community, and his favorite scent is the air let out from a car tire. He left the show after the 2-part episode, "Farewell My Little Viking". His spot in the opening credits would later be replaced in the third season with Nona's.
Theodore "Teddy" L. Forzman (Dave Martel): Teddy is one of Big Pete's three friends (the others being Ellen and Bill). Teddy is kind of a dork and seemingly always in a good mood (except when affected by the mind-controlling substance Orange Lazarus). He is in the marching band with Pete and is known for bringing up odd facts and then remarking, "what, you guys didn't know that?". He also loves to exclaim, "excellenté!" while raising his finger.
Bill Korn (Rick Barbarette): Bill is Big Pete's friend, who has a knack for practical jokes and sarcasm. He was renowned for getting Teddy to shoot milk out of his ears and getting Bus Driver Stu accused of kidnapping a busload of kids. He also admitted to once eating snot in the episode "Field of Pete". (This character did not appear in the third season.)
Nona F. Mecklenberg (Michelle Trachtenberg
): Little Pete's best friend. Her middle initial "F" stands for Frances, but she wants to change it to Frank, Fahrvergnügen, or Forklift. She wears a cast, not because she has a broken arm but because it causes an annoying, itchy feeling on her arm which she enjoys scratching. Nona took Artie's place in the opening sequence for Season 3. She also had a brief crush on Little Pete once or twice in the series.
Natasha (Heather Matarazzo
): A neighborhood kid and Little Pete's friend. She stays awake by pulling her pigtails.
Monica Perling (Maris Hudson): One of Little Pete's friends, Monica is the resident Kreb Scout (Girl Scout in season 2) who is ready for anything. Her unfortunate luck with pets has given her a reputation as the "Girl Scout of Death", and she even has a graveyard for them. She has excellent hearing. Supposedly, this is because one of her ancestors married a bloodhound.
Wayne Pardue (Justin Restivo): Also known as "Wayne the Pain". First appearing in the third season, Wayne was one of Little Pete's friends. But as his nickname implied, he was quite annoying. He frequently spouted expressions like "Geez Louise" and "Super Genius!" and also had a crush on Monica (as seen in "Dance Fever").
Clem (Aaron Schwartz
): He was in several episodes as a friend of Little Pete. He served as the drummer of Little Pete's band, The Blowholes, and was a member of the Nightcrawlers, staying awake longer than anyone other than Little Pete and Artie.
Libby Hurley (Winnie Zhang): Appeared in the "Nightcrawlers" episode as a friend of Little Pete. Libby was adopted from China by the Hurley family. She stays awake via solar powered sneezes.
): "Endless" Mike, mortal enemy of Big Pete, gets his nickname for reasons unknown (though it is speculated that it came about because he is perpetually repeating the same year in high school. It is also stated that his nickname is derived from the fact that "his hatred of Big Pete is endless"). "Endless" Mike reigns over shop class, has a car, and loves Neapolitan ice cream
. Although his relationship with older Pete is often antagonistic they have joined forces on rare occasions, such as when Pete commissioned Mike to expel the family who bought his house, or borrowed his car to go on a date with Ellen (although both of these collaborations failed). In the episode "Halloweenie", he is the leader of the Pumpkin Eaters all hellbent on ruining and destroying Halloween even though their reasons for hating the holiday are never explained. His family may own an exterminating business, as he is seen wearing a shirt with a "Hellstrom Exterminators" logo on the breast pocket in the episode "Time Tunnel".
"Hat Head" (Chris Leveille): The first bully to pick on the Petes; he appeared on several spots in the first and second season. He was played by Chris Leveille, a Connecticut native.
"Open-Face" (Jason Late): One of Big Pete's enemies. A boy who is always shown eating open-faced sandwiches, even in church. Ellen dated him briefly in one episode.
Fran "Pit Stain" Jones (Eric Kushnick): Little Pete's mortal enemy, in season 3. He has a glandular disorder that gives him huge, smelly armpit stains. Pit Stain loathes Little Pete for giving him his nickname, which even teachers call him by. He is in love with Nona. He is also often seen with his goons, "Hairnet" (Helen Davidson) and "Drawstring" (Yull Neri Borda). Drawstring was later replaced by "Nightbrace" (Robert Whitfield). During episode 3.07, "The Last Laugh", Little Pete and Pit Stain worked together in a mastermind prank on Principal Schwinger and the "Up With Personal Hygiene Singers".
"Papercut" (Christopher Conte): Little Pete's mortal enemy in the season 2 episode "Farewell, My Little Viking" (parts 1 and 2). A boy who grew up in a copy shop and is covered with lacerations and scars from paper cuts as a result. He can fold paper into hundreds of origami
shapes including make-shift weapons. As with the rest of his motif, he always picks "paper" when playing rock-paper-scissors. "Papercut" originally started off as one of Artie's mortal enemies and enjoyed making life miserable for the helpless students by making them throw rock. However, once Little Pete defies him by playing scissors, he becomes his enemy and gets into a heated conflict with him. "Papercut" makes it his personal mission to destroy him in the rematch. Unbeknownst to him, when Artie returns with Mr. Wrigley, Little Pete defies him again by throwing his own weapon. Soon the students join him and run "Papercut" out of Wellsville.
Daniel Nelles: A short, irritating member of Big Pete's class. He has rat-like facial features. He is best known for his catchphrase, "That's a big cheese!"
Principal Ken Schwinger (Adam West
): The principal of Little Pete's school. He loathes Pete and always tries to stop his pranks, to no avail. He has a strange love of personal hygiene and creamed corn. Johnny Earwax, the lead singer of the "Up With Personal Hygiene Singers", was a personal friend of Schwinger's until a prank masterminded by Little Pete and Pit Stain made him and the singers mistrust him.
): Ellen's father and guidance counselor of Big Pete's high school. Once an enemy of Don Wrigley.
James "Pop" Mecklenberg (Iggy Pop
): Nona's loving and occasionally overprotective dad
Mr. Tastee (Toby Huss
): The mysterious ice cream vendor who symbolizes summer for the neighborhood kids. He never removes his mascot costume head and is very reluctant to let his customers get close to him. When the Petes' attempts to strike up a friendship causes Tastee to flee, they spend a summer tracking him down with the help of Ellen. His ice-cream truck is named the Tastee Mobile. It is suggested he also used to be married to a blind millionaire who calls him "Leonard".
Stu Benedict (Damian Young): An eccentric and emotionally unstable bus driver who drives both Petes to school, often while nursing wounds from a relationship with fellow bus driver Sally Knorp while shouting out quotes such as "Passengers will refrain from KILLING MY SOUL!" However, Stu does play protector to Little Pete in season 3 episode "The Good, The Bad and the Lucky", and puts Pit Stain and his gang under bus arrest.
Frank Gulcher (Jim Lally): A crossing guard who defends the crosswalk with his life, abiding by "the code of the crosswalk". Once failed to save Little Pete's pet lizard Gary from death by oncoming traffic.
One widely reported guest appearance — Hunter S. Thompson
's, in "New Year's Pete" — has been described as "apocryphal" by show creator Will McRobb, who has said the Hunter Thompson listed in the credits is instead a similarly named extra.
, Nice
, Drop Nineteens
, Racecar, Chug, Poi Dog Pondering
, Syd Straw
and The Apples in Stereo
. The music of Stephin Merritt
can also be heard throughout the series, including songs from his projects The Magnetic Fields
, The 6ths
and The Gothic Archies
. On the DVD commentaries, the director and the creators revealed that they tried to use a song of The Pixies, but could not afford the rights.
Polaris
, a side project of Mark Mulcahy
's Miracle Legion, served as the show's "house band", providing the theme song and many other tunes heard throughout the series and even appearing in "Hard Day's Pete" as a local four-piece playing out of a garage. Some of the Polaris' music from the show was released as a CD, Music from The Adventures of Pete & Pete
, including the theme song "Hey Sandy".
Music from the show was also available in 1995 on a promotional cassette single, titled Happily Deranged, available by sending in UPC symbols from Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats. This cassette includes the Polaris songs "Hey Sandy", "She is Staggering", and "Coronado II". The cassette includes a short introduction and closing read by Big Pete.
Season Releases
"Season 3" was originally scheduled for release February 28, 2006. However, after the merger between Dreamworks
and Paramount Pictures
, the third season was removed from Paramount's schedule.
from 1993 until 1996. The show ran in reruns on The N
from 2002 to 2003.
The Adventures of Pete and Pete will return to reruns on TeenNick
in 2011 as part of their The 90s are All That block.
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
. The show featured humorous and surreal
Surreal humour
Surreal humour is a form of humour based on violations of causal reasoning with events and behaviours that are logically incongruent. Constructions of surreal humour involve bizarre juxtapositions, non-sequiturs, irrational situations, and/or expressions of nonsense.The humour arises from a...
elements in its narrative, and many recurring themes centered on two brothers both named Pete Wrigley, and their various interactions with family, friends, and enemies.
The show was created by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi
Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi
William McRobb and Chris Viscardi are American writers of television and film. They are perhaps best known for their television series The Adventures of Pete & Pete, which aired on Nickelodeon from 1993 to 1996.-Television:-Films:...
and began as minute-long shorts in 1989 that aired in between regular programs. Owing to the popularity of the shorts, five half-hour specials were made, followed by a regular half-hour series that ran for three seasons (1993–1996) and continued in reruns until around 1999. The N (now TeenNick
TeenNick
TeenNick, formerly The N, is an American television network aimed at the teenage market. TeenNick is owned by the MTV Networks subsidiary, Viacom. The channel was originally known as The N from its April 1, 2002 launch until September 28, 2009....
) aired reruns of the show between 2002–2003. The first two seasons were released on DVD in 2005; the third was planned for 2006 but was indefinitely postponed.
Setting
Pete & Pete is set in the fictional town of Wellsville; like The Simpsons'The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
Springfield
Springfield (The Simpsons)
Springfield is the fictional town in which the American animated sitcom The Simpsons is set. A mid-sized town in an undetermined state of the United States, Springfield acts as a complete universe in which characters can explore the issues faced by modern society. The geography of the town and its...
, its state is never revealed (beyond the occasional New York license plate, though this may have been unintentional). However, an allusion to its location comes during "When Petes Collide", when the Petes' father runs four hours to the Canadian border to get rid of his bowling ball, Rolling Thunder. In addition, Glurt County, mentioned in "Yellow Fever" and "The Good, the Bad and the Lucky", does not exist. The show was filmed largely in Cranford, New Jersey
Cranford, New Jersey
Cranford is a township in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township population was 22,625.Cranford was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 14, 1871, from portions of the Townships of Clark, Linden,...
with location shots done in a variety of other spots around northern New Jersey, including the Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, NJ. The exteriors of Pete & Pete's house (as seen in the credit sequence and other shots) were filmed on Woodridge Place in Leonia, New Jersey
Leonia, New Jersey
Leonia is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 8,937. It is located near the western approach to the George Washington Bridge....
. The football field used for various episodes is that of Bayonne High School in Bayonne, New Jersey
Bayonne, New Jersey
Bayonne is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. Located in the Gateway Region, Bayonne is a peninsula that is situated between Newark Bay to the west, the Kill van Kull to the south, and New York Bay to the east...
.
Episodes
In addition to the 34 regular season episodes, 5 specials and 26 shorts, the movie Snow Day was originally written by McRobb and Viscardi to be an extension of the television series, but Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures were not interested in a feature at the time. The film was eventually made by series director Chris KochChris Koch
Christopher "Chris" Koch is an American director of film and television.He is best known for directing the films Snow Day , his feature film directorial debut and A Guy Thing ....
in 2000. However, by this time the principal actors had aged into adulthood. The characters were renamed and recast, but series regulars Chris Elliot, Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Though considered an innovator of punk rock, Pop's music has encompassed a number of styles over the years, including pop, metal, jazz and blues...
and Damian Young make appearances.
Family
Mike Maronna
Michael C. "Mike" Maronna is an American actor who has appeared in several television programs and films. He is best known for his role as "Big Pete" on the TV show The Adventures of Pete & Pete.-Early life:...
): The show's primary narrator, Big Pete often acts as a voice of reason in contrast to the strange occurrences and people around him. Typical sibling rivalry aside, he and his brother are best friends. He plays trombone in the school marching band.
Little Pete Wrigley (Danny Tamberelli
Danny Tamberelli
Daniel "Danny" Tamberelli is an American actor and musician.-Biography:Tamberelli played Jackie Radowski on the television series The Baby-Sitters Club shortly before more notably playing Little Pete on the Nickelodeon television show The Adventures of Pete & Pete and provided the voice for Arnold...
): Four years younger than his brother, Little Pete is often engaged in struggles against adults and other authority figures. He is also known to make irrational decisions in response to problems, like selling the house because his brother hung out with a girl instead of him, without taking responsibility for it. He frequently uses insults like "jerkweed" and "bite my neck hair."
"Petunia": A tattoo on Little Pete's right forearm depicting a woman in a red dress. It is frequently made to "dance" and gets its own credit in the show's opening sequence; the origins of that tattoo, and one of a sailing ship on Little Pete's back, are unclear.
Joyce Wrigley (Judy Grafe
Judy Grafe
Judy Grafe is an actress who has had roles as a news woman in the movies Basket Case 2, Frankenhooker, and *batteries not included, as well as Joyce "Mom" Wrigley in the Nickelodeon series The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Her television guest appearance was on Judging Amy. She is a native of Los...
): The Petes' mother, usually just called "Mom", has a metal plate in her head from an accident she had as a kid. It can pick up radio stations—and, in the case of little Pete's "WART Radio", it can also broadcast them.
Mom's Plate: The plate in Mom's head, like Petunia, gets its own opening credit.
Don Wrigley (Hardy Rawls
Hardy Rawls
Hardy Rawls is an American character actor from Florida. His most notable role was as "Dad" Don Wrigley on the Nickelodeon television series The Adventures of Pete & Pete...
): Usually known as "Dad", Don is the Petes' father. He and Joyce met when the metal detector he was using on a beach led him to the metal plate in her head ("What We Did On Our Summer Vacation"). He is an extremely competitive driver, particularly during the family's excursion to Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam, once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the US states of Arizona and Nevada. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President...
("King of the Road"). Dad is known for being stubborn most of the time and his favorite hobbies include caring for his lawn ("Grounded For Life"), and fishing, particularly for "Old Bob", a legendary striped bass
Striped bass
The striped bass is the state fish of Maryland, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and the state saltwater fish of New York, Virginia, and New Hampshire...
("On Golden Pete").
Friends
Ellen Josephine Hickle (Alison FanelliAlison Fanelli
Alison Fanelli is an American former actress who is best known for the role of Ellen Josephine Hickle on the television series The Adventures of Pete & Pete.Fanelli was born in Northport, New York...
): Ellen is Big Pete's best friend; though romance develops between the two on rare occasions, Pete generally sees Ellen as "a girl and a friend, but not a girlfriend". Over the course of the show she demonstrates some obsessive tendencies. In the pre-season 1 shot "The Dot", as well as the season one episode "Day of the Dot" she attempted to achieve "Perfect Dotness" due to her placement "riding the I" in the Wellsville marching band's show. Later that season she became fixated with metallurgy while in shop class. In season three she was fanatical at getting an A in Mr. Slurm's driver's ed course and near the end of the season getting a pizza on time to Endless Mike as a delivery girl. She played French horn in the band. Ellen is also a huge fan of Greco-Roman wrestling, and has vast knowledge on the subject as seen in the episode "Pinned" where she tries to coach Big Pete.
Artie, the Strongest Man in the World (Toby Huss
Toby Huss
Toby Edward Huss is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Artie, the Strongest Man in the World on the cult hit Nickelodeon TV series The Adventures of Pete & Pete, for his voice-over work on the long running animated series King of the Hill, and for his role as Felix 'Stumpy'...
): Little Pete's personal superhero, who is very eccentric but quite powerful — for example, he can skip stones on Neptune
Neptune
Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System. Named for the Roman god of the sea, it is the fourth-largest planet by diameter and the third largest by mass. Neptune is 17 times the mass of Earth and is slightly more massive than its near-twin Uranus, which is 15 times...
, move an entire house by an inch, and hit a golf ball 300,003 yards. Artie is also one of the few adults Little Pete seems to have any respect for. His catchphrase is "For I am Artie — the strongest man ... in the world!" His trademark word "pipe!" aggravates the adults of the community, and his favorite scent is the air let out from a car tire. He left the show after the 2-part episode, "Farewell My Little Viking". His spot in the opening credits would later be replaced in the third season with Nona's.
Theodore "Teddy" L. Forzman (Dave Martel): Teddy is one of Big Pete's three friends (the others being Ellen and Bill). Teddy is kind of a dork and seemingly always in a good mood (except when affected by the mind-controlling substance Orange Lazarus). He is in the marching band with Pete and is known for bringing up odd facts and then remarking, "what, you guys didn't know that?". He also loves to exclaim, "excellenté!" while raising his finger.
Bill Korn (Rick Barbarette): Bill is Big Pete's friend, who has a knack for practical jokes and sarcasm. He was renowned for getting Teddy to shoot milk out of his ears and getting Bus Driver Stu accused of kidnapping a busload of kids. He also admitted to once eating snot in the episode "Field of Pete". (This character did not appear in the third season.)
Nona F. Mecklenberg (Michelle Trachtenberg
Michelle Trachtenberg
Michelle Christine Trachtenberg is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Dawn Summers in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and as Georgina Sparks in Gossip Girl...
): Little Pete's best friend. Her middle initial "F" stands for Frances, but she wants to change it to Frank, Fahrvergnügen, or Forklift. She wears a cast, not because she has a broken arm but because it causes an annoying, itchy feeling on her arm which she enjoys scratching. Nona took Artie's place in the opening sequence for Season 3. She also had a brief crush on Little Pete once or twice in the series.
Natasha (Heather Matarazzo
Heather Matarazzo
Heather Amy Matarazzo is an American actress. Her breakthrough role was as a geeky girl in the film Welcome to the Dollhouse . She played Lilly in The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement...
): A neighborhood kid and Little Pete's friend. She stays awake by pulling her pigtails.
Monica Perling (Maris Hudson): One of Little Pete's friends, Monica is the resident Kreb Scout (Girl Scout in season 2) who is ready for anything. Her unfortunate luck with pets has given her a reputation as the "Girl Scout of Death", and she even has a graveyard for them. She has excellent hearing. Supposedly, this is because one of her ancestors married a bloodhound.
Wayne Pardue (Justin Restivo): Also known as "Wayne the Pain". First appearing in the third season, Wayne was one of Little Pete's friends. But as his nickname implied, he was quite annoying. He frequently spouted expressions like "Geez Louise" and "Super Genius!" and also had a crush on Monica (as seen in "Dance Fever").
Clem (Aaron Schwartz
Aaron Schwartz
Aaron Schwartz is an American actor, who is best known for the role of Dave Karp in the Disney film The Mighty Ducks and the lead role of Gerald Garner in Heavyweights. In addition to his two film roles, Aaron played Clem in three episodes of The Adventures of Pete & Pete, and appeared in one...
): He was in several episodes as a friend of Little Pete. He served as the drummer of Little Pete's band, The Blowholes, and was a member of the Nightcrawlers, staying awake longer than anyone other than Little Pete and Artie.
Libby Hurley (Winnie Zhang): Appeared in the "Nightcrawlers" episode as a friend of Little Pete. Libby was adopted from China by the Hurley family. She stays awake via solar powered sneezes.
Enemies
"Endless" Mike Hellstrom (Rick GomezRick Gomez
Richard Harper "Rick" Gomez is an American actor. He is known for portraying T-4. George Luz, in the HBO television miniseries Band of Brothers, and as "Endless Mike" Hellstrom in the cult hit Nickelodeon TV series The Adventures of Pete and Pete.-Movies:*Love Ranch - Tom Macy*Another Cinderella...
): "Endless" Mike, mortal enemy of Big Pete, gets his nickname for reasons unknown (though it is speculated that it came about because he is perpetually repeating the same year in high school. It is also stated that his nickname is derived from the fact that "his hatred of Big Pete is endless"). "Endless" Mike reigns over shop class, has a car, and loves Neapolitan ice cream
Neapolitan ice cream
Neapolitan ice cream is made up of blocks of chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice cream side by side in the same container ....
. Although his relationship with older Pete is often antagonistic they have joined forces on rare occasions, such as when Pete commissioned Mike to expel the family who bought his house, or borrowed his car to go on a date with Ellen (although both of these collaborations failed). In the episode "Halloweenie", he is the leader of the Pumpkin Eaters all hellbent on ruining and destroying Halloween even though their reasons for hating the holiday are never explained. His family may own an exterminating business, as he is seen wearing a shirt with a "Hellstrom Exterminators" logo on the breast pocket in the episode "Time Tunnel".
"Hat Head" (Chris Leveille): The first bully to pick on the Petes; he appeared on several spots in the first and second season. He was played by Chris Leveille, a Connecticut native.
"Open-Face" (Jason Late): One of Big Pete's enemies. A boy who is always shown eating open-faced sandwiches, even in church. Ellen dated him briefly in one episode.
Fran "Pit Stain" Jones (Eric Kushnick): Little Pete's mortal enemy, in season 3. He has a glandular disorder that gives him huge, smelly armpit stains. Pit Stain loathes Little Pete for giving him his nickname, which even teachers call him by. He is in love with Nona. He is also often seen with his goons, "Hairnet" (Helen Davidson) and "Drawstring" (Yull Neri Borda). Drawstring was later replaced by "Nightbrace" (Robert Whitfield). During episode 3.07, "The Last Laugh", Little Pete and Pit Stain worked together in a mastermind prank on Principal Schwinger and the "Up With Personal Hygiene Singers".
"Papercut" (Christopher Conte): Little Pete's mortal enemy in the season 2 episode "Farewell, My Little Viking" (parts 1 and 2). A boy who grew up in a copy shop and is covered with lacerations and scars from paper cuts as a result. He can fold paper into hundreds of origami
Origami
is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, which started in the 17th century AD at the latest and was popularized outside Japan in the mid-1900s. It has since then evolved into a modern art form...
shapes including make-shift weapons. As with the rest of his motif, he always picks "paper" when playing rock-paper-scissors. "Papercut" originally started off as one of Artie's mortal enemies and enjoyed making life miserable for the helpless students by making them throw rock. However, once Little Pete defies him by playing scissors, he becomes his enemy and gets into a heated conflict with him. "Papercut" makes it his personal mission to destroy him in the rematch. Unbeknownst to him, when Artie returns with Mr. Wrigley, Little Pete defies him again by throwing his own weapon. Soon the students join him and run "Papercut" out of Wellsville.
Daniel Nelles: A short, irritating member of Big Pete's class. He has rat-like facial features. He is best known for his catchphrase, "That's a big cheese!"
Principal Ken Schwinger (Adam West
Adam West
William West Anderson , better known by the stage name Adam West, is an American actor best known for his lead role in the Batman TV series and the film of the same name...
): The principal of Little Pete's school. He loathes Pete and always tries to stop his pranks, to no avail. He has a strange love of personal hygiene and creamed corn. Johnny Earwax, the lead singer of the "Up With Personal Hygiene Singers", was a personal friend of Schwinger's until a prank masterminded by Little Pete and Pit Stain made him and the singers mistrust him.
Neighborhood members
Phil Hickle (Steve BuscemiSteve Buscemi
Steven Vincent "Steve" Buscemi is an American actor, writer and film director. An associate member of the renowned experimental theater company The Wooster Group, Buscemi has starred and supported in successful Hollywood and indie films including New York Stories, Mystery Train, Reservoir Dogs,...
): Ellen's father and guidance counselor of Big Pete's high school. Once an enemy of Don Wrigley.
James "Pop" Mecklenberg (Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Though considered an innovator of punk rock, Pop's music has encompassed a number of styles over the years, including pop, metal, jazz and blues...
): Nona's loving and occasionally overprotective dad
Mr. Tastee (Toby Huss
Toby Huss
Toby Edward Huss is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Artie, the Strongest Man in the World on the cult hit Nickelodeon TV series The Adventures of Pete & Pete, for his voice-over work on the long running animated series King of the Hill, and for his role as Felix 'Stumpy'...
): The mysterious ice cream vendor who symbolizes summer for the neighborhood kids. He never removes his mascot costume head and is very reluctant to let his customers get close to him. When the Petes' attempts to strike up a friendship causes Tastee to flee, they spend a summer tracking him down with the help of Ellen. His ice-cream truck is named the Tastee Mobile. It is suggested he also used to be married to a blind millionaire who calls him "Leonard".
Stu Benedict (Damian Young): An eccentric and emotionally unstable bus driver who drives both Petes to school, often while nursing wounds from a relationship with fellow bus driver Sally Knorp while shouting out quotes such as "Passengers will refrain from KILLING MY SOUL!" However, Stu does play protector to Little Pete in season 3 episode "The Good, The Bad and the Lucky", and puts Pit Stain and his gang under bus arrest.
Frank Gulcher (Jim Lally): A crossing guard who defends the crosswalk with his life, abiding by "the code of the crosswalk". Once failed to save Little Pete's pet lizard Gary from death by oncoming traffic.
Guest stars
The many guest stars that appeared on Pete & Pete include:- Selma BlairSelma BlairSelma Blair is an American actress who has worked in film, theatre and television. She has performed in feature films including Cruel Intentions, Legally Blonde, The Sweetest Thing, Hellboy, The Fog, Purple Violets and Hellboy II: The Golden Army...
— Penelope Ghiruto, school bus passenger from whose name Big Pete can make 27 words. ("Das Bus") - Elizabeth BogushElizabeth BogushElizabeth Bogush is an American actress. She has appeared in many TV shows, including Titans with Yasmine Bleeth in 2000 and Breadwinners, and she has guest-starred in many more, including The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Scrubs, Beverly Hills, 90210, Felicity, Everybody Loves Raymond, October...
— Dian Senski, love interest of Big Pete, annoyed by his too-close friendship with Teddy. ("The Trouble With Teddy") - Jude CiccolellaJude CiccolellaRichard Jude Ciccolella , better known as Jude Ciccolella, is an American character actor.-Biography:Ciccolella graduated from Brown University, class of 1969 where he acted in student productions. He studied at Temple University with a Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre...
— Mr. Slurm, high school shop teacher with a claw for a hand. ("Tool and Die") - Ellen CleghorneEllen CleghorneEllen Cleghorne is an American actress and comedian, best known for being a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1991 to 1995...
— Bus driver Sally Knorp, on-again, off-again girlfriend of Stu Benedict. (Appears in "Day of the Dot" and "Yellow Fever," though she is mentioned in other episodes) - Marshall CrenshawMarshall CrenshawMarshall Crenshaw is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist best known for his song "Someday, Someway".-Biography:...
— "Lightning" Mel Ratner, a meter reader who joins Little Pete's band. ("A Hard Day's Pete") - Art DonovanArt DonovanArthur Donovan, Jr. is a former American football defensive tackle, better known as Art 'How much does dat guy weigh?' Donovan, who played for three National Football League teams, most notably the Baltimore Colts...
— himself, talking to Big Pete about playing with Johnny UnitasJohnny UnitasJohn Constantine Unitas , known as Johnny Unitas or "Johnny U", and nicknamed "The Golden Arm", was a professional American football player in the 1950s through the 1970s, spending the majority of his career with the Baltimore Colts. He was a record-setting quarterback, and the National Football...
. ("Space, Geeks, and Johnny Unitas") - Martin DonovanMartin DonovanMartin Donovan is an American stage and film actor. He has had a long collaboration with the director Hal Hartley, appearing in many of his films, including Trust , Surviving Desire , Simple Men , Flirt , Amateur , and The Book of Life...
— crossing guard Kenneth G. Keegan who passes messages between Big Pete and Ellen in "Apocalypse Pete"; also Smith ("Smitty"), a security guard whom Little Pete and Petunia distract in "Space, Geeks, and Johnny Unitas." - Richard EdsonRichard EdsonRichard Edson is an American actor and musician.-Biography:Edson was born in New Rochelle, New York. He has one brother, Steven, who resides in the Boston area, and two sisters: Andrea, who resides in Newton, Massachusetts and Jennifer, who resides in New York City. His father Arnold was one of...
— school janitor and field chalker Mr. Beverly.("Valentine's Day Massacre") - Chris ElliottChris ElliottChristopher Nash "Chris" Elliott is an American actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for his comedic sketches on Late Night with David Letterman, starring in the cult comedy series Get a Life and for his recurring role as Peter MacDougall on Everybody Loves Raymond...
— Meterman Ray, a meter reader who foretells Little Pete's future. ("Sick Day") - Gordon GanoGordon GanoGordon James Gano is an American musician. He is best known for being the singer, guitarist and songwriter of American alternative rock band Violent Femmes.-Early life:...
— Mr. Zank, the first of many substitute math teachers. ("X=Why?") - Janeane GarofaloJaneane GarofaloJaneane Garofalo is an American stand-up comedian, actress, political activist and writer. She is the former co-host on the now defunct Air America Radio's The Majority Report. Garofalo continues to circulate regularly within New York City's local comedy and performance art scene.-Early...
— Ms. Brackett, an English teacher. ("X=Why?") - Frank GiffordFrank GiffordFrancis Newton "Frank" Gifford is a Hall of Fame former American football player and American sportscaster.-Early life:Gifford was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Lola Mae and Weldon Gifford, an oil driller....
— himself, a customer at Dad's driving range. ("Rangeboy") - Ellen GreeneEllen GreeneEllen Greene is an American singer and actress. Greene has had a long and varied career as a singer, particularly in cabaret, as an actor and singer in numerous stage productions, particularly musical theatre, as well as having performed in many films – notably Little Shop of Horrors...
— Abilene Jones, drive-in film operator. ("Time Tunnel") - Debbie HarryDebbie HarryDeborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers...
— a neighbor whose lawn the Petes sweep for land mines. ("New Year's Pete") - Eliza Harris — girl in the straightjacket. ("Last Laugh")
- Juliana HatfieldJuliana HatfieldJuliana Hatfield , is an American guitarist/singer-songwriter and author from the Boston area, formerly of the indie rock bands Blake Babies and Some Girls. She currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
— Emma, a young lunchlady. ("Don't Tread on Pete") - Patty HearstPatty HearstPatricia Campbell Hearst , now known as Patricia Campbell Hearst Shaw, is an American newspaper heiress, socialite, actress, kidnap victim, and convicted bank robber....
— Mrs. Kretchmar, a member of the family that moves into the Wrigley house. ("35 Hours") - William HickeyWilliam Hickey (actor)William Edward Hickey was an American actor. He was best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Don Corrado Prizzi in the John Huston 1985 film Prizzi's Honor, as well as the voice of Dr...
— Grandpa Wrigley, Dad's dad. ("When Petes Collide") - David JohansenDavid JohansenDavid Roger Johansen is an American rock, protopunk, blues, and pop singer, as well as a songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk band The New York Dolls and also achieved commercial success under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter.-Early life:Johansen was born in...
— Park Ranger Thorsen, who scrutinizes Dad's activities until learning he is hunting for Bob. ("On Golden Pete") - LL Cool JLL Cool JJames Todd Smith , better known as LL Cool J , is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor...
— Mr. Throneberry, Little Pete's teacher. ("Sick Day") - Luscious JacksonLuscious JacksonLuscious Jackson are an alternative rock group formed in 1991. The band's name was inspired by now-retired American basketball player Lucious Jackson....
— the band that plays at the school dance. ("Dance Fever") - Ann MagnusonAnn MagnusonAnn Magnuson is an American actress, performance artist, and nightclub performer who first gained prominence in the 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan...
— Eunice Puell, mail carrier and object of Little Pete's affection. ("Crisis in the Love Zone") - John McLaughlinJohn McLaughlin (host)John McLaughlin is an American television personality and political commentator. He created, produces and hosts the long-running political commentary series The McLaughlin Group as well as John McLaughlin's One On One....
— himself, devoting a portion of his show to support Big Pete's bid for Dad's bowling ball. ("When Petes Collide") - Miracle LegionMiracle LegionMiracle Legion was an American college rock band formed in 1983 in New Haven, Connecticut. They earned modest renown, especially in their native New England region. The original lineup consisted of singer/guitarist Mark Mulcahy, lead guitarist Mr. Ray Neal, drummer Jeff Wiederschall, and bassist...
— the four-piece version of Polaris that Little Pete sees in a garage ("A Hard Day's Pete"). Polaris, in turn, was Miracle Legion minus guitarist Mr. Ray. - Bebe NeuwirthBebe NeuwirthBeatrice "Bebe" Neuwirth is an American actress, singer and dancer. She has worked in television and is known for her portrayal of Dr. Lilith Sternin, Dr. Frasier Crane's wife , on both the TV sitcom Cheers , and its spin-off Frasier...
— Mail Lady McGintee, a mail carrier whom Little Pete comes across on his sick day adventure. ("The Call", "Sick Day") - Larisa OleynikLarisa OleynikLarisa Romanovna Oleynik is an American actress. She came to fame in the mid-1990s, after starring in the title role of the popular television series, The Secret World of Alex Mack, and has also appeared in theatrical films, including The Baby-Sitters Club and 10 Things I Hate About You...
— a nurse who rushes Little Pete through the hospital. ("Dance Fever") - Vincent PastoreVincent PastoreVincent Pastore is an Italian-American actor, often cast as a mobster and best known for the role of Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on The Sopranos.-Early life:...
— Plays Vincent Park, a neighbor and bowling agent who is impressed with Artie's bowling skills and gets him to sign a bowling contract. - Geoff PiersonGeoff PiersonGeoff Pierson is an American actor known for his role on The WB series Unhappily Ever After as Jack Malloy, the father of a dysfunctional family whose best friend is a stuffed animal rabbit named Mr. Floppy...
— Mr. Perfect, dad's competition on a family trip to the Hoover Dam. ("The King of the Road") - Kate PiersonKate PiersonCatherine Elizabeth "Kate" Pierson is an American vocalist and one of the lead singers and founding members of The B-52's. One of the multi-instrumentalists in the band, Pierson played guitar, bass and various keyboard instruments...
— mysterious blind millionaire Mrs. Vanderveer. ("What We Did on Our Summer Vacation") - Suzzy RocheSuzzy RocheSuzzy Roche , originally from Park Ridge, New Jersey, is best known for her work with the female vocal group The Roches, alongside sisters Maggie and Terre...
— PEO MacMillian, meter maid and Inspector 34's love interest. ("Inspector 34") - James RebhornJames RebhornJames Robert Rebhorn is an American character actor who has appeared in over 100 television shows, feature films and plays.-Personal life:...
— Supervillain John McFlemp, who rallies the neighborhood to get rid of little Pete's superhero Artie and turn him into a respectable and conservative adult. ("Farewell My Little Viking" (parts 1 and 2)) - Sarah ShannonSarah ShannonSarah Shannon is a female vocalist best known for her work in the band Velocity Girl. Shannon has released two solo albums: Sarah Shannon and City Morning Song . She also joined Styrofoam to record the song "I Found Love." Shannon currently lives in Seattle, Washington.- External links :* *...
— a grocery store employee who gives Little Pete a label from an expired can of tapioca pudding. ("Sick Day") - J. K. SimmonsJ. K. SimmonsJonathan Kimble "J. K." Simmons is an American actor. He is best known for his roles on television as Dr. Emil Skoda in NBC's Law & Order , Assistant Police Chief Will Pope in TNT's The Closer, neo-Nazi Vernon Schillinger in the HBO prison drama Oz, on film as J...
— Barber Dan, who refuses to talk to Big Pete. ("Saturday") - Michael StipeMichael StipeJohn Michael Stipe is an American singer and lyricist. He was the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band R.E.M.Stipe is noted and occasionally parodied for the "mumbling" style of his early career as well as his social and political activism. He was in charge of R.E.M.'s visual image; often...
— Captain Scrummy, ice-cream vendor known for the Sludgecicle. ("What We Did On Our Summer Vacation") - Golden BrooksGolden BrooksGolden Ameda Brooks is an American actress. She is best known for her nine-year role as Maya Wilkes on the UPN/CW comedy Girlfriends.-Biography:...
— Heather, captain of the tennis team and Big Pete's love interest. ("Crisis in the Love Zone") - Syd StrawSyd StrawSyd Straw is an American rock singer and songwriter. The daughter of actor Jack Straw , she began her career singing backup for Pat Benatar, then took her distinct voice to the indie/alternative scene and joined the Golden Palominos...
— math teacher Miss Fingerwood. Played bass in the Blowholes. ("A Hard Days Pete") - Liza WeilLiza WeilLiza Rebecca Weil is an American actress. She is known for her role as Paris Geller in the television drama Gilmore Girls and has guest-starred on programs such as The Adventures of Pete & Pete, ER, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Grey's Anatomy, and The West Wing.-Early life:Weil was born in...
— Margie Corsell, a girl for whom Big Pete abandons his brother ("35 Hours"). Weil also played a bully in "Yellow Fever", with her mother Lisa as a teacher in the same episode. - Brittany Whittington — the Kretchmars' daughter, another member of the family that moved into the Wrigley house. ("35 Hours")
- Matthew G.Cliff — "Chalkface", the name Little Pete gives to short-lived neighborhood villain Roger SanGreko. Often seen in the background of episodes sporting a lime green hoodie with a purple lizard on the chest. He is given the name due to his fair skin and constant body odor that is easily mistaken with the scent of classroom chalk. ("The Call", "Dance Fever")
One widely reported guest appearance — Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author who wrote The Rum Diary , Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 .He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting where reporters involve themselves in the action to...
's, in "New Year's Pete" — has been described as "apocryphal" by show creator Will McRobb, who has said the Hunter Thompson listed in the credits is instead a similarly named extra.
Music
The show featured music by such artists as Luscious JacksonLuscious Jackson
Luscious Jackson are an alternative rock group formed in 1991. The band's name was inspired by now-retired American basketball player Lucious Jackson....
, Nice
Nice (Australian band)
Nice was an indie rock band from Sydney, Australia. The band was fronted by Randall Lee formerly of The Cannanes and currently of Ashtray Boy and Susannah Stewart-Lindsay, previously a member of the Adelaide based band, Rewind on the Paranoid Side...
, Drop Nineteens
Drop Nineteens
Drop Nineteens were a Boston-based indie rock band active from 1991 to 1995. They were one of a few U.S.-based bands who styled themselves on England's distinctive shoegazing sound, taking their inspiration from bands such as My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Th' Faith Healers, and Bleach...
, Racecar, Chug, Poi Dog Pondering
Poi Dog Pondering
Poi Dog Pondering is an American musical group, noted for its cross-pollination of diverse musical genres, including various forms of acoustic folk music, and electronic music. Founded in Hawaii in 1985, the band moved to Austin, Texas in 1987, where they recorded their first three albums...
, Syd Straw
Syd Straw
Syd Straw is an American rock singer and songwriter. The daughter of actor Jack Straw , she began her career singing backup for Pat Benatar, then took her distinct voice to the indie/alternative scene and joined the Golden Palominos...
and The Apples in Stereo
The Apples in Stereo
The Apples in Stereo, styled The Apples in stereo, is an American indie rock band associated with The Elephant Six Collective, a group of bands also including Neutral Milk Hotel and The Olivia Tremor Control. The band is largely a product of lead vocalist/guitarist Robert Schneider, who writes the...
. The music of Stephin Merritt
Stephin Merritt
Stephin Merritt is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles , best known as the principal singer and songwriter in the band The Magnetic Fields...
can also be heard throughout the series, including songs from his projects The Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields is the principal creative outlet of singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt...
, The 6ths
The 6ths
The 6ths is a band created by Stephin Merritt, also the prime mover behind The Magnetic Fields, The Gothic Archies and Future Bible Heroes.One story has it that the band was conceived when Merritt, observing that there was no tribute album dedicated to him, decided to make one himself...
and The Gothic Archies
The Gothic Archies
The Gothic Archies are a self-described goth-bubblegum band created and largely performed by Stephin Merritt, more famously of The Magnetic Fields. In 1997, Merritt released The New Despair. The EP featured the song "Your Long White Fingers", which appeared frequently in the cult Nickelodeon series...
. On the DVD commentaries, the director and the creators revealed that they tried to use a song of The Pixies, but could not afford the rights.
Polaris
Polaris (band)
Polaris was a one-off musical project in the mid-1990s involving members of the New Haven indie rock band Miracle Legion.Mark Mulcahy, Spot "Scott" Boutier, and Dave McCaffrey performed music for the Nickelodeon television show The Adventures of Pete & Pete under the name Polaris because fourth...
, a side project of Mark Mulcahy
Mark Mulcahy
Mark Mulcahy is an American musician and former front-man for the New Haven, Connecticut-based band Miracle Legion in the 1980s to mid 1990s. The band earned modest renown, especially in their native New England region, but disbanded after a sad turn of events with their record label, Morgan Creek...
's Miracle Legion, served as the show's "house band", providing the theme song and many other tunes heard throughout the series and even appearing in "Hard Day's Pete" as a local four-piece playing out of a garage. Some of the Polaris' music from the show was released as a CD, Music from The Adventures of Pete & Pete
Music from The Adventures of Pete & Pete
Music from the Adventures of Pete & Pete is a studio album by the band Polaris, a one-off project involving members of the late '80s and early '90s band Miracle Legion. It features twelve songs composed by the band for the cult Nickelodeon television series, The Adventures of Pete & Pete...
, including the theme song "Hey Sandy".
Music from the show was also available in 1995 on a promotional cassette single, titled Happily Deranged, available by sending in UPC symbols from Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats. This cassette includes the Polaris songs "Hey Sandy", "She is Staggering", and "Coronado II". The cassette includes a short introduction and closing read by Big Pete.
Production music
The show also used music from standard production music libraries.- "Drama Impact #3"
- "Fisticuffs" by Laurie JohnsonLaurie JohnsonLaurie Johnson is an English film and television composer, and bandleader.-Career:...
- "Ballata Per Un Pistolero (Ballad of a Gunman)" A notable Western theme in the style of Ennio MorriconeEnnio MorriconeEnnio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI, , is an Italian composer and conductor, who wrote music to more than 500 motion pictures and television series, in a career lasting over 50 years. His scores have been included in over 20 award-winning films as well as several symphonic and choral pieces...
, it was used whenever there was a showdown between characters, for example Little Pete and the ringing phone in "The Call". - "Lonely Stranger" by Laurie JohnsonLaurie JohnsonLaurie Johnson is an English film and television composer, and bandleader.-Career:...
VHS
Nickelodeon VHS tapes were first released through Sony Wonder, then through Paramount.- "Snick Vol. 1: Nick Snicks Friendship" — Includes one episode from each show in the early SnickSNICKSNICK was a two-hour programming block on the American cable television network Nickelodeon, geared toward general audiences, that ran from August 15, 1992 until August 28, 2004. It was aired on Saturdays starting at 8 p.m and ending at 10 p.m. ET. In 2004, SNICK was revamped as the Saturday night...
lineup: Clarissa Explains It AllClarissa Explains It AllClarissa Explains It All is an American teen sitcom that aired on Nickelodeon. Created by Mitchell Kriegman, it aired for five seasons for a total of 65 episodes from March 23, 1991, to December 3, 1994, and then went into reruns....
, Roundhouse, The Ren & Stimpy Show, and Are You Afraid of the Dark?Are You Afraid of the Dark?Are You Afraid of the Dark? may refer to:* Are You Afraid of the Dark?, a 1992 television series* Are You Afraid of the Dark? , a 2004 novel by Sidney Sheldon...
. A pre-series Pete and Pete short is included in between each show. This tape includes the shorts "Artie, the Strongest Man in the World", "X-Ray Man", and "Route 34". - "Snick Vol. 2: Nick Snicks the Family" — Includes the same lineup as "Friendship". The Pete and Pete shorts are "The Burping Room", "Mom's Plate", and "The Punishment".
- "Classic Petes" — Includes the episodes "What We Did on Our Summer Vacation" and "Apocalypse Pete", plus the bonus short "Artie's Workout". (with an accompanying "Petunia" Tattoo)
- "School Dazed" — Includes the episodes "Day of the Dot" and "Tool and Die", plus the bonus short "StareMaster" (with an accompanying "Magic Motion Eyeball Card").
- "Farewell, My Little Viking" — Includes both parts of the story, edited into one long episode. Also includes the short "Artie, the Strongest Man in the World".
DVD
Nickelodeon DVDs are released through Paramount.Season Releases
| Broadcast Season | Release Date | Episodes | Specials | Commentary tracks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | May 17, 2005 | All eight from season one, plus four specials | "Valentine's Day Massacre" "What We Did On Our Summer Vacation" "Apocalypse Pete" "New Year's Pete" |
"What We Did on Our Summer Vacation" "Day of the Dot" "The Nightcrawlers" |
| Season 2 | November 1, 2005 | All 13 from season two | "Space, Geeks and Johnny Unitas" | "Halloweenie" "Yellow Fever" "Farewell, My Little Viking" (both parts) |
"Season 3" was originally scheduled for release February 28, 2006. However, after the merger between Dreamworks
DreamWorks
DreamWorks Pictures, also known as DreamWorks, LLC, DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC, DreamWorks Studios or DW Studios, LLC, is an American film studio which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games and television programming...
and Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
, the third season was removed from Paramount's schedule.
Reruns/Syndication
The Adventures of Pete and Pete ran on NickelodeonNickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
from 1993 until 1996. The show ran in reruns on The N
TeenNick
TeenNick, formerly The N, is an American television network aimed at the teenage market. TeenNick is owned by the MTV Networks subsidiary, Viacom. The channel was originally known as The N from its April 1, 2002 launch until September 28, 2009....
from 2002 to 2003.
The Adventures of Pete and Pete will return to reruns on TeenNick
TeenNick
TeenNick, formerly The N, is an American television network aimed at the teenage market. TeenNick is owned by the MTV Networks subsidiary, Viacom. The channel was originally known as The N from its April 1, 2002 launch until September 28, 2009....
in 2011 as part of their The 90s are All That block.
External links
- The Website of Pete & Pete
- Overview of Pete & Pete music, including lyrics of theme song "Hey Sandy"
- For the 90′s Generation: ‘Pete and Pete’ Cast Reunion, including two videos with the cast.