The Edison Twins
Encyclopedia
The Edison Twins is a Canadian
children's television program which aired on CBC Television
from 1983 to 1986. The Disney Channel
also picked up the rights in the mid-1980s. 6 seasons were produced by Nelvana
.
It starred 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. 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.
Each episode ends with a short animated sequence illustrating a key scientific principle demonstrated in the preceding live action story.
The last name of 'Edison' is an homage to the inventor Thomas Edison
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
children's television program which aired on CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
from 1983 to 1986. The Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
also picked up the rights in the mid-1980s. 6 seasons were produced by Nelvana
Nelvana
Nelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment company founded in 1971 known for its work in children's animation. It was named by founders Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith after a Canadian comic book superheroine created by Adrian Dingle in the 1940s...
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It starred Andrew Sabiston
Andrew Sabiston
Andrew Sabiston is a Canadian actor, theatre and television writer and lyricist. He went to St. Michaels University School in Victoria, British Columbia, graduating in 1982, the same year as classmate Leslie Hope. Both had been cast in their final year in the Paul Almond movie, Ups & Downs, which...
and Marnie McPhail as fraternal twins Tom and Annie Edison, Sunny Besen Thrasher
Sunny Besen Thrasher
Sunny Besen Thrasher was a Canadian child actor who starred as Paul Edison in Nelvana's live-action series, The Edison Twins, and supplied voices in the first two Care Bears movies....
as their mischievous little brother Paul, and Milan Cheylov
Milan Cheylov
Milan Cheylov is a Canadian film/television director, editor, producer and former actor.As a director, some of his television credits include Street Legal, Flash Forward, The Famous Jett Jackson, PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal, Earth: Final Conflict, Relic Hunter and the American series...
as their bumbling friend Lance Howard. 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.
Each episode ends with a short animated sequence illustrating a key scientific principle demonstrated in the preceding live action story.
The last name of 'Edison' is an homage to the inventor Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. In addition, he created the world’s first industrial...
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