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The Edison Twins
Overview
The Edison Twins is a Canadian children's television program which aired on CBC Television from 1982 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. Brian George stars as their police officer friend Sgt. Paganee. 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. As of 2013, the show has not been released on DVD. All six seasons are available via streaming through Amazon Instant Video.
Top Cast
Andrew Sabiston
Sunny Besen Thrasher
Michael Fantini
Marnie McPhail
Peter MacNeill
Seasons
Season 1 (1984)
No overview available.
13 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Code Affair
1984-03-03Episode 2: Phantom in the Auditorium
1984-03-17Episode 3: Dogs
1984-04-07Episode 4: Rock 'n' Roll Anniversary
1984-04-21Tom, Annie & Paul try to get ideas of how to celebrate their parents wedding anniversary. Annie reads in the paper that former rock star Chops Dorfman is appearing in town to shoot a movie. Paul gets the idea to get Chops to perform since he was a famous rocker in his parents days. Paul visits Chops @ the hotel he's staying. He spots him & hides in the limo. When Chops discovers him, he stops the limo while Paul explains everything. Paul also hires a garage band (Jake & The Pharos) to play for the anniversary as well. But the band's instruments get repossessed. When Tom makes instruments out of everyday objects, the band bails out just as Mom & Dad arrive. Just as things look bleak, the doorbell rings & Paul's surprised that it's Chops Dorfman himself. He plays the guitar & sings a tune while the kids back him up on junk instruments.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 5: Voice from Beyond
1984-05-05Episode 6: Over the Rainbow
1984-05-19Episode 7: Delinquent
1984-06-02Episode 8: Diamonds
1984-06-16Episode 9: UFO
1984-07-07Episode 10: The Race
1984-07-21Episode 11: Monster on the Bluffs
1984-08-04Episode 12: Twinners
1984-08-18Episode 13: Robot
1984-09-01Season 2 (1984)
No overview available.
13 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Snakes and Ladders
1984-09-15Episode 2: A Penny Saved
1984-10-06Episode 3: Ghosts for Sale - Cheap
1984-10-20Episode 4: Enemy of Weston (gs: Jessica Steen)
1984-11-03Episode 5: Double Trouble
1984-11-17Episode 6: Blow Up
1984-12-01Episode 7: Mars to Paul
1984-12-15Episode 8: Boom Boom Edison
1985-01-05Episode 9: Team Rubberknees
1985-01-19Episode 10: Go Fly a Kite
1985-02-02Episode 11: Dark Horse (1)
1985-02-16Episode 12: Alive or Dead (2)
1985-03-02Episode 13: Rescue at Sea (3)
1985-03-16Season 3 (1985)
No overview available.
13 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Bases Loaded...One Girl Out
1985-04-06Episode 2: Running on Empty
1985-04-20Episode 3: Let Them Eat Cake
1985-05-04Episode 4: Monkey in the Middle
1985-05-18Episode 5: Everyone a Rembrandt
1985-06-01Episode 6: Darkness at Noon (gs: Winston Rekert)
1985-06-15Episode 7: Home Sweet Home
1985-07-06Episode 8: Robbers and Robots
1985-07-20Episode 9: Mind and Body
1985-08-04Episode 10: My House Is Your House
1985-08-17Episode 11: The Case of the Missing Guitar (1) (gs: Ger Wyn Davies)
1985-09-01Episode 12: The Case of the Odd Job (2)
1985-09-21Episode 13: The Final Mystery (3)
1985-10-05Season 4 (1985)
No overview available.
13 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Fix
1985-10-19Episode 2: Water Witch
1985-11-02Episode 3: The Mole People
1985-11-16Episode 4: All That Glitters
1985-12-07Episode 5: Star-Crossed Lovers
1985-12-21Episode 6: Heavy Sweat
1986-01-04Episode 7: What Goes Up
1986-01-18Episode 8: Chips and Choppers
1986-02-01Episode 9: Strictly for the Birds
1986-02-15Episode 10: The Live One
1986-03-15Episode 11: Survival of the Fittest (1)
1986-04-09Episode 12: Gone with the Windigo (2)
1986-04-16Episode 13: The Secret of Windigo Lake (3)
1986-04-23Season 5 (1986)
No overview available.
13 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: One Good Con...
1986-04-30Episode 2: Racer's Edge
1986-05-07Episode 3: Smile for the Camera
1986-05-14Episode 4: Tarantula Blues
1986-05-21Episode 5: The Case of the Friendly Fugitive (1)
1986-05-28Episode 6: Gems and Jelly Beans (2)
1986-06-04Episode 7: The Maharajah of Weston (3)
1986-06-11Episode 8: Video Vengeance
1986-06-18Episode 9: Tinker Tom
1986-06-25Episode 10: Pizza Poltergeist
1986-07-02Episode 11: Invitation to a Mystery
1986-07-09Episode 12: Lance's Luck
1986-09-03Lance gets Tom, Annie & Paul to participate in a bowling tournament & are known as the Weston Strikers! In each team, there's a pro or league bowler, two amateurs & a junior member. Four teams participate & The Weston Strikers along with the Roll & Bowl Bombers make it to the finals, two games; one on each home alley. In the deciding game, Lance's game has gone bad & thinks that his missing lucky locket is causing his losing streak. Then Annie notices that the bowling balls are all greased up. So she goes to Lance's car to get some sunglasses. She shows Tom & Lance that their lane is all oiled up causing a strike to be impossible to make. The four told the rival owner what he did & then asked the referee to change lanes (from lane 12 to lane 13). The Weston Strikers make a comeback to win the tournament (when Paul converts the 7-10 split). They donate the prize money to the owner of Lance's favorite bowling alley so he could remodel the place.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 13: One Way Ticket
1986-09-10Season 6 (1986)
No overview available.
13 episodes
