The Best Episodes Written By Robert Schechter

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   #1 - Hit the Road, Backwater Jack!

   S1:E3411/19/1996

   Louie gets Daisy to ask his idol, Aussie adventurer and TV personality Backwater Jack, to take them on his next treasure-seeking adventure. However, he's not what he seems. Also, the villain from Recipe for Adventure returns.

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   #2 - Nosy Neighbors

   S1:E3311/14/1996

   Donald's bug zapper gets stolen. This makes him so paranoid that he doesn't even trust the neighborhood watchdog group called Nosy Neighbors anymore. With the help of his eager nephews, he arms himself to the teeth.

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   #3 - Ducklaration of Independence

   S1:E1610/8/1996

   Donald takes Daisy and the kids to find the fabled Nirvana Valley, since Daisy has to make a news piece on it. What they find is a cranky, unfriendly hermit. Dewey, bullied by his brothers, tries to move in with him.

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   #4 - Spins a Web

   S3:E39/28/1996

   Ms. Frizzle transports the class into a 1950s horror movie, where a 50-foot praying mantis is wreaking havoc on the town. Ed Asner stars as the film’s power-mad protagonist, General Araneus.

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   #5 - Works Out

   S3:E911/9/1996

   Is Mr. Sinew any match for the Friz? At this year’s “Teacher-athlon,” the kids fear Ms. Frizzle doesn’t stand a chance against the muscle-bound gym teacher from another school, so the class travels inside her body for a closer look.

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   #6 - Rocks and Rolls

   S3:E1211/30/1996

   To celebrate the founding of Walkerville, Ms. Frizzle’s class sculpts a stone likeness of its founding father, Captain Walker. As they add the finishing touches, the statue tumbles down the mountain. Ms. Frizzle turns the Bus into a huge boulder and the kids into rocks while bumping down the mountain in a desperate attempt to save the statue.

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   #7 - Gets Swamped

   S4:E510/11/1997

   Should Walkerville get rid of the swamp and replace it with a great new shopping mall or build the mall somewhere else? The class learns that the swamp is an important habitat and natural water filter, but the town council’s not convinced until... FLOOD!

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