The Adventures of McGee and Me

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show_name = The Adventures of McGee and Me


caption = Cover of VHS release of the first episode
genre = Children, Religious, Educational
creator = Ken C. Johnson
Bill Myers
starring = Joseph Damman
Sarah Damman
Terry Bozeman
Vaughn Taylor
voices = Ken C. Johnson
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country = USA
language = English
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num_episodes = 13
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producer = George Taweel
Rob Loos
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editor = Rod Stephens
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location = Indiana, USA
cinematography = Timothy Eaton
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runtime = 30 minutes
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first_aired = June 4, 1989
last_aired = June 11, 1995
website = http://www.mcgeeandme.com/
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imdb_id = 090594
tv_com_id = 17437

"The Adventures of McGee and Me" is an American Christian television series created by Ken C. Johnson and Bill Myers. The series premiered on June 4, 1989, spanning twelve episodes until its conclusion on June 11, 1995. Each half hour long episode centering around Nicolas "Nick" Martin, his imaginary friend McGee, and the moral lessons they learn as Nick grows up. Episodes deal with problems relevant to grade school age children such as honesty ("The Big Lie"), bullying ("Skate Expectations"), and faith in God ("Twister and Shout").

Production

Each episode of "The Adventures of McGee and Me" promotes a single moral lesson while containing many underlying ethos throughout. Episode titles are puns or witticisms derived from literary or pop culture references. A typical plotline involves Nick and McGee's adventures while either attempting to help others or overcome a personal setback. Before the resolution, Nick has a 5 minute dream sequence involving McGee in his native cartoon world. McGee plays out a new story that mirrors the trials Nick is facing in the real world.

The climax of the story, coupled with the situation coming to a head, is usually accompanied by a pop song written for the show, underlining the moral theme of the episode. After the resolution, Nick and McGee will discuss lessons learned and McGee will his catch phrase, "It's like I've always told ya." McGee receives a swift for his either by being scared by Whatever, or by a failure of his own making. Nick's turns to laughter and the episode fades to black.

A notable exception to this formula is the more experimental and absurdist episode, "Do The Bright Thing".

Cast

*Joe Dammann as Nicolas "Nick" Martincite web | url=http://www.mcgeeandme.com/cast.asp | publisher=Tyndale House Publishers | title=McGee and Me Cast Profiles |accessdate=2008-06-05]

*Ken C. Johnson as voice of McGee

*Terry Bozeman as David Martin

*Vaughn Taylor as Elizabeth Martin

*Sarah Dammann as Sarah

*Chelsea Hertford as Jamie

*Eve Brenner as Grandma

*Brent Kelly as Louis

*Johnny Green as Derrick

*Shaylisa Hurt as Renee

*Whatever the dog as Whatever: the Martin family dog. He is known to eat jigsaw puzzle pieces and Kibbles 'n Bits.

Media information

The entire series airs on the Trinity Broadcasting Network Saturday Mornings at 11:30 A.M. Pacific Time. [http://www.tbn.org/index.php/2/4/p/427.html] The series also airs on the TBN's children network, Smile of a Child.

Episodes

#The Big Lie
#A Star in the Breaking
#The Not-So-Great Escape
#Skate Expectations
#Twister and Shout
#Back to the Drawing Board
#Do the Bright Thing
#Take Me Out of the Ball Game
#'Twas the Fight Before Christmas

The New Adventures of McGee and Me

In these episodes, Nick has matured from 11 to about 13 or 14.

#In the Nick of Time
#The Blunder Years
#Beauty in the Least

References

External links

* [http://www.mcgeeandme.com/ Official McGee and Me Website]
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