This is one school trip you don’ t want to miss.
This is one school trip you don’ t want to miss.
Netflix released a first look at “ The Magic School Bus Rides Again ” on Tuesday, a reboot of the popular 90s kids edutainment program, “The Magic School Bus” starring Lily Tomlin as the fanciful and far out Ms. Frizzle.
The new show, which is set to premiere Sept. 29, stars “SNL” comedienne Kate McKinnon as the younger sister to Tomlin’s Frizzle.
In the trailer, Tomlin passes the keys to the magical yellow school bus to her sister, who takes the kids on their first magical adventure through the minimally updated theme song sung by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Miranda takes over for Little Richard, who sang the original show’s theme song.
Kate McKinnon joins ‘Magic School Bus’ reboot as Ms. Frizzle
“The Magic School Bus” has the power to travel anywhere the students need a science lesson: underwater, outerspace, inside the kids’ bloodstreams, and, because it’s a new millennium, the Internet.
The class looks like the same diverse cast of characters from the 90s series, just with updated style, including Carlos, Keesha, Liz the chameleon and Arnold, who always wishes he’ d stayed home.
The original series, which debuted in 1994, aired 54 episodes on PBS Kids before continuing to educate and entertain kids in syndication. It was originally a book series by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen and was turned into a television show by Scholastic Entertainment to teach children about science.
Lily Tomlin won a Daytime Emmy for her role as Ms Frizzle in 1995. Tomlin also stars in Netflix’s “Gracie and Frankie.”
