The Producer is the main host of most producer segments throughout the Magic School Bus series. He takes phone calls from kids around the world about the day's episode. Many times, callers will point out the more fantastic elements of each episode, and he can tell us why the show used such an extreme example (like kids turning into raindrops, or traveling to outer space). He will also occasionally quiz the kids who are calling in, or point out extra information that the episode left out. He shares his office with his (metafictionally the Frizzles') pet lizard, Liz, as his sidekick, and his colleague, the female producer, voiced by Susan Blu.
From 1994 until the switch to Rides Again in 2017, he was voiced by the late Malcolm-Jamal Warner.
He bears a much more stronger resemblance to Tim, similar to his colleague does to Wanda.
In the Magic School Bus Rides Again, the Producer's role at the end of each episode is taken over by Professor Frizzle.
Segments hosted[]
With Liz
- Gets Lost in Space
- Inside Ralphie
- Gets Eaten
- All Dried Up (mentioned)
- Plays Ball
- Gets Ants in Its Pants (with the Female Producer)
- Kicks Up a Storm (with the Female Producer)
- Blows Its Top (in Hawaiian clothes)
- Flexes Its Muscles (mentioned by a caller)
- The Busasaurus (mentioned by a caller)
- Going Batty (in boots)
- Butterfly and the Bog Beast
- Wet All Over (dressed as a plumber)
- In a Pickle
- Revving Up
- Taking Flight
- Getting Energized
- Out of This World
- Cold Feet
- In a Beehive (dressed as a beekeeper)
- In the Arctic
- Spins a Web (with General Araneus)
- Under Construction (dressed in a hard hat and saying "Producer on the line!")
- Gets a Bright Idea
- Shows and Tells (saying "Producer here!")
- Makes a Rainbow (as himself for the first call and "the Iridescent Leader" for the second call)
- Goes Upstream
- Gets Planted (dressed as a gardener)
- In the Rainforest
- Rocks and Rolls (with Ashley Walker-Club Dupree in the beginning)
- Holiday Special (mentioned)
- Meets Molly Cule (making a quiet mistake, not saying his job in that one)
- Cracks a Yolk
- Goes to Mussel Beach (whispering "The things you find on a beach!" instead of saying "Producer speaking.")
- Goes on Air (as “Produce-Air”)
- Gets Swamped
- Goes Cellular
- Sees Stars
- Gains Weight
- Makes a Stink
- Gets Charged
- Gets Programmed
- In the City
- Takes a Dive
Trivia[]
- He has hosted the most producer segments, behind Professor Frizzle, all guest stars combined, and the female producer in Season 1.
- He uses a different art style in “Wet All Over” and “Butterfly and the Bog Beast,” where his facial features are noticeably smaller.
- In the segment for Makes a Rainbow, he is referred to as "Your Iridescent Leader" for the second call.
- In the segment for Shows and Tells, he says, "Producer here!".
- In the segments for Going Batty and Sees Stars, he says, "I'm the producer!".
- In the segment for Wet All Over, he is dressed as a plumber.
- In the segment for Under Construction, he is in a hard hat and says, "Producer on the line! What's on your mind?" in poetic form.
- In the segment for Goes on Air, he is referred to as "Produce-Air," relating to the episode's topic. As this alias, he uses a lot of air puns, such as "clev-air!". Before the segment ended, he could have said, "Oh d-air!" for a problem, which meant that the accent he uses is French, but during that, he could have said, "Yes, s-airee!" with a positive attitude or "No, s-airee!" with a negative one. In it, he changes "ERs" to "AIRs".
- Out of all the seasons of the Magic School Bus, the fourth season overall has the most of his segments at the end of each episode of Season 4.
- The episodes In the Haunted House, Gets Ready, Set, Dough, Gets All Dried Up, Goes to Seed, Flexes Its Muscles, The Busasaurus, Works Out, Ups and Downs, and Holiday Special are the only episodes where him or his colleague from the first season does not host the "Is This the Magic School Bus?" segment.
- In Gets All Dried Up, it is Phoebe.
- In Gets Ready, Set, Dough, it is the Baker.
- In Goes to Seed, it is Mr. Seedplot.
- In the episode, In the Haunted House, it is a ghost.
- In Flexes Its Muscles, it is R.U. Humerus.
- In The Busasaurus, it is Dr. Skeledon.
- In Works Out, it is Mr. Sinew.
- In Ups and Downs, it is Ms. Poveri.
- In Holiday Special, it is Murph.
- In the segment for Going Batty, he wears boots instead of his regular shoes, despite the fact that he's in the haunted castle.