The Producer is the main host of most Is This the Magic School Bus? segments throughout the Magic School Bus series. Voiced by Malcolm-Jamal Warner, 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 (and the Frizzles') pet lizard, Liz, as his sidekick, and his colleague, the female producer, voiced by Susan Blu.
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.
List of Is This the Magic School Bus? segments hosted by the producer[]
With Liz
- Gets Lost in Space
- Inside Ralphie
- Gets Eaten
- All Dried Up (mentioned)
- Plays Ball
- Gets Ants in Its Pants (with the Producer♀)
- Kicks Up a Storm (with the Producer♀)
- Blows Its Top
- Flexes Its Muscles (mentioned by a caller)
- The Busasaurus (mentioned by a caller)
- Going Batty
- 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 (in a beekeeper outfit)
- In the Arctic
- Spins a Web (with General Araneus)
- Under Construction (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)
- Holiday Special (mentioned)
- Meets Molly Cule
- Cracks a Yolk
- Goes to Mussel Beach
- Goes on Air (as "Produc-Air," a pun on "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 ITtMSB? segments, behind Professor Frizzle, all guest stars combined, and the female producer in Season 1.
- In the segment for Makes a Rainbow, he is referred to as "the Iridescent Leader" for the second call.
- In the segment for Shows and Tells, he says, "Producer here!".
- 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 "The Produce-Air," relating to the episode's topic. As this alias, he uses a lot of air puns, such as "clev-air."
- 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 Gets Ready, Set, Dough, The Busasaurus, and Holiday Special are the only three episodes where the producer or his colleague host the "Producer Says" segment.
- In Gets Ready, Set Dough, it is the The Baker.
- In The Busasaurus, it is Dr. Skeledon.
- In Holiday Special, it is Katrina Eloise Murphy.