"For Better or for Worse" (2000) TV series

Seasons:

unknown

Genre:

Animation | Family

Plot:

The animated misadventures of Lynn Johnston's acclaimed comic strip family.

Plot Keywords:

Based On Comic | Kids And Family

Cast

Lynn Mason		(2 episodes)
Henry Gauthier		(2 episodes)
Rylan O'Reilly		(2 episodes)
Lianne Picard-Poirier		(2 episodes)
Vanessa Lengies		(2 episodes)
Anna Wedlock		(2 episodes)
Bryn McAuley		(2 episodes)
Lynne Addams	...	Additional Voices (2 episodes)
Sonja Ball	...	Additional Voices (2 episodes)
Norman Mikeal Berketa	...	Additional Voices (2 episodes)
Sara Cornthwaite	...	Additional Voices (2 episodes)
Jayne Eastwood	...	Mrs. Dingle (2 episodes)
Kathleen Fee	...	Additional Voices (2 episodes)
Dawn Ford	...	Additional Voices (2 episodes)
Patrick Fry	...	Additional Voices (2 episodes)
A.J. Henderson	...	Additional Voices (2 episodes)
Lynn Johnston	...	Herself (2 episodes)
Alexander Swerdlon	...	Additional Voices (2 episodes)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Funbag Animation Studios

Quotes:

John Patterson: How's our mournful musician?
Ellie Patterson: He's still up there.
John Patterson: I already tried my A-Material on him. "Stiff Upper Lip" "Plenty of fish in the sea."
Ellie Patterson: Well, What did you do when you got dumped?
John Patterson: Who says I was ever dumped?
[Ellie looks at John disaprovingly]
John Patterson: Well, I guess I did stuff. Played with my model trains. Excuse me for a second.
[Opening kitchen door. Singsong]
John Patterson: Michael shove a sock in it.
Ellie Patterson: It's good for a boy to get. He hasn't done anything for days.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Follows For Better or for Worse: A Storm in April (1995) (TV)

It's funny, it's sad and it's real; enjoyable fun for the entire family.

What makes For Better or for Worse special is the fact that its realistic. Sure it doesn't rank in the humor of Calvin and Hobbes, but it has a lot of heart. Something you won't see with comic strips (in this case a TV show adaption) is aging in the characters. For Better or for Worse ages its characters and succeeds. It deals with real issues like dates, death of an animal and adjustment to certain things. It's family safe and even if it wasn't i'd still recommend it to kids of all ages. Not only is it enjoyable for the young ones, adults will probably tune in to watch it as well. Watching For Better or for Worse is like watching your own family grow up. You see the good, the bad and the ugly but you mainly see the good. If you can still find it, I recommend it highly.