The Magic School Bus Season 1

Right now you can watch The Magic School Bus Season 1 on and — and it goes further with its ideas than most genre entertainment bothers to. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. With 134 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Lily Tomlin anchors it with a performance that grounds the bigger ideas in something human. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

The Magic School Bus Season 1 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. The Magic School Bus Season 1 uses its genre premise as cover for asking bigger questions. Season 1 of The Magic School Bus includes 13 episodes. It aired from September 1994 to December 1994. This season stars Lily Tomlin, Max Beckford and Daniel DeSanto. Lily Tomlin and Max Beckford lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1994. What separates The Magic School Bus Season 1 from lesser genre entertainment is a willingness to let the concept cost the characters something. The hit rate here is high enough that skipping ahead never feels like an option.

For late-night viewing or a proper weekend binge, The Magic School Bus Season 1 fits the bill. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Watch for Lily Tomlin in particular — the performance elevates the material. Satisfying on multiple levels.

🎬 The Magic School Bus Season 1 — Episode Guide

Gets Lost in Space

1994-09-10

Arnold's know-it-all cousin Janet drives the kids crazy when she joins Ms. Frizzle's class on a field trip and gets them lost in outer space!

For Lunch

1994-09-17

Arnold's so excited he doesn't have to go on a field trip! But when he accidentally swallows his miniaturised class, he becomes the field trip!

Inside Ralphie

1994-09-24

Ralphie is crushed when a fever keeps him home from school the day he's scheduled to host a FNN (Frizzle News Network) television broadcast on health. With Tyne Daly as Ralphie’s mom.

Gets Eaten

1994-10-01

Arnold and Keesha are in trouble when they forget to bring in their assignment on "two things that go together."

Hops Home

1994-10-08

When Wanda's pet frog, Bella, jumps out an open window, Ms. Frizzle shrinks the bus into a mechanical frog and takes her now tiny class on a hop-along adventure.

Meets the Rot Squad

1994-10-15

It's "Accidental Science Project" day and the class has brought in marvelously rotten entries from the back of their refrigerators. With Ed Begley, Jr. as Larry Log-Away.

All Dried Up

1994-10-22

Always the caring soul, Phoebe goes on a crusade to save the animals and plants of the desert -- and discovers how well they take care of themselves.

In the Haunted House

1994-10-29

The class is thrilled about its upcoming concert at the Sound Museum -- until they discover the spooky mansion is more of a thrill than they bargained for. With Carol Channing as Cornelia C. Contralto.

Gets Ready, Set, Dough

1994-11-05

It's Ms. Frizzle's birthday, and a field trip to the bakery seems perfect -- until the bus's shrinker-scope goes on the fritz and the class gets baked in a cake! With Dom DeLuise as the Baker.

E10

Plays Ball

1994-11-12

Ms. Frizzle combines Dorothy Ann's physics and Ralphie's baseball into a "Frictionless Baseball Game."

E11

Goes to Seed

1994-11-19

The class' garden is going to be featured on the cover of PLANT IT! magazine. But Phoebe's garden plot is glaringly empty. With Robby Benson as Mr. Seedplot.

E12

Gets Ants in Its Pants

1994-11-26

The Magic School Bus goes into show business when Keesha directs a movie about social animals for the school science fair.

E13

Kicks Up a Storm

1994-12-04

The Friz transforms the bus into a Weathermobile and -- in a wild ride through the skies -- Ralphie becomes the meteorological superhero of his dreams.

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