Mr. Young

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Mr. Young
Created byDan Signer
StarringBrendan Meyer
Matreya Fedor
Gig Morton
Kurt Ostlund
Milo Shandel
Emily Tennant
Theme music composerSteve Bays
Paul Hawley
Luke Paquin
Opening theme"Who You Calling Kid"
performed by Hot Hot Heat
ComposerJames Jandrisch
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes80 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersDan Signer
Howard Nemetz (season 2–3)
Michael Shepard
Tim Gamble
Co-Executive Producer:
Howard Nemetz (season 1)
ProducersVictoria Hirst
Alexandra Raffe
Lisa Richardson
Production locations5828 Byrne Road
Burnaby, British Columbia[1]
(taping location)
EditorsDaria Ellerman
Warren Hickman
Kirk Hay
Camera setupVideotape; Multi-camera
Running time22 minutes 26 seconds (approximately)
Production companies
YTV
ReleaseMarch 1, 2011 (2011-03-01) –
November 28, 2013 (2013-11-28)

Mr. Young is a Canadian television series that premiered on March 1, 2011, on

YTV. The series was filmed in Burnaby, British Columbia. The series was created by Dan Signer (who also worked on Disney Channel series such as The Suite Life on Deck and A.N.T. Farm), and stars Brendan Meyer, Matreya Fedor, and Gig Morton as attendees of Finnegan High School. Further main cast includes Kurt Ostlund, Emily Tennant
, and Milo Shandel. Set between 2010 and 2014, the show follows the lives of the students and faculty of Finnegan High over a four-year period, where the characters deal with such topics as romantic relationships, friendships, acceptance, self-worth and the importance of community. The first half of Season 1 is set during the main characters’ Grade 9 year, while the remainder of Season 1 until the end of Season 2 is set during their Grade 10 year. The remainder of the series spans their Grade 11 year, with the final two episodes being set in June 2014, shortly before the students graduate Grade 12. The show ended its run on November 28, 2013, with three seasons and 80 episodes.

Premise

Mr. Young centers on Adam Young (Brendan Meyer), a child prodigy who graduated from university at the age of 14. He decides to come back to high school as a science teacher to live the high school "experience". He reunites with childhood best friend Derby (Gig Morton) and encounters the school bully, Slab (Kurt Ostlund), and a student in his class whom he has a crush on, named Echo (Matreya Fedor). However, because he is only 14, his students have little respect for him, and he often gets into trouble with the principal for his childlike behaviour.

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
126March 1, 2011 (2011-03-01)December 13, 2011 (2011-12-13)
226January 12, 2012 (2012-01-12)October 9, 2012 (2012-10-09)
328October 16, 2012 (2012-10-16)November 28, 2013 (2013-11-28)

Cast and characters

Main

  • Brendan Meyer[2] as Adam Young. He is a child prodigy that is teaching science class at Finnegan High School. He wants to relive his life in high school because he graduated early and couldn't go to high school. But for him, life in high school is very difficult, as he lacks adequate social skills. He is also in love with one of his students, Echo. In almost every episode, Derby tries to help Adam impress Echo which all fail from Derby's impulsivity. Adam and Echo kiss in the 90 minute special (after a lot of work that makes him go back to or refer to previous episodes, such as Mr. Elephant, Mr. Magic and Mr. Dance, Mr. First Impression). In the finale, he's no longer in Finnegan and begins work at a local university as a professor. Adam Young is similar to Doogie Howser, M.D., who also graduated from high school and college at a young age. He started out as a science teacher at 14.
  • Matreya Fedor[3] as Echo Zizzleswift. Echo is a student at Finnegan High School. She is in Adam's science class. Echo also cares deeply about the environment and other people. She is thoughtful, socially aware, a tad bit gullible, and secretly likes all things to do with science-fiction. She is good friends and sometimes enemies with Adam, Ivy, Derby and Slab. Adam has a crush on her, but she seems completely unaware of this (until in Mr. Double Date, where she discovers their mutual attraction). They kissed in the 90 minute special, Mr. First Impression. Her last name was announced in "Mr. College". She has a pet hamster named Mr. Tickleschmootz who later mated with Slab's hamster Slab Jr. In the finale, she graduates Finnegan and attends Adam's science class at a local university.
  • Gig Morton[4] as Derby von Derbotsford. Derby is a dimwitted student at Finnegan High School. He has a crush on Ivy, Adam's sister, but is always rejected and ignored by her. He also has a tendency to wear and provide costumes and hosts a radio show called "Drive Time with Derby". Derby is Adam's best friend and also his student, a line that Derby's more than happy to blur; almost every time Adam teaches, he falls asleep as do many of the other students, whenever someone ask him something (either mild or difficult) he'll usually just says "I don't understand the question" such as having costumes provided when it was time for picture day while Adam and the other students gotten dirty clothes. Derby is a class clown and is skilled in pranking, with an alter ego "Gagmeister General". Principal Tater doesn't know the true identity of the "Gagmeister", even after Derby admitted to being him. In the 90-minute special, Mr. First Impression, he sings a song named "Derby Style", a parody of Gangnam Style. In the finale, he graduates from Finnegan and currently attends Adam's science class at a local university.
  • Kurt Ostlund[5] as Jordan 'Slab' Slabinsky. Slab is the doltish bully of Finnegan High School. Though his behavior is aggressive, Slab likes doing ballet, looking at the stars, and friendship. Though he tends to pull pranks on people, and bullies nerds specifically, he says he does it to conceal his feelings. Even though he bullies Derby often by putting him in trash cans, he occasionally helps him out. Although he is a bully, he does have feelings for other people such as Brap, a girl raised by elephants who was subsequently changed into a stereotypical popular girl by Ivy. He also has a fear of milk. He has two gerbils, two guinea pigs and a hamster who mated with Echo's hamster Mr. Tickleschmootz, all named Slab Jr. In Mr. Memory, he starts dating Ivy. In the finale, after 12 years of high school, he finally graduates from Finnegan and currently attends Adam's science class at a local university.
  • Emily Tennant[6] as Ivy Young. Ivy is Adam's rude older sister. She loves shopping and bossing Adam around. She is very dimwitted. She tends to be rude to a lot of people, sometimes even to the teachers, although deep down she truly does care about Adam and other people and will help them out. She used to have a crush on Hutch Anderson, but begins dating Slab in Mr. Memory. Ivy is a stereotypical blonde and is considered attractive by all the male students. In the series finale, it was revealed she was a senior for 3 years. She also is a reporter for the school newspaper, along with Echo. In the series finale, she finally graduates from Finnegan and currently attends her brother's science class at a local university.
  • Milo Shandel
    Stanford-Binet IQ Test
    . He is shown to be quite cheap because in "Mr. School Song", he kept the school's old anthem (which still has old ideals back in the day) and sometimes spends the school's budget on useless things like a statue of himself, including making a teacher out of straw name Mrs. Straupersson to avoid paying for a new teacher. He is also afraid of cinnamon, after an incident during his childhood, and refers to his mother as "mommy", he also believes Atlantic City isn't real while Atlantis is. He is also disrespected by many students. It is implied that he may be the father of Adam and Ivy, due to their hair loss in an episode with a video in which Tater and their mother, Rachel, appear together. In the finale, after Adam revealed he was leaving Finnegan, he admitted he enjoyed Adam's teaching and making high school fun.

Recurring

Production

The series was created and executive produced by Dan Signer. The series was filmed in front of a live studio audience at 5828 Byrne Road, in Burnaby, British Columbia.[8]

The series began taping on Thursday, September 30, 2010 and production of Season 1 was completed on Friday, April 15, 2011. Through their

YTV announced on March 31, 2011, that Mr. Young was the No. 1 show on their network. On April 29, 2011, the series was renewed for a second season.[9][10] Filming of Season 2 began in early July 2011 and continued through to January 2012.[11]
Afterwards, the show had a third season of 28 episodes, bringing the episode total to 80 episodes. This third and final season aired from October 16, 2012, to November 28, 2013.

Broadcast and release

On September 7, 2011, Corus Entertainment's[8] Nelvana Enterprises and Thunderbird Films announced that they had sold the live-action comedy series to Disney XD[12] channels United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.[13] Nelvana Enterprises is the international distribution agent for Mr. Young, while Nelvana and Thunderbird are co-distributing the series in the United States.[14][15]

References

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  4. ^ "YTV Shows: Top Kids Shows and Movies from YTV". YTV.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
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  8. ^ a b Corus Entertainment Corporate Press Release
  9. Kidscreen
    . Retrieved May 19, 2011.
  10. ^ Young Mr. Young goes to high school by Amanda Ash [1], The Vancouver Sun, March 1, 2011.
  11. ^ Mr. Young renewed for Season 2 [2], TV-Eh, April 28, 2011.
  12. ^ Disney XD
  13. ^ "Mr. Young renewed for season 2 | TV, eh?".
  14. ^ Disney Buys Vancouver-made Kids TV Show - The Province[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ Whiz kid turned teen genius Mr. Young acquired by Disney XD around the World - Stockhouse [3] Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine

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