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The Adventures of McGee and Me is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 Christian
Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
 television series created by Ken C. Johnson and Bill Myers
Bill Myers

Bill Myers is an United States Christian author, film director and film producer. He was born in Seattle, Washington September 9, 1953....
. The series premiered on June 4, 1989, spanning twelve episodes until its conclusion on June 11, 1995. Each half hour long episode centering around Nicolas "Nick" Martin, his imaginary friend
Imaginary friend

Imaginary friends, also known as "imaginary companions", are pretend characters often created by children. Imaginary friends often function as :wikt:tutelary when they are engaged by the child in play ....
 McGee, and the moral
Moral

A moral is a message conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event. The moral may be left to the hearer, reader or viewer to determine for themselves, or may be explicitly encapsulated in a maxim....
 lessons they learn as Nick grows up
Coming of age

Coming of age is a young person's transition from adolescence to adulthood. The age at which this transition takes place varies in society, as does the nature of the transition....
. Episodes deal with issues such as honesty
Honesty

Honesty is the human quality of communicating and acting truthfully, in accordance with a sense of fairness and sincerity. This includes all varieties of communication, both verbal and non-verbal....
 (The Big Lie), bullying (Skate Expectations), and faith
Faith

Faith is the confident belief in the truth of or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing. It is also used for a belief, characteristically without proof....
 in God
God

God is a deity in theism and deism religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism, or a principal deity in polytheism....
 (Twister and Shout).

episode of The Adventures of McGee and Me provides a single moral while containing many underlying ethos
Ethos

Ethos is a Ancient Greek word originally meaning "accustomed place" , "custom, habit", that can be translated into English language in different ways....
 throughout.






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The Adventures of McGee and Me is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 Christian
Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
 television series created by Ken C. Johnson and Bill Myers
Bill Myers

Bill Myers is an United States Christian author, film director and film producer. He was born in Seattle, Washington September 9, 1953....
. The series premiered on June 4, 1989, spanning twelve episodes until its conclusion on June 11, 1995. Each half hour long episode centering around Nicolas "Nick" Martin, his imaginary friend
Imaginary friend

Imaginary friends, also known as "imaginary companions", are pretend characters often created by children. Imaginary friends often function as :wikt:tutelary when they are engaged by the child in play ....
 McGee, and the moral
Moral

A moral is a message conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event. The moral may be left to the hearer, reader or viewer to determine for themselves, or may be explicitly encapsulated in a maxim....
 lessons they learn as Nick grows up
Coming of age

Coming of age is a young person's transition from adolescence to adulthood. The age at which this transition takes place varies in society, as does the nature of the transition....
. Episodes deal with issues such as honesty
Honesty

Honesty is the human quality of communicating and acting truthfully, in accordance with a sense of fairness and sincerity. This includes all varieties of communication, both verbal and non-verbal....
 (The Big Lie), bullying (Skate Expectations), and faith
Faith

Faith is the confident belief in the truth of or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing. It is also used for a belief, characteristically without proof....
 in God
God

God is a deity in theism and deism religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism, or a principal deity in polytheism....
 (Twister and Shout).

Production

Each episode of The Adventures of McGee and Me provides a single moral while containing many underlying ethos
Ethos

Ethos is a Ancient Greek word originally meaning "accustomed place" , "custom, habit", that can be translated into English language in different ways....
 throughout. Episode titles are puns
Puns

Puns may refer to:*Partido de Uni?n Nacional Saharaui, the Sahrawi political party* Pun, figure of speech...
 or wit
WIT

WIT is:* The ticker symbol for Wipro Technologies, India.* The timezone Waktu Indonesia Timur, covering Time_in_Indonesia* National Women's Register - A Women's discussion group in Zimbabwe...
ticisms derived from literary or pop culture references. A typical plotline involves Nick and McGee's adventures while either attempting to help others or overcome a personal setback. Before the resolution, Nick has a 5 minute dream sequence
Dream sequence

A dream sequence is a technique used in storytelling, particularly in television and film, to set apart a brief interlude from the main story. The interlude may consist of a Flashback , a flashforward, a fantasy, a Vision , a dream, or some other element....
 involving McGee in his native cartoon world. McGee plays out a new story that mirrors the trials Nick is facing in the real world.

The climax
Climax

In general, a climax is a point of greatest intensity or force in an ascending series; i.e., a culmination. The term "climax" has many specific connotations and uses in English:...
 of the story, coupled with the situation coming to a head, is usually accompanied
Accompaniment

In music, accompaniment is the art of playing along with a solo ist or Musical ensemble, often known as the lead, in a supporting manner as well as the music thus played....
 by a pop song written for the show, underlining the moral theme of the episode. After the resolution, Nick and McGee will discuss lessons learned and McGee will utter his catch phrase, "It's like I've always told ya." McGee receives a swift comeuppance for his haughtiness either by being scared by Whatever, or by a failure of his own making. Nick's chagrin turns to laughter and the episode fades to black
Extro

Extro may refer to:* The Computer Connection, by Alfred Bester* outro...
.

A notable exception to this formula is the more experimental
Experimental film

Experimental film or experimental cinema describes a range of filmmaking styles that are generally quite different from, and often opposed to, the practices of mainstream commercial and documentary filmmaking....
 and absurdist
Absurdism

Absurdism is a philosophy stating that the efforts of human race to find meaning in the universe ultimately fail , because no such meaning exists, at least in relation to humanity....
 episode, Do The Bright Thing.

Cast

  • Joe Dammann as Nicolas "Nick" Martin


  • Ken C. Johnson as voice of McGee


  • Terry Bozeman as David Martin


  • Vaughn Taylor as Elizabeth Martin


  • Sarah Dammann as Sarah


  • Chelsea Hertford as Jamie


  • Eve Brenner as Grandma


  • Brent Kelly as Louis


  • Johnny Green as Derrick


  • Shaylisa Hurt as Renee


  • Whit Hertford as Philip


  • Whatever the dog as Whatever: the Martin family dog. He is known to eat jigsaw puzzle
    Jigsaw puzzle

    A jigsaw puzzle is a Tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of numerous small, often oddly shaped, interlocking and tessellation pieces.Each piece has a small part of a picture on it; when complete, a jigsaw puzzle produces a complete picture....
     pieces and Kibbles 'n Bits
    Kibbles 'n Bits

    Kibbles 'n Bits is a brand name of dog food manufactured and marketed by Del Monte Foods. It was originally created in 1981 as the first dual textured dog food, having soft chewy pieces as well as hard crunchy ones....
    .


Media information

The entire series airs on the Trinity Broadcasting Network
Trinity Broadcasting Network

The Trinity Broadcasting Network is the United States' largest Religious broadcasting#Television Headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, it also has studios in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Atlanta, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma and Orlando, Florida....
 Saturday Mornings at 11:30 A.M. Pacific Time. The series also airs on the TBN's children network, Smile of a Child
Smile of a Child

Smile of a Child TV is a Christian children's channel that offers programming 24hours per day, seven days a week. Smile of a Child was created by Trinity Broadcasting Network co-founder Jan Crouch....
.

Episodes

  1. The Big Lie
  2. A Star in the Breaking
  3. The Not-So-Great Escape
  4. Skate Expectations
  5. Twister and Shout
  6. Back to the Drawing Board
  7. Do the Bright Thing
  8. Take Me Out of the Ball Game
  9. 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas


The New Adventures of McGee and Me
In these episodes, Nick has matured from 11 to about 14, 15, and even 17, albeit the show states he and his friends are just entering junior high.

  1. In the Nick of Time
  2. The Blunder Years
  3. Beauty in the Least


External links

  • Airtime Listing at TBN
  • Airtime Listing at Smile of a Child