| Iris, The Happy Professor | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Professor Iris |
| Genre | Children's show |
| Created by | Henri Desclez |
| Developed by | Henri Desclez Norma Denys |
| Written by | Henri Desclez |
| Directed by | Chuck Rubin François Jobin Pierre R. Thériault |
| Creative director | Henri Desclez |
| Starring | Pier Paquette Frank Meschkuleit Tim Gosley Rob Mills Michel Lapointe Jani Lauzon |
| Theme music composer | Stéphane Deschamps |
| Composers | Stéphane Deschamps Benoit Roberge (1993) Joël Champagne (1993) |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original languages | English French |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 156 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Henri Desclez |
| Producers | Henri Desclez Norma Denys |
| Production locations | Montreal, Quebec |
| Cinematography | Sébastien Tremblay |
| Camera setup | Multi-Camera |
| Running time | 14:00 |
| Production company | Desclez Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | The Learning Channel Télévision de Radio-Canada |
| Release | 1992 (1992) – 1994 (1994) |
Iris, The Happy Professor (also known as Iris and Professor Iris and in French as Iris, le gentil professeurorProfesseur Iris) is a Canadian-produced television show that run for 156 episodes from 1992 to 1994, created by former Belgian-born comic book artist Henri Desclez and revolving around Professor Iris, a purple ibis who teaches a class of three students: Piano, Skeleton, and Plant. The Professor teaches a variety of subjects to his students and always wears a bowtie based on the topic of the lesson in each episode.
A French-language version was made by Montreal's Cinélume Film et Vidéo (under the supervision of Vincent Davy for the first two seasons, uncredited on the first and credited on the second; then Christine Boivineau for the remaining episodes, with Joey Galimi for song adaptation).
Iris, The Happy Professor has aired in several countries and territories including Canada, France, the United States, Israel, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Latin America, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Scotland, Brunei and Jordan.
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