The Edison Twins

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The Edison Twins is a Canadian children's television program which aired on CBC Television from 1982 to 1986. The Disney Channel also picked up the rights in the mid-1980s. 6 seasons were produced by Nelvana. It starred Andrew Sabiston and Marnie McPhail as fraternal twins Tom and Annie Edison, Sunny Besen Thrasher as their mischievous little brother Paul, and Milan Cheylov as their bumbling friend Lance Howard. Brian George stars as their police officer friend Sgt. Paganee. The show focused on the adventures of the main cast as they stumbled onto one problem after another, using Tom and Annie's scientific wit to solve the situation. Each episode ends with a short animated sequence illustrating a key scientific principle demonstrated in the preceding live action story. The last name of 'Edison' is an homage to the inventor Thomas Edison. As of 2013, the show has not been released on DVD. All six seasons are available via streaming through Amazon Instant Video.

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Season 1

13 episodes

S1 E1 · Code Affair

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S1 E2 · Phantom in the Auditorium

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S1 E3 · Dogs

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S1 E4 · Rock 'n' Roll Anniversary

Tom, Annie & Paul try to get ideas of how to celebrate their parents wedding anniversary. Annie reads in the paper that former rock star Chops Dorfman is appearing in town to shoot a movie. Paul gets the idea to get Chops to perform since he was a famous rocker in his parents days. Paul visits Chops @ the hotel he's staying. He spots him & hides in the limo. When Chops discovers him, he stops the limo while Paul explains everything. Paul also hires a garage band (Jake & The Pharos) to play for the anniversary as well. But the band's instruments get repossessed. When Tom makes instruments out of everyday objects, the band bails out just as Mom & Dad arrive. Just as things look bleak, the doorbell rings & Paul's surprised that it's Chops Dorfman himself. He plays the guitar & sings a tune while the kids back him up on junk instruments.

S1 E5 · Voice from Beyond

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S1 E6 · Over the Rainbow

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S1 E7 · Delinquent

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S1 E8 · Diamonds

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S1 E9 · UFO

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S1 E10 · The Race

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S1 E11 · Monster on the Bluffs

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S1 E12 · Twinners

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S1 E13 · Robot

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Season 2

13 episodes

S2 E1 · Snakes and Ladders

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S2 E2 · A Penny Saved

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S2 E3 · Ghosts for Sale - Cheap

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S2 E4 · Enemy of Weston (gs: Jessica Steen)

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S2 E5 · Double Trouble

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S2 E6 · Blow Up

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S2 E7 · Mars to Paul

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S2 E8 · Boom Boom Edison

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S2 E9 · Team Rubberknees

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S2 E10 · Go Fly a Kite

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S2 E11 · Dark Horse (1)

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S2 E12 · Alive or Dead (2)

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S2 E13 · Rescue at Sea (3)

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Season 3

13 episodes

S3 E1 · Bases Loaded...One Girl Out

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S3 E2 · Running on Empty

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S3 E3 · Let Them Eat Cake

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S3 E4 · Monkey in the Middle

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S3 E5 · Everyone a Rembrandt

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S3 E6 · Darkness at Noon (gs: Winston Rekert)

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S3 E7 · Home Sweet Home

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S3 E8 · Robbers and Robots

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S3 E9 · Mind and Body

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S3 E10 · My House Is Your House

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S3 E11 · The Case of the Missing Guitar (1) (gs: Ger Wyn Davies)

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S3 E12 · The Case of the Odd Job (2)

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S3 E13 · The Final Mystery (3)

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Season 4

13 episodes

S4 E1 · The Fix

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S4 E2 · Water Witch

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S4 E3 · The Mole People

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S4 E4 · All That Glitters

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S4 E5 · Star-Crossed Lovers

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S4 E6 · Heavy Sweat

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S4 E7 · What Goes Up

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S4 E8 · Chips and Choppers

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S4 E9 · Strictly for the Birds

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S4 E10 · The Live One

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S4 E11 · Survival of the Fittest (1)

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S4 E12 · Gone with the Windigo (2)

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S4 E13 · The Secret of Windigo Lake (3)

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Season 5

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S5 E1 · One Good Con...

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S5 E2 · Racer's Edge

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S5 E3 · Smile for the Camera

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S5 E4 · Tarantula Blues

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S5 E5 · The Case of the Friendly Fugitive (1)

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S5 E6 · Gems and Jelly Beans (2)

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S5 E7 · The Maharajah of Weston (3)

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S5 E8 · Video Vengeance

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S5 E9 · Tinker Tom

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S5 E10 · Pizza Poltergeist

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S5 E11 · Invitation to a Mystery

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S5 E12 · Lance's Luck

Lance gets Tom, Annie & Paul to participate in a bowling tournament & are known as the Weston Strikers! In each team, there's a pro or league bowler, two amateurs & a junior member. Four teams participate & The Weston Strikers along with the Roll & Bowl Bombers make it to the finals, two games; one on each home alley. In the deciding game, Lance's game has gone bad & thinks that his missing lucky locket is causing his losing streak. Then Annie notices that the bowling balls are all greased up. So she goes to Lance's car to get some sunglasses. She shows Tom & Lance that their lane is all oiled up causing a strike to be impossible to make. The four told the rival owner what he did & then asked the referee to change lanes (from lane 12 to lane 13). The Weston Strikers make a comeback to win the tournament (when Paul converts the 7-10 split). They donate the prize money to the owner of Lance's favorite bowling alley so he could remodel the place.

S5 E13 · One Way Ticket

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Season 6

13 episodes

S6 E1 · The Mystery of the Maze

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S6 E2 · The Initiation

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S6 E3 · Illegal Procedure

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S6 E4 · The People's Choice

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S6 E5 · The Revenge of the Plants

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S6 E6 · Supersalesman

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S6 E7 · The Legacy of Bayfield Downs

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S6 E8 · Money for Nothing

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S6 E9 · The Golden Goose Chase

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S6 E10 · How to Haunt a Haunted House

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S6 E11 · A Message for Triton

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S6 E12 · The Continental Twist

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S6 E13 · Vows from the Deep

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