Arthur: Cast Away (2002)

TV. This disc has four episodes, one of them (about socks) the most creative I've yet seen: Cast Away (Arthur longs to share one experience with his dad where his assertive kid sister D.W. doesn't intrude), The Great Sock Mystery (a vocal Baby Kate colludes with speaking dog Pal and other talking animals to find out what happens to missing socks), Francine's Split Decision (Francine divides her time between a nephew's bar mitzvah and her team's bowling tournament), and Muffy Goes Metropolitan (in a mild sendup of That Girl, rich girl Muffy finds Crown City to be less cosmopolitan than expected but more culturally rewarding). Pal the pooch almost sounds like Family Guy's Stewie in The Great Sock Mystery, which has allusions to Wind in the Willows and a caricature of Alan Greenspan. I got this disc through interlibrary loan since Netflix and Blockbuster don't carry it. 4.5 stars.