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For Better or for Worse

TV Series

Category:

TV Series / Animation / Family
Cast:

Lynn Mason,Terrence Scammell,Henry Gauthier

Lynn Johnston hosts this animated adaption of her acclaimed comic strip. The series presents the Patterson's adventures in three different periods of the growing years of the 1980's, the middle years of the early 1990's and contemporary times as we see the family go through the good times and bad while their love for each other is as strong as ever.

Casts

Series cast summary:
	Lynn Mason	-	Elly Patterson 5 episodes

	Terrence Scammell	-	John Patterson 5 episodes

	Henry Gauthier	-	Michael Patterson (segments 'The Growing Years' and 'The Later Years') 5 episodes

	Rylan O'Reilly	-	Michael Patterson (segment 'The Early Years') 5 episodes

	Lianne Picard-Poirier	-	Elizabeth Patterson (segment 'The Later Years') 5 episodes

	Vanessa Lengies	-	Elizabeth Patterson (segment 'The Growing Years') 5 episodes

	Anna Wedlock	-	Elizabeth Patterson (segment 'The Early Years') 5 episodes

	Bryn McAuley	-	April Patterson (segment 'The Later Years') 5 episodes

	Jayne Eastwood	-	Mrs. Dingle 5 episodes

	Lynn Johnston	-	Herself 5 episodes

	Lynne Adams	-	Additional Voices 3 episodes

	Sonja Ball	-	Additional Voices 3 episodes

	Norman Mikeal Berketa	-	Additional Voices 3 episodes

	Sara Cornthwaite	-	Additional Voices 3 episodes

	Dawn Ford	-	Additional Voices 3 episodes

	Patrick Fry	-	Additional Voices 3 episodes

	Alexander Swerdlow	-	Additional Voices 3 episodes

	Thor Bishopric		2 episodes

	Kathleen Fee	-	Additional Voices 2 episodes

	Abby Hagyard		2 episodes

	A.J. Henderson	-	Additional Voices 2 episodes

	Janyse Jaud		2 episodes

	Jonathan Koensgen		2 episodes

	Liz MacRae		2 episodes

	Walter Massey		2 episodes

	Brady Moffatt		2 episodes

	Timothy Mooney	-	Weed 2 episodes, 2000

	Nancy Neilson	-	Additional Voices 2 episodes

	Eleanor Noble		2 episodes

	James O'Regan		2 episodes

	Robert Welch		2 episodes

For Better or for Worse

Gholbirdred

This animated series is actually produced and drawn here in my hometown of Ottawa, Canada.

Lynn Johnston may be the most underrated cartoonist of the last 30 years. Her creation "For Better or For Worse", based on her family life, is much different than other cartoons. Unlike "Peanuts","Calvin And Hobbes" and all the others where time stands still, the Patterson family actually ages over the years. The adults have more children, the children grow up and leave the nest, and all the friends and family do the same, too. That makes it a truly special cartoon.

Johnston's cartoon isn't laugh out loud funny like "Garfield" or "Calvin and Hobbes", but it intrigues me because of the family structure and situations. It's like an 80's sitcom, which is better than anything that passes as a sitcom in 2002.

Ergo, the series is split into three segments, covering three time periods of the Patterson family. The animation is very good and look better moving, the look at family life refreshing, and the storylines are ones we can relate to. Lynn Johnston herself introduces her segments while drawing in kind of a "pep talk" way. It's not a laugh out loud show, but it's still an intriguing cartoon nonetheless. If I'm staying up until 2 A.M. to see it, it must be good.

Bundis

What makes For Better or for Worse special is the fact that its realistic. Sure it doesn't rank in the humor of Calvin and Hobbes, but it has a lot of heart. Something you won't see with comic strips (in this case a TV show adaption) is aging in the characters. For Better or for Worse ages its characters and succeeds. It deals with real issues like dates, death of an animal and adjustment to certain things. It's family safe and even if it wasn't i'd still recommend it to kids of all ages. Not only is it enjoyable for the young ones, adults will probably tune in to watch it as well. Watching For Better or for Worse is like watching your own family grow up. You see the good, the bad and the ugly but you mainly see the good. If you can still find it, I recommend it highly.

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