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TV Squad commenter khalidur asks the following question:

I remember when I was 10 or something I used to watch a cartoon on Disney Channel UK, called Teacher's Pet. Now that I am 16 and enjoying a long, long, long, summer holiday I am hoping to watch old episodes. Is a DVD of the episodes out, and do you guys have any info on the show generally?

To answer the second part of the question, Teacher's Pet premiered in the United States back in 2000 on ABC, and moved over to Toon Disney in 2001. The run of first-run episodes ended in 2002. It was the story of a dog named Spot, voiced by Nathan Lane, who decided that he was tired of staying at home while his master, Leonard, went to school. So, he decides to dress up and portray himself as Scott, a run-of-the-mill elementary school student. Of course, it helped that he could walk on two feet and talk as well. I'm sure if your pet golden retriever dressed up and walked into your school on two legs you would've been a bit freaked out.

In addition to Lane as the voice of Spot/Scott, Teacher's Pet had some impressive voice talent for a standard Saturday morning cartoon, including Debra Jo Rupp (That 70's Show), David Ogden Stiers (The Dead Zone), and Jerry Stiller (The King of Queens). They all returned in 2004 when the Teacher's Pet movie appeared in theaters. In that movie Spot,/Scott, has a chance to become a real human with the help of science. However, when he does become a real person he discovers that it isn't all its cracked up to be.

The series has not been released on DVD as of this writing. However, the premiere episode of the series has popped up on the DVD for the Teacher's Pet movie. In addition, if you are looking for episodes of the series on Disney Channel UK you will be out of luck. The only place I saw Teacher's Pet airing was at 4 a.m. on Toon Disney in the US. You may want to see if any friends here in the States can burn a copy of the shows for you onto a DVD.