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<blockquote data-quote="Derrick Rossignol" data-source="post: 6588"><img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/John-Legend-2019-iHeartRadio-Music-Awards-Yellow-getty-full.jpg?w=1600&amp;h=660&amp;crop=1" alt="John Legend 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards Yellow" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Getty ImageAn era came to an end recently when after 25 years on the air, <a href="https://uproxx.com/tv/arthur-series-finale-fan-reactions/" target="_blank">the series finale of beloved children’s show Arthur aired last week</a>. The long-running cartoon has been a major part of meme culture in recent years, including the idea that <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/john-legend-sold-catalog-rights/" target="_blank">John Legend</a> bears a striking resemblance to the animated titular aardvark. Now, that situation could actually come full circle: In <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/arthur-finale-marc-brown-carol-greenwald-legacy-1235097700/" target="_blank">a new interview</a>, Marc Brown, who created the Arthur show and wrote the books it’s based on, noted an Arthur movie “might” be the in the works, and furthermore, it seems he’d really like <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/the-voice-finale-ed-sheeran-kid-cudi-coldplay/" target="_blank">Legend</a> to be involved.Brown said:He also referenced Legend earlier in the interview when answering a question about the series finale being for both kids today and the now-adults who grew up with Arthur, saying, “I was really happy because I mean, I see myself as Arthur a lot. Sorry, John Legend. We’re going to have to share him here [laughs]. You know, he’s a lot of me when I was in third grade. And I think if I were in third grade now and I was thinking about a career, a graphic novelist made sense. It put my loves together: telling stories, being an artist, and using pictures. So I was really happy that Peter [Hirsch, a writer on Arthur] came up with that idea. It felt right to me.”Legend hasn’t shied away from the Arthur comparisons and has in fact embraced them, like in a 2018 Google ad when he donned a full Arthur outfit and even re-created <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/arthurs-fist" target="_blank">the Arthur’s fist meme</a>.Check out the full interview <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/arthur-finale-marc-brown-carol-greenwald-legacy-1235097700/" target="_blank">here</a>.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/john-legend-arthur-movie/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Derrick Rossignol, post: 6588"] [IMG alt="John Legend 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards Yellow"]https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/John-Legend-2019-iHeartRadio-Music-Awards-Yellow-getty-full.jpg?w=1600&h=660&crop=1[/IMG] [UWSL]Getty Image[/UWSL] An era came to an end recently when after 25 years on the air, [URL='https://uproxx.com/tv/arthur-series-finale-fan-reactions/']the series finale of beloved children’s show [I]Arthur[/I] aired last week[/URL]. The long-running cartoon has been a major part of meme culture in recent years, including the idea that [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/john-legend-sold-catalog-rights/']John Legend[/URL] bears a striking resemblance to the animated titular aardvark. Now, that situation could actually come full circle: In [URL='https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/arthur-finale-marc-brown-carol-greenwald-legacy-1235097700/']a new interview[/URL], Marc Brown, who created the [I]Arthur[/I] show and wrote the books it’s based on, noted an [I]Arthur[/I] movie “might” be the in the works, and furthermore, it seems he’d really like [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/the-voice-finale-ed-sheeran-kid-cudi-coldplay/']Legend[/URL] to be involved. Brown said: He also referenced Legend earlier in the interview when answering a question about the series finale being for both kids today and the now-adults who grew up with [I]Arthur[/I], saying, “I was really happy because I mean, I see myself as Arthur a lot. Sorry, John Legend. We’re going to have to share him here [laughs]. You know, he’s a lot of me when I was in third grade. And I think if I were in third grade now and I was thinking about a career, a graphic novelist made sense. It put my loves together: telling stories, being an artist, and using pictures. So I was really happy that Peter [Hirsch, a writer on [I]Arthur[/I]] came up with that idea. It felt right to me.” Legend hasn’t shied away from the Arthur comparisons and has in fact embraced them, like in a 2018 Google ad when he donned a full Arthur outfit and even re-created [URL='https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/arthurs-fist']the Arthur’s fist meme[/URL]. Check out the full interview [URL='https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/arthur-finale-marc-brown-carol-greenwald-legacy-1235097700/']here[/URL]. [url="https://uproxx.com/music/john-legend-arthur-movie/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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