Curious George is Back!

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The Associated Press

BOSTON — He's flown a kite, traveled in a space ship, become a movie
star and had a long friendship with a tall man in a yellow hat.

Now he's coming to public television, and the creative team behind this
new children's series is hoping precocious monkey Curious George will
help turn kids into budding scientists, mathematicians and engineers.

The series, which premiered Monday, is based on the classic books by
Margret and H.A. Rey — dating back to their first Curious George
story in 1941 — and is geared toward children ages 3 to 6. The series is
narrated by actor William H. Macy.

"The global lesson of George ... is telling kids, 'It's your job to
figure out what's going on and to play, don't worry about the rules. Your
job is to be happy, to test the boundaries, that's your job,' and that's a
lovely thing to say," Macy said.

The series started off with "Curious George Flies a Kite," followed by
"From Scratch," in which the clever monkey uses detective work to
prove a cat is innocent of scratching up booths in a restaurant.

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