The Phineas and Ferb's Memorial Day Marathon was broadcast on May 25, 2009 as part of Memorial Day events on Disney Channel US. The marathon was centered around a "road trip" theme. It ran for eight hours, starting at 2 pm (1 pm in the Mountain and Atlantic time zones).
In between the episodes, segments were shown where Dan Povenmire demonstrated how to draw Phineas, Ferb, Candace, Perry and Agent P. The characters appeared on screen and made comments about the progress of the animation, with Candace, Dr. Doofenshmirtz and Major Monogram appearing while Perry and Agent P were being drawn. A mini-website was created on the Disney US page that listed the episodes and provided a link to a PDF file with the drawing instructions.
Broadcast Schedule[]
- 2:00 pm - "Greece Lightning"/"Leave the Busting to Us!"
- 2:30 pm - "The Lake Nose Monster"
- 3:00 pm - "Rollercoaster"/"Candace Loses Her Head"
- 3:30 pm - "Out to Launch"
- 4:00 pm - "Get That Bigfoot Outa My Face!"/"Tree to Get Ready"
- 4:30 pm - "The Fast and the Phineas"/"Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror"
- 5:00 pm - "It's a Mud, Mud, Mud, Mud World"/"The Ballad of Badbeard"
- 5:30 pm - "It's About Time!"
- 6:00 pm - "Unfair Science Fair"/"Unfair Science Fair Redux (Another Story)"
- 6:30 pm - "Boyfriend From 27,000 B.C."/"Voyage to the Bottom of Buford"
- 7:00 pm - "A Hard Day's Knight"/"I, Brobot"
- 7:30 pm - "Attack of the 50 Foot Sister"/"Backyard Aquarium"
- 8:00 pm - "Interview With a Platypus"/"Tip of the Day"
- 8:30 pm - "Day of the Living Gelatin"/"Elementary My Dear Stacy"
- 9:00 pm - "Perry Lays an Egg"/"Gaming the System"
- 9:30 pm - "Phineas and Ferb Get Busted!"
Background Information[]
- The logo is the same one used for the Spot the Diff Marathon.
- Any time a character's ear is visible, the number 3 is used to define the inside of the ear.
- "Everybody has thin arms in this show. It's just more fun to draw them that way." - Dan Povenmire
- Perry changes from "Pet Mode" to "Secret Agent Mode" when he becomes Agent P.
- The areas around Agent P's eyes are darker, "to give him a sort of 'ready to kick it' expression".
- Disney Channel US included the drawing lessons in the regular evening broadcasts of the episodes.
- In Spain, the drawing lessons were shown during a whole week while they were premiering the first episodes of Season 2 (All at 10:00 am):
- Monday July 6, 2009 - Learn to Draw Phineas.
- Tuesday July 7, 2009 - Learn to Draw Ferb.
- Wednesday July 8, 2009 - Learn to Draw Candace.
- Thursday July 9, 2009 - Learn to Draw Perry.
- Friday July 10, 2009 - Learn to Draw Agent P.