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- ↑ AOL list of Iggy Arbuckle episodes.
- ↑ "Official Gemini awards website page for winning writers of children and youth's television" (PDF). www.geminiawards.com. 2008-10-21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
