| Alt Name: | Professor Iris |
| Genre: | Children's show |
| Creator: | Henri Desclez |
| Developer: | Henri Desclez Norma Denys |
| Director: | Chuck Rubin François Jobin Pierre R. Thériault |
| Creative Director: | Henri Desclez |
| Starring: | Pier Paquette Frank Meschkuleit Tim Gosley Rob Mills Michel Lapointe Jani Lauzon |
| Theme Music Composer: | Stéphane Deschamps |
| Composer: | Stéphane Deschamps Benoit Roberge (1993) Joël Champagne (1993) |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English French |
| Num Seasons: | 6 |
| Num Episodes: | 156 |
| Executive Producer: | Henri Desclez |
| Producer: | Henri Desclez Norma Denys |
| Location: | Montreal, Quebec |
| Cinematography: | Sébastien Tremblay |
| Camera: | Multi-Camera |
| Runtime: | 14:00 |
| Company: | Desclez Productions |
| Channel: | The Learning Channel Télévision de Radio-Canada |
Iris, The Happy Professor (also known as Iris and Professor Iris and in French as Iris, le gentil professeur or Professeur Iris) is a Canadian-produced television show that run for 156 episodes from 1992 to 1994, created by former Belgian-born comic book artist Henri Desclez and revolving around Professor Iris, a purple ibis who teaches a class of three students: Piano, Skeleton, and Plant. The Professor teaches a variety of subjects to his students and always wears a bowtie based on the topic of the lesson in each episode.
A French-language version was made by Montreal's Cinélume Film et Vidéo (under the supervision of Vincent Davy for the first two seasons, uncredited on the first and credited on the second; then Christine Boivineau for the remaining episodes, with Joey Galimi for song adaptation).
Aside from airing in its native Canada,[1] Iris, The Happy Professor was one of the first six shows featured on TLC's Ready Set Learn! block during its 28 December 1992 debut.[2] It has also aired in several countries and territories including France, Israel, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Latin America, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Scotland, Brunei and Jordan.