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The Busy World of Richard Scarry - Season 3

Series: Busy World of Richard Scarry
4
(32)
Episodes
13
Rating
TVY
Year
1995
Language
English

About

This fully animated series is based on the books by Richard Scarry which parents worldwide rely on to teach valuable lessons. Busytown is an enchanting place that’s abuzz with energy and life. Young audiences love to sing and laugh along, as Huckle Cat and Lowly Worm make their way through the day. The residents of Busytown always make time for a song and a smile.

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Episodes

1 to 3 of 13

1. The Knights of Busytown / Cave Pigs / Bucketman In Busytown

30m

A game of Knights of the Busytown Round Table ends when Sally doesn't want to be the fair maiden in distress anymore. She decides to build her own castle in the Cat family's backyard, while Huckle and Lowly build one too. Then when Hilda suggests they combine both castles to make a big one, all the kids get to play together and the fair maiden is none other than Hilda Hippo. / Bump and Thump are inventors from pre-historic times, and on this busy day they come up with great ways to make life easier for the Cave Pigs. But when the Cave Pigs don't appreciate the first house, or the first dinner table and plates, Bump and Thump fear they've failed... that is until our great inventors combine all that day's failures and make the first ever wagon. Now this is the kind of fun Cave Pigs love. / Mr. Frumble buys a new TV antennae but his attempts to get better reception land him stuck in a paint-splattered garbage can and looking like a 'Bucketman From Outer Space'. He causes panic in Busytown until Huckle and Lowly see him in danger and hurry to help. They rescue Mr. Frumble and even help him get perfect TV reception.

2. Billy Dog Gets Glasses / Cordelia's Debut / Lowly Joins The Circus

30m

When Billy Dog's finds out he needs glasses he thinks his life is over. Professor Dog tries to convince him that glasses are just a tool, but Billy still doesn't want to wear them. That is until he sees glasses that are just like Sergeant Murphy's goggles. Billy gives them a try and realizes glasses are a pretty good thing indeed. / Cordelia is a dedicated stage manager during Shakespearean times who dreams of being an actress. But, during this time in history, women aren't allowed on stage - that is until it looks like the show WON'T go on and Cordelia takes center stage to play the lead role. And with the help of her assistant stage manager, Cordelia transforms Shakespeare's new play into a 'Comedy of Errors'. / When the circus ringmaster sees Lowly doing some tricks he gives him an offer he can't refuse: to join the circus. Lowly loves all the attention of being a circus star in the big top, but when it's time for the circus to move on, Lowly has second thoughts. He realizes being a star in his own family is what he really wants, so Lowly the Wonder Worm retires.

3. The Big Dare / Oliver's Sandwich / Pig Will Won't

30m

When Billy Dog hears the gang telling stories about the ghosts in the abandoned mill, he boasts he's not afraid of ghosts - and he'll prove it - and dares everyone to follow him in. But when the other kids refuse, Billy goes in anyway and gets stuck, and Huckle must get Sergeant Murphy to come to the rescue. / Young Oliver is the Earl of Sandwiches' clumsy butler, and he has a huge crush on Catherine of Roastburry. But alas, Oliver is but a butler and fears Catherine will only notice him if he does something great. And that's just what Oliver does when a new type of lunch is demanded, and he invents the most famous food ever: the sandwich. / Imagine a Busytown with two Pig Won'ts. That's just what happens when the ever helpful Pig Will gets a bump on the head and turns into another Pig Won't. Now Pig Won't sees just how 'difficult' he is when he says "I won't" all the time. And when Pig Will's back to his old self, Pig Won't promises to say "I Will" more often... but he WON'T say it too often.

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