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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.
4. The Best Birthday Party Ever / Martha's First Book / Locked Out
30m
There's a birthday disaster in Busytown: Kenny and Lynnie are going to throw birthday parties on the same day. Huckle and Lowly want everyone to celebrate together, so they put their plan in to action. And once they get everyone into the same room, it's a big SURPRISE for Lynnie and Kenny who end up having the best birthday ever. / Little Martha wants so much to read books, but they are very rare because they must all be lettered by hand. So when Martha learns of Guttenbear, a man who has lots of books, she hurries to see if she can borrow one. When she finds Guttenbear busy inventing a laundry press, she helps him to modify it, and when they're done, the world is blessed with the invention of the printing press. / Mr. Frumble is locked out of his house. First he tries the windows, then an upstairs porch, but each attempt leaves his house in greater need of repair. And when Mr. Frumble 'borrows' Roger Rhino's wrecking ball, he finally gets in, though he no longer has a house. But he does have an umbrella, so when it starts to rain, he's nice and dry when he finds his house key in his pocket.
5. Dad's Neat Job / The Discovery of America / Mr. Gronkle's Friends
30m
Miss Honey's new school project on what jobs your parents do has Huckle worried. He doesn't think his dad's job as a travel agent is very exciting - certainly not like being a police officer or a firefighter. But when Father Cat takes Huckle and Lowly to his travel office, they learn that being a travel agent is a great job, and Huckle and Lowly give the best presentation ever. / Dona Felipa hears about Admiral Columoose's trip across the ocean, and it is just the type of adventure she's has always dreamed of. So, with her less than willing husband, Amerigo, in tow, they stowaway on Columoose's ship. But when Felipa is discovered and thrown in the hold, Amerigo is all alone to help Columoose find his map and keep the ship afloat. / Mr. Gronkle's mother is coming to Busytown and she wants to meet all of her son's friends. Mr. Gronkle decides the only way that can happen is if he tricks some Busytowners into coming by his house at the same time his mother arrives. But when the 'invited' guests find out the truth, they throw a huge welcome party, and Mr. Gronkle learns he does have friends after all.
6. Denys At Camp / Peasant Pig's Gifts / Little Fixit
30m
Huckle and Lowly do their best to get Denys to participate in all the camp events, but he just doesn't think he's good enough to even try. But when Huckle and Lowly's canoe goes out of control, Denys doesn't have time to think - he just acts - and saves his friends. When Denys realizes what he did, he starts to like camp and learns that trying new things can be lots of fun. / Gifts: Piggy Origami's granddaughter tells him of how perfect she wants her wedding to be - with cranes and swans and beautiful flowers - so he heads out to fulfill her wish. And when he sees discarded colour paper he gets a marvelous idea. The wedding party enters the garden and is amazed to find it full of colourful paper cranes and swans and flowers. Piggy Origami's gift is the invention of Origami. / Mr. and Mrs. Fixit are delighted to learn that they are going to have a baby. But they realize they don't have enough room, especially if they have twins, or triplets, or quadruplets! So it's time to renovate, and with the help of Huckle, Lowly, and Sally, the Fixit's build the best baby room ever. And when Little Fixit is born, the first thing he wants to hold is his father's hammer.
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