TIL: There was an animated tv show based on the children's book series Busytown called The Busy World of Richard Scarry
TIL: There was an animated tv show based on the children's book series Busytown called The Busy World of Richard Scarry
Ppl didn't know this? This show was a fundamental part of my childhood
I didn't grow up with access to Nickelodeon. And Pokemon, and X-men were more of what I wanted to watch.
This is just wrong.
I mean it makes the most sense with him being a pig.
Pigs will eat anything.
No, ono, it's Vegan sausages!
That steak though... Yeah, that was the neighbour.
The fella next door blasted his music at 2am for the last time.
Makes as much sense as hogs promoting BBQ on billboards. Or Chester Chicken (the sheriff) promoting Chester’s Fried Chicken
There were video games, too.
My sister played the heck out of the Pico game
I had forgotten until I saw this comment but now I distinctly remember a game where you were supposed to make a cake for a pig by following steps like putting the correct ingredients into the mixer. My sister and I used to repeatedly mess up the cake on purpose because the pig would eat it no matter what and we found it hilarious to feed him awful cakes made entirely of burnt eggshells.
There was also a mystery solving themed Canadian show to teach deductive reasoning.
It was among the best shows when I was a kid
I grew up with this. There were even little toys for busytown. I loved those as a kid.
I didn't even know there was a book.
I used to love this when I was a kid
Big fans. Our kids grew up on all the books and original TV shows. Then they remade the animated series, which brought along a line of stuffed animals. They had all of them, including an original felt Lowly. My wife even named her cat SallyKat.