Product Details

• Actors: Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm, Miss Molar, Cucumber, Sgt. Murphy
• Directors: Richard Scarry
• Format: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Mill Creek Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: July 27, 2010
• Run Time: 795 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003R1CM6Y
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,412 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Busytown is an enchanting place that's abuzz with energy and life. Featuring the beloved characters from the worldwide bestselling book series from acclaimed author Richard Scarry, young audiences will love to sing and laugh along as Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm, Mr. Fixit, Hilda Hippo, Sgt. Murphy and Bananas Gorilla make their way through the day exploring their happy and lively world. Always concerned for each other, the residents of Busytown make time for a song and a smile.

• Product Measures: 7.5"x5.25"x0.85"
• Recommended Ages: 0 months & up

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great value, quality, August 30, 2010

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This review is from: The Busy World of Richard Scarry: Every Day There's Something New (DVD)

This is a compilation (3 dvd set) of Richard Scarry stories originally produced, I believe, in the 1990s. Until this came out, those stories were mainly available on VHS. We have a large collection of the VHS tapes, however I was happy to discover many new stories on this set that we had not seen before. Although the animation is not cutting edge computer-generated, it is easy to watch and much more detailed than then new Hurray for Huckle dvds. The stories seem to have been written and animated by people who enjoyed what they were doing. The stories are widely varied, some taking place in other countries (Japan, Chile, Switzerland, Germany, etc.) and times (Shakespeare, Gutenberg, etc.). The dialogues are clever. The plots are wholesome. Only borderline exception would be a couple of stories that feature Couscous the detective dressing up as a dancing girl in order to capture Peppy the Gangster. (We also skip some of the previews at the beginning of the dvds.) Between the stories are catchy songs that teach about crossing the street, being careful with electricity, swimming pool safety, etc. The age range that these appeal to is wide: our now 3 yr old and 1 year old love them and their 5 yr old and 10 yr old cousins still enjoyed watching when they came to visit. In fact they're fairly entertaining for my husband and I, even after a zillion viewings.

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Childhood Revisited, November 8, 2010

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Veronica (Cambria Heights, New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Busy World of Richard Scarry: Every Day There's Something New (DVD)

I remember these cartoons from my childhood. I recently came across them on Amazon. I purchased this DVD and The Busy World of Richard Scarry: It's a Busy, Busy Day! for my younger cousin. When I received them both, I realized that Every Day There's Something New has all of the episodes from It's a Busy, Busy Day and an additional 20 episodes. Basically, don't buy It's a Busy, Busy Day. For an extra couple of dollars you could get 30 full episodes instead of 10. By the way, these are the original Richard Scarry cartoons, not the new Busytown Mysteries cartoons.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and Child Friendly, September 22, 2010

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T. Brumwell "TS Brumwell" (Iowa - United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Busy World of Richard Scarry: Every Day There's Something New (DVD)

As a parent I have struggled with young children's television programming. Too often, shows that cater to children are not child appropriate (mild sexual innuendo, crude joking, and parents are always idiotic and usually wrong). I am happy to say that I have found a show that I approve of.

The Busy World of Richard Scarry: Everyday There's Something New is a pleasant relief for parents. Not only is this series free of all that is bad about modern children's television (think Rugrats and Spongebob), but it even has better animation.

This July 2010 DVD release consists of 3 DVDs with approximately 13.5 hours of video.

It's a great buy!