Product Details

• Actors: Keith Knight, Sonja Ball, Len Carlson, John Stocker, Judy Marshak
• Writers: Robert Askin
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, SECAM, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Random House Video
• VHS Release Date: August 17, 1993
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302777275
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,476 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Huckle, Lowly Worm, and rest of the schoolchildren are inspired by their teacher's discussion about different kinds of occupations and what people in those fields do all day. The kids run to the schoolyard for some make-believe, playing at what they'd like to be when they grow up. Huckle becomes a grocer like his father, Freddie Fox a baker specializing in mud pies, and Rhonda Raccoon a truck driver delivering baked goods. Consistent with the usual excellence of the Richard Scarry video series, Best Busy People introduces the concept of how a complicated society functions, with everyone's job having an impact on everyone else's. The jokes are funny, the songs are sweet, and Scarry's popular book What Do People Do All Day? makes great supplementary reading. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Video for small fry, June 25, 2003

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Pam Tee "Busy Mom" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Richard Scarry's Best Busy People Video Ever!: (Kids First Award winner) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

What I like about this video is the diversity of careers that it shows. Besides doctor, police and fire people --which are very predictable-- the video demonstrates that it is possible to make a living by being a grocer, pilot, farmers, builder, plumber, painter, or even travel agent.

What my 3 and 1 year olds like about it are the songs, the neat characters like Huckle the cat and Henrietta Hippo, and the silly situations that Richard Scarry is renown for. In one part, the baker (Able Baker Charlie) mixes in too much yeast into his dough and the situation quickly escalates into total mayhem in the bakery.

All in all, if I were to sum this video up I would say that it is downright fun as well as educational.

Pam T~

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful & democratic musical look at careers, March 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Richard Scarry's Best Busy People Video Ever!: (Kids First Award winner) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

What a captivating and delightful video for young children! The artwork is adorable without being precious. The music is lilting and catchy, with clever lyrics. The video cheerfully presents the many different kinds of jobs that are necessary to keep our "busy world" going - showing grand careers like doctor and architect, as well as less glamorous ones, like electrician and ditch-digger. All of the jobs are treated with matter-of-fact respect, with the underlying message being that everyone's contribution to society is worthwhile and important. Almost every child will see a job that he/she can identify with (except, interestingly, lawyer and stay-at-home mom, both roles that I have filled in my life!). Another plus is the video's complete lack of stereotype. Animals of all colors and sizes play the characters, and there is no stereotyping of gender roles (for example, Rhonda want to become a truck driver while Freddy wants to be a baker). Best of all, it is a video that you can watch with your child and enjoy each time.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's a wonderful busy world, September 19, 2000

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Stefanie N (Schuyler, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Richard Scarry's Best Busy People Video Ever!: (Kids First Award winner) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Richard Scarry has created a world of variety, humor and niceness. His videos and books are richly detailed at the same time that the images' linear quality is rather spare, the colors simple. I mention the amount of detail because it may be over-whelming for very young kids. Our son could not really watch it until he was about 1-year old. In what amounts to a lot of mini-episodes the students in Miss Honey's class (children who are actually all different animals) dream of what they will do when they grow up. The video is one of Richard Scarry's that could appeal to a pre-talking child as many of the jobs are of a very visual nature--baker, truckdriver, firefighter, etc. A lot of information is packed into very short segments, but done in a humorous and enjoyable manner. Pacing is perfect for the very young. If you have never seen a Richard Scarry book or video you are in for a treat. He has really created a tangible, sweet world. I wonder if I am the only one that has compared it to the Andy Griffith show. Both paint the world as a welcoming place where people treat each other with respect and kindness. And who wouldn't want to live in a place whose buildings are human scale and which boasts an elementary school with a dramatic clocktower?