Two are set in Busytown, featuring the ubiquitous Lowly Worm, Huckle Cat, Hilda Hippo, Sgt.
Format: Each episode includes three short stories. The series this month started its second 13-show season. Concept: Half-hour animated stories for preschoolers, based on the late author-illustrator Richard Scarry's "Busytown" and "Busy, Busy World" books. His books have been popular with children throughout the world.Airs: On Showtime, Fridays at 5 and 5:30 p.m., with repeats Saturdays at 7:30 a.m. Using animals in place of humans allowed Scarry to avoid giving the characters specific racial or ethnic traits, which may have helped broaden their appeal. Occasionally this leads to the irony of portraying animals as farmers, tending livestock, including the infamous example of a pig portrayed as a butcher, selling ham and frankfurters behind a counter. Scarry's characters are almost always anthropomorphic animals. He then studied art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where he remained until being drafted into the U.S. Following high school graduation, Scarry enrolled in a business college but soon dropped out, finding it not to his liking. The Scarry family enjoyed a comfortable life even during the time of the Great Depression.
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