The BEST episodes of The Busy World of Richard Scarry season 5
Every episode of The Busy World of Richard Scarry season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Busy World of Richard Scarry season 5!
The characters that inhabit Richard Scarry's "Busytown" books are successfully brought to television, in this clever cartoon adaptation, produced by CINAR FILMS in Canada. The series shows us the lives of the many residents of Busytown, but the focus is mainly the Cat family - Mother and Father Cat, and Huckle and Sally, the kids. Also living with the Cats is a worm named Lowly, who goes to school with Huckle. The assortment of other characters, including Sgt. Murphy (patient peacekeeper of the Busytown Police Dept.), Mr. Fixit (the trash-is-treasure town repairman), and Bananas Gorilla (a clumsy jobless gorilla, who would do anything for a banana) all keep the city humming with activity. The half-hour program is made up of three 7-minute stories per episode, with two short musical interstitials inbetween.
#1 - The Sleepover
Season 5 - Episode 30 - Aired 3/8/1996
When Denys is invited to Sprout Goat's sleepover, he realizes that he's a little scared about sleeping in a barn and away from home, but he decides to give it a go. Things don't go very smoothly, and they get worse when he realizes he's the only one still awake in the middle of the night, but that's when he smells smoke. There's a fire in the orchard, and Denis overcomes his fear to sound the alarm and help put out the fire.
#2 - Toof Trouble
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/16/1996
It's happened. Hilda has a tooth ache and she is in denial, so Lowly decides to accompany her to the dentist. Now it's not that Hilda's afraid of the dentist: it's Bananas Gorilla who's afraid. Hilda's just "unsure"––especially about the sound the drill makes. Lowly comes up with a solution, listening to music, and it's a solution that could work for Bananas too... if they can ever get him to keep an appointment.
#3 - The New Neighbours / The First Halloween Ever / Now I Know my One, Two, Threes
Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/23/1996
There's a new neighbour moving to Busytown, and she's moving into the old spooky house. Huckle, Lowly, Billy, and Hilda become convinced the neighbour is a witch because she keeps disappearing and popping up in different places. But she's not a witch... just a twin, and that explains everything... or... does it?
#4 - The First Halloween Ever
Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/23/1996
A long long time ago, people were afraid of the ghosts and goblins that live in the forest, so when a young man and his wife get lost, they are very afraid, but they get fed up being scared so they turn the tables on the ghost and goblins by putting on spooky costumes and scaring them right back. Except the ghosts and goblins they scare are really the villagers who've come looking for their friends, and in the end, they all decide they've found a wonderful new tradition: dressing up and saying... Boo!
#5 - Now I Know My One, Two, Threes!
Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/23/1996
Sally is having trouble learning her numbers, so much so that she decides she doesn't need numbers and doesn't have to learn them. Huckle remembers the time he couldn't spell his own name and Lowly helped him, so they decide to help Sally. They make learning numbers fun, using the old song, One, Two, Buckle my Shoe and Sally realizes just how important numbers really are.
#6 - Mr. Gronkle Moves Away / Counting Chickens / The Spelling Bee
Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/1/1996
On a particularly busy day in Busytown, Mr. Gronkle gets fed up with the hustle and bustle and the NOISE. So he decides to move to the country. Huckle and Lowly are sad to see him go. Busytown just won't be the same without him. But even out in the country Mr. Gronkle's not happy, especially when it rains, so he sneaks back home. And when Huckle and Lowly see someone in his house, they think it's a robber, and that's when things really get noisy.
#7 - Counting Chickens
Season 5 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/1/1996
Long ago, before people knew their numbers, a young scribe is given the task of taking inventory of a wealthy man's estate. So many things to count, and so many ways to record the amounts, but they are all so complicated. With the help of his young daughter, the scribe convinces the master that there's a simpler way: and his way has spread all over the world.
#8 - The Spelling Bee
Season 5 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/1/1996
Billy is not a great speller, but when luck has it and he knows how to spell the word responsibility, he is chosen to represent Busytown at a big spelling bee. Huckle, Lowly, and Hilda help Billy become a great speller, but on the big night, Billy chickens out... until Lowly reminds him of the word that got him here in the first place and Billy realizes it's his responsibility to do his best: and he does!
#9 - Huckle's Feathery Friends / The First Valentine Ever / The Sleepover
Season 5 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/8/1996
It's spring, and while playing soccer, Huckle knocks a bird's nest out of a tree. He decides he can't leave the baby birds alone, so he takes them home to raise them until they are old enough to fly. But... how do you teach a bird to fly? All you need are a couple of feather dusters, a lot of patience, some luck, and a great deal of love.
#10 - The First Valentine Ever
Season 5 - Episode 29 - Aired 3/8/1996
We don't really know who invented the first valentine, but it's pretty certain that person was in love, just like the Roman emperor's secretary who loves the emperor's daughter. But how to make her notice him? Give her a gift. And that's exactly what he does, but the emperor keeps intercepting the gifts. Finally, with determination but in great fear, the secretary tells the emperor's daughter he loves her. Well, she loves him too. And that's just what the emperor was hoping for.
#11 - Forget-Bur Never Forgets
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/16/1996
In Uruk, in 3,000 B.C. the royal architect, Forget-Bur has a problem: he keeps forgetting things and wishes there was some way he could remember. Especially when the king orders a new monument to be built in his honour. Think of all the details to remember. So when Forget-Bur is inspecting the bricks for the monument, he invents the first ever form of writing: and it's one big shopping list.
#12 - Count on us / The First Easter Egg Ever / Be My Valentine
Season 5 - Episode 31 - Aired 3/15/1996
There's going to be a big bikeathon in Busytown to raise money for charity, and Billy wants to raise a lot of money. Except when Billy's bike is run over it looks like he's out of the game, unless he can earn enough money to buy a second hand bike. As the big day approaches, Billy keeps track of his savings, but he's still short. And that's when to his great surprise, all his friends chip in and Billy gets that bike. Boy... it sure is nice being able to count on your friends.
#13 - The First Easter Egg Ever
Season 5 - Episode 32 - Aired 3/15/1996
On a cold winter night, when a family of candle makers runs of out of wood to heat their home, they are rescued by their kind king. To thank him, the family promises to give the king a wonderful gift in Spring. The chair they build for him is nice, but not very sturdy, and ends up as firewood. The sweater they knit is too small, but it will sure make a nice duster. Finally, the family decides to cook him a feast, but all their eggs break. Except for one. And the little girl finds a way to give the king a very special gift indeed.
#14 - Be My Valentine
Season 5 - Episode 33 - Aired 3/15/1996
It's Valentine's Day in Busytown, and the kids are busy making valentines. Especially Hilda, who gets a little carried away with her valentine for Lowly. When Lowly gives her the same valentine he's giving to all his friends, Hilda gets very upset, but in the end, she realizes that it's not what you give that shows people you love them––it's what you do.
#15 - The Mystery of the Stone Circle / The Big Apple Christmas Caper / Who's too Scared to Masquerade?
Season 5 - Episode 34 - Aired 3/22/1996
The substitute teacher, Mr. Tough, has a very special field trip for the class: to the ancient Stone Circle. But the field trip is less than perfect when his entire class disappears. The kids have found a way into a series of ancient caves and they realize the Stone Circle used to be someone's home. When Mr. Tough finds them he's delighted. They've solved the mystery of the Stone Circle.
#16 - The Big Apple Christmas Caper
Season 5 - Episode 35 - Aired 3/22/1996
the mayor of New York can't believe it. It's Christmas and someone is trying to steal all of New York before her very eyes. Only Sneef and Sniff can solve this case,. At first they don't believe someone could steal New York, but when they see piece after piece rising up into the sky, they decide to get to the top of things. And that's where they find Lady Cheetah, high in the sky in a blimp and with one pretty big magnet. Luckily, New York is returned to normal when Sneef bursts Lady Cheetah's bubble.
#17 - Who's too Scared to Masquerade?
Season 5 - Episode 36 - Aired 3/22/1996
Cousin Russ is planning a great masquerade party, but the little kids are worried because it's going to have a spooky theme. The little kids like dressing up in costumes, but they don't want to get scared. Then they realize there's safety in numbers and they all go together in one big costume, which gives Russ and the older kids a real fright.
#18 - Message in a Bottle / Santa Needs Help / There Really is an Easter Bunny
Season 5 - Episode 37 - Aired 3/29/1996
While playing pirates, Huckle, Lowly, Billy, and Hilda discover a message in a bottle. There's someone out there who's shipwrecked. They tell Mother and Father cat about it, but they think it's just part of the pirate game, so the kids head to Wolf Point Island on their own. Sure enough there's a sailor out there, but when the kids arrive, they are shipwrecked too. So it's a good thing they left a message in a bottle of their own for Mother and Father Cat to find and they come to the rescue.
#19 - Santa Needs Help
Season 5 - Episode 38 - Aired 3/29/1996
Hilda's written her own story for storytime, about one very snowy Christmas eve when Santa needed help. A young girl, Big Hilda, plans a very special Christmas ski party the next day, but when Santa breaks the runners on his sleigh, Big Hilda donates her skis. The next morning she realizes she can't go to her own party... and then she checks her stocking. That Santa is a very clever fellow indeed.
#20 - There Really is an Easter Bunny!
Season 5 - Episode 39 - Aired 3/29/1996
The annual Easter Egg Hunt is fast approaching and all the kids are excited, except for Billy, Huckle, and Lowly. They think they're just too old for Easter Egg hunts. Sally, Bridget, and Robbie realize it's because they don't believe in the Easter bunny anymore, so they try to trick the big kids into believing once again. The little kids' plan fails... but then... they all can't believe their eyes as the real Easter bunny hops off into the woods.
#21 - No More Games, Manuel!
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/26/1996
Little Manuel and his lively imagination are back as he and Pedro play jungle explorers. But they take their game a little too far when they actually follow two real explorers deep into the jungle. Pedro and Manuel help find an ancient ruin, but it sure is difficult convincing everyone after all their tall tales.
Watch Now:Apple TV#22 - The Royal Game of Dennis
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/5/1996
The monks in Abbot Thomas' monastery are very happy, except for Brothers Denis and Pierre: they're responsible for the cleaning and doing the dishes. When the King of France arrives for a tour, all the monks do their best to make him happy. And luckily for Abbot Thomas, Brother Denis and Pierre are there to invent tennis so everyone can have lots of fun.
Watch Now:Apple TV#23 - Now That's Progress
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/5/1996
Mr. Gronkle is fed up with his ancestral castle which is falling down, so he decides to tear it down and build a modern shopping center in its place. The cat family finds out and they start a petition to save the castle, but it's Gronkle's own nephew who saves the day when he reminds his uncle about how a much fun the young Mr. Gronkle had picnicking around the ruins with his own parents.
Watch Now:Apple TV#24 - Superstitious Bananas / Pepe le Goodstaire / Drive-Through Movie
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/12/1996
Bananas Gorilla gets his superstitious bananas and a drive-through theater opens.
Watch Now:Apple TV#25 - Pépé The Goodstaire
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/12/1996
Couscous, the greatest detective in North Africa, is shocked to learn that Pépé The Goodstaire and his gang of dirty rats are to be let out of jail... FOR GOOD BEHAVIOUR. The sickly sweet Pépé and his dirty rats are just out to do some robbing, so Couscous lures them into a huge safe, which is really a paddy wagon, and it's back to jail for Pépé The Goodstaire.
Watch Now:Apple TV