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The Busy World Of Richard Scarry
''The Busy World of Richard Scarry'' is an animated children's television series, produced by CINAR Animation and France Animation in association with Paramount Television, that aired from 1994 to 1996, first on Showtime, later on Nickelodeon, and ran for 65 episodes. The television series was based on the books drawn and written by Richard Scarry. Overview The series takes place in the fictional city of Busytown and mainly stars Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm and many of the other residents of Busytown. Every character in the series is an anthropomorphic animal, most commonly pigs, foxes, breeds of dogs, mice, rabbits, goats, and cats. Each episode always features a conflict (which is eventually resolved in the end). However, episodes featuring other anthropomorphic animals, like Couscous catching Pépé le Gangstaire and his dirty rats, Sam and Dudley, Sneef and Sniff, Cucumber and Pickles, etc. have taken place outside of Busytown in other places around the world. Cast *Sonja Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animated Series
An animated series, or a cartoon series, is a set of Animation, animated films with a common title, usually related to one another. These episodes typically share the same main heroes, some different secondary characters and a basic theme. Series can either have a finite number of episodes like, for example, miniseries, a definite end, or be open-ended, without a predetermined number of episodes. They can be released on television, in movie theaters, on the internet or direct-to-video. Like other creative works, cartoon series can be of a wide variety of List of genres, genres and have different target audiences: both males and females, both Children's television series, children and adult animation, adults. Television Animated Television show, television series are aired daily or on certain days of the week during a prescribed Broadcast programming#Time slot, time slot, including, for example, saturday-morning cartoons, List of American prime time animated television series, pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CINAR Animation
The Cookie Jar Group, commonly known as simply Cookie Jar and formerly known as CINAR, was a Canadian animation studio, media production and distribution company that existed from 1976 until it was folded into DHX Media, now WildBrain, on December 25, 2014. The company was first established in 1976 as CINAR Films Inc., a Montreal-based studio that was heavily involved in children's entertainment. Its business model, which included the licensing of its properties into educational markets, had a significant impact on its success; by 1999, CINAR held CDN$1.5 billion of the overall children's television market. In the 2000s, CINAR became the subject of multiple business scandals, including accusations that the company had used offshore accounts to transfer money out of the company, had plagiarized the concept of one of its series, and had obfuscated the involvement of U.S. screenwriters in its productions in order to continue receiving Canadian tax credits for domestic productions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hadley Kay
Hadley Kay (born ) is a Canadian film, stage, television, and voice actor best known for his appearances in '' The Care Bears Movie'', '' Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation'', and '' Popples''. Career At age six, he made his film debut opposite Bill Murray in the 1979 comedy '' Meatballs''. Kay also appeared in ''Superman II'', the ''Star Wars''-based animated series '' Ewoks'', ''Inspector Gadget'', '' Beverly Hills Teens'', and the earlier '' The Raccoons'' specials. Kay was the first voice actor to provide the voice of Scooby-Doo following the death of Don Messick Donald Earle Messick (September 7, 1926 – October 24, 1997) was an American voice actor, known for his performances in Hanna-Barbera cartoons. His best-remembered voice roles include Scooby-Doo; Bamm-Bamm Rubble and Hoppy in ''The Flintsto .... His other television credits include guest appearances in '' The Littlest Hobo'', '' Bizarre'', '' Kung Fu: The Legend Continues'', '' Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wildman
Peter Wildman (born December 29, 1954) is a Canadian actor and member of the Frantics comedy troupe. He appeared as Buzz Sherwood on ''The Red Green Show'', and voiced Mojo in '' X-Men: The Animated Series'' and Mr. Fixit in the series '' The Busy World of Richard Scarry''. He was also a writer on ''The Red Green Show'' from 1994 until 1998. On television, Wildman has also appeared on ''Babar'', ''Piggsburg Pigs!'', '' Transformers: Cybertron'', ''Shining Time Station'', ''Peep and the Big Wide World'', '' Puppets Who Kill'', '' The Avengers: United They Stand'', '' Street Legal'', '' Rupert'', '' Four on the Floor'', '' RoboRoach'', ''Undergrads'', '' Wild C.A.T.s'', '' History Bites'', '' Little Bear'', ''Free Willy'', '' Highlander: The Animated Series'', '' Cadillacs and Dinosaurs'', ''Flash Gordon'', '' Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'', ''Dog City'', ''Cyberchase'', '' Freaky Stories'', ''Tales from the Cryptkeeper'', '' Anatole'', ''Rescue Heroes'', ''Storm Hawks'', '' Commit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Berni
David Berni is a Canadian actor, stand-up comedian and writer. Life and career Berni is well known for voicing Frank on '' Go, Dog. Go!'', Bernie on ''Ollie's Pack'' and Bird Bud on '' The Snoopy Show''. He is also known for voicing Brent Mclean and Hector on ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'', Count Dracula on '' Hotel Transylvania'', and Gawayne on ''Mysticons ''Mysticons'' is an animated television series that aired from August 28, 2017, to September 15, 2018. A collaboration between companies Nelvana, Playmates Toys, and The Topps Company, it was created by Sean Jara, who also served as executive st ...''. Berni has been nominated for 3 Canadian Screen Awards (Gemini Awards) in the Best Performance category for his work on '' Rocket Monkeys'', '' Ruby Gloom'', and '' Iggy Arbuckle''. He has also been nominated for 4 ACTRA Awards in the Best Performance category for his work on ''Ollie's Pack'', ''Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: The Series'', ''Rocket Monkeys'', and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rino Romano
Rino Romano is a Canadian actor. Having first appeared in on-screen roles in the 1990s, he became best known for his voice acting in the following decade; he has served as the voice of Batman and Spider-Man in various media. He has also served as the narrator for the ''Curious George'' animated franchise. Career He is known for his work as Batman in the animated series '' The Batman'' (2004–2008), Spider-Man in '' Spider-Man Unlimited'' (1999–2001), and the video games ''Spider-Man'', '' Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro'', '' X-Men: Mutant Academy 2'' for PlayStation and an uncredited cameo in '' X2: Wolverine's Revenge'', Eduardo Rivera in '' Extreme Ghostbusters'', Luis Sera in ''Resident Evil 4'', King Pen and Scorp in the '' Skylanders'' franchise, Carlos "Stunts" Rey in '' NASCAR Racers'' and the original Tuxedo Mask in the '90s English dub of the anime series ''Sailor Moon''. From 2007 to 2022, Romano also provided voice narration for the PBS series ''Curious George'', as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stocker (voice Actor)
John Stocker is a Canadian voice actor. His career in voice acting began in the 1970s. Life and career In 1973, he joined a comedy troupe called the Zoo Factory, whose members consisted of Dan Hennessey, Bruce Gordon, Harriet Cohen and Jerelyn Craden. On television, Stocker played the voice of Beastly, the clumsy and frantic, but smart villain on the Nelvana version of the ''Care Bears'' television series '' The Care Bears Family''. He also voiced The Rat King in the series finale '' Care Bears Nutcracker Suite''. He and Zoo Factory alumnus Dan Hennessey appeared as Thomson and Thompson on ''The Adventures of Tintin''. In the film industry, he voiced the Cheshire Cat, as well as The Wizard's assistant Dim, in 1987's '' The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland'', and he played a character named Sol in 1993's '' Look Who's Talking Now''. He was also the voice director on ''Beyblade'', '' Medabots'', '' Committed'', '' Pandalian'', ''Sailor Moon'', ''Caillou'', '' The Amazing Spiez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Carlson
Len Carlson (September 2, 1937 - January 26, 2006) was a Canadian voice actor who voiced various characters on many animated television series from the 1960s to the 2000s, an occasional live-action TV actor, and a Kraft Canada TV pitchman during the 1970s and 1980s. He was a native of Edmonton and a former professional athlete, playing baseball for a San Francisco Giantsfarm team before his acting career. Career He was the voice of Big Boss, Sundown and Mace on '' C.O.P.S.'', Senator Robert Kelly and the Supreme Intelligence on ''X-Men'' (1992), Bert Raccoon and Pigs Two and Three in '' The Raccoons'' (and a voice director for the show from 1990 onwards), Putter from '' Popples'', Mr. Frumble, Mr. Gronkle, and Mayor Fox in '' The Busy World of Richard Scarry'', Professor Coldheart in ''Care Bears'' (1985), and '' Rocket Robin Hood'' in some of the third-season episodes. He was also the voice of Allo and Quackpot on the TV series, ''Dinosaucers'' and he was the original voice of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Ouimette
Stephen Ouimette is a Canadian actor and director. Although mostly known for his stage work, particularly at the Stratford Festival of Canada and on Broadway in '' La Bete'', he achieved TV fame (and a Gemini Award) as the ghostly Oliver Welles in the drama '' Slings and Arrows''. From 2016 to 2019, Ouimette was the head of Stratford's Birmingham Conservatory, a training program for young actors. Ouimette is also a voice actor, and is known for voicing Beetlejuice in the eponymous animated series, Angel in '' X-Men: The Animated Series'', and Pompadour in ''Babar Babar (), also variously spelled as Baber, Babur, and Babor is a male given name of Persian language, Persian origin, and a popular male given name in Pakistan. It is generally taken in reference to the Persian language, Persian ''babr'' (Persian ...''. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowly Worm
Lowly Worm is a fictional character created by Richard Scarry; he frequently appears in children's books by Scarry, and is a main character in the animated series ''Richard Scarry Presents The Best Series Ever!'', ''The Busy World of Richard Scarry'' and '' Busytown Mysteries''. In ''The Busy World of Richard Scarry'', he is voiced by Keith Knight. In ''Busytown Mysteries'', he is voiced by Paul Wensley. Lowly is an anthropomorphic earthworm. He usually wears a dark green Tyrolean hat on his head, similar to the hat which Richard Scarry purchased in St. Anton in 1950 and often wore during visits to his publishers in New York City. Lowly also wears a shoe on the end of his tail, a blue and green tube on his body (intended to resemble a sleeveless shirt and one-legged trousers) over a singular "underpant," and a red bow tie. His best friend is Huckle Cat, he lives in Busytown, and he has driven an apple-shaped car since ''The Busy World of Richard Scarry.'' In various episodes o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huckle Cat
''Busytown'' is a fictional town depicted in several books by American children's author Richard Scarry. Busytown is inhabited by an assortment of anthropomorphic animals, including Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm, Mr. Frumble, police Sergeant Murphy, Mr. Fixit, Bananas Gorilla and Hilda Hippo. ''Busytown'' also refers to the media franchise that spawned from Scarry's books. From 1989 to 1994, Random House Home Video and Jumbo Pictures produced the first basic educational learning animated series called ''Richard Scarry's Best Videos Ever!'' on home video. In the early 1990s, Cinar produced the animated series ''The Busy World of Richard Scarry'', featuring the inhabitants of Busytown. The series originally aired on Showtime in the United States. A board game and a computer game based on Busytown were also produced in the 1990s. Another animated series centered on Busytown, ''Busytown Mysteries'', ran in the late 2000s. Characters Scarry's Busytown books consist of detailed drawings of bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busytown
''Busytown'' is a fictional town depicted in several books by American children's author Richard Scarry. Busytown is inhabited by an assortment of anthropomorphic animals, including Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm, Mr. Frumble, police Sergeant Murphy, Mr. Fixit, Bananas Gorilla and Hilda Hippo. ''Busytown'' also refers to the media franchise that spawned from Scarry's books. From 1989 to 1994, Random House Home Video and Jumbo Pictures produced the first basic educational learning animated series called ''Richard Scarry's Best Videos Ever!'' on home video. In the early 1990s, Cinar produced the animated series '' The Busy World of Richard Scarry'', featuring the inhabitants of Busytown. The series originally aired on Showtime in the United States. A board game and a computer game based on Busytown were also produced in the 1990s. Another animated series centered on Busytown, '' Busytown Mysteries'', ran in the late 2000s. Characters Scarry's Busytown books consist of detailed drawing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
