The Busy World of Richard Scarry

The Busy World of Richard Scarry
Cover for The Busy World of Richard Scarry: Every Day There's Something New DVD
GenreAnimated series
Written byVarious
Directed by
  • Greg Bailey
  • Marcos Da Silva
  • Pascal Morelli
  • Stephan Martinière
  • Nadja Cozic
Voices of
Theme music composerMilan Kymlicka
ComposerLaurent Petitgirard
Country of origin
  • Canada
  • France
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes65 (195 segments)
Production
Executive producerMicheline Charest
ProducerRonald A. Weinberg
Running time30 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseMarch 9, 1994 (1994-03-09)[1] –
March 29, 1996 (1996-03-29)
Related
Busytown Mysteries
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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,[2] first on Showtime, later on Nickelodeon, and ran for 65 episodes.[3] The television series was based on the books drawn and written by Richard Scarry.[4]

  1. ^ Erickson, Hal (30 July 2005). Television cartoon shows: an illustrated encyclopedia, 1949 through 2003. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 166. ISBN 0786422556. OCLC 57349103. The Busy World of Richard Scarry series preached ... Showtime: debuted March 9, 1994
  2. ^ Erickson, Hal (30 July 2005). Television cartoon shows: an illustrated encyclopedia, 1949 through 2003. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 166. ISBN 0786422556. OCLC 57349103. The Busy World of Richard Scarry series preached ... Showtime: debuted March 9, 1994
  3. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 100. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  4. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. pp. 36–37. ISBN 9781476672939.