The Busy World of Richard Scarry

Huckle and Lowly keep missing the big stories around town as they go after a scoop for the school newspaper. Finally they do an article about finding Mr. Tic Tock's lost key which turns out to be a human interest story that gets them on the front page. / Pepe and his gang of Dirty Rats escape from prison and look for a boat in Gibraltar to get far away. The disguised detective Couscous tricks the hungry crooks onto a boat loaded with delicious cheese. But when the feast begins, Pepe and the dirty rats are netted and shipped back to prison. / Mr. Frumble volunteers to help around the fire station, and he's a little disappointed when all he's to do is decorate for the annual Fireman's Ball. But when all the firefighters leave to get supplies for the party, they inadvertently leave Mr. Frumble in the station all by himself - and the fire alarm rings!

Sprout Goat's really disappointed when he can't go on a field trip to the Hydro-Electric plant with Sergeant Murphy - he's got to help his father harvest the tomatoes. But when the Scouts have car trouble and arrive at the farm, the Scouts learn all about farm life and Sprout's chores are all done. / There's been a terrible theft in Paris - Madame Dog's famous pies have been stolen and Sam and Dudley are called in. After a daring chase through Paris, a clever disguise lands Horace Wolf and Crocky Crocodile right back where they started. At Madame Dog's bakery where they have to wash all her pots and pans. / After Father Cat smashes his headlight on some junk in the garage, Huckle and Lowly help him clean up once and for all. With the garage all cleaned out, Father Cat heads off to get his headlight fixed. But back at home, Mother Cat decides she wants to keep most of the stuff and she hauls it back in. And when Father Cat drives his car back into the garage - crunch! - he needs another new headlight.

A class lesson comes to life as Huckle and his classmates learn about the olden days of Busy Town when Captain Willy took on a gang of mouse pirates who steal his lunch. Captain Willy disguises himself as the legendary Monster of Busy Bay - scaring the pirates into the ship's hold where he locks them in and then hands them over to Constable Murphy. / Cucumber and Pickles arrive in Japan to take pictures of the famous noodle maker Chef Sato, but when he goes missing, they head out to find him. They follow a trail of wet noodles and rescue Chef Sato from Big Big Basho, the town's weight lifter. Big Basho loves Chef Sato's noodles but he's not allowed in the restaurant because he slurps his noodles. Cucumber uses her 'noodle' and finds a way for Big Basho to enjoy Sato's noodles anytime. / Mr. Fixit takes the scouts camping to rough it in the wilds, but his idea of roughing it isn't the same as what the Scouts have in mind. Mr. Fixit arrives with a big trailer and all the comforts of home. When a big storm hits the Scouts are thankful they're with Mr. Fixit, and they ride his trailer down a rough river and end up on Busy Beach where they have a big cook out.

Inspired by Father Cat's memories of when he played Viking on a raft, Huckle, Lowly, and Sally decide to build him a raft just like the old days. But when the raft gets swept up on the river with Huckle and Lowly aboard, Sally must choose between keeping a surprise, or fessing up to what happened. / On a royal trip to Australia, the Queen's jewels go missing so Sneef and Sniff are called in to find them. After setting a clever trap, the nefarious jewel thief Lady Cheetah is revealed to be the villain, but she escapes and the Queen's jewels sink to the bottom of the ocean. Luckily for the Queen, Sneef, Sniff, and Sir Clam are there to find them. / A magazine article inspires Hilda and she decides to direct her own play. Hilda the director casts her friends to star in her romantic play, but Hilda's soon over her head. The romantic play becomes a comedy, but when Hilda realizes how much the audience likes it, she has to agree that it was the best play ever.

Rudolph Von Flugel takes Huckle and Lowly up in his airplane, but he forgets to do up his own seatbelt. When he does a loop-de-loop, he falls out of the plane, leaving Huckle and Lowly to pilot it by themselves. Rudolph's got to get back up to rescue them, but when the human cannon at the amusement park, and a large rocket attached to his back fail, Rudolph resorts to the tried and true - his old balloon. / The Pigs celebrate their anniversary by throwing a costume party on a Lake Geneva steamboat. Luckily when Mrs. Pig's new pearl necklace disappears, Sam and Dudley are there to follow the only clue - strange powder marks. And with the help of a powder donut-munching police officer, Sam and Dudley solve the great steamboat mystery. / Mayor Fox has invited the Mayor of Workville to dine with him at Louie's restaurant. So when Louie's waiter and chef are sent home sick, Louie hires the Three Beggars to help. Benny Baboon eats all the food, Harry Hyena and Wolfgang Wolf keep going in the out door, and finally, everyone ends up covered in cake. But the Mayor of Workville has the greatest time, and wishes restaurants in Workville were just as much fun.

Huckle, Lowly and Billy Dog are having fun playing around at the Busytown observatory where Billy's mom works, but the fun ends when she tells Billy their moving. Billy's really sad about the move - he likes living in Busytown... but when their all packed up, Huckle and Billy are delighted to find out Billy's not leaving Busytown... he and his mom are just moving up to the observatory. / Sneef and Sniff arrive in Russia to guard a diamond framed painting which is being transported by train. And when the jewels go missing, the thief just has to be one of the passengers on the train. They find their suspect, Lady Cheetah, who hid the diamonds in an ice bucket. Lady Cheetah gets away, but the jewels are retrieved, and Sneef and Sniff are rewarded with a cool drink. / After being helped himself, Mr. Frumble decides to get a job helping other people. He tries working for Mr. Root and Mr. Fixit, but both jobs end up in disaster. Finally, when things look their bleakest, Mr. Frumble inadvertently turns everything around and ends up helping everyone he wanted to.

Everyone in Busytown's getting ready for the big Hospital bake sale, and Mother Cat's made her famous cake. When there's an accident and the cake is destroyed, Huckle, Lowly, and Hilda set out to bake a new one to surprise Mother Cat... and it's their cake that puts them over the hump. Now the hospital can buy a new ambulance. / Detectives Sam and Dudley are called upon to find out who's stealing groceries at the big Los Angeles supermarket. Dudley disguises himself as a sack of potatoes, and when he gets stolen, Sam must chase the thief down all by himself. Things look grim when Sam is captured, but the thief panics at the sight of a walking sack of potatoes, and he gives himself up. / It's Bananas Gorilla's first day on the job at Scotty's garage and boy does it start off bad. He's late for work, runs into Mr. Gronkle, and then he's accused of pick pocketing Mr. Gronkle's wallet and stealing Mr. Gronkle's car. But the truth is revealed that all Bananas Gorilla wanted to do was return Mr. Gronkle's lost wallet fast... which is why he took his car.

Overworked Sgt. Murphy gets "help" from a deputy just out of the academy. But the deputy is so gung-ho to make good that she ends up causing even more work for Sergeant Murphy. But when Sgt. Murphy shows her how to really help the Busytowners, Sergeant Murphy is able to head off on a family picnic. / Pepe le Gangstaire and his Dirty Rats escape from prison to steal the Jewel of Jewels from a passing caravan. Pepe enlists the aid of a poor dancing girl to show them where the jewel is hidden for the night, and she leads them to the huge treasure chest. Pepe and his dirty rats are very surprised when they are locked in the treasure chest by the poor dancing girl who's none other than our hero Couscous. / Huckle and Lowly are hurrying out the door when Mother Cat asks them to deliver cookies to the new family on the block. And she wants them to show the new kid around town. Huckle and Lowly get sidetracked and meet a new girl Cassie Cat... and after playing with her all day, they introduce her to Mother Cat - who's very happy Huckle did what she asked him.

A huge storm is on its way to Busytown so Sergeant Murphy evacuates everyone to a shelter on the Busytown ski hill - everyone but grouchy Mr. Gronkle who's locked himself in his beach house. Thankfully the Three Beggars happen to pass by and rescue him, and for the first time ever, Mr. Gronkle's really happy to have some people around. / While on a photo shoot in the Canadian Rockies, Cucumber and Pickles must chase a runaway supply car. With the help of Constable Raccoon, they stop the car and find that Husky Blue Eyes and Grizzly Jack have been up to no good and were trying to steal the supplies. At the train station, everyone's thankful when the supplies arrive - being pulled along by the two villains. / Sally's off to school, but she'd really just like to stay home and make puppets with Mother Cat. But when the teacher tells Sally that she has a puppet stage, Sally enthusiastically leads the other students in making puppets. And when the Cat Family arrive to pick her up at the end of the day, they find they are the stars in a puppet show.

There's a big show in town, and Bananas Gorilla gets a crush on Ms. Coconut, the lead actress. Bananas wants so much to meet her, that he forgets all about his passion for bananas. That is until he presents Ms. Coconut with a beautiful bunch as a gift and she hands them back. She doesn't like bananas.... but boy does Bananas Gorilla and he gets to eat the whole bunch. / The nefarious jewel thief Lady Cheetah strikes again and when disguised as the Royal Fortune Teller, she steals all of Prince Tusk's jewels. Sneef and Sniff hurry to solve the case and set a trap. Lady Cheetah escapes but the jewels are retrieved when the real fortune teller is found and makes a lucky guess. / Sally Cat is going on a trip all by herself to Sand Dollar Beach to visit her cousin Lily... and she's going to fly there in a plane. Sally's a little nervous at first, but with the help of a kind flight attendant, Sally loves her plane ride, and her family realizes that Sally's growing up.

Father Cat is supposed to review the Grand Hotel for his travel agency, but as soon as he gets there, he sprains his ankle. It's now up to Huckle, Lowly, and Sally to review the hotel, and in the process, they help a kind Bell Person get promoted to Assistant Manager. / Pepe and his Dirty Rats are out of jail, and disguised as humble servants, they are robbing the Empress of Fazooly blind. Couscous is hot on their trail, and he tricks them into believing there's a great treasure in a nearby pyramid. But when Pepe and the Dirty Rats sneak into the pyramid, they find themselves locked in a paddy wagon and it's back to jail for them. / Father Cat wants the family to spend more time together, so they all go on a ski trip. But while the rest of the family sticks together, poor Father Cat keeps getting sidetracked and goes off on wild rides of his own. When Father Cat mistakenly ends up on the ski jump and wins a competition, Father Cat decides that the best way to spend time together is sleeping on the sofa.

While climbing a tree to get Huckle a juicy apple, Lowly falls and breaks his leg. Huckle feels guilty and does everything to make it up to Lowly, except that Lowly gets used to being waited on hand and foot. But when Huckle saves Lowly on his runaway wheelchair, it's Lowly's turn to help Huckle... because Huckle broke his leg. / The day Cucumber and Pickles arrive in Machu Pichu to photograph the 10 golden rings, some are stolen... and Cucumber and Pickles are blamed. Our heroes must find out who the real thief is, and by using the temples secret passages, stay one step ahead of the temple guards to catch the real thief. / Huckle and Lowly are going to pet-sit Hilda's pet parakeet Penelope, but when the little bird gets loose, Huckle and Lowly scramble to catch it before Hilda gets back. Hilda returns to find Penelope's cage empty and when Huckle and Lowly explain what happened, she thinks that Penelope didn't like living with her... but just then Penelope flies in through the window... she was actually out looking for Hilda.

To earn money to buy a stereo system, Huckle gets a job delivering newspapers. Huckle recruits so many customers Mother Cat and Lowly have to help him every day. When Huckle finally makes enough money, he realizes how much his mom and Lowly helped him, so he buys them presents and decides to save his money for something really important... a new sports car. / It's the big Rio Carnival and Cucumber and Pickles are there to capture everything on film... except that everything isn't much - all the costumes are missing. Marcos Mouse is the only one in a costume, and he wins first prize, but Cucumber and Pickles discover that he's the costume thief. Marcos fesses up and helps everyone back into their costumes and the parade is the best one ever. / Humperdink the baker is raffling off 100 donuts and everyone in town is buying a ticket. That is, everyone but Mr. Frumble - he's just too unlucky. And when Huckle lends him his lucky card, it looks like Mr. Frumble is right because he not only loses his ticket, but Huckle's card. Luck is restored when the ticket and card are found in one of the donuts - and Mr. Frumble wins big.