The Busy World of Richard Scarry: Mr. Frumble's New Cars

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Greg Bailey directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada, France. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Tight 25-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
• 231 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
• 3International production across 2 countries: Canada, France.
• 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 5Sonja Ball and Keith Knight and Len Carlson carry the top of the cast.
• 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime

25 min · 0h 25m

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

NR

Also by

Greg Bailey

• 
  Arthur: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll

  2002 · ★ 8.5
• 
  The Busy World of Richard Scarry: It's a Busy, Busy, Day!

  2010 · ★ 8.0
• 
  Arthur's Perfect Christmas

  2000 · ★ 7.7
• 
  The Busy World of Richard Scarry

  1994 · ★ 7.5
• 
  Arthur’s Scary Stories

  2000 · ★ 7.0
• 
  Arthur

  1996 · ★ 7.0

Production companies

Who made it

• 

  CINAR

  CA

• 

  France Animation

  FR

Key crew

• Executive ProducerMicheline Charest
• ProducerRonald A. Weinberg
• Co-ProducerChristian Davin
• Supervising ProducerCassandra Schafhausen
• Creative ConsultantHuck Scarry
• Original StoryRichard Scarry
• Line ProducerLesley Taylor
• Line ProducerPatricia Robert
• MusicLaurent Petitgirard
• MusicMilan Kymlička
• Story EditorCassandra Schafhausen
• Producer's AssistantThomas Lapierre

Release history · US

When it landed

• Physical1995-10-03NR· VHS Release