Busytown Mysteries, also known as Hurray for Huckle!, is an animated television series produced by Canadian studio Cookie Jar Entertainment, with Singapore studio Peach Blossom Media joining in production for the second season. It airs in Canada as part of the Kids' CBC block and on the Tiny Pop channel in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the show was scheduled to debut on Qubo, but it aired as part of the Cookie Jar TV block on CBS instead, and then returned to the United States on Starz. The first season was directed by Ken Cunningham and produced by Christine Davis. Animation for this season was produced by Helix Digital inc. Post production was handled by Fearless Films and Supersonics Productions Inc. This season was the winner of the 2009 CFTPA award for best children's program, and nominated for the 2009 Pulcinella award for best preschool series at Italy's prestigious "Cartoons on the Bay". The second season was directed by Larry Jacobs with post directing by Ken Cunningham and produced by Genna Du Plessis, and Audrey Velichka.

Overview

The show takes place in Richard Scarry's Busytown and teaches the deductive reasoning through stories in which Huckle Cat (with his sister Sally Cat, and friend Lowly Worm) solve mysteries by examining evidence, with occasional help from friends such as Hilda Hippo, and twins Pig Will and Pig Won't. The mysteries are filed through insect reporter Gold Bug, who comes with a microphone and his own personal news van.

Voice cast

Episodes

Each of the following episodes consists of two seasons.

Season 1 (2007)

Season 2 (2009–2010)

Home releases

Between 2009-2010, NCircle Entertainment released several DVD releases of the series in the United States. The first two releases: "The Very Best Busytown Friends Ever!" and "Zooming Around Busytown" were released on February 10, 2009. The third: "The Best Outside Fun Ever!" was released on June 30, 2009. All three of these releases were released under the show's alternate title: Hurray for Huckle!. The last two releases: "A Pickle of a Pickle in Busytown", released on May 25, 2010, and "The Mysterious Mysteries Of Busytown", released on July 13, 2010, were released under the show's original title. On July 27, 2010, Mill Creek Entertainment released a DVD called You and Me Solve a Mystery, a 3-disc set featuring the entire second season of the series on DVD, once again in the United States. Similar to other Cookie Jar releases from Mill Creek, the set also contains a bonus episode of The Busy World of Richard Scarry alongside four other Cookie Jar shows: Wimzie's House, A Miss Mallard Mystery, Nellie the Elephant and Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings. The company also released the first disc as a standalone release on the same day, titled "The Biggest Mysteries Ever!", containing the same bonus episode of The Busy World of Richard Scarry.