In Chinatown, Bo Baxter and the boys start at the corner of Canal Street and Mott Street, then walk to Baxter Street.Goes to Washington', she pronounced Statue of Liberty correctly). mispronounces the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, and the Statue of Liberty (in ' D.W. Hirsch is the man who tells the gang that their car has been towed.Ĭultural references / Real life locations Bo's hairstyle looks different in this episode compared to the Postcards from Buster series, where he has much more hair.The main gimmick of the series, like this episode, is that the scenes filmed with Buster's camcorder are live-action and feature real people.

This is the pilot episode of the Postcards from Buster series, which premiered the following year.He appeared in flashbacks in earlier episodes. This is the first episode in which Arthur meets Bo Baxter in person.Boy at 'La Fonda Boricua' (live action).Buster apologizes, but Arthur is glad to have seen so much of New York. The Baxters and Reads reunite in front of the theater. Nadine takes Arthur's seat at the musical. Arthur realizes that the musical will begin in fifteen minutes. The girls take them to “The Point”, which is a youth center where kids learn juggling and photography and do homework.Īfter that they have a hotdog in a small restaurant. They go to a bakery and ask two girls for the way. has a fantasy of living there.īo Baxter and the boys get lost after a cab took them to the Bronx. and her parents have lunch at the Hotel Metropole. Then they ask for the way in a Puerto Rican restaurant and are shown pasteles.ĭ.W. Buster interviews a man doing sidewalk drawings. and her parents get off a horse-drawn carriage in Central Park.īo Baxter and the boys end up in El Barrio after their train breaks down. They take the subway and watch some people break-dancing at Grand Central Station.ĭ.W. keeps forgetting things and needs to use the bathroom.īo Baxter and the boys find that the car has been towed because it stood in a no-parking zone. and the Read parents take a long time to leave the hotel, because D.W. They are supposed to meet at a place called “The Point”.Īrthur, Buster and Bo Baxter stop in Chinatown where Buster visits a Chinese bakery. proudly shows the hospitality gifts she got from the hotel room, Buster invites Arthur to come with him and his dad to meet the Latin Rock band that has hired Bo Baxter to fly them on their tour. The next morning, the Reads and Baxters meet in the hotel breakfast room. He was unable to rent a minivan, so the Reads take a taxi, while Buster rides in his dad's car. Everything seen through the camera is live action footage rather than the usual cartoon.īo Baxter greets the Reads at the airport. She gives him a video camera so he can send her tapes of his adventures.īuster tries out the camera in the plane.

say goodbye to Thora, Kate, Pal, and Nadine. Buster takes tissues for her, though she claims she only has dust in her eye.Īt the airport, Mr. is delighted, Arthur less so.īuster and his mom get ready to leave. On the morning of the journey, Grandma Thora tell the kids that she won at Bingo and bought them all tickets for Unicornicopia. She tells him that she will miss him no matter what but wants him to have the experience. She also searches the couch with Nadine for coins and finds Snooter, her imaginary flying pig.īuster tries the opposite strategy and makes a mess so that his mom will be glad when he is gone. reduces Pal's allotment of dog food, squeezes the last bit of toothpaste out of Arthur's tube, tries to feed Kate peas that had fallen to the floor, and cuts out coupons for her mom. scrapes the sprinkles off Arthur's sundae and asks Mr.

He talks to Arthur in the Sugar Bowl and has a fantasy of his mom flooding the airport with her tears. She wonders what she will do without him which makes him even more worried. The tickets are expensive so she tells Arthur to save money.īuster does the dishes for his mom. sees an add for a Broadway musical called Unicornicopia and wants to go. Arthur suggests being extra nice to her.ĭ.W. He is excited, but Buster is worried that his mom will miss him. Read announces that the Reads will be going to New York with Buster, so that Buster can see his dad.Īrthur packs for the trip. Baxter on the phone, while Buster eavesdrops on his mom.

4.1 Cultural references / Real life locationsīuster and the Reads go on a trip to New York to meet Buster's dad.

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