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... View MoreFor as long as I can remember, Arthur has been a big part of my childhood. It's easily my favorite book series as a kid and is one of my favorite educational shows as a kid. During one of the show's episodes, Buster leaves Elwood City for a vacation with his pilot dad and goes around the world. This led to a spin off known as Postcards from Buster.In this show, Buster goes to other countries around the world like Egypt, Italy, and so on. In each episode, Buster learns about different cultures, the types of food there, and traditions in each country. Sounds like fun, right? Well it would be if the show wasn't a complete bore.Throughout a majority of the show, we never see the title character, Buster. We hear him interact with the people he meets, but we don't see him until the end of each episode. Most of the show takes place in a first person perspective that takes place in real life.First of all, why is this taking place in the real world? Shouldn't this be animated like in Arthur? Secondly, why have this all take place in this first person POV? I get they're trying to go for what Buster recorded on his trips, but this comes off more like somebody did some home movies, PBS learned about them, and decided that Buster should voice over these videos to show his adventures. This is just a lazy move to save money, or, most likely, the team was very cheap and didn't want to do animation.I'm also not kidding when I say we don't see Buster at all in the show. We only see him in two places. One, the opening theme. Two, the ending. We hear what he wants to do or how intrigued he is in something, but we don't see him interact at all. My question here is why even have Buster be the star when we don't see him through 99% of the show? Now that's not to say this show is complete garbage. There are some good stuff for kids to learn from the locations Buster goes to. They can pick up some historical icons from the locations. Maybe the traditions in certain places. There's some education to be found here, but ultimately kids will grow bored. Anybody who's a fan of Arthur will want to see Buster, but just hearing him all the time and not seeing much of anything else gets boring very fast. There's no variety, there are no laughs to be found, and since most kids have a short attention span, they may not want to pay attention very long to the history stuff.If the show was animated, had Buster become friends with other people, and had adventures with said person, that would work out. They could keep some of the educational stuff about places around the world and mix it up a bit with the life lessons from Arthur. That could've made the show as successful as Arthur. Instead, we get a show that's boring and resembles somebody filming a day in the life of their home.Postcards from Buster is an overall forgettable show that was a bad attempt to try to be as successful as Arthur. While it has some good educational stuff in it, kids will get bored very easily because of the lack of variety in each episode. We never see Buster himself in the show, but only his voice, making it a lazy effort. There are no laughs, nor does it have the charm that Arthur has. This show is just too boring for anyone, especially for those who love Arthur. If you're a parent wanting to show kids the world of Arthur, have them read the books or watch the excellent TV show, even if it has jumped the shark and has some bad episodes. As for this show? Keep the kids away from it. This is just a skid mark on the good name of Arthur that needs to be best left forgotten.
... View MoreThis is simply a great show. Buster travels around the USA and the world, meeting people of many walks of life. Every episode offers unique perspectives and experiences. Truly diverse and enriching travels are shown, for example: a Pow Wow in Wyoming, crab fishing in Louisiana, maple sugaring in Vermont, martial arts in Seattle, county fair in Indiana, and food and music, well, everywhere. Very enjoyable,to kids and adults, and very educational as well. I really like how broad and non-judgemental the show is. I also like how the show shows real people, I think helping to erase any bad stereotypes by showing how interesting everyone everywhere can be. Keep travelling, Buster!
... View MoreI can't get enough of the show & I'm almost 18 yrs. old, so you can't say it's just for kids. I'm totally obsessed with Carlos & Mora. They are so awesome!! I know it's kind of odd, but, it makes me happy! The only thing I have to complain about is that there's not enough of Carlos & Mora in the show (well, not enough for me anyway. Although, maybe there will never be enough for me). They are so cool & so cute together, such a cute couple! I love how he'll walk with his arm around her & all that kind of stuff! My 11 yr.old sister laughed at me for liking this show, but now it's growing on her, too. It has a lot of educational stuff to it, but the main reason I watch it is for Carlos & Mora. Their songs are also very catchy. I could go on & on about Carlos & Mora all day... I even taped some of the songs & got Postcards From Buster DVDs.
... View MoreI started to watch this the other day for the whole episode,but then I didn't like it at all.I mean sure it's educational by having the main character,Buster,going places around the world and tell the viewers about the things he learned and stuff.But you know,you could get those things from traveling show,and it would still be a whole lot better than this show.Postcards from Buster is about a rabbit that goes on a summer vacation with his rabbit dad,and he goes around filming people and learn about their culture,friends,and family.It's a two part show:when there are no real people around,the scene would be animated,but if Buster is filming real people,the whole show would be real scenes.The show is pretty annoying,it is very childish.When Buster film people,the show would turn into real,and you never see the animated characters when the show is real.Plus,whenever Buster goes meeting someone new,they would just invite him to their house,then either they will take him somewhere or they would give him their stuff.It's like Buster's freeloading off everyone he meets and that's very rude.I don't like the way the people treats Buster,it's not the way the people in the real world treat each other,because the people in PFB always treat Buster like his best friend in the first day they met,and that is really unrealistic(not counting the animated-switching-to-real part of the show).So pretty much,all I want to say is,this show might be interesting to little kids like Barney.But to the adults,it can get very boring very quickly after the first 5 episodes.
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