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{{youmay|the series|[[Postcards from Buster (episode)|the episode]]}}[[File:Postcardsbuster.png|thumb]]'''Postcards from Buster''' is a spin-off of the show ''[[Arthur]]''. Inspired by a 2003 ''Arthur'' episode called "Postcards from Buster" the series was produced by Cinar (now known as Cookie Jar) and Marc Brown Studios.

Arthur Read and friends only make occasional cameos in the episodes.

 

The series went through a hiatus between 2008 and February 2012. Two new episodes of season 3 have aired on WGBH 2 and reruns of older episodes will begin to air in March.

''Postcards from Buster'' centers on Buster traveling to various places around [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America North America], usually in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States] but also in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean Caribbean], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada Canada] – and other places – with his father, who is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviator pilot] for a group of musicians. In each episode Buster meets children in the location, who show him aspects of their family lives and local culture. The sequences with Buster are animated, while the portions featuring the children are live action (viewed from the viewpoint of Buster's video camcorder). After each trip, Buster sends to Arthur a "video postcard" videotape summarizing what he's done and who he's met in each location. The children and their families that are presented on the series are meant to be multicultural and diverse, and range from a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon Mormon] family in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah Utah] to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mestizo Mestizo] family in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas Texas].

''Arthur and Buster Thanksgiving Spectacular'' (November 24, 2005) Aired on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2005, this two-hour special featured several Arthur stories and two complete episodes of Postcards from Buster. This special featured interstitial postcard segments from Buster, segments with kids from the show [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZOOM_(1999_TV_series) ZOOM] and a small additional factoid regarding Arthur and Buster. At the end of the special, a secret password for a new game at the official PBS Kids Arthur website was revealed. The Arthur stories shown were: "Buster's Green Thumb", "Dad's Dessert Dilemma", "Thanks a Lot, Binky" and "The Ballad of Buster Baxter". The Postcards from Buster episodes shown were: "Best Friends" and "Among the Hmong"

A series of ''Postcards from Buster'' DVDs of a certain topic have been released. These include ''Buster's Outdoor Journeys'' (featuring episodes ''Sugartime'', ''Meet Me at the Fair'', ''The Giant Pumpkins'' and ''Bayou by Me''), ''Buster's Got the Beat'' (featuring episodes ''Beats by the Bay'', ''Buster and Beatrice'', ''The Music Mystery'' and ''Buster's Sweet Song''), ''Buster's Buddies''(featuring episodes ''Buster's League of Champions'', ''Best Friends'', ''A Sense of Direction'' and ''Sleepy in Seattle'') and ''Buster's World of Sports'' (featuring episodes ''Winter Gold'', ''Swimming in the Desert'', ''Rock and Roll'' and ''Rodeo Cowgirl'').

On October 12, 2010, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_Creek_Entertainment Mill Creek Entertainment] released the complete first season on DVD in Region 1. For some unknown reason, the cover art for the DVD states that this is 'The complete series', when in fact it is not as there are 13 more episodes.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postcards_from_Buster#cite_note-4 [5]]</sup>

*[[Postcards From Buster (season 1)|Season 1]]

*[[Postcards From Buster (season 2)|Season 2]]

*[[Postcards From Buster (season 3)|Season 3]]

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