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Well, it’s been a long time since I posted here on the site, but I’m back. And I’m here to discuss an old cartoon called “The Busy World of Richard Scarry”.
To start, first, I wanted to provide my own opinions of the segment from the cartoon “The Busy World of Richard Scary”, called “Ernst and Heidi in the Alps”.
first of all, As a kid, This episode in particular made me want to go to Switzerland, but my mom told me it was too expensive and today that is still true. Airline travel is not Simple more and it’s not cheap either. I basically would have to pay thousands of dollars just to get overseas and then to get a hotel and buy food and all that. 🧳👞🩳👔🌂🛫🛬🛩️🚠🚞🚋🚃🚟🏨
Plus, Switzerland is not really known just for mountain climbing and skiing. There are plenty of tourist, destinations, like museums and outdoor destinations that I can visit, So I would need a whole week or two to justify being in there.
Now, The episode in particular was funny as a kid but now as an adult, I noticed a few flaws. First of all, Blowing a loud horn in the mountains does not really cause an avalanche. “mythbusters” busted this myth because horns and humans Do not really have enough force to make the mountains come down like that, And snow certainly it’s not gonna budge just for someone making loud noise. Avalanches are called by weather related effects.
Also, I don’t know why Ernst Always use the horn to call for help when he really could’ve used a satellite phone. Even in the 90s, Satellite phones were still a thing, So he could’ve easily called for help that way. 📞
And finally, Why on earth didn’t he take a parachute with him? If He get stuck so often when he climbs too high, You think he would get a parachute and bring with him so he can get down himself safely. 🪂
look, It’s a good episode and all, but it does have a lot of flaws that would not work in real life, so that’s my honest opinion.
Now, since my main opinion of the real episode is out the way, I also wanted to bring up that I do want to work on a new version of this episode that is more expanded on with one of my original characters coming to visit Switzerland. It’s basically a collaboration, role-play script offer and I have a really good storyline and everything. If anyone is interested, Please message me down in the comments below.
The plot is as follows…
“ The plot is that my original character, Gio, an anthropomorphic goat, who lives in New York City as a supervisor for an office building HQ for a furniture store chain, works very hard and has a decent salary.
One day, he comes across a letter from his aunt in Switzerland and it’s a very inspiring message about exploring the world and encouraging him to make use of his limited time on earth and go and see the world, since she’s always wanted that for her nephew, especially after his parents died in a car crash when he was 15 and she took him in while living in Chicago until he went off to college.
The letter also tells him that traveling will be the best thing that ever happened to him and she just wants him to see the world and have a good life. This inspires Gio to book a trip to Switzerland for 3 weeks in November, even cutting into Thanksgiving, and Gio flies first class.
Upon arrival in Zurich, Gio goes to his hotel and then proceeds to have a crazy vacation and the main story plot occurs when he meets up with the characters from that segment, Ernst and a Heidi, and shenanigans ensue and he wonders if he can survive this vacation.”
So, that is basically the plot in a nutshell. I will say that if anyone is interested in doing this project with me, please message me with the comments down below, and I will get back to you when I can. This is something I really would like to do to relive my childhood in a way and get to go to Switzerland without having to go to the trouble of going in real life. :)
Thank you so much.