Season 4 • Episode 2
LatestBuster is excited to visit Chile but is afraid he won't be daring enough to keep up with the locals.
Postcards from Buster is a children's television series for children aged 6–12, containing both animation and live-action that originally aired on Public Broadcasting Service. It is a spin-off of the Arthur cartoon series. The show stars Arthur's best friend, 8-year-old rabbit Buster Baxter. Inspired by a 2003 episode of Arthur entitled "Postcards from Buster", the television series was produced by Cinar and Marc Brown Studios. It first aired October 11, 2004, on PBS Kids Go!. Buster's interests include eating anything, reading comic books, and playing video games. Buster's personality is that of a fairly intelligent and curious child. He also believes that extraterrestrials are real. Buster's parents are divorced; in this series, Buster is seen with his father, Bo Baxter.
Production
Real kids in real places—actual travel footage, not fake sets.
Writing
Tackles divorce with surprising nuance for PBS.
Creators
Marc Brown, Natatcha Estébanez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The show was controversially pulled from two episodes featuring same-sex parents in 2005, making it an early flashpoint in children's TV representation debates.
Daniel Brochu has voiced Buster since 1996—longer than most of the show's target audience has been alive.
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