
Baxter: Watch where you're going, Buster! That magnifying glass is going to give you eye strain!īuster: Huh? (rushes over to where the sirens came from) (Buster has a magnifying glass in his hands looking for subjects) But there are always shifty characters at the arcade. MacGrady: It's a real canine name for a dog! My first husband was named Chester.īuster: That afternoon, I still hadn't found a mystery. MacGrady: Now Chester, there's a fine name for a dog, don't you think?Īrthur: (puts the bag of quarters on the table and leaves) Dogs are sensitive, you know, and if you name a fire dog Smokey, well, who's he gonna root for?Īrthur: (tries to grab Mrs. MacGrady: But I don't want to see the dog getting some kind of complex, Chief. MacGrady: Smoke is pretty much your business, isn't it? Where there's Smokey, there's a fireman you might say. MacGrady: Yes, it does have a nice kind of ring now that you mentioned it. MacGrady: What's that, chief? Yes, Smokey is a nice name for a dog! But how about Edgar or Winston? MacGrady is talking on the phone with the fire chief) I'll find a crime! Hurry up, I'll tell my Mom that I'll wait for you! There have been signs up for two weeks!īuster: Oh well, I'm not giving up. (looks around) Third grade picnic this Friday!Īrthur: (sighs) I know that, Buster. (puts the quarters in a paper bag, then notices his private eye costume) What's with the goofy hat?īuster: It's part of my new detective kit! I've been snooping, looking for crimes!īuster: No, but I did pick up some secret information. Here!īuster: Hey Arthur, my Mom's taking me to the arcade! You wanna come?īuster: My mom's waiting in the car! Hurry!Īrthur: Just let me take these quarters to Mrs.

(thinks about it for a moment and finally gives him the quarter). We're going to buy a puppy for the fire department. (Arthur is volunteering at a fundraising booth in the school hallway so the Elwood City Fire Department can get a new puppy)īinky: What's with the dopey table, Arthur?!Īrthur: I'm collecting quarters for Mrs. Kids: Arthur? (chants): Arthur! Arthur! Arthur! Arthur! Arthur! Arthur!īuster: But I'm getting ahead of myself! Let's go back to the beginning.īuster: It all started two days ago. (Shortly after, we hear loud chatter from the kids outside the hallway)

Ratburn's classroom all by himself feeling very disappointed) (We now see Arthur sitting in detention in Mr. It involved my pal Arthur, some missing quarters, and a WHOLE lot of trouble. I'm going to tell you about my very first case.

The door slowly opens and we see Buster in his room wearing a trenchcoat and a hat drinking a soda.)īuster (to the viewers): Buster Baxter, Private Eye. (We see Buster's apartment, then we see a sign that says " Buster Baxter, Private Eye" with an eyeball on the bottom.
