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Cranky Bugs and Other Thomas Stories is a US and Canadian VHS/DVD release featuring six fifth series episodes narrated by Alec Baldwin and one song. It was distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment on VHS in 1999, 2001 and 2002, and on DVD the same year. The DVD release included two different songs. Lionsgate released the title on DVD in 2009 and for digital download in 2013.
It was released on VHS in 2000 in French-speaking Canada under the title Thomas, Percy and Old Slow Coach and Other Adventures with episodes narrated by Gérard Boucaron. The French release does not include any songs.
Description
1999/2001/2002 VHS
PEEP! PEEP! Join Thomas, Gordon, Sir Topham Hatt, and their friends for exciting adventures on the Island of Sodor. Meet Cranky the Crane and watch as Thomas and Percy come to his rescue after a destructive storm. Help Sir Topham Hatt celebrate Lady Hatt's birthday party after disaster strikes, and see how Toad realizes that going backwards is really useful! Don't miss the fun and magic on the Island of Sodor with all of your favorite friends.
2002/2009 DVD
PEEP! PEEP! Join Thomas, Gordon, Sir Topham Hatt, and their friends for exciting adventures on the Island of Sodor. Meet Cranky the Crane and watch as Thomas and Percy come to his rescue after a destructive storm. Help Sir Topham Hatt celebrate Lady Hatt's birthday party after disaster strikes, and see how Toad realizes that going backwards is really useful!
Don't miss the DVD fun and magic on the Island of Sodor with all of your favorite friends.Episodes
- Cranky Bugs
- Lady Hatt's Birthday Party
- Double Teething Troubles
- Thomas, Percy and Old Slow Coach
- Busy Going Backwards
- A Better View for Gordon *
* Followed by a song on VHS
Songs
- Night Train (VHS only)
- Donald's Duck (DVD only, separate from main feature and auto-played)
- Toby (DVD only, separate from main feature and auto-played)
Bonus Features
- Character Gallery (auto-played) from Best of Thomas
- Link to official Thomas website
Trivia
- The filedates of the US DVD show that it was finished on May 23, 2002.
- This video marks a few things:
- The first Thomas home video release to feature Alec Baldwin's narration.
- The first release of Night Train.
- The first video to feature the fifth series episodes, which would not air in the US until September of that year on Fox Family.
- The only US and Canadian VHS/DVD to feature Class 40's nameboard sequence.
- The only US and Canadian DVD to contain Lady Hatt's Birthday Party, Double Teething Troubles, Thomas, Percy and Old Slow Coach and Busy Going Backwards.
- The last release to feature Caroline's nameboard sequence.
- Coincidentally, this was released the same day as the Blockbuster release "Thomas' Useful Stories".
- Lady Hatt's Birthday Party comes before A Better View for Gordon, so the viewers would not know about Gordon's view at Kirk Ronan.
- 1999 copies of the tape featured the Anchor Bay Entertainment logo at the tail end with music.
- The opening Theme Music is heard in the nameboard sequence after Lady Hatt's Birthday Party.
- On the front cover, an image from Horrid Lorry is used.
- On the back cover, an image from Thomas and the Rumours is used.
- The Amazon release has no intermissions. Instead, a segment of the opening credits displaying the title appears. The digital download release also has the remastered color of the episodes.
- On the Canadian DVD, the bottom half of the disc uses an image of James from Busy Going Backwards in place of the image of Percy and Cranky from Horrid Lorry.
- The opening theme tune is heard in the nameboard sequence after Lady Hatt's Birthday Party.
Goofs
- Some 1999 tape labels misspell Britt Allcroft as "Beth Allcroft."
- On one 1999 tape label, it reads ©Britt Allcroft Thomas Ltd., 1985, 1991, but it was made in 1998.
- The runtime says 46 minutes on another 1999 tape label, when it was supposed to be 35 mins.
- On the front cover, Cranky's crane arm is digitally cut off.
- The episodes' audio is out of sync on the digital download release of the episode.
- Thomas' whistle is crooked on the front cover.
DVD Packs
- Totally Thomas Volume 3
- Cranky Bugs and Other Thomas Adventures/Thomas and the Treasure 2-pack
- Cranky Bugs and Spills and Chills 2-pack
- Fun on the Tracks