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Rusty to the Rescue and Other Thomas Stories, later shortened to Rusty to the Rescue, is a US and Canadian VHS/DVD release featuring six fourth series episodes narrated by George Carlin and one song. It was distributed by Video Treasures in 1995 and was re-released by Anchor Bay Entertainment in 1996, 1999 and 2000 and on DVD in 2008. Lionsgate re-released it on DVD in 2009.
Description
1995 VHS
PEEP! PEEP! Next stop - The Island of Sodor for more Thomas adventures with new friends. Watch Rusty, the small Diesel engine set off where only brave Diesels dare to go. Will the rescuers find Duke with a bang and reunite him with Stuart and Falcon? Sir Handel's bad temper gets him into trouble and Thomas tells Toby and Percy the story of how Duke became known as Granpuff. So join in the adventure with Thomas and his friends, in volume 12 where the fun never ends.
1996/1999/2000 VHS
PEEP! PEEP! Next stop - The Island of Sodor for more Thomas and his friends. Watch Rusty, the small Diesel engine, set off where only brave Diesels dare to go. Will the rescuers find Duke with a bang and reunite him with Stuart and Falcon? Sir Handel's bad temper gets him into trouble and Thomas tells Toby and Percy the story of how Duke became known as Granpuff.
So join in the adventure with Thomas and his friends, where the fun and excitement never end!
DVD
Peep! Peep! Next Stop - The Island of Sodor with Thomas & Friends™. Watch Rusty, the small Diesel engine, set off where only brave Diesels dare to go. Will the rescuers find Duke with a bang and reunite him with Stuart and Falcon? Join in the adventure with Thomas and his friends, where the fun and excitement never ends!Episodes
- Granpuff
- Sleeping Beauty
- A Bad Day for Sir Handel
- Rusty Helps Peter Sam
- Rusty to the Rescue
- Thomas and Stepney*
*Followed by a song
Song
- Gone Fishing (Junior Campbell version)
Bonus Features
- Sodor Memories from The Early Years
- Activity Sheet
- Sneak Peeks
Trivia
- The font on the front cover of the 2008 DVD is Cooper Black.
- The filedates of the 2008 DVD show that it was finished on July 21st, 2008.
- This is the first US/Canadian VHS to feature many things:
- The first VHS to have the on-screen Video Treasures logo, though it is the fourth (and last) distributed by them before they were merged to form Anchor Bay Entertainment on 2 May 1995.
- The first VHS in which the episode featured in the release's title is not the first featured episode.
- The first VHS to include "and Other Thomas Stories" in the opening title card, rather than just the featured episode's name.
- The first VHS with a music video at the end.
- The first VHS without the end credits roll over the final shot of the last episode.
- The first VHS with Duke, Peter Sam, Sir Handel, Rheneas, Skarloey, Rusty and Stepney's nameboards.
- The first US/Canadian VHS to feature episodes with stereo audio.
- This marks the only US/Canadian release of many things:
- The only release to title Trucks as Rusty Helps Peter Sam, as other releases it was featured in refer to it by its original title.
- The only US/Canadian DVD to have a narrow gauge engine on the menu as the spotlight.
- The only US/Canadian release to feature A Bad Day for Sir Handel, Rusty to the Rescue and Gone Fishing (Junior Campbell version).
- The only US/Canadian Thomas DVD released by Anchor Bay Entertainment after Lionsgate began releasing DVDs on behalf of HiT Entertainment.
- This 2008 DVD release marks the final of a few things:
- The final Thomas & Friends DVD to be distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment in the US and Canada.
- The final US/Canadian DVD without Thomas on the front cover.
- The final US/Canadian DVD to include nameboard sequences.
- The final US/Canadian DVD without a language selection menu until The Heroic Collection.
- The final US/Canadian DVD to have the station menu.
- The 1995 VHS uses the closing variant of the Video Treasures logo at the beginning of the tape.
- On the front cover of the VHS, an image from the fourth series episode Home at Last is used.
- After Sleeping Beauty, the fading in of the nameboard sequence is not used but a cut is used instead.
- On the back cover of the 2008 DVD release, images from the seventh series episode, Trusty Rusty are used.
- This and Henry and the Elephant were the only DVDs released by Anchor Bay Entertainment without a booklet.
- Some stickers from the show Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! are included in some copies in the Anchor Bay DVD release.
- On the front cover of the 2008 DVD release, Rusty's eyebrows are thicker.
Goofs
- On the front cover of the DVD release, Rusty has no wheels and grass is visible behind his driver. Steam is also seen coming from Rusty on both the front cover and in the main menu, despite him being a diesel.
- Rusty's eyes are wonky on the front of the 1995/1996 cover.
- Duncan is seen on the 2008 back cover, but he does not appear in any episodes.
- On the DVD subtitles for Granpuff, Granpuff is incorrected as "Grandpuff."
- The DVD has only the right channel of the stereo mix in mono, even though the VHS release has the full stereo mix.
