The Banana Stand

So due to the fact that I've been reading stories to my kids and watching a little tv before bed, I had the weirdest dream last night. It was basically Arrested Development by Richard Scarry. In it, the narrator from Arrested was reading a Richard Scarry book, but to the plot of the show.

When i mentioned it on twitter, @cool_collected made a hilarious comment about Bananas Gorilla manning the banana stand. From that, I immediately knew I had to draw the scene where Gob tells George Michael to give him a "Gob" (his name for a double-dipped banana with everything on it) with Lowly Worm standing in for Gob (and of course Bananas Gorilla standing in for George Michael). 

So here it is, a scene from Richard Scarry's Busy Development.

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Sergeant Murphy and the Case of the Stolen Motorcycle

Today's illustration is based on my favorite character from Richard Scarry's Busytown, Sergeant Murphy. As a kid I had this awesome little toy figure of Sgt. Murphy (which unbeknownst to me at the time came from a set called Puzzle Town). He came with a cool red motorcyle that had a sidecar attached to it where his wife could sit.

If only they still made toys as cool as they used too...