Both halves of "Based on a True Story" and the episode half "Flippity Francine" are now online at PBS Kids Go video player!http://pbskids.org/go/video
In "To Eat or Not to Eat", they don't really show Buster taking the bar and leaving the store. It is possible that Mr. Manino came later and Buster paid for it, or that Buster just put some cash on the counter.