Product Details

• Actors: Jonah Bobo, Sean Curley, LaShawn Jefferies, Naelee Rae, Reginald Davis Jr.
• Directors: Donald Kim
• Writers: Anne D. Bernstein, Janice Burgess, Scott Gray
• Format: NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Nickelodeon
• VHS Release Date: January 24, 2006
• Run Time: 99 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BNXD28
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139,330 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Get your toes a-tapping in the Wild West – and on a High Tea adventure – with The Backyardigans. Yip-yip-yip and pip-pip-cheerio!

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Such clever stories! Celtic Music on "High Tea", November 6, 2006

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Earleen O. Burch (Chapel Hill, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Backyardigans - Polka Palace Party (DVD)

I bought this DVD because it had my all-time favorite episode, "High Tea" on it, which features Celtic music and a little Irish dancing. Polka Palace Party is a very close second, though. The creators of Backyardigans keep getting better by combining creative adventures for the 5 friends with terrific song and dance numbers. The clarity of the video is so clear it's almost 3-D.

23 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the best one to get for your first Backyardigan purchase, February 4, 2006

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Amanda Richards (Georgetown, Guyana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Backyardigans - Polka Palace Party (DVD)

This is the third DVD of the series, and contains another four adventures of the five colorful friends known as the Backyardigans.

Polka Palace Party introduces kids to four new genres of music. The songs in the four adventures are themed to Polka, Irish folk music, Gilbert & Sullivan and Rockabilly.

Unfortunately, the grouping in this DVD puts the two slower musical themes back to back, and between "High Tea" with its Irish theme and "The Heart of the Jungle" based on the music of Gilbert & Sullivan, my son lost interest and barely glanced at "Viking Voyage".

Because of this, I am forced to watch Polka Palace Party repeatedly, as nobody wants to go any further.

Not the best one to get for a first purchase, but still worth a look.


Amanda Richards, February 5, 2006

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Backyardigans: the best., March 26, 2006

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William Lewis Read (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Backyardigans - Polka Palace Party (DVD)

The Backyardigans are the best kid video entertainment, and coming from a die hard Sesame Street fan that is saying a lot. I came home from work to an empty house, started fixing dinner, and thought - hmm, maybe I'll listen to the High Tea video. With no kid around! After watching it a million times!

The characters are real individuals. Pablo is hyper and frenetic, Tyrone thoughtful and smart (also a little tone deaf), Tasha bossy and authoritarian, and Austin (who is often left out of these episodes) seems to usually play the mysterious or quiet "other". Uniqua is the engine of each Yardigans episode, energetic and engaged.
The videos are long: 4 episodes = 2 hours. Each has high production values and is packed with singing, dancing, and really fine music. Especially after watching Little Einsteins, where the characters shout everything at the top of their lungs, or the Wiggles where the silliness wears thin, the Backyardigans are really refreshing. I also recommend "Snow Fort", which has the Yeti episode, one of the best.



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