Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Live, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sesame Street
• VHS Release Date: May 15, 2001
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005AXAL
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,317 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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While it's true that Elmo's World is one that most 2- to 5-year-olds wouldn't mind waking up to any day of the week, Birthdays, Games & More makes plain that, as far as preschool meccas go, this is as good as it gets. Here, the furry little red guy gets the festivities under way watching real, live kid friends festoon pretty packages with colorful bows (his way of answering the endlessly curious Dorothy's question about how to wrap a present) before tuning into the Birthday Channel for a whirlwind trip to Mexico, where ebullient kids whack away at a piñata, and Israel, where a dizzy gang dips to the ground, doing its best to put on hats sans hands. After a chat with a talking birthday cake, it's game time. A chubby baby gets his toes tweaked in a round of "This Little Piggy"; Ernie and his ducky stop by via e-mail to demonstrate hide-and-go-squeak; and a couple of kids crack Elmo up with their search for Thumbkin, first in English, then in Spanish. The games give way, in a third segment, to a pack of pets. Mr. Noodle the lovable numbskull tries to play fetch with a fish; Elmo's tricky drawer trots out a parade of lettuce, a tiger, and a Telly monster, hoping for some help with the question "What can be a pet and what can't?"; and friend Alisa shows off Fluffy, her cat, and dog Spike. Taken together, Birthdays, Games & More is 60 minutes of playful, furry fun destined to be dusted off for repeat watchings by all wannabe Elmo's World inhabitants. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My 2 year old son loves Elmo's World!, February 13, 2005

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Lorna Doone "Sleepy2002" (Maine, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Elmo's World - Birthdays, Games & More [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I think some of these parents that wrote these previous reviews need to lighten up! Disappointed because a Elmo video did not give you any good ideas on planning a birthday party??? (Did you also get the one on hair to see if you could get some ideas on a new hairstyle?) The bottom line is Elmo is adorable and my son LOVES these videos and wants to watch them again and again. ...and he is learning about all kinds of things throughout the series. YES! it is the same Elmo's World that we have all seen on Sesame St., that is why it is titled "Elmo's World"!! Why are you even surprised? I recommend these videos for TODDLERS highly. Someone mentioned that they find Mr. Noodle annoying. He is trying to entertain your child, not you! ... as Elmo would say "silly parent!"

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My daughters favorite one!, February 27, 2003

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This review is from: Elmo's World - Birthdays, Games & More [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video is by far my daughter's favorite Elmo video...I am not sure why - but the birthday segment really taught her how to blow out the candles on her birthday cake and the segment with Mr. Noodle wrapping a present had her wrapping everything in sight .."Tape, Mama, TAPE!"...she also learned how to play Simon Says from this video and Tag.....she loves the part where the kids play.....
I think it is a good video as any from the Elmo series....

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Elmo strikes again!, February 1, 2002

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Jenni "jenni35" (Louisville, KY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elmo's World - Birthdays, Games & More [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My daughter is an Elmo (and Sesame Street) fanatic. She loves to watch this video and the others in the "Elmo's World" series over and over again. This video is great for Elmo fans. It only contains the Elmo's World segments from the tv show (3) and they are all one right after the other on the video. For kids who can't sit through Sesame Street long enough to get to Elmo's World, this tape is a must-have (along with the other Elmo's World tapes).