Customer Reviews

Fireman Sam: To the Rescue!

5 star:		(16)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Fireman Sam To The Rescue! is a collection of brand new "Fireman Sam" episodes on DVD. A charming, child-friendly anthology following the brave Fireman Sam and his fire brigade in their heroic efforts to protect the residents of Pontypandy village, Fireman Sam To The Rescue! includes both funny and suspenseful situations. The individual episodes are "Neighborhood Watchout", "Bathtime for Dusty", "Fun Run", "Trouble & Squeak", and "Beast of Pontypandy". English, Spanish, and French language tracks are available on this upbeat and energetic DVD, highly recommended for young people. 45 minutes, closed-captioned.

Fireman Sam is a great stop-motion animated show for young kids who are fascinated with Firefighters - like my 2-1/2 year old son. I was so happy to find this DVD because I didn't have to order it from overseas. It has FIVE great episodes. The series includes the town mischief-maker, Norman Price who seems to get into trouble and learn a lesson in most episodes. The show really teaches a lot about fire safety in ways that little kids can understand. Interesting factoid: the original series was done in Welsh in 1985 and has evolved over the years. Fireman Sam really is the hero next door!

2nd production stop motion animation, much better than the newer fireman sam Computer animation. My 2 year old loves it!

Our son started out watching the older Fireman Sam videos on cable when he was 2. Then recently, our cable provider switched to the newer version. He loves this video of older episodes, and I love that there are several together so I don't have to keep the remote near by to select another episode. Great stuff! We bought the other videos too.

The older Fireman Sam episodes are more enjoyable for my grandson, so he was thrilled to get this 2008 video. They are all his favorites and continue to excite him with each viewing.

My 4 year old daughter absolutely loves Fireman Sam. We could not find it anywhere at our local Target or Toy R Us...thank goodness for Amazon.

Everyone's favorite firefighter is back with five great new episodes! As usual, Fireman Sam and his trusty crew have their hands full helping the citizens of Pontypandy. I find it surprising that this is the only firefighter themed children's show on the air today. Aren't scads of little boys fascinated with fire trucks and rescue? With such a limited selection, we should be glad Fireman Sam is so entertaining!

There are several aspects that make this series particularly appealing. There's a great foreign humor (this is a Welsh production) alive here that is very different from our typical U.S. cartoons. The characters are all lovable (and troublesome) small town people with lovable personalities and funny catchphrases that never fail to deliver some action.

No job is too big or too small for these brave firefighters. Sam and the rest of the firefighters help out by teaching the local kids about camping safety and helping a friend in need who cannot swim. Of course, troublesome Norman creates creates some trouble by trying to show off. While trying to rescue Rosa the Cat Rosa from the tree, Norman winds up getting stuck alongside her, and the fire brigade has to rescue them both.

As for my husband and I, we find it annoying, however, our son loves it. He plays it over and over again. It does teach our son about important fire saftey tips, so that is good. It is perfect for a little boy ages 2 and a half and up.

The content of these DVDs is great. My son loves Fireman Sam. That being said, HIT/Lionsgate has created these DVDs so that you have to sit through several minutes of previews to get to the autoplay feature. Then, when you select autoplay, you have to sit through the previews again before you can watch the program. Anyone with an impatient two-year-old can imagine what a pain this is. Shame on HIT/Lionsgate for forcing this on consumers.

My son got this from Santa. In the last three weeks, I can't count the number of times he's watched it. He laughs and laughs at things only he recognizes as funny. Personally, I think the Norman character is unrealistically naughty, and really, all the characters are one-dimensional which is why I only gave it four stars. But when you're 4, I guess it doesn't matter, so he'd give it five stars.