Product Details

• Actors: Laurie Berkner, Bob Golden, Susie Lampert, Brian Mueller
• Producers: Laurie Berkner, Aaron Brotherton, Cliff Chenfeld, Craig Balsam, Erica Levin
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Nickelodeon
• DVD Release Date: September 28, 2010
• Run Time: 44 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003SLEDGK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,138 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Lets Hear It for the Laurie Berkner Band" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Get ready to jump , dance, and sing along to this collection of catchy music with a message! Packed with songs performed by the wildly popular Laurie Berkner Band, this DVD compilation features some of Laurie's most popular tunes from her regular appearances on Jack's Big Music Show. With hosts Moose and Zee, its never been easier to get in tune with learning.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great DVD for kids 10 months and up, November 26, 2010

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Micheal Mathews (Berea, Kentucky, USA) - See all my reviews
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We got the Laurie Berkner DVD right after we saw the ad for it on Nick Jr.
My daughter (10 months) would stop whatever she was doing to watch some of the videos on Nick like "Who's That?" and "5 years old". So once we saw they were making a DVD we jumped on it.
And sure enough she loves it. With the exception of 1 or 2 songs all of the songs on this DVD are fun and some are just silly. Lauries music is constantly encouraging the kids to participate. My daughter knows when to clap and even make the Octopus sound during the "Pig on your head" song.
Most of the songs even my wife and I like with the exception of the "Clouds" song and "On the farm".
The Moose and Zee interludes are kinda cheesy and my daughter seems to loose attention during them after she's watched the DVD a few times. But the Moose and Zee songs include a couple that she really likes like "Everywhere I go".

Here's a list of the songs you'll find (not sure of the names);
5 Days Old
Cat Came Back
In the Clouds (probably my daughter and I's least favorite on the disc)
I'm a Mess
I'm me and you're you
I'm not perfect
I Really Love to Dance
Magic Box
My Energy
On the Farm
Pig On Her Head
Rocket Ship Run
Fast and Slow
Sneaks
Victor Vito
Who's That

From Moose and Zee you'll get;
Everywhere I go
Music Makes Me
Were Goin On A Trip
Word of Wonder

The production value varies but is usually pretty good don't expect High Def or anything but it's nice and clear, there's some interlacing so if you have a newer TV with progressive scan you'll notice it but I really doubt it will make a difference to your kids.
Most of the videos feature little kids running around dancing, singing, clapping and having fun which catches and holds my daughters attention. Seeing the little kids do things seems to also help encourage her to mimic them and participate in the song and dance.

I really only have one gripe and bear with me here. This DVD has an insane amount of copy protection. For most folks that wont be a big deal, but we like to rip our movies to our media PC and stash the DVD's so they don't get ruined. One benefit to this is instant access and another is that if the songs are ripped separately you can make a playlist and only play the songs you like. You can also easily bring the movies along on a laptop or back them up to an external pocket drive and watch them at grandma's without toting a box full of DVD's. We do this for my daughter with movies, music etc. It's a lot like ripping music to your ipod, but instead your just putting your movies on your media drive.
However this DVD was so protected that it took me over a week before I could finally find an application that would let me get it on my computer.
Now I understand copy protection but it was a bit ridiculous, especially for some kids songs. In the DVD player I also couldn't bypass the 10 minutes of advertisements which was incredibly annoying.
So it loses 1 star for that but based on my daughters reaction I'd have to say I recommend getting this DVD, it's a lot of fun.
My wife and I sing the songs to her now when we're in the car and she claps when appropriate and of course makes the octopus sound... it's pretty darn cute.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, October 22, 2010

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CHUS01 Fan (Baltimore, MD USA) - See all my reviews

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This DVD is not awful, but it is vastly inferior to "We are... The Laurie Berkner Band". In that one, they draw from over a decade of songs that Laurie wrote. We Are... also seems better produced and directed. As an example, the lighting was much better in the first DVD. In the new one, Laurie is blasted with high intensity lights, so much so that her face appears overexposed and white and her eyes a little too dramatic (guess that's the style today though). Musically I prefer the first one too.

This DVD also suffers from interludes with the Nick Jr. moose where he does silly things to hype the crowd. This gets old fast, and kills replay value.

Her early DVD I have literally watched a hundred times and still enjoy. We even went to see the band in concert. They are great.

I still give this DVD four stars because it's above average compared to other childrens' DVDs.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good dvd, but incomplete..., October 3, 2010

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Karen K. Nguyen - See all my reviews
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preordered this a month ago, just got it and my kid does love it. gets extra excited when 5 days old and fast and slow comes on as those are the videos she recognizes from nick jr. i agree with the other reviewers about being disappointed that FAMILY was not included. I guess it will be on the next dvd and we will have to buy it... also, my daughter loves that moose and zee are the host as she probably loves them more than any other show...