Product Details

• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Polygram USA Video
• VHS Release Date: July 15, 1997
• Run Time: 25 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304499205
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #237,773 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

When Sally discovers she has a mental block for numbers higher than 6, she announces, "I don't like counting and I don't like numbers." Brother Huckle Cat and his buddy, Lowly Worm, help out by teaching her the "One, two, buckle my shoe" rhyme. Problem solved. Next, Richard Scarry's version of an Indian man (a rodent in a turban) invents numbers to facilitate his job as a counter on a farm in "Counting Chickens." Finally, in "Count on Us," the youngsters are gathering pledges for the Red Cross bike-athon when Billy leaves his bicycle out in the driveway and Mom runs over it. In his piggy bank, he only has half of the $50 he needs for a used bike, and only a short time to earn the balance. He gets a job at the grocery store, but when things get panicky his friends come to the rescue by opening lemonade, cookie, and banana juice stands. Scarry's crew of creatures teaches kids lessons both academic and moral in 6.5-minute segments, with a couple of short music videos thrown in, making for a charming 23-minute tape. (Ages 2 to 5)- -- Kimberly Heinrichs

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My 2-yr-old loves it and so do I!, February 15, 2006

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Lisa Herger (Vienna, Austria) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Richard Scarry's Now I Know My 123's [VHS] (VHS Tape)

These are great stories which had my two year old counting 6 oranges patiently until he got it right. He was just imitating the characters in the video and their joy in counting. FANTASTIC!

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Buy 'Richard Scarry's Best Counting Video' instead!, September 30, 2004

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Creative Critic - See all my reviews

This review is from: Richard Scarry's Now I Know My 123's [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video, like so many other kids' media, inadvertantly demonstrates that learning is a burden.

So often when a story shows a problem and then a solution, the lasting impression is of the negative rather than the positive. The net result is that they instill or worsen fears and bad habits instead of curing them.

The good news in this case is that there is a wonderful alternative--in the very same vein--with no content problems whatsoever! Try 'Richard Scarry's Best Counting Video' instead!