Product Details

• Actors: Carlo Alban, Alan Arkin, Paul Benedict, Larry Block, Lexine Bondoc
• Directors: Jim Henson, Jim Martin, Randall Balsmeyer, Victor DiNapoli, Ken Diego
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Sesame Street
• DVD Release Date: June 11, 2002
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000065U1L
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,931 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #56 in Music > Children's Music > Educational
• For more information about "Sesame Street - Bert & Ernie's Word Play" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 06/03/2003 Run time: 50 minutes Rating: Nr

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64 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Sesame Street video I own, July 4, 2002

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Deborah M Thomson (Durham, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sesame Street - Bert & Ernie's Word Play (DVD)

This is my seventh Sesame Street video purchase and by far my favorite (and the favorite of my 18 month old daughter who loves "Erniebert"). Not only does it feature many endearing old and new Sesame Street songs and skits, it has all the chaotic backstage zaniness of the old Muppet Show as Prarie Dawn tries to orchestrate the acts in Bert and Ernie's play. For SS old timers there are a couple of gems--one of kermit in a t-shirt shop where they've spelled his name wrong (Kermit the GORF, FORG, etc), and the classic "fat cat sat on the hat" muppet bit. Plus, all of your favorite Sesame Street muppets are here: Grover delivers a singing telegram, Elmo does the closing number, Rosita and Zoe sing about sticky tape, and Cookie Monster sings a very funny song about letters. I also like that this DVD is focused on words and not just letters and numbers. Plus, Ernie and Bert are just great.

43 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great intro to words, not just letters, March 13, 2003

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Nikol Le Vine "poet17" (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sesame Street - Bert & Ernie's Word Play (DVD)

This DVD is set up under the premise that Bert & Ernie, under the direction of Prarie Dawn, put on a play about words. You see both on-stage antics, and the chaos that's backstage. The backstage stuff is reminiscent of the Muppet Show: Grover delivering a singing telegram, people rushing around to get props ready, slipping on banana peels. It's really cute, and my son thinks it's hilarious. During the on-stage scenes, Ernie and Bert introduce different words (cookie, sticky, go, fun, etc.), and then show how new words can be created by switching the letters around. And there's a cool machine that throws pies whenever anyone says the word "Go" (of course, Bert gets hit with more than his share of pies). There are some great old-school clips, but mostly new stuff. Lots of songs, and not too much Elmo. I really liked that the focus is on words, not just the letters used. It's a fun, educational video.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another hit by Sesame Street!, December 30, 2003

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Lovinmykids "lovinmykids" (Upstate, NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sesame Street - Bert & Ernie's Word Play (DVD)

My two-year old son is a huge fan of Sesame Street, and we own several VHS/DVD Sesame Street videos. This is our latest addition to our library of videos, and was an instant hit! My son loves to watch this video - over and over! It grabbed his attention right from the very start. I was a bit worried that he wasn't old enough to deal with seeing words, but Bert and Ernie do it in a very entertaining way, which keeps my son's attention. He is enjoying himself and learning while watching this video. All Sesame Street shows/videos are educational, in my humble opinion, but this one is by far VERY educational. Buy it!