Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Live, NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sesame Street
• VHS Release Date: June 11, 1996
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304061234
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,273 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

With an emphasis on the good feelings that go with fitness, this program is set at Elmo's exercise camp and features kids and Muppets bending, stretching, and generally getting more fit. Cyndi Lauper is the appealing guest star, the banter between Muppets is funny, and songs include "Workout in a Chair" and "Do the Benny Hop." --Tom Keogh

Product Description

Come along to "Elmo's Exercise Camp", a fun-filled place where kids and Sesame Street muppets bend, stretch and hop thier way to feeling good!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ugh--this is the one Elmo denies having made..., February 6, 2001

By 

Jaina Solo "[e-mail]" (Not Telling, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sesame Street - Elmocize [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If Elmo were interviewed, and they asked him about "Elmocize," he'd have to make excuses. He was young... he didn't know what he was doing.

We own this tape as part of our VAST Sesame Street and Elmo collection, since our daughter loves the furry red monster with every ounce of her being. But I have to say that "Elmocize" is the absolute worst Elmo video out there (well, that we've found, anyway). The concept, getting kids to move to the beat, have fun, and exercise with Elmo, is a good one. However, this unfortunate tape was made at one of the low points (in my opinion) in Sesame Street history. The cast at the time was, er, less than talented. So, I have to agree with a previous reviewer--the poor girl who runs the dance studio couldn't sing her way out of a wet paper bag (I guess that's why she's a dancer!). It's not ALL her fault, though--the songs are really weak here! It starts with the insipid "Elmocize! Elmocize! Everybody . . . Elmocize!" Repeat, repeat, repeat. You'll be thinking "Elmocide! Elmocide! Somebody . . . commit Elmocide!" And we LOVE Elmo! Even the Sesame Street kids on the tape seem really, really bored--like they'd rather be studying multiplication. Put it this way--when and if our daughter ever gets to that "rip the tape out of the cassette for fun" stage, I hope this one's the first to go.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Elmocize, November 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Sesame Street - Elmocize [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I purchased this video for my 2 year old daughter. I have my own exercise tapes, but was not able to use them when she was around. I felt that if she had her own tape, that she would allow mommy to "work out". Well, it worked! My daughter really enjoys Elmocize! My daughter particuarly likes music and enjoys the catchy songs. The physical exercises are quite easy. I also like the diversity of children that are displayed in the tapes, including a physically challenged child. My daughter has now grown out of Elmocize and we are looking for something a little more physically challenging.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cute, catchy and great for tiring out energetic little ones, October 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Sesame Street - Elmocize [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I checked this video out of the library for my six year step-son. He absolutely loved it and I got into it myself. He is really interested in being involved in my workouts and this was a neat way to involve him with risking major injuries. So we did it together and like the previous reviewer , the songs will linger in your head, but I have had worse. My only complaint was with the structure of the video. I just wish it were more structured. It bounced around to much for my taste. But who cares what I think anyway! My step son loved it enough that I am buying it.