Product Details

• Actors: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Caroll Spinney, Jerry Nelson, Sonia Manzano
• Directors: Jim Henson, Bob Schwarz, Eva Saks, Jim Martin, Jon Stone
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English, Spanish
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sesame Street
• VHS Release Date: August 3, 2004
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002ABU3Y
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #145,038 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Highly acclaimed all over the world, SESAME STREET is almost unparalleled in its levels of popularity as a children's show. This release is a glorious celebration for the 35th year of the loveable bunch of characters, and focuses largely on Elmo, one of the shows most endearing puppets. The entire cast is along for the ride as well, including Bert and Ernie, Cookie Monster, the Count, and many others!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars my kids love it...thats all that matters, October 13, 2004

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D. Pagliasotti (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sesame Street/Elmo's World - The Street We Live On (DVD)

When this aired on PBS the whole family watched it and we taped it. However, the version you get on DVD is a bit different. On the original showing on PBS, at the end of the show you saw clips from the very first episode, to when Snuffy came to Sesame Street, to when Big Birds house was damaged by the hurricane. I truely thought that was a great segment to have all those little clips as a sort of time machine. However, the DVD does not have this scene in it. Don't get me wrong, there are still a good number of older skits and cartoons, but in all actuality it's pretty much an hour long Elmo's world. My kids happen to love Elmo, so they don't mind, however in my opinion, I thought the 25th anniversary video was better. All in all, this is still a great video and almost a must for any Sesame Street fan.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars 4 Stars for an "Elmo" Video 0 Stars as a Retrospective, March 26, 2005

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A Central Illinoisian in Chicago (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sesame Street/Elmo's World - The Street We Live On [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Plain and Simple - when a show hits 35 years the people that made the show should be smart enough to realize that Parents who saw the show as Kids want their own Kids to watch what they had watched - to share memories with them.

In this case, its yet another Elmo video. Fine, OK, things change. But don't misrepresent what you're going to see - I really wanted to show my boy Mr. Hooper, and the guy with the pies that slips down the stairs, and when they thought Snuffy wasn't real, and all the old characters.

The stuff is on tape Sesame Street Execs - can you please put out "Sesame Street - Best of Season 1, 2, 3? I'd buy everything from Season 1 - Season 6. I bet I wouldn't be the only one either....

Please put out some older Sesame material.... Don't slip in a few seconds of Mr. Hooper in an Elmo tape.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay if you like Elmo., June 22, 2004

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Lisa Philpott (Roanoke, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sesame Street/Elmo's World - The Street We Live On (DVD)

I was thinking when I saw it on the network, that they were going to be showing a lot of history from Sesame Street. Elmo's World pretty much takes over a lot of the show and you only see very very short clips with Elmo riding in a taxi cab.
They have some clips that some may remember growing up for representing the number of the day, which is 10.
They have very short clips at the ending that show the years of Sesame Street that some may remember. Like when Mr. Hooper died, when Snuffy became real, and the Hurricane on Sesame Street.
I have nothing against the little red monster, but I was expecting a little bit more history, and a little less Elmo. When I was growing up, Big Bird and Oscar and Mister Snuffleupagus were the stars.
May Sesame Street have many more years to come. 35 years and one to grow on. ^_^