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: Closed-captioned, Color, Live, NTSC
• Language: English, Spanish
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sesame Street
• VHS Release Date: July 7, 1998
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1573305707
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,587 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

1 to 20 is your aim if you want to play this game. With a push of the start button, Elmo, Telly and Gabi find themselves inside The Great Numbers Game. Each number they find leads them to one of Sesame Street's classic counting cartoons. Who will be the winner? Everyone wins when they play The Great Numbers Game!
Features the best of Sesame Street's classic cartoon segments.
Song list includes:
Country Two
Alligator King #7
King of Eight
Nine Chickens
Pinball Number Count
Lucky Thirteen
Mother Brown's Farm
16 Blues
Eighteen and many others

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Parents! Look no further!, October 1, 2000

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Sarah L. Rinelli (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sesame Street - The Great Numbers Game [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My daughter, age 2, will tell you that this is Elmo and Telly's video, and that she loves it. As a parent, I will share with you that my little one has number recognition to 20 thanks to these classic counting cartoons. I was pleased to see that they had included such classics as the King of Eight.

We own several of Sesame Street's counting videos, but this one is by far the best. My daughter enjoys the "video game" - type format (Elmo and Telly are trapped inside a video game and have to work their way to 20 to get out), but I like that the number focus does not stop at 10, as is the case for many preschool videos.

As a teacher, this video would be good for students who need number recognition reinforcement or for English Language Learners.

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Numbers Video, February 14, 2000

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This review is from: Sesame Street - The Great Numbers Game [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is the only numbers/counting video that has consistently held my 2 year old's attention. It's frequently requested and has helped her learn numbers. MUCH better than "1-2-3, count with me" or "learning about numbers" : both of these sesame street videos spend more time on "plot", and my 2 year old always loses interest well before the end. Not the case with "The Great Numbers Game", which is jam-packed with cool number cartoons and plenty of lively counting sequences.

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars No plot -- hastily thrown together skits, January 26, 2002

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KNSudha (Saratoga, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sesame Street - The Great Numbers Game (DVD)

The 123 Count With Me video starring Ernie is much better done, with lots of muppet acting and takes the numbers to only 15, but with a personal touch. That video totals upto 45 minutes of enjoyment for parents and toddler. This video on the other hand features all of 2 minutes of Elmo, Telly, Gabi and another child. There is not coherent plot -- i.e. while they start off with a video game premise, they just throw together all of the skits on numbers, and never have the muppets appear to actually lead in each script. After a while of random skits on half the numbers, Elmo or Telly makes a brief aimless appearance. And even stranger, there is an unexplained scary cookie chasing them. This approach quickly turns off both the parents and the toddlers who wait for glimpses of their favorite characters. Pass on it. AND the DVD version is made without any extras, such as subtitles, or sing-alongs etc.