Customer Reviews

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! [VHS]

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Sing Yourself Silly is the best video I've come across for both babies and young children. I'm 42 and I love it! I work in a daycare and if a baby starts fussing, all I have to do is pop in Sing Yourself Silly and the baby is instantly mesmerized, rocking to the music and smiling. Older children (ages 5 and 6) request this video because of the humor. They laugh out loud and never seem to tire of it. The songs are catchy, witty, and most of all, fun! Jim Henson was a genius.

I had this tape years ago, shortly after it came out. It was part of my childrens Sesame street collection, and it was by far their favorite. I recently dug out the collection for my youngest who is 18 months, but this one was missing. Luckily I found it here at Amazon. It is very cute, and has great songs that are really catchy..mom and dad will find themselves singing along. "Put down the ducky" is a great one, with many famous guest stars singing along. Any Sesame fan would love this video.

I have a 2 year old and a 7 year old. They both request this video more than any other in the house.

She 11 months old and loves the children and animals singing. The only problem is that I sing those songs to myself all day long, especially the one that James Taylor does.

This video, in addition to being almost exclusively songs, contains not only great Muppet songs like "Honker Duckie Dinger Jamboree," but terrific vintage Sesame Street animation, and, for diehard fans - A FULL-LENGTH clip with Kermit and DON MUSIC (parents, pad your pianos!) There's a terrific "acapella" version of "Old MacDonald" with Honkers, Dingers, Fluffy the Elephant and a Yip-Yip. Also, it's got James Taylor singing "Jelly Man Kelly" and the celebrity-soaked "Put Down the Duckie"

I love the way the clips are introduced - a muppet appears and comments on them - there's no award show, no setup, no plot - JUST MUPPETS BEING SILLY (OK, there's one appearance by Maria and Luis in Groucho glasses!)

My son is almost two years old now, and we watch this video more than any other one in our collection...he absolutely loves it. Generally speaking, anything on the television is only good for a couple minutes of attention, but this one he will generally sit through 25 minutes straight! I only give it 4 stars because of its short length and the obvious filler bit "Mary Had a Bicycle" (which is the only part that my son tends to lose interest in). Otherwise a terrific video and with a great deal of replay value!

My 16 mo old loves this video. Whenever he's in a bad mood, we put in the tape and in no time he's dancing and happy. Several months ago we rented it and it was a hit then, we had to buy it.

This video was my 13 year olds favorite when she was a toddler, she played it so many times I'm surprised it still plays. Now my 8 month old sits there in a daze and watches it from beginning to end. She doesn't like Baby Einstein or regular cartoons yet but would watch this since she was 6 months old. I'm planning to buy it for Christmas gifts. I think this is the best Sesame video they made, even an adult can be entertained by it. The down side is I can't seem to get the songs out of my head.

The death of Jim Henson in 1990, and the departure of most of the rest of the original Muppet crew, seems to have robbed Sesame Street of much of the loony inventiveness that made it a favorite to so many kids over the years. This seems to be why most of the Sesame Street videos that you can buy nowadays are so lame--they contain the newer stuff, with dull songs and uninspired patter. This one, though, is older than most of the others (the clips all seem to be from the 1980s), so it's much better. Also, it's virtually nonstop music from start to finish, which makes it a particularly good choice for babies like ours, who prefer music over anything else.

Our 5 kids love this tape. We watch it a few times each day and it doesn't get boring. It entertains the 9 month old all the way up to the 3 year old. They sing, dance, and laugh. We do too! Highly recommended!