Customer Reviews

There Goes a Dump Truck [VHS]

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4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

My son loves this video and mimics many of the mannerisms of Dump Truck Driver Dave. This contains a lot of information on the use of dump trucks in various forms of construction. Note that the "Dave" in this "There Goes a ..." video is different and younger than Dave Hood in the earlier tapes.

My 2 1/2 year old just loves this video. It keeps him sitting the whole time its on. I can actually get things done!! The whole video keeps his attention, I would highly recommend.

This tape is missing the polish and professional feel of the previous tapes in the There goes a ... series. This is especially true of the new actor playing Dave, the bumbling star of the series, who was played previously by Dave Hood. My son enjoyed the video but misses the old Dave.

Not only does this video give the adults who patiently sit through "There goes a..." videos time, and time again, a good-natured and light-hearted break from the too-tight pants, banal humor and pompacity of Dave Hood, is has humor and whimsy your kids will love and you will appreciate. This new Dave is sweet and fun and my sons love him!!! I wish he starred in more of the "There goes a.." videos because my boys think he's funny and I can tolerate him so much more!! So far, we have only seen him in "Dumptrucks" and "Tactors"(which is fantastic as well!!).
This video is on heavy rotation at my house, and if you have young fans of heavy equipment like I do, this will become THE favorite!!

My 3-year-old doesn't ask much for this one! If your son is crazy about machines (like mine is), get "There goes a bulldozer", a much better buy. The new Dave is unbearably obnoxious (and I thought the old Dave was bad!), definitely IQ impaired. The dump trucks are awesome, but the script and gags are awful! My son has never found it funny, and he laughed even after the hundredth viewing of "There goes a bulldozer". Save your money on this one.

I was disappointed to find that this video does not feature Dave Hood, the usual narrator for the "There Goes a ..." series, but my son was still enthralled with this video. The narrator of this video is also named Dave, but he's not as polished or amusing as Dave Hood. Nevertheless, my son has requested this one over and over since we bought it. After all, he's the target audience, not me! It is, I'll admit, very informative.

Like many parents, I have watched this and its compion videos hundreds of times. I like the others better. This one is poorly edited and acted. Early on it poses questions that it never answers, and some scenes don't make sense or follow other scenes. (In one scene we see Dave take a bite of his sandwich, and in a later scene he complains that he never got a chance to take a bite of his sandwich.) This Dave isn't as good as the old one, other actors are pretty bad, and I miss wacky Becky. However, my two-year-old doesn't care and loves it.

MY SON LOVES THE "THERE GOES" SERIES,BUT ALL HE KEPT ASKING ME DURING THE ENTIRE VIDEO IS,WHERE'S DAVE,MOMMY.I MUST AGREE THE ORGINAL DAVE IS MUCH BETTER. WE HAVE ONLY WATCHED THIS VIDEO ONCE BECAUSE MY SON ONLY WANTS TO SEE "THE REAL DAVE". PURCHASE THERE GOES A BULLDOZER INSTEAD,ESPECIALLY IF YOUR CHILDREN ARE ALREADY FANS OF DAVE AND BECKY.IT'S OBVIOUS THE PARENTS CHOICE AWARDS NEVER WATCHED THE VIDEO WITH A CHILD WHO IS A FAN OF THE ORGINAL DAVE.

My son (2 now, but started watching the video at 1.5) loves the dump truck video. We've since acquired a number of these videos, in an attempt to save our sanity (his mom and I have both memorized every single line by now).

After watching (there goes a ) Train, Truck, Santa Clause, and Dump Truck, we're wondering if the 'new Dave' in Dump Truck is the same guy who plays the 'whiney victim guy' in the other tapes.

Anyway, you can't go wrong with these videos. Dave Hood is a freakin' genius for creating such addictive shows for kids.

-Chilton

Hard to believe but in the entire video there are only 3 (maybe 4) shots of dump trucks dumping their load. But there are good shots of trucks rolling.

I like this new "Dave" guy. He's funny. However, he does go off on a tagent about how asphalt is made, which instantly drops my 2 year old's attention.

I'd buy this one again.