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Thomas Comes to Breakfast [VHS]

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A Thomas fan once, a Thomas Fan for life--or that is how I feel about my son's favorite character. This collection of Thomas stories is great. A direct interpretation from the original stories, it brings the characters from the book alive. My son loves it. On a separate note, the live animation and lack of a lot of special effects is a refreshing change from a lot of the other kids movies out there. It lets kids' imagination to develop and that is why I think that my son watches this tape over and over and over....

I have a problem with some of the words used in this video. The trains tell each other to "shut-up", they call each other "stupid" and Diesel says he "hates" duck. That is the truth. Call me old-fashioned, but I find words like hate, stupid and shut-up to be inappropriate for a preschooler. I do not talk that way to my child or anyone else in my family and I do not expect him to talk that way to us. I considered taking the movie away from him but he does love it as much as he loves any of his Thomas movies. We sat down and watched it together and discussed the "Ugly" words and why he should not use them. He still watches the movie but has been taught that the ugly words are mean, hurtful and disrespectful. Not all the movies are like this one. Thomas has some great stories, this is just not one of the better ones. My suggestion is to pass on this one. There are so many better options.

I can't tell you how much I love this movie. I'm sure you'll love it. You can see Thomas crash through a wall in the episode, Thomas comes to Breakfast. He got to breakfast by crashing through the wall into the station master's breakfast. The station master was surprised and didn't like it much! A broken branch was on Thomas and he couldn't see. He crashed because he started off without his driver. After that, Thomas went to the works to have his front mended, because it was badly twisted.

These stories are great but the tape is a George Carlin version of the earlier Ringo narrated stories of Thomas and Friends. I like the stories, I gave it 5 stars, but in the interest of full disclosure I thought I'd mention the similarity and disclose that Ringo is the better storyteller by a slight margin. His characterization of Diesel is the best!

Thomas Comes to Breakfast: A great episode you will love. "Pop Goes the Diesel": is another great episode. I like it because when a visitor named Diesel arrives, he tries to pull some very heavy trucks, and they come off of the line. And the cars sing rudely to him. "Diesel's Devious Deed": In this episode, Diesel tells jokes to the cars about the engines, and blames Duck. "A Close Shave for Duck": In this episode Sir Tophamm Hatt sends Duck to Edward's station because he believes the engines' story about Duck doing the jokes."Gordon Takes a Dip": Gordon refuses to pull a freight tain,gets careless,falls into a dicth,and some boys teased him. "Double Trouble": Some coal falls on Thomas,and Percy is convinced that he isn't usefull anymore.

^_^I just can't help but luv this video.Why?A few reasons-
1.Its pretty similar to Better Late Than Never and other stories
2.Ringo was great for his first 2 seasons,but Carlin rules all American narrators
3.And third and most important of all...........Diesel-kun!^__________^
Though it IS a complemation(Thomas Comes To Breakfast,Pop Goes The Diesel,Dirty Work,A Close Shave,Off The Rails and others),its still enjoyable to watch.^_^

I really want to know why they had to stop the production of 3 of the 5 Thomas tapes and rerealse of of the old tapes with George Carlin. Don't get me wrong I think George is a excellent narrator but they rearranged the episodes from the oringinal tapes. This is a mix not a oringinal tape. Thomas Comes to Breakfast was a funny episode and they would use that story later on when Daisy was released. Also Gordon takes a Dip was used for the one when Thomas falls down a mine and the both of those were used later for Thomas Meets the Queen. The three episode Diesel story was good but i'm sad that, that was Duck's really only good moment. He was in Donald's Duck and Duck takes Charge but this one was his best. These are good for people who can't get the old tapes but if you can try to find the original ones. You won't be sorry.

This video brings back some of the greatest Thomas stories ever. When I say that I mean THOMAS COMES TO BREAKFAST and A CLOSE SHAVE FOR DUCK. And every single one of these stories is off of a Thomas video that they took of the market so if you don't have those videos, charish this one.

In the stories about Diesel, Diesel told lies about Duck to all the other engines and Duck gets sent to Edward's branchline. At first you feel sorry for Duck but soon enough, Diesel gets sent away and Duck comes home. Another 5 star story on here is GORDON TAKES A DIP. That, next to Gordon & The Famous Visitor, is my favorite story. I watch it over and over again. Here are all the stories on this tape:

1)Thomas Comes To Breakfast(Vol.3) 6/5
2)Pop Goes The Diesel(Vol.5) 4.5/5
3)Diesel's Devious Deed(Vol.5) 4.5/5
4)A Close Shave For Duck(Vol.5) 6/5
5)Gordon Takes A Dip(Vol.5) 6/5
6)Double Trouble(Vol.4) 6/5
7)A Cow On The Line(Vol.4) 4/5
8)Trouble In The Shed(Vol.3) 4/5

Again, CHARISH THIS VIDEO!

If your little kid loves Thomas, then do yourself a favor and get this video. Its adorable!
Three Cheers!

i like all the stories. my favorite is "gordon takes a dip". my least favorite is "truoble in the shed". in THOMAS COMES TO BREAKFAST: thomas crashes into the station master's house. in POP GOES THE DIESEL: theres a new visitor and he brakes the frieght cars. in DIESELS DIVEOUS DEED: the engines don't want duck anymore. in A CLOSE SHAVE FOR DUCK:edward finds duck then they crash into a barber shop. in GORDON TAKES A DIP: gordon dosen't want to take the apecail train and falls in a ditch. in TROUBLE IN THE SHED: the three engines won't shunt then they get locked up then percy comes back to the island of sodor.