Product Details

• Actors: Michael Angelis, Michael Brandon, Alec Baldwin, Ringo Starr, George Carlin
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
• VHS Release Date: July 25, 2000
• Run Time: 67 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004TJFM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #219,460 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars So beautiful but SO cranky, January 21, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Make Someone Happy [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My son - 3 yrs now - has enjoyed Thomas stories & videos for about 1.5 years. But I have to say I'm often torn ... these engines really are quite crabby & cranky & rude to each other. It all comes out in the wash, & everyone makes up in the end, but ... gee they're rude. And I spend a lot of time encouraging my little tyke NOT to be rude. To be kind & compassionate! So what's a mother to do?

It's interesting that now, he will not watch any of the story videos, prefering those with only songs. If a story comes on, he insists that we forward FAST to the next song. I guess he's also tired of the crabbing & back-biting! (Sounds awful, but they really do!)

These videos cannot be beaten for the sheer beauty of the world they create - can I PLEASE go live on the Island of Sodor?! I just wish the Rev. Awbrey (sp!) had made his engines a little kinder!

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Make someone happy didn't make me happy, January 29, 2004

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Mr. Bey (Riverside, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thomas the Tank Engine And Friends - Make Someone Happy (DVD)

It's been awhile since I did a Thomas review but i've had this one thought out for awhile. Let me start off with the fact that James used be be a moderatly good character. Now all he can do is whine. James has never been a nice engine but he was considered a tough guy. Now Salty with his two major roles is now a tough guy. I think before making new characters they should use the old ones that are never mentioned. Duck has not had a major role since Alec Bladwin took over. Niether has Daisy, Bertie, Terence, BoCo, Duke, or Sir Handel. The engines that have had bad major roles are Edward, Gordon, Henry, Toby, Donald, Douglas, Mavis, or Oliver. I never like Bill and Ben from the start so I didn't list them. If anyone from Hit Entertainment ever reads this have them fire Alec Baldwin.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My son gives this 5 stars. Mom's rating: 4 stars., August 16, 2002

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D. Crawford "dnadance" (Los Gatos, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thomas the Tank Engine And Friends - Make Someone Happy (DVD)

My 22 month old son loves the Thomas series. In all we have The Best of Thomas, The Best of James and this one. Although my son doesn't seem to mind the narrator's voice, I find Alec Baldwin's narration horrible. The narrator in the Best of Thomas video is much better. Alec Baldwin narrates the Best of James video as well, and that is my son's favorite one of the three. So, he doesn't seem to mind. I can also understand those parents who are concerned about the rude comments, despite things working out in the end. I find the same in the Best of James video as well. (I don't much care for James.) However, my son loves it nonetheless, and I don't think he is learning bad habits as a result. Quite the opposite--I think he wants to watch to see how things resolve in the end.