Product Details

• Actors: Dick Van Dyke, Hermione Gingold, Pearl Bailey, Paul Tripp, Ruth Enders
• Format: Color, Full Screen
• Region: All Regions
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: East West Entertainment
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000KMPNC8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #64,316 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Tubby is a tuba who longs to find a melody that only he can play. Fun and magical music for all ages!

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My child has joined the school band after being inspired by watching Tubby!!!!!, September 29, 2008

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Capt. Ed (Biloxi, MS. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tubby the Tuba (DVD)

Do'nt be fooled by other versions of this movie.This is the long,full length version.(orange background w/ houses)
This movie is the bomb!After my child watched this,I was shocked to hear from them that they wanted to be a musician.Before this inspiring film,there was only video games,which are now in the closet.
Voices by the great performers Dick Van Dyke and Pearl Bailey make this a must have.The music is great,better than the old LP recording predating the film.
This movie opens the imagination to what a person can accomplish musically and in life.
Get it while you can,it's a classic,and it's out of production.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars something lost in the transfer from VHS to DVD, January 19, 2011

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Mary B. Deats (APO, AE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tubby the Tuba (DVD)

I have used the VHS tape of "Tubby the Tuba" for many years with my first grade music classes during our study of pitch- high sounds and low sounds (piccolo and tuba). Our school tends to go now with DVDs, so am able to show it via my classroom SMARTboard (tm)...but the quality of the rendition is very poor, out of focus at times, and my worst criticism of the DVD format is that it is all recorded on one track. My classes are not long enough to show it in one sitting, nor would I want to, but with this format it requires me to run the DVD until we get to where we left off the previous week, and then start up again....won't work when I have different grade levels back to back as I do...That aside, the movie is the same and the storyline is quite suitable for children of this age group.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie for instrument introduction, April 25, 2011

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maxine "maxine" (florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tubby the Tuba (DVD)

I loved this movie after renting it from the library for my 4 and 5 year olds to see. It really familiarized them with the different sounds of instruments. Understandably it is not up to "today's standards" of high resolution, as it was made long ago. My only criticism is that Tubby is called "fat" twice and an "idiot" once by a mean ringmaster, I think that wasn't necessary. The movie story line is that a tuba wants his own melody, as melodies aren't normally written for tubas. He goes on a search to "find himself" and what he is good at, ends up letting it get to his head when he does succeed. Eventually he fails, and then continues his journey to find his melody and happiness in being himself. It is well presented, the songs are great. We all loved it!