Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Brothers Pub.
• VHS Release Date: March 6, 2001
• Run Time: 25 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005A085
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #349,069 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars "Dude" lingo turned off both myself & my children, July 5, 2001

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Alyson D (Middlesex, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Tune Buddies - Getting to Know the Instruments [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I had hoped for a basic introduction to musical instruments for my two children (ages 8 & 10), but they and I both thought the video was practically worthless. P.J., the chef/main character is too silly (much like the main characters in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure) and wastes far too much time trying to be funny. There is very little on the instruments themselves. In fact, you are not given much of an opportunity to even hear what they sound like. The major families of instruments were introduced, but the information was overshadowed by P.J.'s efforts to be funny. My family did not find him the least bit amusing and we decided to send this tape right off to the consignment shop.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars disappointed, January 15, 2002

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This review is from: Tune Buddies - Getting to Know the Instruments [VHS] (VHS Tape)

We bought this for our son hoping to introduce muscial instruments to him early on. The host is very annoying ("surfer dude" style) and uses too much of the time on the short video trying to be funny. It does go over the types of instruments and briefly talks about some of them individually & how they work, but I think the time could have been used more productively. My son seems to like the video however, and I guess, afterall, I am not the target audience. He doesn't care either way for the host, PJ, but does enjoy seeing the intruments. It's OK if you can get past "surfer dude", but it's disappointing that in an attempt to entertain kids they used this format.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This is Cute!, March 22, 2006

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A. Klytta (Near Chicago, Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tune Buddies - Getting to Know the Instrument (DVD)

As a music teacher, I liked this video because it ties in elements that students already understand, with the concept of putting instruments together in families and in the orchestra. It's not the best video I have ever seen, but my 2nd graders enjoyed it.