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Sesame Street: Old School - Volume One (1969-1974)

Fran Brill (Actor), Jim Henson (Actor, Director) Rated:
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Format: DVD
4.1 out of 5 stars 271 customer reviews
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Special Features

Celebrity appearances by Bill Cosby, Carol Burnett, Jackie Robinson, James Earl Jones, Lena Horne, Johnny Cash, and more
The premiere episode from each of the first 5 seasons, completely restored
45 bonus segments
Original sales pitch film from 1969

Product Details

  • Actors: Fran Brill, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson, Caroll Spinney
  • Directors: Jim Henson
  • Format: Multiple Formats, Box set, Color, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 3
  • Rated:
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  • Studio: Sesame Street
  • DVD Release Date: January 5, 2010
  • Run Time: 440 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (271 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000H6SY8C
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,470 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4.0 out of 5 starsNot Bad
By Brian on October 26, 2006
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
They've done a good job at balancing full episodes with minimal (if any) repetition with shorts of the popular skits and segments. I find the announcer cartoon (called Bob) annoying and an unnecessary delaying tactic to get to the episodes. If you skip to the next chapter you miss the beginning. If you don't you're stuck listening to him. He may provide some useful info, but nothing I wouldn't want to be able to easily skip. Some of the sound and video quality is poor. Fuzzy film, blown out or faded colors. I'm guessing that the masters have degraded some, it is kind of interesting to hear record pops and static on "Being green" (Pretty minor distraction just at the beginning). Anyhow all these are minor quibbles. It was great to see the episodes and sketches as well as see the early incarnation of these characters. (It looks like Big bird is missing half his head and Oscar is Yellow!)

So the info I was looking for before I bought the disc and still haven't seen anyonepost it is what is on the DVD's. If you'd rather be surprised, stop reading now. If you would like to know what is listed as being on the DVD's, read on true believer...

Taken from the liner notes. Please excuse typos or ommisions.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsYes, Finally!!!
By C. Dvorak on September 16, 2006
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
After many years of fans begging the Sesame Workshop (formerly the Children's Television Workshop) to do a major release of "classic" material from the archives, it appears that they finally relented! I think the success of the Electric Company Set from several months back paved the way...

Let me start out by saying that I'm 29 years old and have been collecting this material for years. The bulk of what I've obtained came from the Noggin channel which was playing old episodes of Street from 1969 to 1989 until they stopped airing them a few years back.

I imagine most of the people interested in this set are familiar with the early years of Sesame Street. It was a chaotic, brilliantly conceived show from day one... very much a product of its time (the late 60s), and although the show was devised to teach kids, it was in its own way as revolutionary in format as Monty Python's Flying Circus was... extremely fast paced and chock full of highly imaginative, trippy animated segments (such as, for example the Racecars Spies number series, best described as a psychedelic freak out with dreamlike, surreal animation regarding numbers one through ten and sung by Grace Slick, then of Jefferson Airplane, in her own inimitable way)... And that's just the tip of the iceberg. For those of you who grew up being hypnotized, and yes, often frightened by the many strange, often subversive animated segments of the show (many of which are permanently etched in your brain; you'd be amazed how vividly some of these clips come back to you even after not seeing them for 25 years or more), still recall with affection the brilliant jazzy orchestrations of show composer Joe Raposo (who wrote the most sophisticated music ever devised for children's TV), remember hanging out with Mr.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsYes Virginia, there was a Sesame Street before Elmo...
By Kelley A. Bergamo on October 26, 2006
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
I have been an avid fan of Sesame Street since the age of six weeks, when my mom placed me in my baby swing in front of the TV on an autumn day in 1976.

I just received this set today and I watched it from beginning to end. The episodes are crystal clear, fully restored, and completely unedited, unlike the versions shown on Noggin. I saw many clips that brought back fond memories, including the classic sketch where Bert is disturbed by water dripping in the bathroom and asks Ernie to "do something about it". In response, Ernie turns on the radio to drown out the sound of the faucet, and then turns on the vacuum cleaner to drown out the sound of the radio! Absolutely hilarious! All of your other old school Muppet characters are here, including Grover, Cookie Monster, Oscar (shown in his original orange color and his telltale green fur), Herry, Little Bird, Kermit the Frog Prairie Dawn, and of course, Big Bird and Snuffy! All of the actors look so fresh and young and you gotta love them 70s outfits! In addition to the five season premieres, there are also "classic clips" from each season as well as the original sales reel hosted by Kermit the Frog and Rowlf the Dog (who would later star in the Muppet Show) explaining what this new show called Sesame Street was all about.

I am glad that Sesame Workshop (formerly known to us old schoolers as the Children's Television Workshop) finally listened to the pleas of us thirty-somethings. I hope that there will be more episodes to come. This is a set that I will treasure for years to come and someday hope to share it with my own children.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 starsOld school is definitely the best! When Kermit was still on the show

Old school is definitely the best! When Kermit was still on the show, elmo was no where to be found, and the show was random and hilarious. Read more

Published 1 day ago by elizabeth nolan
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Excellent and good value.

Published 2 months ago by Uibul
3.0 out of 5 starsThree Stars

Loved the episodes and the special takes. Unfortunately only 2 DVDs played

Published 3 months ago by Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 starsThe Best!

Yeah! My favorite years of Sesame Street!

Published 3 months ago by Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 starsI get nostalgic when I look at this

Great old-school Sesame Street. Everybody from Gordon to Mr. Hooper. Brings it all back to a different sweeter time.

Published 3 months ago by Brenda
5.0 out of 5 starsNot just for entertainment.

Classic Sesame Street is much better than the new show. My granddaughter loves it and will watch it a lot longer than the new show. She is learning her letters and numbers.

Published 3 months ago by Laura E. Gardner
1.0 out of 5 starsif all you wanna watch is bonus features...

This is not season 1-5 like it leads you to belive. it is one or two episodes on a disc and hours and hours of bonus features. my 4 month old doesnt care about bonus features!!!! Read more

Published 4 months ago by ericalove
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

good

Published 6 months ago by trimcoin
5.0 out of 5 starssesame street fan

this is a great one to get.

Published 8 months ago by Kurt Mstoecklhuber
5.0 out of 5 starsHighly recommended! Especially if you grew up with them

Highly recommended! Especially if you grew up with them...have you seen the new series/ Terrible. Wish they would bring out more Old Schools.

Published 9 months ago by gs1677

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