Product Details

• Actors: Carlo Alban, Alan Arkin, Paul Benedict, Larry Block, Lexine Bondoc
• Directors: Jim Henson, Jim Martin, Randall Balsmeyer, Victor DiNapoli, Ken Diego
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Live, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sesame Street
• VHS Release Date: February 6, 1996
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (203 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303124542
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #543 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Editorial Reviews

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The Sesame Street character has fun singing some catchy new songs (you and your toddler just might, too), explaining the difference between light and heavy, having a laugh over pictures and numbers, and sharing the screen with a good-natured Whoopi Goldberg and Julia Roberts. Of the various Elmo videos, this one really does have the choicest material and stands up to repeat viewings--a big plus with little ones. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

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78 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Elmo fanatics rejoice!, November 3, 2000

By	Bookworm in WI (SE Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This is one of my favorite Elmo videos! I know, I got it for my now 17 month old daughter a few months ago, but it's one I can either crash in the recliner to watch with her, or leave her to watch it while I do dishes, straighten up, etc. My daughter loves anything musical, and this has fun, catchy little ditties from beginning to end! We rotate this one with several other Elmo videos--for mom and dad's benefit, not the little one's! (she could watch it every day!) If you have a little Elmo fan in the house, you MUST own this video!

50 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful but doesn't take advantage of the DVD format, January 2, 2002

By	KNSudha (Saratoga, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sesame Street - The Best of Elmo (DVD)

It would have been nice if CTW had put more than one 30 min video onto the DVD version at least, like they do with Bear in the Big Blue House DVDs, where they let you play one or all three as you choose. No separate sing-along-songs section either. I would expect more from the DVD version. Barney DVDs too are so feature filled! Other than that, its wonderful -- the segments are tied together by Elmo needing an entry for an art show, and are flashbacks tied to various pictures he has drawn. There are many really nice songs on it -- " One fine face " sung with Ernie, Happy Tappin with Elmo, Five Jive, Elmo's song and so on. They are so catchy and fun, we can't stop dancing/playing along with the songs. The DVD version is great for an instant encore on our favorite segments :-) If your child is timid, you might want to watch the especially the section with Julia Roberts in it with baby on your lap the first few times, since Elmo and Julia "scare" each other.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great 1/2 hour of entertainment., January 2, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Sesame Street - The Best of Elmo (DVD)

My now 3 year old son has loved this video from the time he was 6 months old, he still loves it. It has been watched SO MANY times. My second born child (1)can't seem to get enough of the tape either. I have bought many other Elmo tapes and none of them ever get as much attention as this one has gotten. It contains many songs, lots of them educational. One fine face, Five, Three, etc. These songs are not only catchy tunes but they're also very educational. I highly recommend this video.