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I might say I'm a "connoisseur" of Sesame Street, so admitting that this is my second favourite Sesame Street video of all time is a really big deal, but it's absolutely true! (My very favourites are the "Sesame Street: Old School" discs, which my kids also still love watching at 9 and 12 years old, but when they were littler, those videos didn't completely hold their attention for the whole hour because a few of the spoken segments are long.) As far as the children go, this has always been my kids' very fave of all the Sesame Street shows we've owned.
The show's 'theme' is based on one of the best classic S.S. songs ever written (if you've ever heard the 1975 album Bert & Ernie's Sing-Along... which is BRILLIANT, incidentally, you'll already have a charming sense of nostalgia towards this song). It re-enforces the budding sense of humour in a child by combining a catchy upbeat melody with lyrics that are a sort of play-on-words themselves. ("What's the Name of That Song" IS the name of that song!)
Grover, Big Bird, and Elmo are searching the world over to find the 'one' special song that everybody should sing, and the show is then a collection of both classic song clips from the early days as well as newer ones (the "Between" song by Wayne Brady and "That's the Letter 'O'" by Queen Latifah are two great highlights taken from newer episodes). My kids always especially loved the "Eight Balls of Fur" clip (it made them curious to learn about Jerry Lee Lewis too!) and my 22 month-old currently sings "Do de Duck" every night in his bath, which he learned from this video. While there are spoken segments meant to 'link' the songs together thematically, they're not so long that any of my children ever lost interest in the show or walked away. And there are plenty of funny 'asides' for parents who are watching along with their children (it's hosted mainly by Grover, who often digresses in this manner--it's definitely included for the grown-ups' amusement).
Absolutely buy this video for your children... it's one that you'll be able to 'stand' watching over and over (you won't start hating it after a few viewings, as often happens with kids' films). From the time they became interested in TV (maybe 18 months or so) this held their attention long enough for me to do things like check my email, and we could sing along to the songs together because they're fun rather than cheap or annoying (like a lot of the songs on Barney for example). Especially for the youngest children, this is better than buying individual 'episodes' of Sesame Street (or other kids shows) because there's less dialogue to bore them... the songs keep coming, and kids are very happy about that!!! :)
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I liked this dvd as it has a few songs that ...
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