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Special Sesame Street Christmas

Jackson, Michael (Actor), Fonda, Henry (Actor), Petranto, Russ (Director) Format: DVD

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Genre	Kids & Family
Format	NTSC
Contributor	Jackson, Michael, Murray, Professor Anne, Smothers, Dick, Uggams, Leslie, Merman, Ethel, Fonda, Henry, Petranto, Russ See more
Language	English
Runtime	1 hour

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Leslie Uggams is celebrating Christmas on Sesame Street, but since Oscar the Grouch is being a right old scrooge, she decides to teach him a lesson by imploring Anne Murray, Imogene Coca, and Dickie Smothers to pose as the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Have a hot cocoa with Henry Fonda and enjoy a very special appearance by none other than Michael Jackson as he helps set Oscar on the right track to fully understanding the Spirit of Christmas.

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Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.7 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Petranto, Russ
Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour
Release date ‏ : ‎ November 6, 2012
Actors ‏ : ‎ Jackson, Michael, Fonda, Henry, Murray, Professor Anne, Smothers, Dick, Merman, Ethel
Studio ‏ : ‎ Legendary Ent
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00979KQDQ
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2

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WhyNotBeKind

Adorable Michael Jackson Is The Special Guest

Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2013

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Michael Jackson is the special guest on this Sesame Street program. Both Michael and Sesame Street are timeless, and I grew up with both Michael and Sesame Street in my life. I had to have this dvd and I'm so glad I do. You should have it too. It's adorable and very enjoyable for anyone, at any age.

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Nora

Worth it for the lulz.

Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2012

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This isn't Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, and it isn't the world's greatest Sesame Street special. I burst out laughing at parts that aren't supposed to be funny, because this DVD is just special. There's comments that would not fly on today's Sesame Street, such as Ethel telling people they look like idiots, and people being glad Oscar is apparently gone. I lost it at the part where Ethel randomly bursts into "Tomorrow" from Annie, because it's just so random. And then right after that? With Michael Jackson just POPPING UP OUT OF NOWHERE (note: if you have an irrational fear of MJ, this might be a bad choice for you) with his 'fro and everything, you'll laugh at parts that aren't supposed to be funny. But there are redeeming parts of it: the WHOLE version of "Just One Person" is sung, not the abridged version that is usually preformed on Sesame Street and the Muppet Show, which is extremely well preformed and my favourite non-Muppet original song that has been preformed for it. And then hey NEWSFLASH: OSCAR HAS A HEART. OSCAR LOVES THE KITTY. Oscar ISN'T a total grouch! Imagine a Christmas Sesame street movie having that!

But oh, the bonus features. There's a "grooving" Michael Jackson with DJ Oscar. It looks like something that was made circa 1991 via Windows Movie Maker, complete with cheesy graphics and godawful music. And "song mode" and "sneak peaks". Really? This DVD is kind of awesome. Really only for hardcore Muppet/Sesame fans but really? It's kind of special. And awesome. And worth it for the lulz.

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mother of two toddlers!

mother of two toddlers

Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2012

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this sesame strret movie is an old one but its another great sesame street movie. My two little toddlers just love watching sesame street and they loved watching this movie as well. I highly recomend this movie to anyone that has kids that love sesame street!

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Emily M. Miller

Worst Bonus Features Ever

Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2013

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Having read the plot of this movie online, I knew how lame it was and didn't expect anything great from it. The bonus features were more disappointing. Bad versions of Christmas songs and a remix of Michael Jackson's lines in the movie? We could have just done without a bonus.

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Klaus Michael Neumann

Excellent

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2013

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This is a great special MJ DVD with unreleased seen, very huge for every Michael Jackson fans
A master for a 26 year Michael Jackson collector :o)
Fast, huge and safe delivering... all was perfect from this seller... so can recommend it :o)

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Michael J. Doyle

Unbelievably bad.

Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2013

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Only if you enjoy something so bad it's good could I ever recommend this. It is jaw-droppingly awful, and all the other reviews that criticize it are dead on. Two quick additions to these reviews to emphasize what a shoddy production this was: Couldn't a hairdresser at least have made an attempt to comb poor Ethel Merman's rat's nest of a hairdo? And Henry Fonda?? He comes out for a 16-second non sequitor. WTF???

Secondly, the DVD is a complete ripoff. The "Special Features" of a still picture of Michael Jackson rocking back and forth are downright insulting.

And to the people who gave this a positive review - no, on second thought, there is nothing I can say.

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jewbabe3

it brought memories

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2013

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kinda disappointed. i was hoping michael was going to sing too. they should have release it as a special bonus feature on the dvd.

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Janice T. Vice

Very pleased!!

Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2019

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Used item was in good condition and exactly as described! Very pleased!!

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Richard Cheese

Terrible, even for old school Sesame Street fans

Reviewed in Canada on December 20, 2012

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It's obvious from watching this that this show was not produced in any way by the Children's Television Workshop. Half the human characters are not present, and the only Muppets are Oscar, Big Bird, and Barkley. Michael Jackson is prominent on the cover, but he is on the show for less than a minute, and with no real reason to be there. The best part of the show, sadly, was Ann Murray's song. Of course, it was lip-synced and what you hear is from one of her albums. How this got nominated for an Emmy is beyond me. But then again, it was 1978.

The only reason to purchase this if you are not an ultra hardcore Muppet fan who needs to have everything Muppet-related, is if you want to hear Michael Jackson Autotuned. The one very poorly produced bonus feature is some dance-style song with sound bites of Oscar from the show along with Michael Jackson's singing run through Autotune. The visuals are good for a laugh because of how absolutely terrible they are. Everything about the DVD is terrible, from the bootleg-style DVD case art to all the content on the disc.

If you're not a Muppet nut of want a Michael Jackson Autotune song with "Intro to Visual Graphics"-style imagery, stay far away from this.

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Pink Pig

Not enough Michael Jackson in the special

Reviewed in Canada on March 27, 2015

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I'm a HUGE Jim Henson/Muppet fan, and also a BIG Michael Jackson fan, so when I saw this rare collector's item, I jumped on it. The problem is, Michael only appears on the special once, for about 3 minutes, talks to Oscar, and then leaves...and that's it. He didn't even sing a song :(

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