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Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
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| Part No: | B002K0WBWI |
| Manufacturer: | Sesame Street |
| MFG Part: | GEPDSS00161D |
| Customer Rating: | 4.0 / 5.0 |
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Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 11/10/2009
| Not as good as I thought... | 2010-07-25 | 3 / 5 |
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I bought Old School Sesame Street Volumes 1 and 2 many years ago and have been waiting for a 3rd volume release because our family just LOOOOOVES these two. In fact, the box is falling apart because of overuse. When I saw the 40 Years of Summer Days, I actually thought this was the 3rd, so I got it right away. I didn't realize that 40 years means up to today (because that's about my age). I am disappointed to see a lot of Elmo and the other new muppets in there. I'm sorry but I never grew up with them so I find them annoying. Ok I admit it. I bought this as a gift to my 4 year old but it was mostly for me. But even my son grew up watching the Old School Sesame Street so even he is not crazy about the new guys. So now we just gave it a run-through and it's back in the box. Why? Because most of the clips are already in the 2 volumes we have. They just added the new episodes circa late 80s and 90s. Ok to be fair, there are nice clips that I totally don't remember, like Maria and Luis getting married and having a baby, and the death of Mr. Hooper. But you don't really want to keep watching those over and over, especially when you grew up thinking it was Maria and David! I was hoping to see more of the animated clips, more of "The Number Painter", more of the clumsy baker that falls down the steps, and more of Joe Raposo's genius compositions, Ernie's old pranks on Bert, and the phonics (You take the P with the "ph" and the AN "an"... put them all together and they spell PAN, thats PAN... P-A-N, PAN....). That would've been great for my preschooler. Oh well... I still rate it with 3 stars because after all, it is Sesame Street and I have great respect for the people behind this production.
If you're a 40 yr old Sesame Street fan and you don't have Old School yet, get those, absolutely. Hold off on this one unless you want to collect. Hope this review has helped you. |
| Brings Back Childhood Memories | 2010-07-14 | 5 / 5 |
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| Took this on a trip with us to keep our 2 year old occupied throughout the trip and she loved it. I loved it too. I remember a lot of the episodes. |
| Would have liked more on first 20 years | 2010-06-18 | 3 / 5 |
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Definitely worth a look to anyone who, like me, grew up on the show in the '70s and '80s, but I have to agree with the reviewers who wanted more of this era. I didn't even bother to watch the second disc, which concerns itself with 1989-2009.
Snippets of the show, sketches, behind-the-scenes stuff, all good. Sorely lacking, though, is the pop-up facts special bonus feature. The Muppet Show - Season One (Special Edition) includes the same feature but does it SO much better than what can be seen here. On the "Sesame Street" presentation it seems like an after thought, thrown together hurriedly and edited VERY poorly (if at all). Some of the "facts" as worded just flat out don't make sense. |
| dvd for children | 2010-06-13 | 5 / 5 |
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| Sesame street reminds me when I was an auapir and the kids there loved Elmo and his friends. I decided to gift it to my 3 years old boy and thanks to this dvd he starts learning english : how to count, sing... I recommend this DVD for non english speakers to learn english with their kids. |
| fun for the whole family | 2010-06-02 | 4 / 5 |
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| My daughter got to enjoy all the Seasame episodes for the first time and my husband and I got to remember all the episodes from our childhood. |
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