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Summary: Not only one of the better Elmo Sesame Street videos, but...
Review: ...also one of the best visual versions of Peter and the Wolf, itself. The humor is infectious. Sesame Street gets around the issue of the wolf eating the duck quite well. This is one of the videos that my son and I can sit down together and watch over and over with enjoyment. A wonderful way to introduce little ones to the world of classical music. I hightly recommend this tape. The Boston Pops are excellent, and the introductory and closing materials involving Sesame Street characters and their attempt to form a band is also well done.
Bravo to all concerned.
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Summary: Not only one of the better Elmo Sesame Street videos, but...
Review: ...also one of the best visual versions of Peter and the Wolf, itself. The humor is infectious. Sesame Street gets around the issue of the wolf eating the duck quite well. This is one of the videos that my son and I can sit down together and watch over and over with enjoyment. A wonderful way to introduce little ones to the world of classical music. I hightly recommend this tape. The Boston Pops are excellent, and the introductory and closing materials involving Sesame Street characters and their attempt to form a band is also well done.
Bravo to all concerned.
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Summary: One of the best Elmo videos
Review: Elmo videos can vary quite a bit in quality, but I have to say that this is just about the best one. I hope they do more like this in the future. My 2 year old son absolutely loves it -- pretty much demands to see it every day now -- and what's more, *I* like it too. Great sets, good humor, and the Prokokiev music is integrated perfectly with the performance. This is fun AND intelligent.This is one of the few videos I've seen to describe orchestra instruments, and how an orchestra works, to a very young audience -- it even nudges kids into understanding to comport themselves at a concert (i.e. by Baby Bear making every faux pas possible...).
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Summary: An excellent multimedia DVD
Review: Great fun for toddlers, older kids and adults! Even though I find Baby Bear 10 times more annoying than Elmo, I can sit through this one as much as my toddler wants. It's also an excellent showcase of DVD technology with the interactive games and other special features on this disc. One minor issue I have with it though is the menu that requires two selections to get anywhere. (Almost as annoying as an "Are you Sure?" dialog box).
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Summary: A classic in every sense...
Review: I am completely in love with this DVD, as is my 2 year old daughter. I picked it up wanting not only to entertain her, but also educate. Happily, this does both, and it will still be watchable when my little ones are older.
Baby Bear is taken by Papa Bear to see the Boston Pops Orchestra perform Peter and the Wolf, and the story is set in motion as Baby Bear listens to the music and imagines his Sesame St friends as the characters. Each character is followed in the story by a Boston Pops member playing the instrument respective to them, which will give children a clearer understanding of how the instrument voices the character. Elmo is adorable as Peter, Big Bird plays Grandfather, Oscar and Zoe accompany Elmo on his hunt as the Cat and Bird, and the wolf is of course, the Wolf!
The Boston Pops are at their finest here, and everything about the instruments, musicians, and the musical work itself are explained in a fun, funny, and educational way. One of the most wonderful things about the story was a slight change made in the fates of the Duck and the Wolf - when Telly (Duck) discovers he is to be eaten in the story, he is a bit shocked and decides to sit out, (a particularly funny moment!). And rather than shooting the wolf, the creative team here decided to catch him with butterfly nets and ropes and capture him without violence. For this mom, that was a welcome surprise.
For anyone with kids 2 to 12, Elmo lovers, or an adult like me who just appreciates great music and loves to see their little ones smile at a great show, pick this one up today.
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Summary: WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!
Review: I BOUGHT THIS DVD FOR MY 2 1/2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, WHO LOVES SESAME STREET, WHAT A BAD MISTAKE. THE DVD WAS IN OUR PLAYER FOR ALL OF ABOUT 10 MINS, AND I LOOK OVER AND THERE IS I ONE OF THE SESAME CHARACTERS WITH A POP GUN GOING TO LOOK FOR THE WOLF. I TOOK IT OUT SO FAST HOPING THAT MY DAUGHTER DID NOT SEE HER FAVORITE CHARACTERS PLAYING WITH A GUN. SHE HAS BEEN WATCHING SESAME STREET SINCE SHE WAS BORN AND SHE LOVES IT, I USED TO LOVE IT TOO. NEVER GIVING ANY THOUGHT TO THE NEED THAT I WOULD HAVE TO WATCH THE DVDS BEFORE HAND TO SEE IF THEY WERE APROPRIATE, BAD ON MY PART, BUT JUST HORIBLE ON THEIRS.
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Summary: Educational & Fun....
Review: I can't tell you how many x/s I have watched this movie. After all the viewings I can still say I wish there were more like it. My daughter is learning about music and how music tells a story while being entertained by the antics of baby bear and elmo. Very well done.
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Summary: lovely made, just forced to see preface without skipping
Review: i do love this dvd, my 28 month old daughter does so, is not too scary, it is well made with all the sesamestreetcharacters.
but what i do hate is, that there is a "count with sesamestreet, the children are counting on you" preface, which you cannot skip! you have to watch and wait the whole start until the start of peter and the wolf options comes.
so when you want to watch the dvd, put it in dvd player minutes before you sit down with your child.
all disneys have terrible long and many sneak previews, but at least you can skip them!
nothing for impatient people like me, who think, that if i buy a dvd i want to see the dvd and all other things like "we do benefits" or "sneak previews" should be a button pressable option and not a must to see.
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Summary: One of the greatest TV shows i ever done watched back home
Review: i think them elmo is one of them cutest little critters i ever did seen.red and furry...i wanna cuddle them man! them songs was catchy and them beats were hot.i sung along for them months after them. My 1 year old 1/2 chip-toothed niece watched elmo and cried when he sang but i think that she was cryin' in happiness' t'aint that a truth?
-Watch this Classic, SESAME STREET for ever!
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Summary: A wonderful way to introduce toddlers to the orchestra
Review: I was very pleasantly surprised by this DVD. I had read the reviews on Amazon.com and was concerned about the review claiming that one of the characters was holding a pop gun. (I didn't see it anywhere in the movie.) As it turns out, my four-year old and my 18-month old sat through the entire DVD and enjoyed it immensely. It's a wonderful way to introduce your children to the orchestra and the sounds of several orchestra instruments.
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