Sesame Street Old School Season 1

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At the beginning there is a disclaimer that these episodes are for adults only and may not be suitable for todays preschoolers. Too many lawyers involved I guess. I researched this disclaimer and the following things are upsetting to some parents: Cookie Monster eats too many cookies, Oscar the grouch is too grouchy and possible smokes a pipe in one of the other sets, a kid rides his bike without a helmet, and in the first episode, a man walks a little girl around Sesame Street to introduce her too the neighborhood (anyone paying attention hears in the short conversation with his wife that a “teachers meeting was cancelled” so he is a teacher at the very least and you can imagine that Sally was in his class. I have no idea why this is such a BIG DEAL. I find none of these things upsetting or have the potential to damage my child since I am the mom and I am in charge of keeping my child safe and teaching her about safety. My kid is facinated, learning and having fun. Grandma, who was a teacher and then administrator for over 20 years in elementary education in 3 parts of the country,confirms that the way they teach ABCs and counting is the best way. The new kids programs don’t teach in a systematic way and encourage a very short attention span, so I am very thankful that these Old School Sesame Street episodes are available. Plus,I used to watch them as a kid, and I get to enjoy hearing “Rubber Duckie” & “Lady Bugs12 at the Lady Bugs Picnic” again.- cloudshade

As much as I absolutely love Sesame Street, especially the older episodes, these DVD collections are disappointing. We bought all 3 volumes. Each volume only includes one episode per season, and sadly they reuse so many sketches. It would seem that if you only get 5 episodes to cover 5 seasons, you might not see the same song 2-3 times. Some of the sketches even show up again in other volumes. While I understand that repetition is good for children and their language development, when we bought these disks, the plan was definitely to watch it multiple times, so we don’t need to see Ladybug Picnic or Jimmy John saying Up and Down on every disk. Honestly, I feel a little cheated.-g

They’ve done a good job at balancing full episodes with minimal (if any) repetition with shorts of the popular skits and segments. I find the announcer cartoon (called Bob) annoying and an unnecessary delaying tactic to get to the episodes. If you skip to the next chapter you miss the beginning. If you don’t you’re stuck listening to him. He may provide some useful info, but nothing I wouldn’t want to be able to easily skip. Some of the sound and video quality is poor. Fuzzy film, blown out or faded colors. I’m guessing that the masters have degraded some, it is kind of interesting to hear record pops and static on “Being green” (Pretty minor distraction just at the beginning). Anyhow all these are minor quibbles. It was great to see the episodes and sketches as well as see the early incarnation of these characters. (It looks like Big bird is missing half his head and Oscar is Yellow!)- Brian

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Actors: Various
Directors: Various
Format: Multiple Formats, Box set, Color, NTSC
Language: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Number of discs: 3
Rated: NR-Not Rated
Studio: WarnerBrothers
DVD Release Date: January 5, 2010
Run Time: 440 minutes
ASIN: B000H6SY8C