Sesame Street - What's the Name of That Song? [VHS]

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!!! :)

This DVD is unbelievable!! My 18 month old daughter loves it and she's been watching it since she was 14 mos. She never gets tired of the songs and the characters. After seeing everyone singing different songs, Super Grover is on a mission to find the one song that will unite the world and so he finds Elmo and Big Bird and they go on a mission to find that one song that everybody can sing. There are so many different types of songs in this DVD from Jazz, rock, opera and r&b to even rap. They are all educational and put a light fun twist on learning and introducing young ones to different types of music. My daughter loves Patti Labelle, loves Denyce Graves and even Queen Latifah. I would recommend this DVD all over again. The skits are funny (numbers vs letters) and Super Grover, Big Bird and even Oscar (yes Oscar) are all hilarious!! Plus it has a eyeful of celebrities.... Parents be warned, you will have a hard time getting those catchy songs out of your head too..lol

Sesame Street was my favorite growing up and I couldn't wait to share it with my children, Being a child of the 80's and growing up with Sesame Street, I had a lot of memories of the older version Sesame Street and wanting to share them with my kids. I searched for the right DVD's to do that and found two (one being this one) that really brought the memories flooding back and the best part was that my children cherished those same ones as I had as a kid. There is just something special to be shared in this DVD together. The DVD features the best classics of Bert and Ernie, What's the name of that Song, Grover, Oscar, and Big Bird. The theme of the DVD is that they are searching for the one perfect song to all sing together and in doing so flashback to the past to feature clips of The O song, Between, Rubber Duckie, and the list continues. There are special moments with our children, but this is one of mine in sharing the love I have for Sesame Street with them. Not only memories, laughter, and smiles, but pue love and joy. One of my best purchases EVER!

This DVD is much better than the 25th Anniversary one. I loved the vintage shorts. Sony wonder and Sesame Street wonder should bring out a DVD with classic shorts for the adult fans of the show who would love to walk down memory lane. I love the Music works wonders in the "for parents" section, but my daughter has yet to warm up to it. It's great to see Gaby and Miles but I miss Snuffy, doesn't he have a song too? I've seen Bert's doing the pigeon so many times that I can't stand it. It's on at least 3 of my sesame street dvd's already. Most of the cast isn't there for a grand finale like on the 25th Anniversary edition. Another problem I have is with the package. I love that it's a book and my daughter loves to watch the pictures and flip the pages. However the DVD often slips out as the case doesn't close properly. Next time I would like to have the dvd in a secure non-slip case and a nice lyric book for the kids to use. Update 2010 I recently purchased another copy of this dvd for my daughter because I wanted the Music Makes Wonders bonus feature. However when I did purchase the new dvd, I couldn't find that feature on the disc. The bonus section only has the trivia, cast interview and bonus shorts. Come on, if you do something, do it right. I now have to search for the older edition dvd which I originally had. I am so disapointed in this product.

１歳半の息子のために購入しました。このほかにもセサミストリートのＤＶＤはたくさん持っているのですがこのＤＶＤは初めから食いつきがよく、飽きることなく最後までしっかり見ています。登場するキャラクターも多いしコンセプトが「ＳＯＮＧ」なだけあって歌もたくさん入っています。尚且つストーリー性もしっかりしていておもしろく大人も一緒に楽しめます。買ってから何十回も見ていますがいまだに毎回大喜びで一緒に歌って踊っています。これは絶対お勧めです！買って後悔はしないと思います。ＤＶＤケースも絵本のようになっていてストーリーに出てくる歌の歌詞が書いてくれてあるので嬉しいです♪

My son loves this DVD! Happy catchy songs for sure.

I liked this dvd as it has a few songs that I haven't come across on my extensive Sesame Street collection! Can Super Grover find just one song that everyone can sing or will he realise that it doesn't matter if there are lots of songs, we can all enjoy!

セサミストリートのＤＶＤは言葉がよく分かっていない幼児にはとても食いつきがいいですね。 うちの子も6ヶ月くらいからこのシリーズを見せていますが、食い入るように見ています。 全編通してテンションが高いのがいいのでしょうか？ 出演者も豪華なので大人も見ていて楽しめます。 英語がしゃべれるまでは行かないにしてもヒヤリングにはちょっとは役立てばと思っています。

初めて買ったセサミのＤＶＤを思いのほか娘が気に入ったので、追加で買ってみました。 このＤＶＤも、楽しい歌がたくさん収録されていて、気に入ったみたいです。