Sesame Street - Put Down the Duckie |  | Director: Jon Stone
Actors: Jim Henson, Kevin Clash, Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz
Studio: Sesame Street
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 19741
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 45 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: SMVD51318D
ISBN: 0738925160
UPC: 074645131894
EAN: 9780738925165
ASIN: B00009W0TV
Theatrical Release Date: October 5, 1988
Release Date: August 5, 2003
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Product Description
A star-studded musical special with guests including Madeline Kahn, John Candy, Phil Donahue, Wynton Marsalis, and Robert MacNeil.
Genre: Children's Video
Rating: NR
Release Date: 5-AUG-2003
Media Type: DVD
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 Put Down the Duckie--and Pick Up a Book! July 15, 2008
John W. Pearson (San Clemente, CA, USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you grew up in the first Sesame Street era or are blessed with children or grandchildren, you may remember the hilarious upbeat tune, "Put Down the Duckie," that featured more than a dozen celebrities and musicians, including Paul Simon, John Candy and Danny Devito. Jazzman Hoots the Owl is teaching Ernie to play the saxophone, but Ernie won't put down his yellow rubber duckie.
Hoots sings, "You gotta put down the duckie. Put down the duckie. Put down the duckie, if you wanna play the saxophone!" In my management workshops, I use this DVD to illustrate the core competency in the Book Bucket, as described in my book, Mastering The Management Buckets: 20 Critical Competencies for Leading Your Business or Non-profit.
I tell business, nonprofit and church leaders, "If you're passionate about your mission and your Big Holy Audacious Goal (BHAG), you must practice, practice and practice the art of management." The Bible says you must "lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily ensnares us" (Hebrews 12:1, NIV) if you want to lead and manage with excellence. Put down the duckie!
So...what duckie are you willing to put down today so you can pick up a book and be a leader of excellence? Mastering the 20 management buckets may seem overwhelming to your team members--maybe even to you. But, to mix metaphors, how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
Add some hoopla to your next staff meeting and show this rousing sing-along video clip, "Put Down the Duckie."
My son loves it! June 13, 2008
margaret gerfelder
Not only does my 18 month old son love this, but I do too!
Who needs Elmo and his modern day sesame street?
Bring back the classics!
 Classic SS, but a little dated January 23, 2008
Anne L. Washburne (Portland, ME USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Put Down The Duckie was originally created as a PBS Pledge Drive special in 1988, and this DVD release of that special, although full of fun fare, seems a bit more dated than many of the other Sesame Street DVDs - not surprising, since the original purpose was to make a special that would encourage adult PBS viewers to pledge, rather than as a special for kids.
Guests you will remember (but your child will have no clue about) include: Phil Donahue, tennis great Martina Navratilova, Barbara Walters, a pre-presidental run Ralph Nader, and PBS broadcaster Robert MacNeil. The title song also features cameos by John Candy and Andrea Martin (as their SCTV characters Yosh Schmenge and Edith Prickley - FYI, Martin is still heavily involved with Sesame Street as Wanda the Word Fairy as well as the voice of the "Lecture Lady" featured on the TV bits during Elmo's World, but she is not recognizable as either of those characters here), Jane Curtain, Pee Wee Herman, a very young Jeremy Irons (possibly in costume as his character from Brideshead Revisited - a nod to the pledge drive audience), Jean Marsh and Gordon Jackson (as Rose and Hudson from Upstairs, Downstairs - another Masterpiece Theatre nod), Madeline Kahn, Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman, Wynton Marsalis, Itzhak Perlman, folk singer Pete Seeger, Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Jazz Great Joe Williams, Cuban salsa singer Celia Cruz, then NY Mets Keith Hernandez and Mookie Wilson, and a group of players from the NY Giants.
The special opens with a great version of the Sesame Street theme song performed by Gladys Knight and the Pips, followed quickly by a long-ish bit where Phil Donahue interviews the people on the street in his trademark style. This segment, in particular, while amusing for adults of a certain age, is very confusing for my young son, because it basically consists of a big group of people all talking loudly and all at once - a bit a chaos you don't often see on actual Sesame Street episodes of any vintage. Next up is Monsterpiece Theater - The 39 Stairs (a sendup in black and white of the Hitchcock Classic The 39 Steps) in which Grover climbs a long flight of steps. This is another bit that grownups will appreciate but that doesn't have much kid appeal.
MT is followed by Bob singing the classic People in your Neighborhood, the pledge-drive twist being that, here, the three people he meets are Navratilova, Walters, and Nader. Next up is the great Put Down The Duckie, then another song - How I Miss My X wonderfully sung by Patti LaBelle. (How I Miss My X reminds me in spirit and performance of the the performance of Don't Know Y by Norah Jones that is in current Sesame Street rotation.) LaBelle's song is followed by a Grover-as-waiter sketch (originally from SS Episode 2122) where Charlie's has been transformed into a Spanish restaurant (and, as usual, Mr Johnson isn't going to get a decent meal from this waiter).
The song Sing Your Synonyms is next. This is a highlight of the video, featuring Luis and Maria as a couple in an art gallery, with Susan, Gordon, Telly, Elmo, and Bob (as a sculpture of Atlas!) appearing inside the art. This is followed by a news segment (with Robert MacNeil) about "Cookiegate", where Kermit appears as Cookie Monster's attorney - another bit that has far more appeal for adults than for kids.
Finally, James Taylor performs Jellyman Kelly (another highlight), and Placido Flamingo appears with an all animal symphony in Pretty Great Performances.
Overall, as a fan of The Muppets, this is a great video for adults. However, I think it does the material and the kids a disservice to market it as a video for kids alongside the other Sesame Street video offerings. Because it was originally created as a pledge drive special, it has a much more adult tone than most of the other current Sesame Street compilation DVDs currently in the marketplace. Testing it with my own 18 month old son, he was quickly bored with it, while his father and I were giggling at many of the bits.
In short, Mom and Dad - buy this for yourself. Watch it after the kids go to bed, and have a bit of nostalgia for yourself
A Great Gift for Preschoolers! January 5, 2008
S. Gaston (ATLANTA, GA)
This unique DVD is Sesame Street at its best! At our home, it is watched again and again by our 2-year old grand daughter, and thoroughly enjoyed by every member of the family.
Great memories April 6, 2007
Katherine J. Keller (Rockford, MI USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I got this for my Dad for Valentine's Day and it was a great time to watch it again. Such was Jim Henson's fame for family and children entertainment that if the request came to you to be on Sesame Street or even The Muppet Show, it was really a simple choice.
The special is really not meant for children but rather for adults, since most of the guests are ones children are not familiar with. It's also fun to see people like Ralph Nader and Barbara Walters poking fun and getting poked in return.
The entire show is fantastic, but the best two clips are "Put Down the Duckie" and Seiji Ozawa's conducting the Muppet Orchestra in "Pretty Great Performances....he really is a good sport. Overall, a excellent tribute to the Classic Sesame Street and to Jim Henson.
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