Sesame Street - Old School, Vol. 1 (1969-1974) |  | Studio: Sesame Street
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Rating:  169 reviews
Sales Rank: 1071
Format: Box set, Color, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 440 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.8
MPN: D40010D
UPC: 891264001021
EAN: 0891264001021
ASIN: B000H6SY8C
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: October 24, 2006
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Product Description
Do you remember how to get to Sesame Street? Relive those memorable moments from your childhood with Sesame Street: Old School. The best of seasons one to five are all here for the first time ever on DVD. Included are the best episodes from these early years the original pilot as it aired and tons of extras. Do you remember the Ladybug Picnic? How about Wanda the Witch? Did you learn to count with Bill Cosby or James Earl Jones? Sing "Nasty Dan" with Johnny Cash? Sesame Street Old School has something for everyone whether you just have those adorable monsters (and one big bird) or you want to share the show with your children. Make Abracadabra Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich grab your rubber duckie and head on down to where the air is sweet.System Requirements:Run Time: 420 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY UPC: 891264001021 Manufacturer No: 89126400102
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When the Children's Theater Workshop's Sesame Street first aired on television in 1969, it was a revolutionary new show aimed specifically at preschool children--an audience previously untargeted by television programming. Exhaustively-researched and tested on real audiences of preschoolers, this "experiment in kid programming" aimed to teach preschoolers the alphabet, numbers, body parts, rhyming, and basic reasoning skills while thoroughly entertaining them. Through the use of humor, the amazing puppetry of Frank Oz and Jim Henson, animation, the incredibly catchy music of Joe Raposo and Jeffrey Moss, and a fast-action pace borrowed from the television commercial format, Sesame Street was, and still is, more successful at educating and entertaining children than anyone initially imagined. What's more, the lessons learned by generations of preschoolers went far beyond simple school-readiness skills to include values like acceptance, cooperation, and inclusiveness because the urban Sesame Street was a place populated by people and monsters young viewers could identify with, where anything could happen, and where every ethnicity, generation, and species co-existed and interacted harmoniously. Sesame Street: Old School Volume 1 1969-1974 offers a sampling of the first five seasons of Sesame Street and includes the first episode of each season in its entirety as well as a large selection of classic segments from each season highlighting some of the most memorable sketches ("Bein' Green," "Rubber Duckie," "Whistle a Happy Tune," and Super-Grover in "Telephone Booth"), favorite human characters like Bob and Mr. Hooper, and guest appearances by celebrities like Bill Cosby, Lena Horne, Jackie Robinson, Carol Burnett, and Jesse Jackson. Adult viewers will be transported back in time as they witness Bert's frustration with his ever-noisy roommate Ernie, chuckle at the antics of Grover and his demanding customer in Grover's Restaurant, and wonder if Snuffleupagus will ever show himself to someone besides Big Bird. Other well-remembered moments include pinball number count, the baker who inevitably tumbles down the stairway with a handful of cream pies, the ever-munching Cookie Monster, "Here is Your Life" segments, Bert "Doin' the Pigeon," and the inevitably grumpy Oscar the Grouch. Post-Elmo preschoolers and their parents will laugh, learn, grow, and connect with one another as they share this classic compilation of Sesame Street moments. Bonus features include the original sales pitch reel (introduced by Joan Ganz Cooney and hosted by Kermit the Frog and Rowlf the Dog) and a thick booklet rich with history, trivia, and a pullout activity section for children. (Ages 2 and older) --Tami Horiuchi
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Better than current Show October 13, 2009
D. Finkelstein (Los Angeles)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My two year old became bored with the current Sesame Street Narrative. He loved Elmo for about 8 months but now is no longer interested.
However, He has been enthralled by the old school because the short and creative segments are trippy, and funny. Kermit, guy smiley, lots of bert and ernie and grover segments.
Also it seems there are no muppet characters on the current S.S. that are above 6 years old. Kermit was a perfect "adult" foil and interviewer.
Great stuff. Bob McGrath singing People of the Neighborhood is wonderful.
 The Real Deal! September 18, 2009
Lisette Baxter (Brisbane,Australia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you've ever sat watching new episodes of the oddly blandicized noughties version of Sesame Street with your little one and thought,"This SUCKS. Elmo must be a lobotomized munchkin.I thought Sesame used to be great.Has my memory cheated me?",rest assured,it hasn't. The two volumes of these compilation 'old school' prove that the Sesame Street that Generation Xers grew up with in the seventies and early 80s was responsible for some of the most inventive,funny,creative,hummable television ever created while still teaching kids the three 'r's.How poor our generation would have been if Jim Henson,God Rest His Soul,had given up on a career in puppetry and gone back to accounting school.
The key to Sesame's success as a learning aid was to copy the slick,colourful,humourous style of television advertising,and like the ads,use constant repetition of these vignettes to drive the message home. These small films gave rise to a wealth of creativity,with many artists drawn from all sorts of independant art styles employed to present numeracy and literacy in a catchy,entertaining way.Attention to the values of decency,equality and tolerence also lifted SS above the norm and made it a genuinely revolutionary cultural artefact of its time.
Sesame's brand of infectious humour and singable ditties had a way of permanently lodging into your heart and mind.I'm 42 and I can still hum my old favorites: the Pinball-inspired,'1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ...'song,the 'Ladybug's Picnic'(complete with jokes about fire insurance!),'C is for Cookie','Rubber Duck' etc.Enormous fun and proof that the messages really took.Thankfully,all the best ones you remember are likely to be included on either one of the two volumes.
Yes,some of the info has dated,and there IS an advisory warning on the dvd that not all of the material may be suitable for modern tots.(For example,not sure I would let an under-6 catch public transport or go to the store by herself in these troubled times.)But as long as you watch WITH your toddler to act as a filter for the material(or fastforward thru' the handful of skits out of sync with modern attitudes)this is a great DVD you can genuinely ENJOY(not just watch) together. My 3 yr old niece,who rejects noughties-period SS as 'howwible') LOVES old school Sesame Street.
And if you don't crack a smile during the 'Rapunzel' skit("Horsey??? Where's my horsey???") you are officially dead.
It's a shame that modern Sesame lacks the verve and spirit of adventure of the show in its early incarnation.But thanks to dvd,we can now relive the show's glory days.If I believed in occultism,I'd try to bring Mr Henson back & get him to fix where it all went wrong.Starting with a firing squad for Elmo,the annoying little twerp. Ah,if only.
 Not as great as I thought it would be:( September 14, 2009
sf mom (san francisco)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The product's description made it sound like there would be several episodes on each disk, but really its one to two episodes per disk. The quality of the film is pretty fuzzy & even somewhat blurry. The drawing that does the announcement is really annoying, luckily you can skip over him. I bought this for my young son, and while he likes it- I'm thinking I should have went with the newer episodes. I was really excited about buying the vintage episodes, but having seen them now I probably wouldn't buy them for a child, maybe an adult that would remember them the original time they aired.
Missing too many episodes!!! August 1, 2009
Dana B. Galvin
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I would pay a lot of money for a complete set of the ENTIRE series for 1970-1979. Why doesn't someone make one for each year and make it COMPLETE. Buying it this way was a disappointment and a tease. I would do ANYTHING and pay A LOT to find all the episodes for the 70s as I don't want my child to have anything to do with Elmo.
Old School June 5, 2009
John Carley (Raleigh, NC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
No surprise the really old stuff can sometimes be a bit rough around the edges, but really cool extras and seeing the changes, and no Elmo!
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