Sesame Street: Old School - Volume 1 (1969-1974)
Were some of your first friends named Grover, Mr. Hooper and Bob? Do you remember the Ladybug Picnic? How about Pinball Number Count? Sesame Street: Old School is a time capsule of the early days of the ground-breaking series you grew up on. Take a trip back in time with Bert, Ernie, Big Bird and Snufflepagus. Sing along with classics like "C is for Cookie," "I Love Trash," and "Rubber Duckie." For the first time on DVD, the music, memories, and mayhem from Sesame Street's first five seasons can be enjoyed again and again!
Member Reviews
Great DVD - CareBakes
We loved it! The kids 2 and 5 thought it was great and I was happy to have childhood flashbacks. Those songs and rhymes all worked because I knew all of them without thinking about it. My 2 year old sat through the whole thing. He was missing Elmo though, but did even learn the letter D from all the letter of the day content. I think it was better back then.Why the warning? - nobbymcdobby
This DVD series begins every show with the warning: This program may not meet the needs of today's preschoolers. WTF? I don't get it. I am showing this to my preschooler and I don't feel she is being warped by it. If anything, today's Sesame Street has been ruined by early education specialists and other politically correct wankers interfering with genuine creativity and the love of teaching, which these early shows have in abundance.Bring Back Old School! - TheShamus
In Southern Ontario, we could pick up Sesame Street through the CBC. Eventually the Spanish segments (with Luis from the "Fix-it Shop") were editted out and replaced with Canadian French segments. Alternately, we could view back-to-back Sesame Streets on the Buffalo PBS affliate on Sunday mornings. In short ... I was raised on Sesame Street.
The "Old School" series, distributed by Sony, features 5 full episodes (one from each year between 1969 and 1974). The DVD's are packed with extra short clips (which were used over-and-over from year-to-year). Many of these clips should look very familiar to Sesame-philes.
There is something pleasing about unlocking memories of segments I forgot about. It's fun to look back ... and to think about how this type of learning shaped who you are today.
So far ... my toddlers have not taken to the show. The pace seems to be different -- but I know this type of learning works ... and the charactes like Bert and Ernie, or Grover, are likely to already be familiar to your child.
Also ... there are a few segments which would defiitely not be part of modern shows -- however, that is part of what makes it so charming.
If you are not familiar with the material -- I'm not you will be impressed by this 3 DVD set. For fans of the Sesame Street series ... this is very worthwhile.
/\/\/\/\ the Shamus /\/\/\/\
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Great DVD - CareBakes
We loved it! The kids 2 and 5 thought it was great and I was happy to have childhood flashbacks. Those songs and rhymes all worked because I knew all of them without thinking about it. My 2 year old sat through the whole thing. He was missing Elmo though, ...Why the warning? - nobbymcdobby
This DVD series begins every show with the warning: This program may not meet the needs of today's preschoolers. WTF? I don't get it. I am showing this to my preschooler and I don't feel she is being warped by it. If anything, today's Sesame Street has been ...Bring Back Old School! - TheShamus
In Southern Ontario, we could pick up Sesame Street through the CBC. Eventually the Spanish segments (with Luis from the "Fix-it Shop") were editted out and replaced with Canadian French segments. Alternately, we could view back-to-back Sesame Streets on ...