Comments on: Sesame Street: All-Star Alphabet

By: Brayden's mommy

Brayden's mommy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:37:06 +0000

My 21 month old son is a huge Sesame Street fan. He loves letters and numbers (I’m sure it is due to Sesame Street). I was kind of shocked when I saw that this video didn’t have very good reviews so I decided to share my opinion. My son absolutely loves this video. He puts it on several times a day. It may just be because he loves letters but he really enjoys this DVD!!
Rated 4 / 5

By: J. Getz

J. Getz — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:31:58 +0000

My kids love this, and as an adult who has to sit through it, the banter and dry humor between A and Z is hilarious. They dropped and scratched it when it fell out of the car on a family trip and I’m buying it again for my youngest who misses it so much. The kids didn’t seem to mind the less overwhelming presence of Elmo and really appreciate the great music. It’s a nice break from Elmo and I was surprised that they picked up on the great underlying lesson about not boasting (A), and not not always being the most popular (Z).
Rated 5 / 5

By: karrie

karrie — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:52:53 +0000

I just suggested this to another parent, and when I saw the reviews had to add that I think its excellent. My 17 month old loves this video and I do as well. Lots of well known artists reworking their hits around the letters in the alphabet, but the really fabulous part is the classics included as a bonus. Parents may remember the wanted M who tries to mascarade as a W to avoid the fuzz, the zippy, zippy zing, zing Z, Darling daughter (do daisies have feet? ducks do have ears but they don’t do the dishes), and the aforementioned we all live in a capital I song.

Steven Colbert is hilarious as the depressive, angsty letter Z. This is an all around great dvd.
Rated 5 / 5

By: Lisa R

Lisa R — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:54:33 +0000

Too much talking, boring actors, not something that holds children’s interest. I should have never bought this.
Rated 1 / 5

By: Curtis Allan

Curtis Allan — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:06:01 +0000

I bought this sight-unseen at the store because I teach English to kids in Mexico and I figured it had to be better than the earlier Do the Alphabet release. To my complete disappointment, this is EVEN WORSE than than the prior release. The songs are a total bore (save the Sheryl Crowe number which is quite nice) and all seem to follow a very similar country/folksy rock format. Usually they do a better job of mixing it up. The two people who play letters A and Z and narrate this whole mess have all the flavor of carboard crust pizza with ketchup for sauce. Do yourself a favor and avoid this video at all costs; I feel sick for having wasted money on it. There isn’t even any scene worth cutting to and showing my students. The “special features” are totally worthless animated cuts… they have way better vintage stuff they could have used. The earlier reviewer from Mass. must certainly work for PBS; I had never seen them so desparate to resort to those types of tactics before. I gave Do the Alphabet three stars and sadly this really can’t even merit two. You can’t say you haven’t been warned now so buy at your own risk!
Rated 1 / 5