Your Thoughts: What's the Name of that Song? DVD

[Phillip Chapman]

Today a very special commemorative Sesame Street DVD ("What's the Name of that Song?) is being released highlighting many of the best celebrity appearances on the program. The disc also includes several classic clips from the history of the show.

Featured celebrities include: Maya Angelou, Wayne Brady, Katie Couric, The Dixie Chicks, Gloria Estefan, Diana Krall, Patti LaBelle, Nathan Lane, Conan O'Brian, Queen Latifah, REM, Ben Stiller, and Vanessa Williams among others.

DVD extras include a book insert with photos of the Muppets and song lyrics, interviews with the Muppets, a trivia game, four classic "Sasame Street" shorts and a parenting section, "Music Works Wonders."

Post and let us know what you think about this new DVD. You can also submit a DVD review of this title here...

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[Dantecat]

Hey Phillip, do you know what 4 classic skits will be on there? :confused:

[Daffyfan2003]

I sort of wonder if that's the reason the anniversary special wasn't so great. Maybe they put more of their effort into making this. Just a thought.

[Drtooth]

That's what I was thinking.

Besides the real reason why people thought negative of the special was A) they worked it as an episode and B) people just don't like Elmo and cannot accept the fact that he's the driving force behind SS nowadays!

I saw it at Best buy for 10 bucks... And it's not just a DVD, it's a DVD with a singalong book (their words, not mine). The box is not the conventional DVD box, but rather... err... remember the Sesame board books of the old days? It's sort of a DVD container shaped like one of those. I wonder hopw the DVD is secured...

I cannot remember much, but it has Queen Latifah's "That's the Letter O" with Prairie Dawn and the litle yellow female monster (not Zoe) that was on the series briefly in the 90's.

If I didn't blow my last chunka change on Board and Clay for my 3-D animation class, I would have picked one up right away!

[blackurth]

Here's the rundown of the DVD...

Extras: 4 classic shorts-featuring-"abc-def-ghi" (big bird), "but I like you" (bert and ernie), captain vegetable and "pinball number count"

Sesame Street trivia with some guy reading the trivia for you

Cast interviews: featuring grover, bert and elmo, no REAL cast members

For parents: a section that has elmo, hoots, telly and others learning to play songs. There's some hiddin "marijuana" joke if you listen real closely, at least that's what I picked up. Hoots says "he's fried" and "I can sing high."

The show itself consists of these songs...

1.Eennsy Weensy Spider
2.Sing
3.Between
4.From Your Head
5.Gospel Alphabet
6.Eight Balls of Fur
7.Letter Song
8.That's the Letter O
9.Number Song
10.Counting Vacation
11.Get Along
12.Do De Duck
13.Doin' the Pigeon
14.Operetic Lullaby
15.You Made Me Love You
16.Everybodys Song
17.What's the Name of that Song

All in all it wasn't bad, but most of the footage was from the 80's and '90s and there wasn't much Henson in it although a little with one song by Kermit.

[Dantecat]

Dr. Tooth, the yellow monster is Merry Monster.

Blackurth, are all 17 songs you listed Muppet skits? Yes or No? :confused:

[jrod]

Who are the celebrities/Muppets on each song? I wish they had "Share" or "What is a Friend?" on there.

[Drtooth]

Hmmmm.... I like Captain Vegitable and Big Bird's Abcdefgi, but I wish in liu of Pinball Number Count they'd use something like "Let's Sing a Song of 10" like in the special. "I like You" is on a bit, but it's great to have it on demand.

I will get this DVD as soon as I get the money. It sounds great, especially since Hoots is on it! I wish they'd bring him back completely.

[Daffyfan2003]

That sounds cool. Which version of "ABC-DEF-GHI" is it? The one where Big Bird is talking to Susan and the original Gordon about it, the one where he cleans his nest and pulls out the alphabet thing, or do they just show him singing the song?

[Drtooth]

The Wayne Brady "Between Song" (a remake of an older version... only this time a skit got better during the remake) was one of the highlights of last year for me.

[blackurth]

they are all songs....
the version of "abc-def-ghi" is the version where bigbird is showing the kids his toys then he flashes back not to the one you described but where he's standing in front of a banner that has the alphabet on it..

the stars are on "sing" (conan o brian,dixie chicks and more who I forgot their names)
"between" wayne brady
"gospel alphabet" patti labelle
"that's the letter o" queen latifah
"operetic lullaby" (don't know her name but she's an opera singer)
"everybodys song" (again don't know her name)
"from your head" (again I forgot)

"what's the
name of that song" is a brand new version like that of "sing" on the 25th anniversary disc,they do a medly of "sing/doin' thee pigeon/and "what's the name of that song" as the finale..

"letter song" and "number song" have floating cartoons singing the songs they are brand new songs and they are both the same songs with different lyrics....

now for the henson fans here's your surprise........"get along" is sung by hensons kermit,do de duck is complete (not cut up like the 25th) again henson doing the voice.."eight balls of fur" by chrissy and the alphabets,and all the 4 bonus skits are from the henson days..so even though there's not alot of henson stuff there's some mixed in it..

also I don't know if this is a first but this disc says "eric jacobson as super grover and bert" (he also does cookie monster which was off a little but not too much)

the parents section as I mentioned in the above thread was boring and had too much elmo in it I turned it off after 5 minutes.......

[jrod]

I wish there was a sesame dvd with a lot of old clips and sketches. Closest thing I have to it is the ss 25th anniversary dvd. If you already have the 25th anniv, is the new dvd worth purchasing? :sympathy:

[blackurth]

well the new one doesn't repeat the same songs as the 25th so if you want more songs this is a good one for you...here's more things I wanted to bring up abut the disc..

1.one thing I noticed is that the puppets look wierd...example,ernie has a big head with a head full of hair,bert's head is too small,big birds head is too big,and grovers is too big,cookie monster looks like he had a big hair cut (like harry the monster) elmo looks the same..

2.the human casts that we are used to don't show up until thee very end,gordon,maria,ect....

3.oscar trys to freak out bigbird by putting a song in his head,and it worked.

4.bigbird doesn't know the name of "what's the name of that song" so he goes up to people and asks them "what's the name of that song" and they start singing which upsets him (although he sang that song a long time ago)

5.elmo goes off chasing those floating letters and floating alphabets that i mentioned in the other thread...

6.grover wants to bring "peace" by having everyone in the world sing the same song only to find people arguing which song to sing which makes him feel like a failer..

7.you get a little bit of steve whitmires ernie........

[Cheebo]

I wish there was a sesame dvd with a lot of old clips and sketches. Closest thing I have to it is the ss 25th anniversary dvd. If you already have the 25th anniv, is the new dvd worth purchasing? :sympathy:
Yes. All the classic songs are different(but do de rubber duck but 25th only showed part of that) and the "street" stuff in between the songs is better than the 25th.

[Drtooth]

I wish there was a sesame dvd with a lot of old clips and sketches. Closest thing I have to it is the ss 25th anniversary dvd. If you already have the 25th anniv, is the new dvd worth purchasing? :sympathy:


As much as I liked the 25th anniversary one, I'd have to say (from what I hear) this one is better. Everything was cut up, and it wasn't the same as the broadcast version (they didn't use the Opera version of C is for Cookie, and Monster in the Mirror lacked the celebs and Simpsons).

Plus it's a different collection of songs, and surprise extras (the 4 clips, the appearacne of Hoots, etc). I have the 25th video, but it's probably the same as the DVD... I'd get both, to be a completist, but from what I'm hearing, I'd rather get this instead.

BTW, 8 balls of fur was used a few times on VVHS releases, especially Sing yourself sillier at the movies, but I'm guessing this doesn't have anyone talking during the skit. Oscar and Telly provided a little commentary on the movies VHS...

[Cheebo]

To anyone who has the DVD don't ignore the 20 min parent thing. It really isn't a parent thing at all! It is like a normal 20 min street segmant on Sesame. But with Mr. Hoots (which I havent seen in new stuff for a long time) trying to get some people together for a jam session and he ends up getting Elmo, Rosita, Telly, Oscar (and grouchkateers), Big Bird, & some kids to take part in. Really cute and purely Muppet Sesame stuff.

Captain Vegetable on it shocked me. I havent seen that in YEARS. Heck, I forgot all about it. It was really nostalgic seeing it.

[Daffyfan2003]

they are all songs....
the version of "abc-def-ghi" is the version where bigbird is showing the kids his toys then he flashes back not to the one you described but where he's standing in front of a banner that has the alphabet on it..



Yeah, I think that is the one I described. I guess I just didn't describe it very well. Lol.

Anyway, that's the one I remember seeing when I watched the show as a kid. Thanks for that info.

[Daffyfan2003]

To anyone who has the DVD don't ignore the 20 min parent thing. It really isn't a parent thing at all! It is like a normal 20 min street segmant on Sesame. But with Mr. Hoots (which I havent seen in new stuff for a long time) trying to get some people together for a jam session and he ends up getting Elmo, Rosita, Telly, Oscar (and grouchkateers), Big Bird, & some kids to take part in. Really cute and purely Muppet Sesame stuff.

Captain Vegetable on it shocked me. I havent seen that in YEARS. Heck, I forgot all about it. It was really nostalgic seeing it.

Hmmm. I was worried Kevin has been so busy with Elmo lately, he forgot about Hoots. Lol. I'm glad he's still around. Maybe I should by the DVD. I also remember Captain Vegetable. That was another one of my favorites.

[jrod]

2 questions:
What does Gloria Estefan sing on here(she is one of my favorite singers)
Are The Simpsons on this dvd(Simpsons is my fave cartoon)

[Splurge]

Here's the rundown of the DVD...

Extras: 4 classic shorts-featuring-"abc-def-ghi" (big bird), "but I like you" (bert and ernie), captain vegetable and "pinball number count"



As nutty as this may sound, which "Pinball Number Count" # was this? (Sounds crazy, I know, because they all seem so similar, but some of those cartoons I like better than others. Know what I mean?)

Also what was the scene for BB's ABC-DEF-GHI song, that usual one where he's facing a green banner in the playground?

[Cheebo]

As nutty as this may sound, which "Pinball Number Count" # was this? (Sounds crazy, I know, because they all seem so similar, but some of those cartoons I like better than others. Know what I mean?)

Also what was the scene for BB's ABC-DEF-GHI song, that usual one where he's facing a green banner in the playground?
12 and green banner.

[Phillip Chapman]

Actually, Pinball Number Count is the remix done last year by Ninja Tune. The video is a mixture of all of the pinball segments edited together. It was pretty neat to see them all in one piece. The remix was exactly like the one included on "Songs From The Street" and the NinjaTune remix EP except that the Count's line ("I love it, I love it!") was edited out.

[Cheebo]

Oh oops then. I thought since it counted to twelve it was the 12 one.
:o

[Oliver]

Ninja Tune put out an EP of SS remixes??

Do you know who was involved?


Also, I have no interest in seeing appearances by The Dixie Chicks, Wayne Brady, or any other current pop-celeb cameo, in fact I find the 2 mentioned personalities to be extremely abnoxious... I despise Elmo and Zoe as well as the little bear character and will not likely ever watch a current episode of S.S. as it just holds no interest... Would you still recommend this DVD to me? I am solely lured by the classic segments and retrospectives and am trying to decide whether this would be a worthwhile purchase?

[Cheebo]

Ninja Tune put out an EP of SS remixes??

Do you know who was involved?


Also, I have no interest in seeing appearances by The Dixie Chicks, Wayne Brady, or any other current pop-celeb cameo, in fact I find the 2 mentioned personalities to be extremely abnoxious... I despise Elmo and Zoe as well as the little bear character and will not likely ever watch a current episode of S.S. as it just holds no interest... Would you still recommend this DVD to me? I am solely lured by the classic segments and retrospectives and am trying to decide whether this would be a worthwhile purchase?
90% of the celebs including Dixie Chicks are on for like 5 seconds each. Wayne Brady has his own song Between which is a great song.

[Oliver]

Great, I'll go for it than!

Thanks Cheebo.

[Phillip Chapman]

Ninja Tune put out an EP of SS remixes??

Do you know who was involved?
Check this out...

http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2003/080503.shtml

[Drtooth]

Great, I'll go for it than!

Thanks Cheebo.


If you want to rent it first, I think some stores may have it. Other than that, try Best buy. It offers the DVD for 10 bucks, so even if you are dissappointed, at least you got a good price on it.

[jrod]

I really enjoyed this dvd more than the 25th anniversary. The "street" scenes were overall entertaining but I thought the floating numbers and letters were kinda cheesy. I really enjoyed many of the songs, but I wish that the REM "Furry Happy Monsters" could have been shown in full or the new Norah Jones song with Elmo. My FAVORITE part of the dvd was the "Pinball Number Count". I LOVE that style of animation! I guess its sorta like the schoolhouse rock style animation.

[Drtooth]

It's tearing me from the inside I do not have this DVD yet...

Are there song/scene selections?

[Camellia]

If anyone from Children's Television Workshop or JHC reads this:
:)

Put in my vote for a Sesame Street DVD series of clips from 1969 to present date. but not tooooooooooo much stuff after 1990-95 or so. The quality seems to have fallen :(

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[Drtooth]

Put in my vote for a Sesame Street DVD series of clips from 1969 to present date. but not tooooooooooo much stuff after 1990-95 or so. The quality seems to have fallen :(

Because, as we all know

Old characters automatically = quality...
:rolleyes:

Sarcasm...

[blackurth]

It's tearing me from the inside I do not have this DVD yet...
\
are there song /scene selections?


yep unlike the 25th anniversary dvd..........you can choose each song...

[muppet maniac]

I havent seen this DVD yet.

What's the main plot about? :confused:

[blackurth]

I havent seen this DVD yet.

What's the main plot about? :confused:

grover tries to unite the whole world in harmony and peace by trying to get everyone singing the same song together but he realises that not everyone likes the same song so he thinks he's a failer until he is told how boring the world would be if we only had one song so he excepts it........(the end)

[Drtooth]

yep unlike the 25th anniversary dvd..........you can choose each song...

Sweet! I already have the 25th anniversary Video, and since you can't choose songs, I will not buy the 25th anniversary DVD, especially since this one is far superior. and those 4 skits alone are worth the DVD!

[furryfella]

I'm happy the workshop is doing the Dvd with those Classic Clips 7songs But why Not also do some of the older clips from the 70's? Like Fur, or even some of the old monsters songs!!! Now I loved SS since I was a kid but not do some the older clips?

[muppet maniac]

Yesterday,I went to Suncoast and they showed a sneak peak of the DVD on the TV.

[Dantecat]

What old muppet skits do you get on that DVD?

[blackurth]

depends on what you mean by "old" if it's the henson years you get a handful but if it's the post henson years well there's alot of those on it...
henson years
1.abc-def-ghi
2.I like you
3.captain vegetable
4.pinball number
5.do de rubber duck
6.doin' the pigeon
7.gwt along
8.counting vacation
9.8 balls of fur

[ceecee]

I bought this DVD yesterday. Yay!

It was worth the $10 just for the Pinball Number Count! :D I so enjoyed it! I was dancing all around my living room to it.

Also enjoyed Captain Vegetable a lot.

The plot was pretty cute, and I liked the songs too.

And, did you know if you go to "Preview other Sesame Street Video," you can see the beginning of "Cereal Girl?" It's on the food dvd (forgot what it's called).

I'm really glad I got it. :excited:

[Drtooth]

My birthday's today, and I hope I get it... don't think I will, but I hope I get it. other than that, I'll have to wait till I come into some money. Then I'll get this and the old TMNT series on DVD....

[dbarrie]

I had been waiting nearly a month for this DVD to get released here. I even had an order placed with Amazon.ca. Today I discovered at the site that it won't get released here until June 8. This news stinks more than the smell of Oscar's trash can! :grouchy:

OI MuppetFan

[Hays]

I have to say I liked this one a lot, I agree it's better than the 25th anniversary tape that's been a staple at our house.

A lot of the celebrities are in the "Sing" montage in the beginning, where they each get part of a verse...let me see...
Vanessa Williams and sheep
Patti LaBelle and Elmo
Dixie Chicks and chickens
Conan O'Brian and monsters
Nathan Lane and the Oinker Sisters
Gloria Estefan and Rosita in Spanish
Denyce Graves and penguins
Fran Dresher and Natasha (singing "don't worry if it's not good enough" - too cute)
REM and Telly
Katie Couric, Baby Bear and Elmo
Liam Neeson, kids and Ernie
Ben Stiller and Telly
Maya Angelou and Grover and Herry
Doug E. Doug, Telly, Baby and Papa Bear, and a Mom and kid AM
Peter Jennings and Prairie Dawn
Elmo and Mr. Noodle (Bill Irwin)

All the other celebrity appearances are complete songs; Patti LaBelle has "Soul Alphabet" in addition to being on "Sing"

I also love the new commercial for Sesame Workshop that's on the beginning - you can see some of the international Sesame characters Pino talks about. I love the Russian Big Bird character!

[Mickey Moose]

I finally got to pick up this DVD (just got released here in Canada). I enjoyed this for the most part. Seeing Bert "Doin The Pigeon" was cool. I like the "Do De Rubber Duck" segment.

Even though the classic segments were few, it was enjoyable, especially the extended pinball sequence.

Hopefully if this one does well, they may include more classic segments on future releases.

[Dantecat]

Since The Gospel Alphabet is on there,Does Chris Talk on it or Is it the one where he don't talk with cartoon letters on it??