Pre-Order Sesame Street 40 Years DVD Boxset

[Phillip Chapman]

This is the one you've been waiting for...

The "Sesame Street 40 Years of Sunny Days" (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002K0WBWI/muppetcentral/) DVD Boxset is coming to DVD on November 10 and you can save 30% off the regular price. The special release with feature OVER SIX HOURS of material from Classic Sesame and the best clips from the past 40 years, including never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage.

Since most of us will be getting the Sesame Street 40 Years DVD, we'd like to mention that if you order the release from Amazon using this link (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002K0WBWI/muppetcentral/), a small portion of your order will go to Muppet Central to help keep the site, forum and radio running smoothly. It's a great way to help MC and get a great price on the DVD set with a low-price guarantee. Meaning, you can pre-order now and save 30% off the regular price (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002K0WBWI/muppetcentral/) (and if Amazon lowers the price even more you're guaranteed the lowest price by pre-ordering). We appreciate each person that helps support MC by placing orders through the site.

[zns]

I just have one question. Will there at least be a review on this website for the book and the bonus DVD when it is released.

[Phillip Chapman]

I just have one question. Will there at least be a review on this website for the book and the bonus DVD when it is released.

Yes, that's our plan. As we've tried to do in the past, we'll try to get these up before the actual release date if at all possible.

[The Count]

If it's not possible to get a review posted before the release Phil... Might I suggest a review by any of the members of the MC Forum's Writer's Guild? They've been working on and have submitted various articles for posting on the site's front page. I have no doubt they'd do a great job at it. *Paid promotion, cashes check from a Mr. Prawn Crack R.

[Phillip Chapman]

Sure, if someone gets the release before a review is posted it would be best to contact me directly and we'll confirm whether or not it's being worked on for the site.

[mbmfrog]

It's a two disc DVD from what I've seen over at Amazon.

Which makes me question what is the overall idea here if it's going to be full of SS shorts and muppet moments from the decades ? :(

[The Count]

Well... From what I remember, Disc 1 is meant to have the segments from Seasons 1-20 and Disc 2 from Seasons 20-40.
Hope this helps.

[minor muppetz]

Sure, if someone gets the release before a review is posted it would be best to contact me directly and we'll confirm whether or not it's being worked on for the site.

Or... Can't there be multiple reviews of the set before it comes out?

Is it really six hours of classic Sesame Street? The Muppet Newsflash and tvshowsondvd.com both announced that the set would be five hours of footage, each disc represents different 20-year periods, and I don't think 6 hours can fit on a single disc, unless maybe they are two double-sided discs. Sesamestreet.org has the "classic" label by clips from up to season 24, but I doubt that would add up to six hours of classic footage.

[mbmfrog]

Well... From what I remember, Disc 1 is meant to have the segments from Seasons 1-20 and Disc 2 from Seasons 20-40.
Hope this helps.

Something tells me it will not end well if that what's the DVD is going to be like. :(


I mean I was hoping for a 5 disc DVD set, with the first 4 centered around 10 years in each disc and then the last one contains bounus features galor.:insatiable:

[minor muppetz]

I mean I was hoping for a 5 disc DVD set, with the first 4 centered around 10 years in each disc and then the last one contains bounus features galor.:insatiable:

That's more than I wished for. Long before it was announced I wished for (and started a thread about) a four-disc set focusing on ten years per disc. I didn't think about a fifth bonus disc (I think I thought of putting bonus material on disc 4 or something like that). But at least we're getting something.

[The Count]

Then you're going to be sorely disappointed, as you're thinking in terms of both Old School SST volumes' treatment for this release. The announcement for this was made much earlier in the year, stating it as a two-disc set with each focusing on clips from two sets of twenty-year periods from the show. Sorry if this is new news for you.

[minor muppetz]

Of course, it was announced that the upcoming 40th anniversary book will include a bonus DVD. That could be like a third disc. So far only the first episode has been confirmed as being included, so it wouldn't be much extra incentive for those with the first Old School set (I'd be surprised if it was uncut this time). But I hope that there are some bonus sketches included there.

[CherryPizza]

Just remember, folks:

You live in the days of Youtube, file sharing programs and torrents. You have spent many years in internet communities where video trading and fan sites have offered their own wealth of insight.

Consider legal concerns and corporate image that needs to be projected in any sort of 'official' celebration/product, and you may be destined to be disappointed.

[rche]

Grandma and Grandpa are always asking what they can get us for our kids. This is perfect. A little bit of old skool for me and some of the new to connect to the Elmo generation.

I can see disc one getting some heavy rotation and disc two gathering a bit of dust, tho.

Still, sounds pretty cool and 40 is a big year for SS.

[mbmfrog]

Then you're going to be sorely disappointed, as you're thinking in terms of both Old School SST volumes' treatment for this release. The announcement for this was made much earlier in the year, stating it as a two-disc set with each focusing on clips from two sets of twenty-year periods from the show. Sorry if this is new news for you.

I thought they were joking over time, but I guess the joke's on me. :(

[minor muppetz]

Just remember, folks:

You live in the days of Youtube, file sharing programs and torrents. You have spent many years in internet communities where video trading and fan sites have offered their own wealth of insight.

Consider legal concerns and corporate image that needs to be projected in any sort of 'official' celebration/product, and you may be destined to be disappointed.

I feel like I know what you mean, and yet at the same time, I also don't.

[GelflingWaldo]

Cover art and details: http://www.muppetnewsflash.com/2009/08/sesame-street-40-years-of-sunny-days.html

[Oscarfan]

Wow, the cover is terrific!

[BobThePizzaBoy]

By the looks of it, so far it looks like we're getting:

Monster in the Mirror
Some random animation insert
The Banana-In-The-Ear skit
Some Zoe insert
Herry and John John skit
Letter I animation?
Elmo's World episode
Monsterpiece Theater skit
Fonzie on the letter A?
Song of 1
Droid street scenes
African Alphabet
Ernie and Bert go fishing
Some Super Grover skit
Abby's first episode (?)
Typewriter man
Ernie and Bert - Bert statue
Another Elmo's World (dance?)
That Indiana Jones spoof from last season
Honker Duckie Dinger Jamboree
Mad Painter #5
Miles and monsters singing alphabet
Pinball #7
Oklahoma! sketch (love this one :))
Two-Headed Monster sketch on telephones
Something with Bruno
Ladybug's Picnic
Adults meet Snuffy
Neil Patrick Harris as the Shoe Fairy
Doin' the Pigeon
Norah Jones?
Another baker
Ernie and Bert build a snowman
Bein' Green
E&B claymation skit
Maria and Luis' wedding
New Way to Walk (Destiny's Child)
Rubber Duckie
Law & Order: Special Letters Unit
U sketch?
Mr. Hooper's death street scene
The Batty BatNot much in the way of double dipping. I like this! :insatiable:

[zns]

Cover art and details: http://www.muppetnewsflash.com/2009/08/sesame-street-40-years-of-sunny-days.html

Fantastic piece of work there. Sesame Workshop is obviously pulling out all of the stops with this set. The book by Lousie Gikow looks like it is going to be worth it as well. :p:(:insatiable:

[mbmfrog]

The cover looks GOOD!

However, I'm still upset that it may be all about the show's most famous short segments throughout the past 40 years. :(


Other than that it's still a good cover.

[theprawncracker]

That cover is flawless! I absolutely love it! Finally! Maria and Luis' wedding on DVD! Excellent! :D Can't wait for this. Definitely a late birthday present for this Prawn. :wisdom: :super:

[minor muppetz]

Monsterpiece Theater skit

That Alistar Cookie image looks like it might be either Me, Claudias or Upstairs, Downstairs.


Song of 1

YES! Finally!


Another baker

Actually, I think both images are from the 1 sketch. That bakwer image shows him holding one wedding cake. That's what the fanmemories say he held, and that's what a 1970 Sesame Street Parents Guide mentioned him holding.

And at first I saw that "1" still and I wondered if it was really that one or if maybe it was just the image of 1 from the opening sequence.

I hope that all of the images are for real and none of them are a tease. I was a little surprised to see images of Kermit on the cover of a Sesame Street release (that's rare, even before Henson sold the characters).

[mikebennidict]

Why would you think any of the images would be fake?

[minor muppetz]

Not much in the way of double dipping. I like this! :insatiable:

Actually, I noticed twelve instances of double-dipping in the photo. Well, double-dipping from American releases.


Rubber Duckie - it's been in Sing-Along, Sesame Street's 25th Birthday, and many other releases.
Bein' Green - it's been released in Sesame Street's 25th Birthday and Old School Volume 1 (c'mon, SW! Why not release the one with Lena Horne? Her other sketches have had commercial releases)
Elmo's World: Dancing - One of the Elmo's World DVDs (and I figure the still with both Mr. Noodles has been released as well)
African Alphabet - it's been released in The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street, a long out-of-print video that's never been released on DVD (and I think it was in one of the Shalom Sesame DVDs, if we want to count thosse as american releases).
Monster in the Mirror - it's been released in Rock & Roll and Sesame Street's 25th Birthday (then again, those were both the non-celebrity versions... Could this be the celebrity version? We'll know by Nov. 11).
Ladybug Picnic - included in Sing Yourself Silly and Old School Vol. 1.
Bert's statue - included in Old School Vol. 1.
The Honker Duckie Dinger Jambouree - Included in Sing Yourself Silly, Sesame Street's 25th Birthday (in shortened form), and Let's Play Games (with grover superimposed).
Bread, milk, and butter - in Old School Vol. 1.
The Batty Bat - in Dance-Along and Sesame Street's 25th Birthday.
A New Way to Walk - included in Sesame Sings Karaoke.
Triangle of Destiny - included in Tales of Adventure.
Doin' the Pigeon - In Sing-Along, Dance-Along, and many other releases.

And if we want to count he Shalom Sesame videos as american releases, the "here fishy fishy fishy" sketch was in one of those, I think.

Oh, and that U skit is U Really Got a Hold of Me, with Smokey Robinson. And I don't think that is Norah Jones, though I'm not sure who it is.

[minor muppetz]

Why would you think any of the images would be fake?

There have been videos and DVDs that had still images on the back of material not on the releases. And that one online trailer for Being Green had several clips not on the video. But I trust that they will all be included (unless somethign gets removed at last minute).

One thing that's interesting is that this set comes with a limited edition booklet, and the 40th anniversary book will come with a bonus DVD.

I also noticed that The Muppet Newsflash mentioned the DVD will have "Elmo's Debut". Let's hope that this is his true debut and not another stunt like in the Amazon voting, which had Happy Tapping listed as his debut.

[BobThePizzaBoy]

Actually, I noticed twelve instances of double-dipping in the photo. Well, double-dipping from American releases.

Considering I don't have a lot of those releases, and I'm talking in terms of the Old School releases, there really is a lot new on this set.

[ploobis]

It would be nice if the SS version of Manah Manah (1969) makes it on this new DVD set, But I'm not sure if that will happen. I hope it does though.

[minor muppetz]

Something just hit me: Some of the Bert and Ernie segments that are on the cover in still form were included in the clip montage from Things That I Remember. I wonder how possible it is that that's gonna be included, and the others not. Or maybe those can be included as well as Things That I Remember.

I think that I segment pictured was in one of the Old School: Volume 2 episodes.

[minor muppetz]

I compared the images on the cover with what I put in my wishlist in the thread about voting for clips on amazon, and 7 of the clips I nominated are on the cover (in this cae I'm counting all parts of the banana in ear sketch as one). I put Rubber Duckie in that wishlist, meaning the true original first season sketch, but I didn't really specify which version, so... Maybe it counts. I also included "Herry and John-John count to 20" in that wishlist, but we don't know which Herry and John-John sketch is represented on the cover.

[Drtooth]

And if we want to count he Shalom Sesame videos as american releases, the "here fishy fishy fishy" sketch was in one of those, I think.


I don't... after all, they're dubbed totally, if not partially... so we don't have a complete American English one. Seems there is a little double dipping... but not all that much from the Old School sets... just the basic Rubber Duckies and stuff like that which I expected. Sounds good, though.

[minor muppetz]

Why do I have a feeling that the back cover will be similar to the front cover, with more stills?

Has anybody noticed that the 1990s appears to be the decade least represented on the cover?

It's a shame that the cover has no News segments. I'm sure we'll get a News segment or two.

It is a pleasant surprise to see Bruno on the cover. I'd've expected a more popular old school character like Guy Smiley, Roosevelt Franklin, or Sherlock Hemlock to be on the cover.

Must refrain from posting a new wishlist based on what I know... Must refrain from making a new wishlist based on what I know... Must refrain from making a new wishlsit based on what I know... Wouldn't this make a good signature?

[SSLFan]

Cover art and details: http://www.muppetnewsflash.com/2009/08/sesame-street-40-years-of-sunny-days.html

Wow, the cover is terrific!

I agree Oscarfan. It's just - 'Sesame Street'. It shows no favortism torwards any character, it's just an emsemble cover. Funny since I pictured something similiar, with it being just the SS 40th anniversary sign with a black background and nothing else. Boy...is this A LOT better! I love it.

[heralde]

That's really cool! I'll just wait a bit and see what others say about the content and all. :)

[minor muppetz]

I can't wait to see how the clips are going to be presented. WIll they be arranged by season or grouped some other way (such as "Street Scenes and Stories", "Songs", "Animation", "Muppets", and so on)? Will there be special introductions or will they all be shown back-to-back-to-back? Obviosuly none of you can answer this now (right?).

I also hope that some sort of official online trailer gets released soon. I wouldn't expect that, however, until at least next month.

[D'Snowth]

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Sesame-Street-40-Years-of-Sunny-Days/12516

I have to say, the box art is beautiful; I'm really excited about this set, I can't wait to have it!

[The Count]

Okay... So uh, what's the box art that's gotten so much raving here?

[minor muppetz]

Okay... So uh, what's the box art that's gotten so much raving here?

It has several still images from the show.I'd describe them all, but I'm a bit tired right now. I welcome anybopdy else to describe.

[D'Snowth]

The box is a gradient of two different shades of yellow (illusion of rays of sunshine); the Sesame Street sign is in the middle, with green lettering underneath saying "40 Years of Sunny Days", and above and below the captioning are thumbnails of snapshots of various memorable Sesame moments from the past 40 years.

[minor muppetz]

One thing that I didn't notice until after the tvshowsondvd link was posted again, and I don't know how I missed it at The Muppet Newsflash, was that some of the celebrities in the set were mentioned. The set was said to have appearances by Robert DeNiro, Destiny's Child, and Alicia Keys (DeNiro is the only one not pictured on the cover). It's a shame that none of the celebrities who appeared during the first 20 seasons were listed (heck, it looks like it doesn't list any celebrity appearances from the first 30 seasons).

[D'Snowth]

Maybe they're listing celebrities that the current viewing demographic would be more familiar with...

But I DID notice that Henry Winkler as Fonz is on the cover.

[minor muppetz]

Maybe they're listing celebrities that the current viewing demographic would be more familiar with...

But I DID notice that Henry Winkler as Fonz is on the cover.

It's just a shame they didn't name a few past celebrities like -- and I'm just theoretically listing them -- James Earl Jones, Judy Collins, and James Taylor (I'd be surprised if none of them were featured).

One thing that would make a cool feature, and I doubt it will be done, would be a "now and then" comparrision, or "originals and remakes", showing the original version of a classic song sketch and then a later remake. Like the original Rubber Duckie and the late-1990s Rubber Duckie, or the original What's the Name of That Song? and the 1990s cast version.

I hope that sales are good enough for Sesame Workshop to consider more insert-only DVD releases.

[minor muppetz]

Well, I searched sesamestreet.org and youtube for clips pictured on the cover for runtimes, and from what I could find the cover covers at least 52 minutes. I added the run time for the non-celebrity version of Monster in the Mirror, which is 2 minutes and something seconds (the celebrity version is 3 minutes and something seconds). I also checked the CTW Archives "first season show content" for the run time of Henson #1 (though the times listed for skits in those files seem to contradict the run times found at sesamestreet.org). I chose not to look at run time for any of the street stories, as we do not know how much of the stories will be included, but I did look at the run time for Hooper's death, as I have a feeling that'll probably just have the scene where his death is explained.

I'm not sure if this was useless or not. I calculated using my cell phone calculator... But I wodner if I goofed. I used a . instead of a : and then I found that that simbol was there. Maybe I should re-do it.

[Drtooth]

One thing that I didn't notice until after the tvshowsondvd link was posted again, and I don't know how I missed it at The Muppet Newsflash, was that some of the celebrities in the set were mentioned. The set was said to have appearances by Robert DeNiro, Destiny's Child, and Alicia Keys (DeNiro is the only one not pictured on the cover). It's a shame that none of the celebrities who appeared during the first 20 seasons were listed (heck, it looks like it doesn't list any celebrity appearances from the first 30 seasons).

I'm really hoping by that list, we're talking about listing current celebrities for some marketing reason. The next thing we need is another "Songs from the Street" fiasco where one of the disks mostly contained "Elmopalooza." I'm glad SS is using celebrities on this set... but I just hope we don't have everything from the last 5 years over and over again.... and Celeb appearances better NOT take up the whole second disk.

[minor muppetz]

I thought that the "I" segment pictured was in episode 926, the segment shown before Biff and Sully's scene, but I was just watching the segment I thought the image was from, and I appear to be wrong.

[zns]

I;m sure that whatever Sesame Workshop has put on this set will definately be worth it. Sesame street is still going strong to this very day and after 40 years, it is still considered one of the best shows for all ages.

[minor muppetz]

I;m sure that whatever Sesame Workshop has put on this set will definately be worth it. Sesame street is still going strong to this very day and after 40 years, it is still considered one of the best shows for all ages.

I agree. Even if it doesn't have everything on my personal wish list (and I'm sure it won't) it'll probably still be a great set.

And there is something I was thinking of today, that would be great to see on this, and I figure it probably won't, but it'd be great to see the various clips where Gordon, Maria, and Linda finally decide to believe that Snuffy was real, before they actually saw for themselves. Same with Uncle Wally. Probbaly not likely, but I can still dream, right?

And now we've practically got another month and a half until it's out.

[Phillip Chapman]

We received some more details today on what all will be included in the 40th Anniversary DVD box set. There are lots of good nuggets here. Check it out and let us know what you think.

http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2009/090909.shtml

[theprawncracker]

We received some more details today on what all will be included in the 40th Anniversary DVD box set. There are lots of good nuggets here. Check it out and let us know what you think.

http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2009/090909.shtml
That is AMAZING! The bonus features are incredible--worth the price of the entire set alone! I'm honestly stunned at the incredible amount of bonus features. Interviews with Jon Stone, Caroll, AND Kevin? WOOOOOOOOOOOOOW. I am SO excited for this set!

[Oscarfan]

I must own this even more now!

[zns]

We received some more details today on what all will be included in the 40th Anniversary DVD box set. There are lots of good nuggets here. Check it out and let us know what you think.

http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2009/090909.shtml

This is definately one of the best video releases that Sesame Workshop has brought out since they started with the Old School sets in 2006. :p:(

Just a little bit off topic here, I just want to clear something up. The 40th anniversary book written by Louise Gikow.... what is the actual realease date for it. This website says the same day as the DVD set, but other websites, including Muppet Wiki, state that it will be on October 1st. Am I missing something? :smirk:

[minor muppetz]

We received some more details today on what all will be included in the 40th Anniversary DVD box set. There are lots of good nuggets here. Check it out and let us know what you think.

http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2009/090909.shtml

When you said you got details on what "all" will be included, I thought you meant alist of all of the clips, not a listing of special features.

Good list of bonus features, though. Yes! James Taylor will be on it (I hope it's the "That Grouchy Face" clip, and not Jellyman Kelly). And Feist is on it as well (I figured she would)!

Oh, and Dr. Nobel Price is included in the behind-the-scenes portions! I hope that one of his segments is included as part of the main program!

I am also happy that this set will have pop-up facts, like the Muppet Morsels.

[Drtooth]

Okay... is it just me, or do the special features seem to be worth buying the set alone? That is one thing that these have over the SS Old School sets. Those bonus features were just more clips... this is rare behind the scenes and archival stuff.

[minor muppetz]

Okay... is it just me, or do the special features seem to be worth buying the set alone? That is one thing that these have over the SS Old School sets. Those bonus features were just more clips... this is rare behind the scenes and archival stuff.

I agree, though I do wish the set would have included either This Way to Sesame Street, A Walking Tour of Sesame Street, or Sesame Street Unpaved. But the various features, along with the hopeful possibility of it containing the long-unseen Henson #1, make it worthwhile.

And the fact that it will have pop-up facts makes me forgive the fact that this set includes stuff that's already been released on video and DVD, especially in the past Old School sets.

And I wonder if the back of the booklet will include any Muppet character interviews, like on the back of the Old School booklets.

Sigh... But still no sign of whether Roosevelt Franklin will be on the set. Or Guy Smiley. Or Sesame Street News. But I am more confident that those last two will be included. and I wonder i Buddy and Jim/ Larry and Phyllis/ Wally and Ralph will be included...

[Drtooth]

And the fact that it will have pop-up facts makes me forgive the fact that this set includes stuff that's already been released on video and DVD, especially in the past Old School sets.

And I wonder if the back of the booklet will include any Muppet character interviews, like on the back of the Old School booklets.

Sigh... But still no sign of whether Roosevelt Franklin will be on the set. Or Guy Smiley. Or Sesame Street News. But I am more confident that those last two will be included. and I wonder i Buddy and Jim/ Larry and Phyllis/ Wally and Ralph will be included...

All I can say is we don't know the exact sketch list. There clearly will be double dipping, but I don't think anything too major. We'll clearly see Rubber Duckie and I Love Trash and C is for Cookie... other than that, I'm sure we will see at least one Guy Smiley and Roosevelt Franklin sketch on there. And I wonder how accurate the cover art as it pertains to the contents of the DVD are. We could very well see some sketches illustrated on the cover that aren't actually on the disk (believe me... I've seen too many DVDs of TV shows with screenshots of episodes that aren't even included on the disk... in some cases, episodes that weren't even released at all)

So until we actually get a finalized review at least, everything's going to be a surprise. And again, the special features are a million times more interesting than what ever could possibly be featured.

[BIGMuppetFan]

I am really Looking forward to this DVD! :) I think a lot what they put in the description was for people to notice the current stars since most people who buy this DVD will have heard of them, But I do think older celebs and stars will be featured on it, as well as our Favorite Clips! The bonus features sound cool too! Over all I am really looking forward to this DVD release! :)

[zns]

It's going to be worth every penny. I'll be even more anxious once I see a review on here.

[BIGMuppetFan]

It's going to be worth every penny. I'll be even more anxious once I see a review on here.

Ditto I agree! :)

[minor muppetz]

I thought of something that would be cool for this set, though I doubt it'll happen, and that would be for the set to have each season represented by the street scenes from one street story and assorted sketches from that season.

[minor muppetz]

And I wonder how accurate the cover art as it pertains to the contents of the DVD are. We could very well see some sketches illustrated on the cover that aren't actually on the disk (believe me... I've seen too many DVDs of TV shows with screenshots of episodes that aren't even included on the disk... in some cases, episodes that weren't even released at all)

I had mentioned this possibility earlier. However, I have a feeling that all of the guest stars pictured will be on there. It'd be stupid to include guests on the cover who won't be on the set (just as stupid as putting Elmo on the packaging for Follow That Bird despite his small screen time... Oh, wait a minute...).

[Son of Enik]

I got really jazzed up reading over the special features...I cannot wait until this set is released.
I noticed Paul Benedict on the cover...ah, Mad Painter segments...can't wait to see what else is on there!

[minor muppetz]

I wonder if the back cover will have photos similar to the front cover. I have thought about what clips would be cool to choose for a back cover, and have tried my best to hold off on this.... But if I were to design the back cover, I'd have five rows of seven images (each row on the front cover has seven images, but six rows).Here is a list of what images/ clips would be represented, regardless of whether those particular clips are high on my wishlist:

Row One
Gordon introducing Big Bird to Sally
Kermit and Joey with the drawn Cookie Monster image
Cookie Monster, Don Music, and Sherlock Hemlock on Mystery Guest
Teeny Little Superguy
Suzie Kabloozie and Feff
Fay Ray as Farmer McFaye
the original "People in Your Neighborhood"

Row Two
Guy Smiley and Oscar in The Anything-in-the-World Prize Game
Slimey entering the moon
Trackson Jackson
Biff and Sully
Roosevelt Franklin in his classroom
Ernie showing Bert the string around his fingers
Because We're Friends

Row Three
Murray and Ovejita
Big Bird and Snuffy in hawaii
Batman
Kermit interviewing Cookie Monster disguised as Little Red Riding Hood
Me, Claudias
Grover bringing a giant hamburger into the restaurant
Mad Men

Row Four
James Earl Jones with a letter around his face
Harvey Kneeslapper slapping a B on his victim
Grover riding Fred the Wonder Horse
Elmo and Whoopi Goldberg
Feist and the monsters
the Jazz Numbers spies
Simon Soundman

Row Five
That Grouchy Face
Gabbi's birth
Kermit with ears
Five People in My Family
Wanda the Witch
Lefty trying to sell Ernie a stop sign
Prairie Dawn at her piano

That would be a good way for the back cover to look. Though I'm sure that at least one of those clips won't be on the set.

[minor muppetz]

We've got just 10 days left before this comes out. I think I'll do somethign similar to an advent calendar or wreath-tearing. Every day from now until the tenth I'll celebrate a numbered day and watch segments about that number on sesamestreet.org. Today I'm celebrating my own "number 1" day, and on the tenth I'll celebrate "number 10 Day" (though I'll probably be more occupied watchignt his set). I'll still honor my goal even if I find a copy before the official release date (I have occassionally seen copies of Sesame Street DVDs before the announced release dates at my local Best Buy).

[boostboy]

can somebody please tell me if this dvd is going to be available in stores because I do not have a credit card to pre-order it. thank you very much. let me know.

[MuppetDude]

The Barnes & Noble website has just released a list of included segments and features, and boy is it great!

Disc #1 -- Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days - Disc 1 / 1969-1989 Seasons 1-20
Play All Seasons 1-20
Select a Segment
Season 1
Sesame Street Open
Henson #1 Song
Rubber Duckie
I Love Trash
Batman Around/up/Through
If I Knew You Were Coming
Bein' Green
Season 2
Bert & Ernie: Banana in Ear
Henson Queen of Six
Mad Song
Sorting Song With Cookie Monster
Season 3
Mad Painter #5
Bienvenido Song
Lady Bug Picnic
Season 4
Herry & John-John Count
Talking Loud / Talking Soft
Remembering Bread, Milk, Butter
Kermit News: Sleeping Beauty
Bert & Ernie: Bert's Bust
Season 5
Fat Cat
O-Orange Man
Lena Horne: How Do You Do?
Doin the Pigeon
Season 6
Super Grover: Exit
Typewriter: N-Nose
Invisible Ice Cream
Season 7
Pinball Animation #7
Season 8
People in Your Nieghborhood
Season 9
Fonzie on/off/on
Clips From Hawaii
I-Beam
Season 10
Telly Plugs in
Season 11
Star Wars: One You Go Beep
Kermit News: Foot Snuggies
Geometry of Circles
Monsterpiece Theater: Me Claudius
Martians: Radio
Me Lost Me Cookie at the Disco
Season 12
Hello Hello Hello Song
Dancing Dog Imagines
Two-Headed Monster: Telephone
Bring Your Own Can Night
Mister Rogers Returns
Season 13
Making Crayons
Diana Ross: Believe in Yourself
Bert & Ernie: Fish Call Quiet/Loud
Madeline Kahn: Friendship Song
Season 14
Honker Duckie Dinger Jamboree
James Taylor: Jellyman Kelly
Bert & Ernie: Snowman
We All Sing the Same Song
Season 15
Teeny Little Super Guy: School
Just Because
Season 16
Peanut Butter Factory Song
Smokey Robinson: U Got a Hot on Me
Season 17
Elmo's Make Believe Trip
Batty Bat Song
Snuffy Is Seen
Season 18
Put Down the Duckie
Sing Your Synonyms
Season 19
Pee Wee Herman's Alphabet
Maria and Luis Get Married
African Alphabet
Season 20
OOOO-Klahoma!
Meet the Baby
Bonus Features
Pop-up Facts
Turn Pop-ups: On
Turn Pop-ups: Off
Behind the Street
Turn Feature On
Turn Feature Off
Play All
TV Montage
Fan Favorite
Credits


Disc #2 -- Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days - Disc 2 / 1990-2009 Seasons 21-40
Play All Seasons 21-40
Select a Segment
Season 21
Monsterpiece Theater: King and I
AlphaQuest: Letter R
Monster in the Mirror
Elmo's Song
Grover's Restaurant: Most Important Meal
Season 22
Cecille the Ball: I'm Gonna Get to You
Season 23
Does Air Move Things?
What's the Name of That Song?
Season 24
Oh What a Fabulous Party
Season 25
Marilyn Horme: C Is for Cookie
Season 26
Arrested Development: Pride
Dance Theater of Harlem: Five Birds
Luxo Jr.: Front/Back
My Name Is Zoe
B Is for Bubble
Season 27
The Spin Doctors: Two Princes
Season 28
Fay Family: To Market
Season 29
Tony Bennett: Slimey to the Moon
Count Me in
Season 30
Patti LaBelle: Gospel Alphabet
Season 31
The Goo Goo Dolls: Pride
Celebrity Sing
Season 32
Robert De Niro: The Actor Prepares
My Nest, My Home
Elmo's World Games: Mr. Noodle
Season 33
Bird on Me
Destiny's Child: New Way to Walk
Fire on the Street
Season 34
ABC Hip Hop
Season 35
TJ: Me and My Chair Song
Elmo's World: Lord of the Feet
Six Feet Under
Season 36
Alicia Keys: Dancin'
A Cookie Is a Sometimes Food
Season 37
Abby's Arrival
Matt Lauer Interviews Cookie Monster
Law & Order Special Letters Unit
Season 38
Can't Say the Alphabet Enough
I Love Every Part of You
Season 39
Feist: 1234
The Golden Triangle of Destiny
David Bacham: Persistent
Plain White T's
Neil Patrick Harris: The Shoe Fairy
Bert & Ernie's Great Adventures: Penguin
Season 40
Guess the Seasons Song
D-Dance
Bonus Features
Pop-up Facts
Turn Pop-ups: On
Turn Pop-ups: Off
Behind the Street
Turn Feature: On
Turn Feature: Off
Play All
Bonus Behind the Street Scenes
Play Bonus Scenes
TV Montage
Preview New Segment: Abby's Flying Fairy School
Credits

[Oscarfan]

There's a lot I've already seen, but there's still plenty I haven't! Can't wait for this DVD!

[MuppetDude]

It's got Telly's first appearance! Yay!

:excited::excited::excited:

[zns]

Sesame Workshop has deffinately pulled out the big guns for this set ever since they released the Old School sets.

[minor muppetz]

Mad Song
YES!


Talking Loud / Talking Soft
I wonder if this is the Roosevelt Franklin one. Though I would have preferred a different Roosevelt clip, since that was released on Old School Vol. 2. Or maybe it's the Herry and John-John clip, though it'd be odd for two Herry and John-John clips to be on the same set, back-to-back. The CTW Archives mention a clip with Kermit and John-John talking about loud and soft... That one doens't have an image at Muppet Wiki (though I wonder if the files made a mistake and meant Herry).


Kermit News: Sleeping Beauty
I hope this is the one where Sleeping Beauty turns into a frog.


Season 5
Fat Cat
O-Orange Man
Lena Horne: How Do You Do?
Doin the Pigeon
Sigh, all of those have already been released on video, three released on both Old School Vol.2 and elsewhere. If they wanted to have Lena Horne and Being Green on the set then why not Lena Horne's version of Bein' Green?


Season 8
People in Your Nieghborhood
Sigh... I would have preferred the original from 1969.

Season 9
Fonzie on/off/on
Clips From Hawaii
I thought somebody identified the Fonzie image on the cover as the "Letter A" sketch. But regarding the Hawaii clips... YES!


Season 10
Telly Plugs in
YES! This has just GOT to be Telly's debut appearance. Last week we finally saw a picture of the first Telly, now we'll be able to hear the voice that Robert Payne used. And hopefully we'll see his eyes moving.
Season 11
Star Wars: One You Go Beep
I thought the Star Wars appearances were from season 10.


Me Lost Me Cookie at the Disco
YES!


Dancing Dog Imagines
I wonder if this is the sketch where a boy mistake shis dogs shadow for an alligator.


Bring Your Own Can Night
Mister Rogers Returns
I suspect that Bring Your Own Can Night must be the clip with Bruno that was on the cover. Mister Rogers Returns sounds confusing... I thought he only made one appearance (in the season finale of this season, where Big Bird clearly met him for the first time). I would have liked for it toinclude both the racre sequence and the ending where Big Bird and Mr. Rogers are reunited.


James Taylor: Jellyman Kelly
Aw, rats! I wish they would have chosen "That Grouchy Face" instead. Jellyman Kelly's been released on DVD twice now. And this should be listed under season 11 or 12... It was on the 1979 album The Stars Come to Sesame Street.[/QUOTE]


We All Sing the Same Song
I thought this was from the 1970s. Unless it was remade (or unless this is different from what I think it is... "We All Sing with the Same Voice")


Put Down the Duckie
Sing Your Synonyms
Man, this DVD sure does have a lot of segments that appeared in "Sesame Street, Special". It also has three songs about Rubber Duckie, all previously unreleased on DVD (WHY COULDN'T THEY HAVE INCLUDED D-U-C-K-I-E? That's the only one that hasn't been on video!)

Monsterpiece Theater: King and I
I have mixed feelings about this one. On one hand, it has previously been released on DVD, and I'd've liked for some unreleased Monsterpeice Theater segments to be on this (I know, Me, Claudias is on here). But on the other hand, theAllistar Cookie scenes were cut when previosuly released on video... Presumably we'll get this thing UNCUT!



Season 26
Arrested Development: Pride
Dance Theater of Harlem: Five Birds
Luxo Jr.: Front/Back
My Name Is Zoe
I thought "My Name is Zoe" was from season 25. I could have sworn I saw it listed in a season 25 episode at Muppet Wiki...




Season 39
Feist: 1234
The Golden Triangle of Destiny
David Bacham: Persistent
Plain White T's
Neil Patrick Harris: The Shoe Fairy
Bert & Ernie's Great Adventures: Penguin

WHAT? No "Murray Has a Little Lamb"? But otherwise a great selection of season 39 clips.


Season 40
Guess the Seasons Song
D-Dance
Oh, I was hoping for Mad Men. I know, it an be viewed at sesamestreet.org and youtube, but I am still disapointed.


TV Montage

Could this be an updated timeline sequence from The Street We Live On? Or even the same with no updates?

Still, I wonder if the chapter stops list everything on the set or not. Everythign pictured on the cover appears to be on there, but unless I'm mistaking, there's no sign of Guy Smiley, Biff and Sully, Don Music, or Harvey Kneeslapper on this set. And no Jazz Numbers segments? I am happy for all the rarities that are confirmed... Henson #1 Song was rare until recently, and we'll see at least one old school street story that wasn't shown on Noggin. And do any of us have the Batman Up/Through/Around sketch?

[minor muppetz]

Well, as for stuff that's been release don video/DVD in North America (in english), I counted 27 clips, 17 on disc 1 and 10 on disc 2 (I didn't count the Luxo Jr clip, which was on the Pixar collection DVD). I counted 9 clips that are also Old School Vol. 1 and 0 that are also on Old School Vol. 2 (unless that "Talking Loud/ Talking Soft" clip is the one with Roosevelt).

[minor muppetz]

I would like to comment that the biggest surprise/ shock is that disc 2 doesn't appear to have any of Jim Henson's last segments from season 21. I was hoping we'd get some of his performances, maybe his last Ernie, Kermit, and Guy Smiley performances on the show.

The chapter stops and special features list credits. I wonder if those credits will be for the entire discs or if the set will have the closing credits sequences for each year.

It looks like the set hardly has any Count appearances on disc 1. Unless I'm wrong the frist Count sketch on the set is The Batty Bat from season 17.

I was wondering what kind of title the set would give to the "death of Mr. Hooper" clip. I was thinking "Remembering Mr. Hooper" would be a good chapter title. it never occurred to me that "Just Because" would be the title (when I first saw that title I was thinking of the Roosevelt Franklin song).

[minor muppetz]

I just noticed that "Bert and Ernie String Tied" isn't on that list. Though disc 1 lists a bonus feature as "Fan Favorite", and disc 2 has a "play bonus clip" feature (bonus clips on a set that is supposedly just clips as part of the main feature?).

[ssetta]

Well, at least the list of material has finally been released, but I have to say that I'm more disappointed than excited. Again, most of that material has already been released, and if not, it's available online. Though I noticed that both discs include "Credits." I wonder what that will be like. Will it be like a montage of credits from all the seasons or what?

[BIGMuppetFan]

This is making me excited to see the listing! I am looking forward to getting this set when it comes out next week! :D

This was also on he Barnes and Noble website!

Over 4 1/2 hours of the best Sesame Street memories on 2 jam-packed DVDs; Over 50 minutes of ultra-rare, never-before-seen backstage footage, interviews, and surprises; Pop-up facts covering the entire history of the show; Segments from all 40 seasons; Limited-edition 24-page hardcover book; Sneak peek at all-new CG animated segment Abby's Flying Fairy School

I read through this semi-quick but I am not sure if there is "Do the Rubber Duck"

[Viewaskewbian]

No "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" or original "C is for Cookie"! Ack!:(

[minor muppetz]

Well, I counted all the segments/ episode plots listed, and there are 67 segments on disc 1, and 47 on disc 2 (yay! Disc one has more!). That totals 114 clips! I didn't count "Sesame Street Open", but now that I look at it... I wodner if that means the theme song, or the opening scene from the first episode, or both? I sort of liked the idea of Henson #1 Song being the first clip shown (it'd make sense to open with a #1 clip). But then again, considering that the first skethc lead to an "Ernie in the bath tub" sketch, it would have made a nice segue for Rubber Duckie to follow the show's first scene.

I also didn't count any possible "bonus clips", like the sneak peek at the new Abby Cadabby series of inserts (but the set has two seaosn 40 segments that aren't considered bonuses... Why not just include a sneak peek at season 40, or include this with those?). I don't know whether anything in the "TV Montage" should be considered bonus sketches (we'll see).

I wonder what "Grover's Restaurant: Most Important Meal" is about. When I first read that I thought it would be the one where Grover talks about the food chain, which was already released on the Play with me Sesame DVD titled "Furry and Fun and Healthy, Too!", and wasn't impressed by this choice... I don't think of that as one of the best "Grover's Restaurant" sketches (I'd rather have the giant hamburger, the appearances by The Count or Simon Soundman, the "fly in my soup", the rival waiter, Charlie's birthday...)... But then realise that Grover didn't really talk about the "most important meal" there... And when looking at the Waiter Grover page at Muppet Wiki, I couldn't really find anything that fits that title.

Out of all the segments listed that I'm unfamiliar with, I am most excited about "Bring Your Own Can Night". Sounds like a good title for a public gathering or party... As I said previously, it would make sense for this to be the Oscar and Bruno sketch pictured on the cover, but it could also be a way to feature characters not in any of the clips that I know about. Given the time period, it could very well include Aristotle, Biff, Sully, Don Music, Sherlock Hemlock, Countess Dahling von Dahling, and others that don't appear in any of the clips that I know of.

And it's good to know that there was a Monsterpiece Theater sketch in season 12.

[theprawncracker]

Here's an easier to read place to see everything included on the set...
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Street:_40_Years_of_Sunny_Days

I am BEYOND pleased with all of this. I am so excited for Tuesday and simply cannot wait to pick up this set. So many incredible clips... and think of those bonus features! My goodness... we're going to be on a Sesame high for days! :wisdom:

[BIGMuppetFan]

Its a Good Thing I don't have school on November 11th ;) that means I can watch and rewatch clips, and talk to you all here on the forum about it! :D

[zns]

Here's an easier to read place to see everything included on the set...
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Street:_40_Years_of_Sunny_Days

I am BEYOND pleased with all of this. I am so excited for Tuesday and simply cannot wait to pick up this set. So many incredible clips... and think of those bonus features! My goodness... we're going to be on a Sesame high for days! :wisdom:

If you count all the stuff we have for the anniversary, it may be about four to five months. :batty:

[The Count]

You know... I might skip buying this to see if I can collect a majority of clips and street scenes mentioned, cutting some and adding others to make a home version of SST's 40 years. Something to tinker about with the tape traders on the boards. :shifty:

[Drtooth]

No "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" or original "C is for Cookie"! Ack!:(

Yeah, but those are on so many other DVD releases... I'm glad that there is just so few instances of double dipping on this set, and so many rare bits we may never have seen...

Telly's FIRST appearance is on there... a fan's biggest dream. We didn't even see that on Youtube or even SS's own video player yet! I am TOTALLY psyched for this set. Sure, there are a few more skits here and there I'd love to see... something with Gilbert and Sullivan for example... but there's just so much there already. And the extras alone are worth the purchase.

[theprawncracker]

And the extras alone are worth the purchase.
Agreed completely. You're not going to see these extras ANYWHERE. An interview with Jon Stone, Caroll, AND Kevin? That's worth twenty bucks right there--and that's less than half of the bonus features!

[BIGMuppetFan]

The Interviews and Even The Pop up Facts that come on screen, if the facts are anything like TMMS Season one than its going to be great! :)

[minor muppetz]

When I first saw that list, I misread AlphaQuest: R as "Alphabet Chat: R", listed under season 21, and then I saw that it was in episode 1800 from season 13 and thought there was a major error there.

I am confused about how "Behind the Street" has options to "turn on" an d"turn off". I assume these are video featurettes, not commentary tracks, so I don't know what's mean tby turning them on or off within the menu. Unless they are like those video interviews with Michael J Fox on the Back to the Future DVD set, which plays video of the interview in a small square while the movie plays simultanteously.

[BIGMuppetFan]

When I first saw that list, I misread AlphaQuest: R as "Alphabet Chat: R", listed under season 21, and then I saw that it was in episode 1800 from season 13 and thought there was a major error there.

I am confused about how "Behind the Street" has options to "turn on" an d"turn off". I assume these are video featurettes, not commentary tracks, so I don't know what's mean tby turning them on or off within the menu. Unless they are like those video interviews with Michael J Fox on the Back to the Future DVD set, which plays video of the interview in a small square while the movie plays simultanteously.

I think what you are talking about are the pop-up Facts as the DVD goes along, you can either have the Facts pop up during the clips or turn them off and watch the clips and moments as themselves with no pop-up facts.


I was also wondering what any of you think the menus will be like, do you think animated and music? and how do you think the menus will be set up as each season pick your clips or by category,

I was just wondering what your thoughts were, :)

[minor muppetz]

I think what you are talking about are the pop-up Facts as the DVD goes along, you can either have the Facts pop up during the clips or turn them off and watch the clips and moments as themselves with no pop-up facts.




No, if you look at that list, you'll see that it has "Pop-Up Facts" followed by "Turn Feature On" and "Turn Feature Off", and then it lists "Behind the Street", followed by "Turn Feature On" and "Turn Feature Off".

[BIGMuppetFan]

No, if you look at that list, you'll see that it has "Pop-Up Facts" followed by "Turn Feature On" and "Turn Feature Off", and then it lists "Behind the Street", followed by "Turn Feature On" and "Turn Feature Off".

Oh Ok I was just trying to give some info I knew! :D I guess this is going to be one DVD set that we can do all the guessing and get all the facts that we can about the set but then won't truly know everything until the set comes out, I bet there will be some great surprises on the set that we won't even know before hand, I bet there will be some little moments on this DVD set that make us smile even thought its not big long moment just the little moment that bring happiness, and Muppet goodness and brings us back to being child again,


On the Jimmy Kimmel Show With Big Bird, they showed the DVD set and it Looks like each disc is in a Case of its own and not one big case holding two disc like I though, don't hold me to that, but I think that's what I saw,

I guess two cases work because on the back of each case you can put each of the clips that are featured on the disc,

[dwmckim]

You know... I might skip buying this to see if I can collect a majority of clips and street scenes mentioned, cutting some and adding others to make a home version of SST's 40 years. Something to tinker about with the tape traders on the boards. :shifty:

Personally speaking as one of the tape traders on the board, i wouldn't do it. I can't speak for everyone but most tape traders follow a code of ethics out of respect for the property we love (and also not to cross any legal lines) that we don't make copies of something that's officially released and in print. To me it doesn't matter if they're individual clips or not. If someone contacting me wanting a whole bunch of clips and these clips were the ones on the 40th anniv boxset, my response would be "you can find these on the boxset - please buy this so money goes to SW which will allow them to do more projects and other releases we love"

[The Count]

Ah, but therein lies the problem. What if someone doesn't care for any particular clip included in the original official release? Would I or anyone else be able to delete the clip? And wouldn't that mess with the following clip/sketch to the point it creates some residual mess when viewing? That's why it might be better to do a fan-based compilation, just not including the non-desired clip or sketch... Plus, additions and/or substitutions can be further made. Again, haven't decided what I'll do. Meh. :attitude:

[minor muppetz]

I wonder what "Grover's Restaurant: Most Important Meal" is about. When I first read that I thought it would be the one where Grover talks about the food chain, which was already released on the Play with me Sesame DVD titled "Furry and Fun and Healthy, Too!", and wasn't impressed by this choice... I don't think of that as one of the best "Grover's Restaurant" sketches (I'd rather have the giant hamburger, the appearances by The Count or Simon Soundman, the "fly in my soup", the rival waiter, Charlie's birthday...)... But then realise that Grover didn't really talk about the "most important meal" there... And when looking at the Waiter Grover page at Muppet Wiki, I couldn't really find anything that fits that title.

Looks like I might have been right after all. The clip I think it is is at sesamestreet.org under the similar title Grover's Important Meal. I would have given it a title like "Grover's Resraurant: Food Chain".

[minor muppetz]

I was thinking about how the "Behind the Street" feature has a "turn on" and "turn off" option, and I wonder if maybe that feature is a series of introductions for certain clips, allowing viewers to choose between watching all the clips with or without them. It's a long shot. Have there been any DVDs that had a feature done like this?

[minor muppetz]

I've noticed some things about this set in contrast to the Old School sets. For example, since all of the episodes on the old school sets were sponsored by 2, there were many 2 segments on those sets. But this set doesn't have any clips about the number 2 (unless you count Two Princes, which is really just about cooperation, not counting).

The first Old School set had a lot more bonus season 3 segments than the other seasons, and on this set, season 3 has the smallest number of clips out of the first five years.

Also, while Old School Vol. 1 had a mix in numbers of bonus clips for each season, Old School Vol. 2 had the same numbe rof clips for each season, with the exception of season 6, which had three more. Most of the seasons from the late 1970s are represented with only one clip (seasons 6 and 9 are the exception, with three segments each).

So far we haven't had an Old School Vol. 3, or any 1980s equivilent, but this set seems to make up for it a bit. Seasons 11-14 are all represented with quite a few clips each when compared to seasons 6-10. Afterwards each season of the 1980s is represented with either two or three inserts each.

[BIGMuppetFan]

This is just a question,
I know this Set is supposed to come with a Book,

Do any of you know how the Book will be packaged with this DVD set? Will it be inside the set or will it be out side with the DVD attached,

And if I were to go to Best Buy, Target, or Walmart would I be able to find the DVD and the Book that comes along with there?

No to Get confused I am talking about the 40 years of Sunny Days DVD Set that is supposed to come with a Book,

I am asking because a couple of years ago I went out to get a DVD that was supposed to come along with a special something and I ended up going around to a couple of stores with my Mom looking for the DVD that had the special something, so I am just asking just incase some one here knows what its going to be like,

Thanks! :)

[minor muppetz]

Well, the set will come out tomorrow. I hope a review comes out tonight, somewhere.

Has anybody noticed how a lot of the "new-to-english-speaking-North-American DVD" have been released on the Shalom Sesame videos? Thos probably shouldn't count as "double-dipping", since many of those skits were partially dubbed in hebrew, but it is interesting.

[Phillip Chapman]

Now that the 40 Years DVD Box Set has been released, we're moving the discussion here...

http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showthread.php?t=45097