Sesame Street: Start-To-Read Video - My Doll is Lost!

[Powerbubblesful]

7:26 Is not a bird doll. Is a chicken doll,

[wileyk209zback]

Heh, I like how Big Bird chuckles after he imitates Ernie's laugh. Maybe he thought he did a pretty good Ernie laugh or something XD

[kitarofan87]

Is it just me, or was Herry likely carrying his doll in his bag at the beginning?

[Melcat96]

I thought Big Bird was going to bring his teddy bear, Radar, to the party.

[Fartingbellybutton]

Herry should have went into the Post Office and Asked if they saw the Bag with his Doll in it.

[EmperorsNewnewGroove]

6:05

"Is this your doll?"

"NOOOOOOOO!"

[Ian16545]

"No yelling allowed"? You can't just make up your own rules, Oscar; you're not the boss of everyone on Sesame Street!

[wileyk209zback]

This video greatly reminds me of the Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Videos, probably because they were produced by the same company (Random House Home Video and Praxis Media), except this video predates the Beginner Book Videos by two years.

[Maestrojosh87]

Do you have the rest of the collection?

[conraddork]

@Maestrojosh87 Not anymore> I just rented this tape from my library.

[pastdweller]

Conraddork, how do you know the Sesame Street Start-to-Read Video series will never be released on DVD?

[conraddork]

Because the tapes were never re-released by Sony Wonder and any tap that was from Random House and was re-released from Sony Wonder, it would most likely come out on DVD but for the Start-To-Read series, they won't and there were only 4 VHS tapes

[pastdweller]

But the four Start-To-Read videos could be released on one DVD-how do you know they will never do that?

[conraddork]

@pastdweller Cause it's so obvious: Sony Wonder never had the rights to re-release them (they re-release most of the tapes from Random House Home Video) and the books aren't in stores anymore.

[kungfujiapple]

Why does Carroll Spinney have to go through all the trouble of voicing every character in the "Start-To-Read" videos? Jim Henson, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, Fran Brill and a couple of other actors and performers on "Sesame Street" could have just voiced their respective characters in the 'Start to Read' videos.

[wilek209]

I an sure that Henson, Nelson, Oz and Brill were all busy with other projects, and that this was produced by another company instead of CTW.

[pooka5472]

Has anyone noticed that Carroll Spinney's performance as Herry Monster sounds almost like Martin P. Robinson's vocal delivery as Telly Monster.

[conraddork]

Carroll Spinney does the voice for all of the characters in this video

[pooka5472]

Oh, I know that. I'm talking about Robinson's vocal delivery in the main program.

[wilek209]

You're right! His Herry voice DOES sound kinda like Telly!

And unusually, his Oscar voice sounds a little off in this video, which is strange since he IS Oscar's voice actor!