Sesame Street: Start-To-Read Video - Ernie's Big Mess

This is one of the rare Sesame Street video series that was only out in the 1980s and 1990s. The Sesame Street Start-To-Read Video series will never be release on DVD, but you can probably rent one of the tapes at your local library.

List of Sesame Street Start-To-Read Videos:

Ernie's Big Mess (the only one I rented and burned on DVD)

Don't Cry, Big Bird

Ernie's Little Lie

I Want To Go Home!

I do not own any of this and I am not trying to infringe copyright.

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[mariamnewton]

@conraddork Sesame Street: Start-To-Read Video - Don't Cry, Big Bird?

[conraddork]

@mariamnewton Sorry, I do not have that one and I am not planning on renting "Don't Cry Big Bird." Just order one off of Amazon or Ebay.

[MATTisAkoala]

wow... this was my FAVORITE book when i was little. My mom read it to me so much that I memorized it and could "read" it myself, even turn the page at the right time. Eventually it fell apart, so I taped it back together. I havent heard this story in like 16 or 17 years.

[kungfujiapple]

Why are Jim Henson and Frank Oz unavailable to do voices here? I just know Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch are performed by Caroll Spinney (their respective performer), but Ernie, Bert and Grover all sound very different and weird, BTW.

[NaqimProductions]

I used to cry at this when i was a kid

[collgoff]

I guess Bert learned his leaden!

[BKDBrian2]

@conraddork But that's not what's worrying me, it's the fact that the Super Powers read-along videos are no longer up, and neither is the opening that goes "See & Read: Children's Storybook Video" which includes the Kid Stuff/Kid Vid logo. =(

[Daffyfan2006]

Now I think if I recall correctly Frank did do voices of Bert, Grover and Cookie Monster in the other Sesame Street storybook video collection. I mean the ones with Super Grover and "The Great Cookie Thief." I don't think Henson was involved there though.

[JDWolfman12271]

@wileyk209zback oh i see

[wileyk209zback]

@powerpup97 The reason why Oscar sounds different is because it's supposed to sound like Big Bird IMITATING Oscar's voice. Rather than Caroll Spinney voicing all the characters, he voices Big Bird imitating the other characters!

[mariamnewton]

@conraddork I was afraid you would suggest that. :(

[powerpup97]

I had this book when I was little! The dialogue is a little different in this video then in the book. Although, I will say the voice-acting is terrible. Bert clearly sounds like Big Bird, and while this is supposed to be told from Big Bird's perspective, Carol Spinney does a good job immitating Ernie and Grover, but if he's the voice of Oscar, why does he do the voice so radically different here???