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| Sesame Street - Old School, Vol. 1 (1969-1974) | 
| Actor: Sesame Street
Studio: Sesame Street
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (150 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1089
Format: Box Set, Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 440 minutes
Number Of Items: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.8
MPN: SMVD40010D
UPC: 891264001021
EAN: 0891264001021
ASIN: B000H6SY8C
Release Date: October 24, 2006
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Okay May 19, 2008
We enjoyed the nostalgia, however, expected more episodes. It's dated but still wholesome entertainment for our child.
 Psychedelic insanity from the 1970s May 15, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Like most Americans of my age, I grew up watching Sesame Street. It was considered a new invention to give children some rudimentary education and teach them something about the world while they moppeted and gamboled around the house doing kids stuff. Looking back at these videos, most of which I remembered very clearly when I watched them again as an adult, I wonder what these people did to my mind.
Sesame Street is now an obvious product of the counter culture. Watching some of the shorts and cartoons in it ... well, I can see why teenage pot-smoking reprobates enjoyed watching Sesame Street as much as kids in those days did. Heck, there were many, many prominent members of the counter culture featured prominently in the program. For example, I had a crush on Buffy St. Marie, American Indian Movement activist from the 60s, from listening to her sing nice songs on Sesame Street. I also had quite a few Stevie Wonder records because of his numerous appearances on Sesame Street. Other figures of the time also made occasional appearances; Johnny Cash and Jesse Jackson among others.
It's funny watching the kids from Sesame Street (which, in case you don't remember, is in the Ghetto) gamboling around Farmer Bob's Farm, figuring out where food comes from and such. One of the great cultural artifacts preserved in Sesame Street, besides the psychedelic art and the hipster haircuts and moustaches, is the uniforms that this era of working class people wear. I mean, I remember people dressing like that, but if they weren't anthropologically preserved in the Bell Jar of Sesame Street ... that might have been lost to history. Nobody knows how Scythian bartenders dressed and comported themselves either. Watching the series really brings me back; it also reminded me of Mr. Hooper who was probably my favorite old dude on Television, and that the "old school" cookie monster is actually pretty scary.
Is it good for kids? I think it is. If you're the type who wants your kid to wear a bicycle helmet when he walks around the house, you'll probably be horrified by it. I find it entertaining, educational, and profoundly nice. Sesame Street Old School also lacks any of the shrill sanctimony or paranoid preachiness that you see in modern kids shows. Kids can watch it and hardly know they're being taught stuff at all. I occasionally wonder that they didn't implant secret mind control engrams into my mind with some of those wacky psychedelic scenes, a la Manchurian Candidate, but over all this is great nostalgic fun.
Good summary May 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Good aggregation of the early Sesame Street, reminds me of my childhood. Only downer: I can only view them in black/white, must be the country code of my swiss player...
Sesame Street Old School April 14, 2008
This volume is so much better than the second one! I have been telling everyone about it since no one knew about it. It takes you back if you grew up watching these episodes. Very cool.
Across Generations April 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My 4 year old daughter and I love to watch this together. She enjoys it as much as I did when I was a child. Sesame Street now and then is a treasure. I love this DVD.
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