Sesame Street Treasures Collection Fictional Press Releases

[minor muppetz]

On April Fools Day, as an April Fools joke, I posted a thread about an e-mail I got from Sesame Workshop concerning a DVD release of classic Sesame Street material.

Of course, that info was not real, but I thought I'd continue the joke here, with a series of "official" press releases.

Warning: This is not for those who get disapointed easily. It is for fictional purposes only.

Coming this summer to DVD: The Sesame Street Treasures Collection! A collection of DVD releases featuring classic Sesame Street material. Many classic sketches will be comming to DVD, along with many spectacular bonus features.

Currently, Sesame Workshop plans on releasing two at a time, and Sesame Workshops first two releases will be "The Ultimate Ernie and Bert Collection Vol. 1" and "The Sesame Street Film Festival Vol. 1".


The Ultimate Ernie and Bert Collection Vol. 1 will feature every individual Ernie and Bert sketch from 1969-1974. Features will include a photo gallery, a documentary on Ernie and Bert, "The Best of Ernie and Bert", outtakes, and four episodes of Sesame Street from the early years. Also included will be a booklet featuring a written introduction by Frank Oz and info on each skit, including taping dates, air date, the episode numbers for episodes those skits were originally part of, actual titles, and listing of writers, directors, and producers invoved.

The Sesame Street Film Festival Vol. 1 will mostly focus on non-muppet sketches. There will be ten Muppet skits, though, but otherwise, this DVD will include over 150 animation and film segments produced for Sesame Street, many of which have introductions by the animators and film makers who were originally involved. All segments included here will be segments made between 1969 and 1975. Segments will include all of the baker films, all of the Buddy and Jim films, the number painter films, and all of Bud Lucky's contributions (The Alligator King, That's About the Size of It, etc) Features will include four episodes of Sesame Street, "the Grover Monster/ Jean Marsh Cartoon Special", a photo gallery, and pencil tests. In addition, there will be a booklet with an introduction by Budd Luckey, and info on eac segment included.

These will be released by Sony Wonder, and will retail at $48.99.

 

[minor muppetz]

The first two releases were successful, and now here is news on the next two releases, due to be available this fall.

These next two releases will be "Sesame Street Trips Vol. 1" and "The Stars Come to Sesame Street Vol. 1"

Sesame Street Trips Vol. 1 will include the episodes where the cast went to hawia and puerto rico, respectively, and bonus features will include four Global Grover skits, two Global Thingy sketches, and an additional ten sketches that take place in other countries or vacation-type places. The booklet will include an introduction by Sonia Manzano.

The Stars Come to Sesame Street Vol. 1 will include many celebrity appearances. There will be four episodes of the show that prominently featured guest stars, as well as the celebrity versions of Put Down the Duckie, Monster in the Mirror, and The Alphabet Song, plus many skits with celebrities. Celebrities on this volume will include James Earl Jones, Lena Horne, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Norah Jones, Jim Carey, Robin Williams, Johnny Cash, Whoopi Goldberg, Ruben Studdard, and Sony Wonder, among others. Bonus features will include "Julie on Sesame Street" and appearances by Sesame Street characters on Mister Rogers Neighborhood, Hee Haw, The Ed Sullivan Show, and The Flip Wilson Show. The booklet will include a special introduction by Sesame Street's first guest star, James earl Jones.

 

[minor muppetz]

The first four releases in the Sesame Street Treasures Collection were so successful that Sesame Workshop is now planning on releasing four at a time!

The next four volumes, planned for winter, are: The Ultimate Grover Collection Vol. 1, The Jim Henson Collection, The Great Music Collection Vol. 1, and Slimey Goes to the Moon.

The Ultimate Grover Collection will include every Grover sketch from 1969-1976, and bonus features will include a Grover through the years-type documentary, a photo gallery, and four episodes of the show that starred Grover. Frank Oz will also write an introduction in this DVDs booklet.

The Jim Henson Collection will include 12 Ernie segments, 16 Kermit segments, 18 Guy Smiley segments, 12 segments with other Sesame Street characters performed by Jim Henson, and 12 non-muppet segments that Jim Henson worked on for Sesame Street. Many of the skits will have special introductions, by people such as Frank Oz, Jane Henson, Joan Ganz Coony, Caroll Spinney, Jerry Nelson, Christopher Cerf, and Brian Henson. Features will include "The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street", the original sales piece featuring Kermit the Frog and Rowlf, and a photo gallery. This DVDs booklet will also include an introduction by Jane Henson.

The Great Music Collection Vol. 1 will include many different kinds of Sesame Street songs, broken up into sections, including "Rock & Roll", "Classical", "Country", "Jazz", "Rap", "Cover Songs", and "Other Types of Music". Christopher Cerf will write an introduction on the booklet, and the DVD will also include "Sing: The Songs of Joe Raposo", and a photo gallery.

Slimey Goes to The Moon will feature street scenes from every season 29 episode that focused on Slimey's moon trip. In addition to this, the DVD will include every Worms in Space segment, and ten other space-themed segments, including four skits with the martians. There will also be a special feature on the making and development of these episodes. No word yet on who will write the introduction in the booklet, but Sesame Workshop is hoping to get a real-life astronaut or space researcher to write it.

 

[minor muppetz]

This May, prepare for the next four releases: The Ultimate Cookie Monster Collection Vol. 1, The Ultimate Ernie and Bert Collection Vol. 2, The Big Bird Collection Vol. 1, and The Letters & Numbers Collection.

The Ultimate Cookie Monster Collection Vol. 1 will include every Cookie Monster segment from 1969-1976, plus a documentary on Cookie Monster, a Cookie Monster trivia game, two episodes of Sesame Street, and the public service announcements where Cookie Monster promoted healthy eating. Frank Oz will write an introduction in the booklet.

The Ultimate Ernie and Bert Collection Vol. 2 will include every Ernie and bert sketch from 1974-1982. Bonus features will include a trivia game, an episode of Play With Me Sesame, and an episode of Sesame Street. Jane henson will write an introduction in the booklet.

The Big Bird Collection Vol. 1 will include eight episodes of Sesame Street that focused on Big Bird, chosen at random instead of in order, and bonus features will include a conversation between Caroll Spinney and Matt Vogel and a Big Bird photo gallery. Caroll Spinney will write an introduction in the booklet.

The Letters and Numbers Collection will include segments on the alphabet (on disc 1) and on numbers (on disc 2). There will be four bonus episodes of Sesame Street, all of which focus on letters or numbers. No word yet on who will give an introduction in the booklet.

 

[MartyMuppets]

You should be in charge of Sesame Street DVD merchandise minor.

Your ideas would make excellent true releases.

 

[minor muppetz]

With the upcomming old school set, this doesn't sound as good, though it is still a bit good.

I thought I'd list some segments that I would have liked to have seen in some of the releases (some, like The Ultimate Ernie and Bert Collection, will be obviously include every Ernie and Bert skit from the first few seasosn, but soem don't follow this format).

The Sesame Street Fil Festival Vol. 1 would have, in addition to what was mentioend, The King of 8, Eleven Cheer, Wanda the Witch, a few Jasper and Julius skits, the nobel ostrich, and The Villian in the Pantima Hat. The ten Muppet skits will be: Headball, Kermit's milk lecture, Lulu's Back in Town, Ernie imagining things to count before bed, Sesame Street News: Jack and the Beanstalk, Roosevelt Franklin talking about poision, What's My Part?: Nose, four Grovers?, Subway, and Sesame Street News: weather report.

Here is what would be on the Letters and Numbers set:
Disc 1: Letters
ABC-DEF-GHI
Kermit and a girl recite the alphabet
A, You're Adorable
Harvey Kneeslapper: do you know where I wanna B?
C is for Cookie
Typewriter Guy: D
Wha's My Letter?
Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot recite the alphabet
Tpewriter Guy: F
Letter of the Day: G-Gigantic Cookie part 1
Two G Sounds
Letter of the day: G-gigantic cookie part 2
H on Ernie and Bert's TV
Monsterpiece Theater: The King and I
This is my J
Kermit draws a letter K
Rappin' Alphabet
Rebel L
Marvolous Martha
Alphaboy: N
Would You Like to Buy an O?
Soul O
Sesame Street News: Peter Piper's Family
Burt Lancaster recites the alphabet
The Question Song
Harvey Kneeslaper and the mailman
Alphaquest: S
Typewriter Guy: T
Ernie writes an alphabet story
Grover and Oscar's alphabet
Left tries to sell a U
Typewriter Guy: V
W is for Worm
Cowboy X
Mystery Guest
Don't Know Why Y Didn't Show
Kermit's Z lecture
The Zizzy Zoomers

disc 2: Numbers
Count it Higher
Monsterpiece Theater: One Flew Over the Cukoos Nest
One and One Make Two
Two Heads are Better Than One
Two Toucans Two-Step
Kermit draws a 2
Let's Sing a Song of Three
The Count counts apples that Cookie Monster eats
Jazz #4
Five People in my Family
Funny Farm
Sesame Street News: Five Little Pigs
Number of the Day: 6: six feet under
The Number Painter #6
Pinball Number Count #6
Six
Snow White counts drawrfs
The Alligator King
Penny Candy Man
Lefty tries to sell Ernie an 8
Count Up to Nine
Jazz #9
The Ten Commandments of Health
Rap Song #11
Monsterpiece Theater: 12 Angry men
skits for the numbers 13-19
Herry and John John count to 20
Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot count to 20
Cookie Monster counts 20 napkins
Roosevelt Franklin Counts
The Joys of Counting