Sesame Street - Put Down The Duckie [VHS]

This is our fourth dvd. My kids play ‘em to death. I love it for the actor cameos!

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If you grew up in the first Sesame Street era or are blessed with children or grandchildren, you may remember the hilarious upbeat tune, "Put Down the Duckie," that featured more than a dozen celebrities and musicians, including Paul Simon, John Candy and Danny Devito. Jazzman Hoots the Owl is teaching Ernie to play the saxophone, but Ernie won't put down his yellow rubber duckie.Hoots sings, "You gotta put down the duckie. Put down the duckie. Put down the duckie, if you wanna play the saxophone!" In my management workshops, I use this DVD to illustrate the core competency in the Book Bucket, as described in my book,  Mastering The Management Buckets: 20 Critical Competencies for Leading Your Business or Non-profit .I tell business, nonprofit and church leaders, "If you're passionate about your mission and your Big Holy Audacious Goal (BHAG), you must practice, practice and practice the art of management." The Bible says you must "lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily ensnares us" (Hebrews 12:1, NIV) if you want to lead and manage with excellence. Put down the duckie!So...what duckie are you willing to put down today so you can pick up a book and be a leader of excellence? Mastering the 20 management buckets may seem overwhelming to your team members--maybe even to you. But, to mix metaphors, how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.Add some hoopla to your next staff meeting and show this rousing sing-along video clip, "Put Down the Duckie."

Perfect for preschoolers.

Just ordered this DVD, having watched (and enjoyed) it with my just-turned two-year-old grandson. He turned two one week ago today. I got this DVD because I know from raising six children that Sesame Street is wholesome and because I want him to develop a really nice range of musical-listening adventures. Wow! It was the best DVD. Killian (the two-year-old) absolutely loved it. When it ended and the credits were rolling, he said, "play it again, Gi-Gi". He dances to it, sings along, and loves every second of it. Seeing him so animated and happy makes me happy, too. He's not just increasing his scope of musiscal pleasure, he's dancing, too. I am so glad I found it. Thank you, Amazon, for making it available.

This is not a very long Sesame Street DVD, but Put Down the Duckie on the front was more tan enough reason to buy the DVD. It is just such a treasure classic. Great him for my three children.

I personally enjoyed this video very much - but I can't say the same for my toddler. It's a collection of celebrity clips and most of the humor is directed at adults, rather than kids. Celebrities include Phil Donahue, Ralph Nader, Martina Navritalova, Barbara Walters, Paul Simon, and Jane Curtin, to name a few.Unfortunately, these were all cameos - the celebrity songs you get on Sesame Street where a celebrity sings a song all the way through just doesn't happen. There is one clip of Grover as a waiter that used to be a running gag on Sesame Street - but since it stands alone, my toddler didn't think it was funny. There's some cute stuff here, but, really, it's not that much fun for kids.It's worth getting for yourself, though. Funny to see how much Barbara Walters and Ralph Nader have changed!

My child is so happy to have a new copy of this long time favourite.

*Seufz*Die Rücksendung, der Schriftverkehr, der Prozess, das Saldo zurück auf meine Kreditkarte zu bekommen, waren alles SEHR, SEHR, SEHR mühsam. Beim Kauf war es nicht klar, dass der Regioncode auf "1" gesetzt ist und nicht "2"... also: Zeitverschwendung. Das Bestellen ist einfach, das Zurückgeben: well-nigh impossible. Schade, eigentlich: meine Tochter hatte sich darauf gefreut.