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Sportsmanship, teamwork and sticking with it are the themes that run through this energetic collection of music videos for kids! Pull on your uniform and join the team as the Kidsongs Kids conquer the baseball diamond and basketball court. Be dazzled by the young gymnasts on the balance beam and tumbling mats. Cheer for the runners racing for the finish line, share the excitement of sailing and surfing, and explore the fun-filled kids' world of sports with such songs as "I Get Around," "Footloose," "Centerfield," and more! ... Read more

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Experience the magical and musical season of Christmas! Join the tree lighting in the town square, sing and dance with Frosty the Snowman, and climb aboard a horse-drawn sleigh for a song-filled ride to the North Pole to visit Santa, Mrs. Claus, their adorable elves, and the most important reindeer of all, Rudolph! ... Read more

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Come play along with the Kidsongs Kids and Professor Majorchord on a musical adventure. March along with the band and play the cymbals, guitar, drums, trumpets, and tambourines. Laugh it up with a silly tuba player, watch the whales splash, and take a sing-along ride on an old steam engine. Hop, skip, and jump along with songs like "Chickie Chickie Beat," "Ten in the Bed," "Come On and Join in the Game," and more! ... Read more

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Celebrate America's music with this magical journey through America's proud history with Uncle Sam and the Kidsongs Kids. You'll hop on a Calistoga wagon heading west, do-si-do the night away at a barn dance, and help build the mighty U.S. railroad. Along the way you'll meet famous American heroes like Betsy Ross, Davy Crockett and Abraham Lincoln. And don't forget to wave your flag at the fun-filled Fourth of July Parade! ... Read more

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Growing up in New York City, George Carlin was always the class clown.He went on to become one of the great comedians of all time, with appeal that spans generations. His brand of provocative sociopolitical commentary and scathing comic style brought him four Grammy awards, most recently in 2002.Carlin was the first-ever host of NBC's Saturday Night Live, and has starred in twelve HBO specials.He continues to perform to sold-out audiences at venues across the country.George Carlin's sixth HBO standup concert special, "What Am I Doing in New Jersey?," aired as a live broadcast from the park Theater in Union City, New Jersey.The live performance includes classic routines, "Cars & Driving II," "Reagan's Gang, Church People, and American Values," "People I can Do Without," and "Keeping People Alert." ... Read more

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AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL!!!!!!!
Where's the funny George Carlin everyone talks about? I got a sacreligious, gripey, anti-america, and liberal old man. Did I get the wrong George Carlin? This couldn't POSSIABLY be the one everyone says is so hilarious! There was 1 scene that was even remotely funny, but all I got was a smile, but I NEVER laughed out loud. Please don't buy it online, and if you see it at Borders avoid it at ALL costs. Why, oh, WHY did I waste my money?

DISAPPOINTING
I love Carlin's early work and am always amazed at his incredible, phenomenal timing. Since I'm from New Jersey, I couldn't resist What Am I Doing In New Jersey. Unfortunately, it's really not that funny. Carlin just seems to be going through the motions, relying on old formulas. He's not enjoying himself. There's no room for this one in my collection.

Carlin in Top Form and Never Disappoints
It's always a joy to see comedian George Carlin in action. Just when you think he cannot come up with anything more outrageous or funny, he surprises us every time. While I admit that I love his new stuff, I have to say I'm really a bigger fan of his older material. The man's funny either way, but still I love hearing his older material. So you can imagine how happy I was to find "George Carlin: What am I Doing in New Jersey?" on DVD.

I owned the album to this comedy concert for quite some time. In fact, I think it's one of his albums that I listen to the most. So it was great to finally see the stuff performed. As funny as he is on CD, his facial expressions are priceless. In this special he talks about everything from Ronald Regan to bumper stickers; from toll booths to keeping people in line; from cars and driving to singles bars, and a whole lot more.

There was hardly a single minute where I didn't find myself laughing. You can tell he really loves what he does and the man takes chances. He's not your typical comedian. The stuff he did back then was considered very controversial. Now, he's still a brilliant comedian who never seems to run out of ideas.

The DVD is great, being that the picture and sound quality is pretty good for it being so old. There's no extras available, which is a shame. I wouldn't mind seeing a documentary or two, or even a recent Carlin interview. Still, it is a high quality DVD nonetheless.

"George Carlin: What am I Doing in New Jersey?" is a must-have for any Carlin fan. Don't' even question or think about it. Just pick it up and enjoy the ride. I really wished there were more comedians like him, but what can you do? That's why he stands out so much. He's a man who can never be duplicated. This is a great comedy special that had me laughing from start to finish.

turning point in George's Career
This is the first special in which George actually expresses his political beliefs, and because of that I believe that this is one of his best. If it wasn't proven that George was a genius before, this one does it. It's funny as all hell, so do yourself a favor and go out and buy this one today.

Excellent works
Works from the late 80's - Mostly about topics such as health trends, driving, and Reaganism hypocrisy. This features the emergence of the openly "angry" Carlin we've seen in the past decade. Here he starts using more openly violent tones and language than in the 70's especially in the "Driving" skit and "Reagan" skit. He even bridges many skits by dismissing the earlier one, saying "That's enough of that!" ... Read more

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The fun begins when the Kidsongs Kids and the Biggles decide to put on a show! Join them as they rehearse, dress up in fabulous costumes and dance, dance, dance! A young magician amazes the crowd, the boys put on their blue suede shoes for an Elvis routine and the girls show off their tap dancing skills. It's toe-tapping sing-along fun from the beginning until the curtain goes down! ... Read more

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Climb aboard the bus and take a trip to Camp Kidsongs. Hike along with the Kidsongs Kids and see the animals along a mountain trail, go fishing on a lake with a goofy camp counselor and sing songs around the campfire. You'll laugh as the kids team up for silly sack and wheelbarrow races, and then all join together to put on the best sing-along show ever! ... Read more

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Old camp songs with some updated verses
In this video, the kids ride the yellow school bus to Camp Kidsongs and sing "The More We Get Together." Then they meet their counselors and do the usual summer camp activities: hiking, swimming, fishing, arts and crafts, singing around the campfire, meeting "The Old Gray Mare" who lives at the camp, etc. They take a hike to "The Caissons go Rolling Along," which includes a new verse about looking at nature and is interspersed with shots of a puma, a bear, an alligator, and other denizens of the wild. The "Fishin' Blues" sequence is funny, as the kids catch everything but fish, and their counselor ends up getting pulled into the water by the one that got away. "Boom Boom Ain't It Great to be Crazy" accompanies the sack races and a relay where you have to carry an egg on a spoon (remember that?)

Some of the songs have been updated for "political "correctness" since I learned them back in the 1960s. "99 Bottles of Beer" is now "99 bottles of Pop" -- no, they don't sing all 99 verses (thank heavens!), only numbers 99 and 98 in a medly of campfire songs, including a short-short version of "Found a Peanut" that makes no mention of it being rotten or the consequences of eating it anyway. "The Ants Go Marching," however, is rendered in full. So is "On Top Of Spaghetti," about that poor meatball that "rolled off the table and onto the floor." The ending of this one has also been changed. I learned it as "A truck came and squashed it, the next day it died -- I honor my meatball on the 4th of July." In the Kidsongs version, the meatball does roll down the road, but the truck never appears. Instead, the meatball rolls back uphill to the picnic table and onto the kid's plate again. I suppose this change was to eliminate the "violence" of squashing the poor meatball on screen -- but it also removes some of the goof-around silliness of the old song. Besides, who wants a meatball on their plate that has been rolling all over the ground? I doubt many kids are actually going to sing the new version at camp.

Still, the video is well done and does give a taste of what summer camp is like. So I won't dock it for changing the words. When my grandson is old enough, I'm sure he'll learn the real versions when he goes to summer camp. Either that, or he'll pick them up from us! ... Read more

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Join the Kidsongs Kids and their very silly tour guide, Mr. World, on a musical journey around the world. You'll meet kids from other lands and learn their songs, dances and games. Our sing-along itinerary includes London, Paris, Japan, Australia, Scotland, Africa, Mexico and Jamaica. It's a wonderful, song-filled journey you'll want to take over and over again! ... Read more

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far from realistic, you'll miss nothing by passing this by
We purchased this video (not our first Kidsongs vid) for our two-year-old and we are very disappointed. It is an extremely inaccurate, ethnocentric view of the world. India, Russia and the Far East are missing from this not-so-global-view and the Italian-messy-spaghetti segment is, at best, insensitive.
And although the Spanish song and the Japanese song are each sung in their original language, the other songs are all in English. We were hoping (expecting really) to hear a variety of languages. After all, it's not titled "I'd like to teach the world to sing in English." Though, perhaps it should be. Additionally, the choice of songs leaves a lot to be desired. Could they find no better song to represent Jamaica than "Day-O?" It's not even a Jamaican song!
But perhaps worst of all is that they referred to Africa as a country and not as the continent with various, diverse countries that it is. Finally, if African colonialism and religious oppression had a theme song, it would be "Kumbaya!" Yet this is the "African" song that the kids sing.
Yes, yes, it's a childrens' video and it's supposed to be light and fun and entertaining. But with a little more effort, it could have also been accurate and educational. We would have gladly paid another couple of dollars for something better.

Great Video
This video is my 16 mo. old daughter's favorite. She watches and dances throughout the whole video. I don't care for the spaghetti segment like the other viewers, but the rest of the songs are very nice. My baby's favorites are "Frere Jacques" and "Kumbaya" The songs are great!

Best of the Kidsongs series
My daughter (not 18-months old) got this video when she was 12 months old. She loves it and even now watches it atleast once or twice a week. She hums/sings along with many of the songs and especially loves "sakura". We think this is the best video of the Kidsongs series

My daughters like it and so do I!
We bought this video years ago for my now 7-year old daughter. It's a favorite right now for my 20-month old. She sings and dances along... and sometimes gets the rest of us going, too! The kids who perform are quite talented and it's the type of video I think is good for kids to watch if they're in front of a t.v. I agree with another reviewer who didn't care for the spaghetti song, otherwise it's a great video. We have "Boppin' with the Biggles" and like that one, too.

Not one of the best, but still very good
I've seen and purchased several Kidsongs video's. The video starts off with the kids singing "We have the whole world in our hands". I love the idea of "Mr. World" taking the kids to different places, and teaching kids there is no difference in people that have different skin color. There's is only one piece that I really don't like, and that is when "Mr. World" takes the kids to Italy. "Mr. World" slams spagetti into the sauce pan, then takes the pan and spagetti and drops handfuls of noodles onto the kids heads. The rest is very good. Great singing and entertainment that keeps my 18 month old watching for the entire 30 minutes. ... Read more

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Wouldn't it be wonderful to talk to animals? The Kidsongs Kids learn to chat with a chimpanzee, giggle with a guinea pig and discuss in rhinoceros. Elephants and eagles, buffaloes and beagles and many more animals join the cast of this animal adventure. With some music, magic and imagination you too will be singing and laughing along with favorites like "Hound Dog," "The Farmer in the Dell," "See You Later, Alligator," and more! ... Read more

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Love it!
My 18-month old and I really enjoy settling down with this video. He points out all the different animals and will make the accompanying animal noises. The songs are very entertaining and he'll even dance to some of them. Highly recommended. ... Read more

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Play along with the Kidsongs Kids as they imagine all of the wonderful careers they can have when they grow up! Climb aboard a firetruck and slide down the pole with real-life firefighters, take a cruise on a Coast Guard cutter, ride a bucking bronco and sample goodies at a candy factory as the kids explore all the fun things they want to be with songs like "Candy Man," "I Wanna Be a Fireman," "School Days," and more! ... Read more

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Still a Classic
My children are nearly 12 years about. She loved the BabySongs and KidSongs videos. Now my two year old is loving the same videos. Always classics - kids love them. And my husband and I sing along too.

CANDY MAN !!
Hal Schafer as the candy man is excellent. He puts so much energy into his character. Schafer is a wonderful actor and i am dissapointed that i havent seen him in any other videos!

Great Video
This kidsong video is of Kids that show you a variety of different occupations. It really shows the audience (kids of- course!) that you can be just about anything when you grow up. The video goes through occupations like a movie star, teacher, doctor, truck driver, candy man, police officer and fireman.

Nanny and Christopher Give Thumbs Up
My three-year-old grandson has watched this video dozens of times since receiving it over a year ago. He loves the songs, including, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," "Short'n Bread," "Skip to My Lou," and of course, "Old McDonald." The animals are a big hit with him, although I think the cow is actually a bull. The kids are cute, and all races are represented. And, even I am not sick of it, however, I am a Grandmother.

My daughter does not like Kidsongs videos. She says they are a bunch of 80's kids lip-syncing bad songs; and they are too short. My grandson and I disagree. ... Read more

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When Billy Biggles lands in the Kidsongs Kids backyard, it's sure to be a fun-filled day! Everyone begins talking about the really great videos they've made; each time Billy thinks of one of his favorites, he magically plays it again. Watch these songs with Billy and Ruby and the Kids, including "Bingo," "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," "Farmer in the Dell," and more! ... Read more

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Billy and Ruby Biggle introduce the Kidsongs Kids to their wonderful and wacky Biggletown friends like Alouette, who teaches them how to sing in French. There's the bandleader Alexander Ragtime Biggle, the friendly Muffin Man who has a delicious muffin for everyone, the colorful Harrigan and many more! The kids have lots of laughs with the zany residents of Biggletown in this fun-filled sing-along celebration. ... Read more

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It's Billy's Birthday, and Ruby Biggle needs the Kidsong Kids' help to put on a song-filled celebration. The fun begins when the kids meet Freckles, a silly little boy Biggle who takes them all around amazing Biggletown. Then it's party time as Billy leads the kids in fun games like Simon Says and the Limbo. Billy's a very happy boy when everyone serenades him with "Happy Birthday!" The kids can't wait to come back for more singing, dancing and Biggle fun, and you will, too! ... Read more

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PLEEEEASERelease this on DVD for our country!!
My Sweetie is serving in Iraq and this is his favorite show! We used to watch it all the time when he was home and I believe it would be a great morale booster for him and all of our wonderful soldiers who are looking out for us while we sit at home still able to watch. Laughter is a wonderful stress reliever, and believe me, they are under a huge amount of stress. What's the hold up? Our brave men & women need this DVD now, and those of us at home would be thrilled to own it as well!

Bring Whose Line? to DVD! PLEASE!!!!!!!!
I've been a fan of Whose Line? for 8 months now! I first saw episodes back in November of 2004 and am now addicted. I watch it every night and can't get enough of it. It is my fervent prayer that this wonderful show is put on DVD. It would make me and other faithful watchers very happy. Colin and Ryan are the greatest!!!

PLEASE MAKE A DVD!!!
I love the show Whose Line is it Anyway. The British version was funny but the American version is hilarious.Ryan Stiles is so hilarious and soo hott! Colin and Ryan together are so funny. I loved Ryan in the Hot Shots movies and in The Drew Carey show. I have those dvd's and if they put a whose line dvd out i will definitely but it. I LOVE YOU RYAN!!

-Mary Beth Ballinger

I WANT THIS COLLECTION!!!
"Whose Line is it Anyway" is a great show for folks who loooove to laugh.These guys and gals are very talented and funny.When you watch you KNOW they're enjoying every moment of improv.Their friendships are great and making fun of Drew is always an excellent moment.Especially when Drew thinks Africa is a country and not a continent!!!I want "Whose Line..."!And I know I'm not alone.

Geniusly Improvised
Without a doubt, Whose Line is one of a kind. Fans everywhere have been waiting for the moment when the DVD will be realeased. Although the show itself is cancelled, it has inspired fans (and even non fans) of all ages to take on the craft of improvising.
No looking back, release this on DVD. ... Read more

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Could've Been Better....
This was my first DVD, so initially I was all excited because I didn't know any better. I mean, this had to have been done in a rush. The first season of American Idol had so many wonderful performances and I just don't understand why the makers wanted to be so stingy about supplying us, the fans, with those performances! There is one performance for each finalist except for EJ, AJ, and RJ. There are two performances each for Kelly, Justin, and Nikki. I know Christina Christian didn't make the top three (which she should've) but the DVD would've been much better if there were more performances by her (especially her rendition of Glory Of Love). There are a few group songs that are good, the bonus extras are fine, but the entire thing could've been much better. With the low price, it's still worth buying though.

Not highly impressed!
I consider myself to be an avid fan of American Idol. I came across the first season by accident, when I was sitting at home on a Tuesday night, and happened to turn on the tv to FOX. Ryan Star was singing at the time. When I heard that they came out with a DVD on American Idol, I assumed that it would be the ENTIRE SEASON. I was mistaken! Out of the 10 top finalists, you only get to view 5 out of the 10 do at least one solo performance. Kelly and Justin do 3-4, Niki does 2, Tamyra does one, and Christina Richin does 1. The DVD did a lot of recaps and behind the scenes, but still it wasn't enough to be worth while. It's ovious that American Idol is a hit, and the producers should think highly of doing a COMPLETE SEASON set of BOTH the FIRST & SECOND season!!

I sure wish I could be on there, don't you all?
I think American Idol is such a cool idea. We all know that we secretly wish we were on there ourselves. So for all of you people judging, think of what it took for all of the singers to get that far. They even inspired me to sing myself, I bought a voice lesson Cd off Amazon- Voice Lessons To Go by Vaccarino, and I am listening to all my favorite artists and singing all the time. A group of my friends got together for Karaoke the other night- cool place- rented the room out, and I promise you I impressed. These singers are awesome. And learning to sing myself is teaching me how hard they really do work.

One of my favorite DVDs
In the words of Randy, this DVD, "Did it's thang dawg!" I absolutely loved it. I only have one complaint about it. First, this movie didn't show many of the performances by the singers (they don't show ANY of EJay's and Jim's performance, not even in the extra features). They should have a section of EVERY performance by all of the singers, even in the Top 30.

Overall, this DVD was absolutely amazing. Brain was extremely funny in many sections of the show. I loved that section with the judges (I think it's called "When Judges Attack."). Wonderful!

But there's one more thing, why don't they have Season 2 and Season 3???

UGGHHHHH!!!!
First of all, this show sucks in every single way that it is possible for a show to suck. They have run the gamut. You have your reality TV suck-factor (ALL "reality" TV shows are utterly dispicable), your arrogant, pompous, condescending, prissy, whiny, obnoxious, needs-to-just-keel-over-and-die British retard suck-factor (Simon, of course), your cutesy, trendy, demographically appealing American host with perpetually disheveled hair suck-factor (Ryan Seacrest, who I also hate), your long-irrelevant, obsolete, washed-up has-been who suddenly inexplicably feels she has a right to rate others suck-factor (the never-talented Paula Abdul), and of course then there's the contestants, who (whether they can sing or not) invariably pick the most inane, tepid, lame, schlocky, redundant, idiotic, pointless songs you could ever be unfortunate enough to hear on the worst lite-rock station in Kansas. ANYBODY who likes the kind of music they promote on "American Idol" needs to be tossed to the lions, and supposing Hell exists, I cannot imagine a better group of people to condemn to it than the people responsible for this show, which provides us all with a little slice of Hell here on earth. AMERICAN IDOL SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... Read more