Sesame Street videography



There have bee n man y  SESAME STREET  video s over the year s, usually featuring a mix of newly - produce d material & segment s from the series. Many video release s have also come w it h such bonus material s as activity book let s & son g lyric poster s. Many  SESAME STREET  video s revolve d a round a certain theme, from such l ear n in g concept s as letter s & number s , to "  BEST  of " video s focus in g on certain character s , to music - theme d video s. Nearly every direct - to - video  SESAME STREET  product i on began w it h a voice - over read in g the title as it appeared on - screen.

Early release s
The first release s of  SESAME STREET  video s on V H S were a couple of story book video s release d by Golden Video  in  1 9 8 5. These 2 feature d still s from various story book s, with limited animation & voice s. Also a round this time,  SESAME STREET  ’ s first movie ,  Follow That  BIRD  , was release d on video by Warner Brother s.

Random House
In 1 9 8 6 ,  Random House   Home Video  started releasing  SESAME STREET  video s. The packaging for these usually feature d an i m age in a border on the cove r. The back cove r s did n ’ t include any picture s, just a summary & usually a list in g of other  SESAME STREET  video s available on Random House   Home Video. Most collect i on s of video s feature d a number in the " proof of purchase " box on the side panel s. The first collect i on of  SESAME STREET  video s from Random House  was  My  SESAME   STREET  Home Video , which were approximate l y 3 0 minute s long ( as oppose d to an h our , like the average  SESAME STREET  episode ). These video s also origin all y came with special activity booklet s.

In 1 9 8 7 ,  Random House  started releasing  SESAME STREET  television special s on video , with the first special s release d on video be in g  BIG   BIRD  in China  ,  DON ’ T  Eat the P i c t u r e s  , &  Chris t  mas  E v e o n  SESAME   STREET . A round this time Random House also release d another series of video s,  SESAME STREET  S tar t - to - Read Video. These were similar to the Golden Video release s, be in g that they feature d still i m age s from various story book s , but unlike those video s , the S tar t - to - Read Video s  did not include any animation. Also, while  CAROLL SPINNEY  ,  FRANK OZ  , &  FRAN BRILL  provide d voice s to the Golden Video release s , only  CAROLL SPINNEY  provide d voice s to this video series , narrating the video s as  BIG BIRD  , & also providing voice s of all other character s. Also, in this video series , word s appeared on - screen as  BIG BIRD  narrate d.

In 1 99 0 ,  Random House  started releasing another video series ,  SESAME  Son g s Home Video. All of these release s were theme d a round song sketches. The video s came with song lyric poster s, & while past video series feature d a list in g of other video s in those collect i on s on the back cover s , this series did n ’ t list other  SESAME  Son g s release s , instead us in g the space to list the song s that appear on the video s. Also, during that y ear , Random House release d it s first 2 direct - to - video  SESAME STREET  product i on s to not have segment s from the show. These 2| 2 video s were  SESAME   STREET  Home Video Visit s t he Hospital  &  SESAME   STREET  Home Video Visit s the F i r e house .

Sony Wonder
Also in 2 00 6 ,  Sony Wonder  release d a new direct - to - video series ,  SESAME  Beginning s  , featuring baby version s of the  SESAME STREET   Muppet s.

Genius Entertainment
In 2 00 7 ,  Genius Entertainment  got the right s t o release  SESAME STREET  video s & D V D s. In addition to new - to - D V D release s, Genius rerelease d past release s on 1| 1 D V D each , pack age d as  SESAME   STREET  Double Feature s . After ward s, Genius Product s re release d a number of past D V D s in single - disc , single - program format.

Shout ! Factory
I n 2 0 1 8 ,  Shout ! Factory  took over the video right s to  SESAME STREET .

Other distributor s
A D V D of the special  SESAME   STREET  : 2 0 & Still  Count  in g  was release d in 2 0 1 0  as  SESAME   STREET  : 2 0 Y ear s ... & Still  Count  in g  by  Lion s G ate Entertainment  for t h e  JIM HENSON   Company. ( This special is 1| 1 of the few  SESAME STREET  project s directly produce d by t h e  JIM HENSON   Company , who retained the right s . ) In  2 0 11  , MUSE Film & Television , In c. release d  DON ’ T  Eat the P i c t u r e s  on DVD. In 2 0 1 2 ,  A Special  SESAME   STREET  Chris t m as  was release d to D V D for the first time by Legendary Entertainment Alliance.