Joan Ganz Cooney

Some people and monsters really love the alphabet.

The quality drops noticeably in these episodes compared with Volume One. There's still a lot of great Muppet stuff, but it doesn't usually have the feel of Jim and Frank Messing Around and Doing Whatever They Like that the early years had (which is not surprising, since they've got their own show by this point, whereas in the early 70s Sesame Street was their only regular outlet to get stuff on TV).

Concept: A
Story: F
Characters: A
Dialog: B
Pacing: D
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: A
Acting: C
Music: B

Enjoyment: A plus

GPA: 2.8/4… (altro)

Big Bird learns about the world.

I'm hugely disappointed in this DVD set. The Muppets featured in the story segments of these episodes are limited to Big Bird, Snuffleupagus and Oscar - and 90% of it is just Big Bird. Meanwhile, there are only five bonus sketches included per season. In all, there are probably only about 25 Muppet sketches total in the entire set, including a few that were already in volumes one and two. Those volumes had something like three times as much Muppet. Still, it's classic Sesame Street, and I love classic Sesame Street, so even a small cross section of it is better than nothing.

Concept: B
Story: F
Characters: B
Dialog: C
Pacing: C
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: B
Acting: C
Music: B

Enjoyment: B

GPA: 2.3/4… (altro)