List of Sesame Street video releases
The following is a list of Sesame Street VHS and DVD video releases.
United States VHS and DVD
- Random House Home Video (1986–1994)
- Sony Wonder (1995–2007)
- Genius Products (2007–2009)
- Warner Bros. (1986 Follow That Bird release; 2010–present; DVD only)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (1999 The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland release; VHS and DVD)
- JAD DVD
United Kingdom VHS and DVD
- Video Collection International (1988–1994)
- Disney Videos (1997–1999)
- Abbey Home Media (2006–present)
Golden Book Video
In 1985, Golden Book Video released two Sesame Street titles, featuring illustrations from various Sesame Street books from Golden Books as well as limited animation from the illustrations. Muppet performers Caroll Spinney, Frank Oz, and Fran Brill provided the voices of their characters.
- Three Sesame Street Stories
Stories:
- Everyone Makes Mistakes
- The City Worm and the Country Worm
- Wanted: The Great Cookie Thief
- Five Sesame Street Stories
Stories:
- The Origins of Super-Grover
- Super-Grover and the Speeding Sled
- Super-Grover and the Three Bears
- The Hole Story, or Gone Fishing
- Big Bird Brings Spring to Sesame Street
- Eight Super Sesame Street Stories
The entire contents of the above releases.
My Sesame Street Home Video
The first collection of Sesame Street videos by Random House was "My Sesame Street Home Video", featuring both original linking footage and inserts from the show. Most of the VHS releases originally came with activity booklets, though they were later discontinued. These videos began with an animated sequence where Cookie Monster ate the logo,(although he didn't eat the whole logo, he only took one bite of it). followed by Big Bird reading the title of the video. The closing credits sequence for most of these releases featured an illustration of Cookie Monster holding a chalkboard with the credits displayed, with the harmonica closing theme.
- Learning About Letters
Songs:
- The Alphabet Song
- C is for Cookie
- D Daddy Dear
- M Monster Meal
- La La La
- Two G Sounds
- I Stand Up Straight and Tall
- P is My Favorite Letter
- Learning About Numbers
Summary: Big Bird hosts a show about numbers, with The Count acting as announcer.
Segments:
- Grover and John-John count one penny
- 20 song with
- Two Toucan Two-Steps
- Pinball Number Count #2
- Dollhouse #2
- Henson Ball #3
- 3 Waltzing Chickens
- I Just Adore Four
- Four Lions at my Door
- The Count hires Ernie to answer his phone
- Kermit rides an elevador operated by The Count
- Six Soccer Socks
- The Count counts flowers and sneezes
- 8 Little Spiders
- King of 8
- Martian Beauty
- Grover and John-John count backwards from 10
- The Count counts honks
- Getting Ready to Read
Summary: Big Bird operates a reading hotline.
Segments:
- Grover & The WALK (With Little Jerry And The Monotones)
- Animals With Clothes Poem
- Cookie Monster's Poem
- Earth, Wind & Mud
- Fat Cat
- Ernie and Bert Rhyme Game
- Op Song
- EN Word
- Cookie Monster Food
- Thats What Reading's All About
- Sign Man Hot Dog
- Bus
- Two-Headed Monster Run
- I'm Glad I'm Me
Summary: Maria reads a story acted out by Big Bird as Prince Charmingbird and Grundgetta as Princess Grouchy.
- Play-Along Games and Songs
Summary: Big Bird leads Forgetful Jones, Elmo, and the kids in a variety of games.
- Bedtime Stories and Songs (later rereleased under the title Sleepytime Songs and Stories)
Songs:
- Dance Myself to Sleep
- If Moon Was Cookie
- Snuffle Lullabye
- Everybody Sleeps
- Imagination
- Learning to Add and Subtract
- Big Bird's Story Time
Segments:
- "At Your Library" with Gillbert, Sullivan, Oscar the Grouch, Telly Monster, and the adults
- Sesame Street News: Rupunzel
- Sesame Street News: Humpty Dumpty
- Sesame Street News: Magic Mirror
- Sesame Street News: Little Miss Muffet
- "Imagine That" with Ernie
- Sesame Street News: Three little pigs, straw house
- Sing Along
Songs:
- Sing After Me
- Sing with Olivia and Linda
- We All Sing with the Same Voice
- Stand Up And Pinch Your Nose
- John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
- Rubber Duckie
- Doin' the Pigeon
- The Alphabet Song
- Cheer Up
- Old MacDonald
- What's The Name Of That Song
- Getting Ready for School
Summary: After spending some time at school, Big Bird talks to Snuffy and the kids about what he's learned.
- The Alphabet Game
- Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street
- The Best of Ernie and Bert
Segments:
- Ernie and Bert at the movies (lady in tall hat)
- Ernie and Bert go camping
- The doctor visits
- Ernie and Bert Having Grape Juice and Pizza
- I Don't Want to Live on the Moon
- Ernie and Bert go to Egypt
- I Think That it is Wonderful
- The National Association of W Lovers
- Bert teaches Bernice checkers
- That's What Friends are For
- Big Bird's Favorite Party Games
- A New Baby in My House
- The Best of Elmo (June 1994)
Summary: Elmo prepares for the "Monster Art Show", but he must choose only one of his drawings. He shows the drawings to his friends, who all like his drawings so much that he gives them the drawings. Will he have any left to enter?
Segments:
- Happy Tappin' With Elmo
- Elmo's Song
- In Your Imagination
- One Fine Face
- Elmo's Jive Five
- Three
- Heavy and Light
- The Sound's That's' in the Air
- Elmo and Julia Roberts
- Elmo and Whoopi Goldberg
- Seven Goldfish
- Elmo Helping Kermit with Something
Start-to-Read Video
Various Sesame Street books released by Random House are featured, with Big Bird providing narration. The words appear on-screen as they are read, and the illustrations are shown. Caroll Spinney provides all voices in these videos.
InteractiveVision
A collection of VHS tapes for the InterActivision console, which when plugged in allow viewers to play games within the videos and make choices, which affect the audio, though the videos can be viewed without the system.
- Let's Learn to Play Together
- Magic on Sesame Street
- Let's Play School
- Oscar's Letter Party
Sesame Songs Home Video
This collection of videos were themed around music inserts. Each video came with a poster containing illustrations and song lyrics. The logo sequence featured an instrumental version of "Sing", over an image of Ernie, Bert, and Cookie Monster, while a child voice-over read the title (the title sequences were removed when Sony Wonder rereleased them).
- Monster Hits!
Songs:
- Fur
- Herry's Family Song
- Frazzle's Feelings
- Two Heads is Better Than One
- Fuzzy and Blue and Orange
- Comb Your Face
- Furry Blue Mommy of Mine
- Healthy Food
- What Do I Do When I'm Alone
- Beginning Middle and End
- We Are All Monsters
- C is For Cookie
- Rock and Roll!
Songs:
- Monster in the Mirror
- Telephone Rock
- You're Alive
- Rock 'N' Roll Readers
- It's Hip To be Square
- Count Up to Nine
- Forty Blocks from Home
- I Can't Get No Cooperation
- Hand Talk
- The Word is 'No'
- Sing Yourself Silly (February 1991)
Summary: Silly songs are shown.
Songs:
- The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree
- Ladybug Picnic
- Jellyman Kelly
- Lovly Elevin Morning
- Wavin' Goodbye To You With My Heart
- Old MacDonald Cantata (beginning edited But Added in 2008)
- Everything In The Wrong Place Ball
- One Banana
- Calcutta Joe
- Italian Street Song
- Mary Had A Bicycle
- Ten Turtles
- Put Down The Duckie
- Dance-Along
- Sing, Hoot, & Howl! with the Sesame Street Animals
Songs:
- Cow Dog Song
- Baa Baa Bamba
- Starfish Song
- The Insects in your Neighborhood
- Im An Aardvark
- I Love Being a Pig
- I'm Proud To Be A Cow
- We are All Earthlings
- Baby Animals Song
- Chicken or The Egg
- The Room is Full of Chickens
- Cluck Around The Clock
- Old MacDonald Had A Farm
- Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game
Songs:
- I Love My Elbows
- One Fine Face
- Get Along (Replaced with Get A Job By The Twiddlebugs)
- All By Myself
- Elmo Song
- Alligator King
- Eight Balls of Fur
- My Best Friend
- I Love Trash
- Labamba
- Sing-Along Earth Songs
Songs
- Every Bit a Litter Hurts
- Just Throw It My Way
- Air Song
- Night Bug Boogie
- Willie Wimple
- On My Pond
- Little Plant
- To the Redwood Tree
- Box City Recycling Rap
- Oscar's Junk Band
- Keep the Park Clean for the Pigeons
- The Wasteroon Song
- What a Gift
- We All Sing Together
Songs
- Skin Song
- Fixin My Hair
- One Thousand Face
- Elbows and Knees
- Caribbean Amphibian
- There is Only One Me
- I Wanna Be Me
- Dancing Shoes
- Mom and Me
- Different Yet the Same
- No Matter What
- We All Sing with the Same Voice
Sesame Street Home Video Visits...
Three videos in which the cast goes to real-life locations. Unlike the typical Sesame Street direct-to-video release, these do not include any inserts from the show.
- Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Hospital
- Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Fire House
Sesame Street Kids Guide to Life
A series of videos involving life lessons for kids, these feature very few (if any) inserts from the show.
- Learning to Share (December 8, 1995)
Summary: Elmo and Zoe learn about sharing.
Chapters:
- This Is Elmo's Train
- Zoe Tries to Play
- Ernie Little Plant Song
- Jack and Jill
- What Is A Friend?
- The Three Pigs
- Two Heads Are Better Than One
- Sharing with Grover
- This Just In!
- Get Along with Kermit
- The Cooperation Song
- A Special Message From Katie Couric
- Telling the Truth (November 5, 1996)
Summary: Telly feels left out when all the other kids at Gina's day care are going to the circus and lies that his uncle is a ringmaster. After Gina reads the story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," Elmo has a dream of the story where the boy learns his lesson. When Telly's uncle (Dennis Quaid) drops in for a surprise visit, Telly admits the truth.
Chapters:
- The Boy Who Cried Wolf
- Believe You Me
- Elmo's Dream
- Telly's Tall Tale
- Meeting the Wolf
- I Wanna Take It Back
- Telly Tells the Truth
- Off to the Moon
- A Special Message From Dennis Quaid
- Big Bird Gets Lost (December 2, 1997)
Summary: When Big Bird and Maria go shopping at ABCD Mart, Big Bird gets lost and practices the skills Maria taught him about what to do if they get separated to find her again.
Chapters:
- Snuffy's Skates
- That's My Number
- The ABCD Mart
- Sticking Together
- Where Is Maria?
- That's What Maps Are For
- What to Do if You're Lost
- Maria and Big Bird Reunited!
- A Special Message From Frances McDormand
Preschool is Cool!
Videos hosted by Professor Grover and Elmo, taking place at a real preschool.
- ABCs with Elmo
- Bonus Clip: African Alphabet
- Counting with Elmo
- Bonus Clip: Herry and John-John Count to 20
- Making Friends
- Bonus Full-Length Video: Ready for School!
Elmo's World
Various Elmo's World videos and DVDs have been released, usually containing three Elmo's World episodes. A number of hour-long Elmo's World-based specials have also been released on video.
- Wild Wild East / Wuld Wuld West (November 6, 2001)
- Happy Holidays (September 24, 2002)
- Penguins and Animal Friends (March 1, 2011)
- People in Your Neighborhood (June 7, 2011)
Segments:
- Firefighters
- "The People in Your Neighborhood" with Bob (postman and fireman)
- Doctors
- "The People in Your Neighborhood" with Maria (pilot and nurse)
- Helping
- Bonus Clip: "The People in Your Neighborhood" with Ben Stiller and Telly Monster (cable guy and uncle couple guy, mail carrier and aunt moil corridor, and cheese)
- Favorite Things (2012)
TV episodes
Videos and DVDs containing full episodes of the show (though some are edited) contain primarily street stories (usually from season 33 and beyond).
- Computer Caper
- Elmo Visits the Fire Station
- Sesame Sings Karaoke
Songs:
- Elmo Sings
- Something in the Air
- Somebody Come and Play
- Sing
- I'm Gonna Get to You
- ABC-DEF-GHI
- You Say Hola
- Ladybugs' Picnic
- Let's Go Driving
- People in Your Neighborhood
- The Alphabet Song
- Guess that Shape and Color
- Sesame Street: Old School, Volume 1 (video features episodes from Season 1-6)
- Sesame Street TV episode Fun Pack Volume 1 (video features episodes from Season 37)
- Sesame Street TV episode Fun Pack Volume 2 (video features episodes from Season 38)
- Elmo's Animal Adventures
- Sesame Street: Old School, Volume 2 (video features episodes from Season 6-11)
- Elmo's Rainbow and Other Springtime Stories
- Firefly Fun and Buggy Buddies
- P is for Princess
- Silly Storytime
- Learning Letters with Elmo
- Big Elmo Fun
- Bonus Full-Length Video: Monster Hits
- Sesame Street: Old School, Volume 3 (video features episodes from Season 11-15)
TV specials
Television specials that have been released on VHS and/or DVD.
- Sesame Street, Special (under the title "Put Down the Duckie") (1980's)
- Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting (under the title Sesame Street: 20 Years and Still Counting) (1989)
- Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (April 18, 1995)
- Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1987)
- Elmo Saves Christmas (October 1, 1996)
- Elmopalooza (April 14, 1998)
- CinderElmo (February 29, 2000)
- Big Bird in Japan (April 10, 1985), (February 10, 2004)
- Big Bird in China (April 10, 1985), (February 10, 2004)
- The Street We Live On (August 3, 2004)
- Sesame Street Stays Up Late! (1994), (August 22, 2006)
- Elmo's Christmas Countdown (October 14, 2008)
- Forthcoming (2014 Mormon Tabernacle Christmas Special) (TBA 2015)
Play with Me Sesame
DVD releases of the series Play with Me Sesame, featuring material produced for both Sesame Street and Play with Me Sesame.
- Playtime with Grover
- Goodnight, Sesame
- Let's Play Games
- Imagine with Me
- Furry, Fun and Healthy Too
Other videos
- Sesame Street's 25th Birthday - A Musical Celebration (August 27, 1993)
Summary: The gang gets ready for an anniversary concert.
Segments:
- Adventure with En Vogue
- The Batty Bat
- The Alligator King
- Count it Higher
- Happy Tappin' With Elmo
- Rubber Duckie medley/montage, featuring Rubber Duckie, Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jambouree, Put Down the Duckie, and Do De Rubber Duck
- I Love Trash
- C is for Cookie
- Monster in the Mirror
- La Bamba
- Ladybug Picnic
- One Fine Face
- Jellyman Kelly with James Taylor
- Fuzzy and Blue
- I'm an Aardvark
- Bein' Green
- What Do I Do When Im Alone
- I Don't Want to Live on the Moon
- We All Sing with the Same Voice
- Elmo's Song
- Sing
- Cookie Monster's Best Bites
Songs:
- C is for Cookie
- C Drives Me Crazy
- Me Lost Me Cookie At The Disco
- If Moon Were a Cookie
- What is Friend?
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- Goodbye Little Cookie
- The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street (July 7, 1998)
Summary: The gang holds a pageant for Kermit.
Segments:
- I Love My Elbows
- Caribbean Amphibian
- Clip Montage: Kermit with ears, nose, hair, and teeth
- Clip Montage: Kermit not being calm
- African Alphabet
- Kermit and Joey sing the alphabet
- Do Op Hop
- Bein' Green
- Frogs in the Glen
- Grover the weather salesman
- It's Alive
- Tadpole
- Grouch Bus Stop in Kermit's House
- Clip Montage: Sesame Street News
- This Frog
- The Great Numbers and The Good Numbers Game (May 5, 1998)
Summary: Elmo, Telly and some of the kids try to make it through "the great numbers and the good numbers game".
Segments:
- One Duck
- Toucan Two-Step
- 3 Taxi Chairs
- Egyptian #4
- Dribbling With Mom (Number 5)
- 6 Soccer Socks
- Alligator King & His 7 Sons
- King of Eight
- 9 Chickens
- Underwater 10 to 1
- Budgie #10 Song
- 10 Tiny Turtles
- 11 Clowns Honking
- 11 African Masks
- 12 & Pinball Animation
- 12 Ladybug Picnic
- Mr. Clock Song
- Parade of Numbers 13
- Lucky Thirteen
- 14 Lightning Bugs
- Mother Brown's Farm
- Rubber Stamp 15
- 16 Blues
- Eighteen
- Number Creatures #20
- Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet (December 8, 1995)
Summary: Big Bird, Baby Bear and the kids celebrate the alphabet.
Segments:
- D, D, D
- J Friends
- Boogie Woogie Piggies
- ABC Disco
- Alien Alphabet
- Alphabet Jungle
- Fiesta (Mexican themed video)
Songs:
- Numero Comparsa
- Amigo
- Fiesta
- You Say Hola and I Say Hola
- El Baile Del Pinguino
- Conga Counting Song
- It Sure Is Hot
- South American Way
- La Charreada
- 1-2-3 Count With Me (May 6, 1997)
Songs:
- That's How the Numbers Go
- One
- Holy Cow its Number 2
- Count it 123
- How Many Elephants Can You Fit in a Room
- Elmo's Jive Five
- Seven Goldfish
- Martian Beauty
- Counting Vacation
- Animal Elevator
- Rap Song #11
- Honk Around the Clock
- Count with Me
- The Alphabet Jungle and The Alphabet Strangle Game (May 5, 1998)
Songs:
- Alphabet Jungle
- Imagine That! (February 26, 1996)
Songs:
- We Hate the Rain
- Imagine That
- Box City Recycling Song
- Lets Get Dress Up
- Dancing Shoes
- A Song From Kermit
- The Game of Make Believe
- Happy Happiness
- Rainy Day Wishes
- Get Up and Dance
Songs:
- A Very Simple Dance
- I'm A Little Airplane
- Birdland Jump
- Do The Dog
- The Subway Song
- Do The Jelly
- A Cat Had A Birthday
- Doin' The Grouch
- Me Lost Me Cookie At The Disco
- A New Way To Walk
- William Wegman's Mother Goose
- Zoe's Dance Moves
- Elmo's Potty Time
- Let's Make Music
- Let's Eat! Funny Food and Funny Feed Songs (November 10, 1998)
Songs:
- Cereal Girl
- The Most Important meal of the Day
- Blueberry Mouth
- Healthy Food
- Telly Lunch
- Captain Vegetable
- You Don't Have to Be a Grizzly
- Elmo Says Boo! (May 5, 1997)
Summary: Elmo spends a joke-filled day with the Count.
Songs:
- Bones Inside of You
- Transylvania 1-2-3-4-5
- That's What Counts
- We Are All Monsters
- The Frazzle Song
- Fur
- The Batty Bat
Segments:
- 8 Bats
- Ernie and Bert Egypt
- Elmo Scares Julia Roberts
- An Orange Ball Tries to pet the Green Ball
- Bert & Ernie's Word Play
Songs:
- We Got a Need to Read
- Kids' Favorite Songs (January 5, 1999)
Segments:
- I've Been Working On The Railroad
- This Old Bat (This Old Man)
- The Alphabet Song
- Row, Row, Row Your Boat
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
- John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
- Baa Baa Black Sheep
- She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain
- This Little Pig Went To Market
- Kids' Favorite Songs 2 or 3 (August 7, 2001)
Songs:
- Elmo's Song
- On Top of Spaghetti
- Hey Diddle Diddle
- The Bear When Over the Mountain
- The Ants Go Marching
- If You're Happy and You Know It
- Mary Had a Little Lamb
- Up and Down with Captain Brown
- Rubber Duckie
- Duermete Mi Nino
- Row, Row, Row Your Boat
- To The Redwood Tree
- Itsy Bitsy Spider
- Big Bird Sings
Songs:
- I Just Adore 4
- Ichi, Ni, San
- Whats Your Name?
- Big Bird's Song
- Rhyme Out
- Big Bird Doesn't Fly
- If It Says One I Go Beep
- What A Gift
- ABC-DEF-GHI
- Wheels on My Feet
- Map Song
- Sing
- Elmocise (June 11, 1996)
Songs
- Everybody Elmocise
- Exercise with a Caterpillar
- Dance to the Rhythm Dance to the Beat
- Over and Under and Through with Grover
- Workout in a Chair with Celina
- Elbows and Knees
- Get up and Bend with Elmo
- Do the Benny Hop with Benny Rabbit
- Jump Leap and Skip song
- Twisted Sisters
- Everybody Elmocise Reprise
- What's the Name of that Song? (March 2, 2004)
Summary: Super Grover must find one song that the whole world can sing together.
Songs:
- Sing
- Between
- That's the Letter O
- 8 Balls of Fur
- A Magical Halloween Adventure
- A Celebration of Me, Grover
Summary: The gang honors Grover with an award ceremony, while Grover works as a waiter at his own ceremony.
Segments:
- "Grover Work Song" clip montage
- "Over, Under, Around and Through"
- "Telegram Trainee" with Grover, Elmo, and Mr. Johnson
- "How Do You Do?" with Lena Horne
- Super Grover saves energy (with special montage of Super Grover clips)
- Monsterpiece Theater: The King and I
- "ABC Disco"
- Montage of Grover interracting with children
- Grover the Wig Salesman
- Happy Healthy Monsters
- All-Star Alphabet
Bonus Feature: Five classic alphabet clips
- Elmo Visits the Doctor
- Abby in Wonderland (Sesame Street's own version of Alice in Wonderland)
- Bedtime with Elmo
Songs
- Time to Say Goodnight
- Being Green
- Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days (features behind-the-scenes and history of Sesame Street)
- The Best of Elmo 2
- Elmo's Travel Songs and Games
- Best of Sesame Street Spoofs! Volumes 1 and 2
- Elmo's Alphabet Challenge
- Best of Friends
- Summary: A collection of clips themed around the shows main characters.
DVD three-packs
Three-packs of DVDs that could also be purchased separately.
- Sesame Street Dance and Move
Features DVDs Zoe's Dance Moves, Dance Along and Elmocize
- Happy Holidays from Sesame Street!
Features DVDs Elmo's World: Happy Holidays, Elmo Saves Christmas and Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
- Sesame Street Sings
Features DVDs Sing Yourself Silly, Sesame Sings Karaoke and Sing, Hoot & Howl
International versions
- France: 5, Rue Sesame
- Germany: Sesamstraße
- India: गली गली सिम सिम (Galli Galli Sim Sim)
- Latin America: Plaza Sésamo