Changes: Getting Ready for School (video)

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Getting Ready for School is a 1987 Sesame Street direct-to-video compilation in the "My Sesame Street Home Video" series.

Picture	Segment	Description
	FRAME 1	Big Bird, self-proclaimed school expert, is going to give the viewer the scoop on school (from what he's learned from his three days in school). Before he starts, he confesses that he was afraid of going to school and not knowing anything. He recalls seeing the alphabet inside, then recalls a time when he mistook the alphabet for something else...
File:BigBirdABC-DEF-GHI1980's.jpg	Insert	Big Bird sings "ABC-DEF-GHI." (EKA: Episode 2453) Edited
	FRAME 1 cont'd	Big Bird now explains that not only will you see the alphabet, but numbers too!
	Cartoon	A peacock counts twenty feathers on his tail. (EKA: Episode 0406)
	FRAME 2	Next, Big Bird displays signs that will be around the school, like "BUS STOP" and "EXIT".
	Cartoon	A man sets up a bus stop sign so that a giant can eat the buses that come. (EKA: Episode 1813)
	Cartoon	A honking orange ball follows signs to the EXIT. (EKA: Episode 2125)
	Muppets	Anything Muppets cheer for school. Part 1
	FRAME 3	Big Bird mentions something else from his days in school: there will kids you already know and kids you don't.
	Muppets	The Count sings about his first day of school. (EKA: Episode 1736)
	FRAME 4	Big Bird has set up a model school room in the arbor, with Snuffy and the kids as students. Big Bird asks his class for a rhyme for "hat", but they all answer at once. He explains that in classrooms, students must raise their hand and will be called on. Snuffy raises his snuffle, but unfortunately doesn't know the answer.
	Muppets	Teacher Little Chrissy sings about how important it is to "Raise Your Hand." (EKA: Episode 2274)
	FRAME 5	Big Bird reiterates that you'll see the alphabet in school.
	Film	Children on a playground form the letters of the alphabet. (First: Episode 2096)
	Muppets	Anything Muppets cheer for school. Part 2
	FRAME 6	Snuffy shares something he learned from Snufflegarden - it's okay to make mistakes. The duo then sings "Everyone Makes Mistakes". After the song, Big Bird displays the alphabet (not remembering he has before).
	Animation	The alphabet is presented using many materials and writing methods. (EKA: Episode 2494)
	Muppets	Anything Muppets cheer for school. Part 3
	FRAME 7	Big Bird watches as a girl demonstrates how she puts on her coat. Big Bird claims that by watching the next segment, the viewer can learn to tie their shoes too.
	Muppets / Cast	"Dandy David" sings a song about tying shoelaces as Herry watches. Herry then asks David to tie the laces on all the shoes in his shoe collection.
	FRAME 8	Big Bird has Snuffy apply the lesson by having him tie his sneakers, which is accomplished by blowing through his snuffle. Big Bird thinks of what he hasn't taught, when Snuffly mentions the alphabet again.
File:Groverlorenavlphabet.JPG	Muppets	Template:Mkmg Grover and Polly say the alphabet. (EKA: Episode 0324)
	FRAME 9	Big Bird thanks the viewer for watching and requests they send a letter to him once they learn how to write in school. Just as the theme music starts, he asks if he's forgotten the alphabet.

Releases

Notes

Although they don't actually appear in this video, the credits list Bob McGrath as Bob, Linda Bove as Linda, Sonia Manzano as Maria, and Alaina Reed Hall as Olivia.

Cast

Muppet Performers

Caroly Wilcox
Cheryl Blalock
Camille Bonora
Ed Christie
Michael Huston
Jim Kroupa
Brian Muehl
Kathryn Mullen
Christopher Cerf as Little Chrissy (voice, uncredited)

Cast

Northern Calloway as David

Credits

Executive Producer: Jon Stone
Director: Jon Stone
Segment Directors: Lisa Simon, Emily Squires
Writers: Jon Stone, Cathi Rosenberg
Segment Writers: Emily Perl Kingsley, Jeff Moss
Songs by: Emily Perl Kingsley, Jeff Moss, Lee Pockriss, Joe Raposo

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-[[Image:Title.readyschool.jpg|Title card|frame]]
+[[Image:Title.readyschool.jpg|frame]]
+'''''Getting Ready for School''''' is a [[1987]] ''[[Sesame Street]]'' direct-to-video compilation in the "[[My Sesame Street Home Video]]" series.
-{{video|date=[[1987]]|producer=[[Random House Home Video]]|cat=88936|format=VHS|discs=|region=|isbn=|asin=}}
-'''''Getting Ready for School''''' is a [[1987]] ''[[Sesame Street]]'' direct-to-video special in the "[[My Sesame Street Home Video]]" series.
+{{TOClimit}}
-==Releases==
-<gallery widths="150" heights="200" captionalign="left">
-Image:Origschoolvhs.jpg|{{GNH|VHS}}1987<br>Random House Home Video
-Image:Video.gettingreadyforschool.jpg|{{GNH|VHS}}Random House Home Video<br>Reissue cover
-Bedtimestoriesandsongsgettingreadyforschool.jpg|{{GNH|United Kingdom (VHS)}}1991<br>The Video Collection
-Gettingreadyforschoolasianvcd.jpg|{{GNH|Asia (VCD)}}
-</gallery>
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 ! Picture !! Segment !! Description
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-|[[Image:GRFS01.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>'''FRAME 1'''</center> || [[Big Bird]], self-proclaimed school expert, is going to give the viewer the scoop on school (from what he's learned from his three days in school). Before he starts, he confesses that he was afraid of going to school and not knowing anything. He recalls seeing the alphabet inside, then recalls a time when he mistook the alphabet for something else...
+|[[Image:GRFS01.jpg|250px|center]] || <center>'''FRAME 1'''</center> || [[Big Bird]], self-proclaimed school expert, is going to give the viewer the scoop on school (from what he's learned from his three days in school). Before he starts, he confesses that he was afraid of going to school and not knowing anything. He recalls seeing the alphabet inside, then recalls a time when he mistook the alphabet for something else...
 |-
-| [[Image:BigBirdABC-DEF-GHI1980's.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>Insert</center> || Big Bird sings "[[ABC-DEF-GHI]]."<br />{{eka|2955}}<br />''Edited''
+| [[Image:BigBirdABC-DEF-GHI1980's.jpg|250px|center]] || <center>Insert</center> || Big Bird sings "[[ABC-DEF-GHI]]."<br />{{eka|2453}}<br />''Edited''
 |-
-|[[Image:GRFS02.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>'''FRAME 1''' cont'd</center> || Big Bird now explains that not only will you see the alphabet, but numbers too!
+|[[Image:GRFS02.jpg|250px|center]] || <center>'''FRAME 1''' cont'd</center> || Big Bird now explains that not only will you see the alphabet, but numbers too!
 |-
-| [[Image:peacockcartoon.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>Cartoon</center> || A peacock counts twenty feathers on his tail.<br />{{eka|0406}}
+| [[Image:peacockcartoon.jpg|250px|center]] || <center>Cartoon</center> || A peacock counts twenty feathers on his tail.<br />{{eka|0406}}
 |-
-|[[Image:GRFS03.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>'''FRAME 2'''</center> || Next, Big Bird displays signs that will be around the school, like "BUS STOP" and "EXIT".
+|[[Image:GRFS03.jpg|250px|center]] || <center>'''FRAME 2'''</center> || Next, Big Bird displays signs that will be around the school, like "BUS STOP" and "EXIT".
 |-
-| [[Image:Busstopgiant.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>Cartoon</center> || A man sets up a bus stop sign so that a giant can eat the buses that come.<br />{{eka|2164}}
+| [[Image:Busstopgiant.jpg|250px|center]] || <center>Cartoon</center> || A man sets up a bus stop sign so that a giant can eat the buses that come.<br />{{eka|1813}}
 |-
-| [[Image:2356-7.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>Cartoon</center> || A honking orange ball follows signs to the EXIT.<br />{{eka|2125}}
+| [[Image:2356-7.jpg|250px|center]] || <center>Cartoon</center> || A honking orange ball follows signs to the EXIT.<br />{{eka|2125}}
 |-
-|[[Image:SchoolCheer01.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>Muppets</center> || [[Anything Muppets]] [[Cheers|cheer]] for school.<br />''Part 1''
+|[[Image:SchoolCheer01.jpg|250px|center]] || <center>Muppets</center> || [[Anything Muppets]] [[Cheers|cheer]] for school.<br />''Part 1''
 |-
-|[[Image:GRFS04.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>'''FRAME 3'''</center> || Big Bird mentions something else from his days in school: there will kids you already know and kids you don't.
+|[[Image:GRFS04.jpg|250px|center]] || <center>'''FRAME 3'''</center> || Big Bird mentions something else from his days in school: there will kids you already know and kids you don't.
 |-
-| [[Image:Youngcount.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>Muppets</center> || [[Count von Count|The Count]] sings about his [[The First Day of School|first day of school]].<br />{{eka|1736}}
+| [[Image:Youngcount.jpg|250px|center]] || <center>Muppets</center> || [[Count von Count|The Count]] sings about his [[The First Day of School|first day of school]].<br />{{eka|1736}}
 |-
-|[[Image:GRFS05.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>'''FRAME 4'''</center> || Big Bird has set up a model school room in the arbor, with [[Snuffy]] and the kids as students. Big Bird asks his class for a rhyme for "hat", but they all answer at once. He explains that in classrooms, students must raise their hand and will be called on. Snuffy raises his snuffle, but unfortunately doesn't know the answer.
+|[[Image:GRFS05.jpg|250px|center]] || <center>'''FRAME 4'''</center> || Big Bird has set up a model school room in the arbor, with [[Snuffy]] and the kids as students. Big Bird asks his class for a rhyme for "hat", but they all answer at once. He explains that in classrooms, students must raise their hand and will be called on. Snuffy raises his snuffle, but unfortunately doesn't know the answer.
 |-
-| [[Image:RaiseYourHand.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>Muppets</center> || Teacher [[Little Chrissy]] sings about how important it is to "[[Raise Your Hand]]."<br />{{eka|2274}}
+| [[Image:RaiseYourHand.jpg|250px|center]] || <center>Muppets</center> || Teacher [[Little Chrissy]] sings about how important it is to "[[Raise Your Hand (Moss)|Raise Your Hand]]."<br />{{eka|2274}}
 |-
-|[[Image:GRFS06.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>'''FRAME 5'''</center> || Big Bird reiterates that you'll see the alphabet in school.
+|[[Image:GRFS06.jpg|250px|center]] || <center>'''FRAME 5'''</center> || Big Bird reiterates that you'll see the alphabet in school.
 |-
-| [[Image:2096s.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>Film</center> || Children on a playground form the letters of the alphabet.<br />{{first|2096}}
+| [[Image:2096s.jpg|250px|center]] || <center>Film</center> || Children on a playground form the letters of the alphabet.<br />{{first|2096}}
 |-
-|[[Image:SchoolCheer01.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>Muppets</center> || Anything Muppets cheer for school.<br />''Part 2''
+|[[Image:SchoolCheer01.jpg|250px|center]] || <center>Muppets</center> || Anything Muppets cheer for school.<br />''Part 2''
 |-
-|[[Image:GRFS07.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>'''FRAME 6'''</center> || Snuffy shares something he learned from Snufflegarden - it's okay to make mistakes. The duo then sings "[[Everyone Makes Mistakes (song)|Everyone Makes Mistakes]]". After the song, Big Bird displays the alphabet (not remembering he has before).
+|[[Image:GRFS07.jpg|250px|center]] || <center>'''FRAME 6'''</center> || Snuffy shares something he learned from Snufflegarden - it's okay to make mistakes. The duo then sings "[[Everyone Makes Mistakes (song)|Everyone Makes Mistakes]]". After the song, Big Bird displays the alphabet (not remembering he has before).
 |-
-| [[Image:Alphabet01.jpg|200px|center]]<br />[[Image:Alphabet02.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>Animation</center> || The [[alphabet]] is presented using many materials and writing methods.<br />{{eka|2494}}
+| [[Image:Alphabet01.jpg|250px|center]]<br />[[Image:Alphabet02.jpg|250px|center]] || <center>Animation</center> || The [[alphabet]] is presented using many materials and writing methods.<br />{{eka|2494}}
 |-
-|[[Image:SchoolCheer01.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>Muppets</center> || Anything Muppets cheer for school.<br />''Part 3''
+|[[Image:SchoolCheer01.jpg|250px|center]] || <center>Muppets</center> || Anything Muppets cheer for school.<br />''Part 3''
 |-
-|[[Image:GRFS08.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>'''FRAME 7'''</center> || Big Bird watches as a girl demonstrates how she puts on her coat. Big Bird claims that by watching the next segment, the viewer can learn to tie their shoes too.
+|[[Image:GRFS08.jpg|250px|center]] || <center>'''FRAME 7'''</center> || Big Bird watches as a girl demonstrates how she puts on her coat. Big Bird claims that by watching the next segment, the viewer can learn to tie their shoes too.
 |-
-|[[File:DavidHerryShoes.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>Muppets / Cast</center> || "Dandy [[David]]" sings a song about tying shoelaces as [[Herry]] watches. Herry then asks David to tie the laces on all the shoes in his shoe collection.
+|[[File:DavidHerryShoes.jpg|250px|center]] || <center>Muppets / Cast</center> || "Dandy [[David]]" sings [[Tying Your Shoelace|a song]] about tying shoelaces as [[Herry]] watches. Herry then asks David to tie the laces on all the shoes in his shoe collection.
 |-
-|[[Image:GRFS09.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>'''FRAME 8'''</center> || Big Bird has Snuffy apply the lesson by having him tie his sneakers, which is accomplished by blowing through his snuffle. Big Bird thinks of what he hasn't taught, when Snuffly mentions the alphabet again.
+|[[Image:GRFS09.jpg|250px|center]] || <center>'''FRAME 8'''</center> || Big Bird has Snuffy apply the lesson by having him tie his sneakers, which is accomplished by blowing through his snuffle. Big Bird thinks of what he hasn't taught, when Snuffly mentions the alphabet again.
 |-
-|[[Image:Groverlorenavlphabet.JPG|200px|center]] || <center>Muppets</center> || {{Mkmg}} [[Grover]] and Polly say the alphabet.<br />{{eka|0324}}
+|[[Image:Groverlorenavlphabet.JPG|250px|center]] || <center>Muppets</center> || {{Mkmg}} [[Grover]] and Polly say the alphabet.<br />{{eka|0324}}
 |-
-|[[Image:GRFS10.jpg|200px|center]] || <center>'''FRAME 9'''</center> || Big Bird thanks the viewer for watching and requests they send a letter to him once they learn how to write in school. Just as the theme music starts, he asks if he's forgotten the alphabet.
+|[[Image:GRFS10.jpg|250px|center]] || <center>'''FRAME 9'''</center> || Big Bird thanks the viewer for watching and requests they send a letter to him once they learn how to write in school. Just as the theme music starts, he asks if he's forgotten the alphabet.
 |}
+==Releases==
+<gallery>
+Image:Origschoolvhs.jpg|{{GNH|VHS}}Random House Home Video<br>1987<br>cat. 88936
+Image:Video.gettingreadyforschool.jpg|{{GNH|VHS (reissue)}}Random House Home Video
+Image:Bedtimestoriesandsongsgettingreadyforschool.jpg|{{GNH|United Kingdom (VHS)}}The Video Collection<br>1991
+Image:Gettingreadyforschoolasianvcd.jpg|{{GNH|Asia (VCD)}}561003
+</gallery>
 ==Notes==
-*Although they don't actually appear in this video, the credits list [[Bob McGrath]] as [[Bob]], [[Sonia Manzano]] as [[Maria]], and [[Alaina Reed Hall]] as [[Olivia]].
+*Although they don't actually appear in this video, the credits list [[Bob McGrath]] as [[Bob]], [[Linda Bove]] as [[Linda]], [[Sonia Manzano]] as [[Maria]], and [[Alaina Reed Hall]] as [[Olivia]].
+==Cast==
+'''[[:Category:Muppet Performers|Muppet Performers]]'''
+{|width="100%"
+|valign="top" width="33%"|
+*[[Caroll Spinney]] as Big Bird
+*[[Jim Henson]]
+*[[Frank Oz]] as Grover
+*[[Jerry Nelson]] as the Count, Herry
+*[[Richard Hunt]]
+*[[Martin P. Robinson]] as Snuffy
+*[[Kevin Clash]]
+*[[Pam Arciero]]
+*[[Bryant Young]]
+*[[David Rudman]]
+|valign="top" width="33%"|
+*[[Caroly Wilcox]]
+*[[Cheryl Blalock]]
+*[[Camille Bonora]]
+*[[Ed Christie]]
+*Michael Huston
+*[[Jim Kroupa]]
+*[[Brian Muehl]]
+*[[Kathryn Mullen]]
+*[[Christopher Cerf]] as Little Chrissy (voice, uncredited)
+|}
+'''[[:category:Sesame Street Cast|Cast]]'''
+*[[Northern Calloway]] as David
+==Credits==
+*'''Executive Producer:''' [[Jon Stone]]
+*'''Director:''' Jon Stone
+*'''Segment Directors:''' [[Lisa Simon]], [[Emily Squires]]
+*'''Writers:''' Jon Stone, [[Cathi Rosenberg-Turow|Cathi Rosenberg]]
+*'''Segment Writers:''' [[Emily Perl Kingsley]], [[Jeff Moss]]
+*'''Songs by:''' Emily Perl Kingsley, Jeff Moss, [[Lee Pockriss]], [[Joe Raposo]]
 ==See also==
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 * [[Ready for School!|Sesame Street: Ready for School!]]
 [[Category:Sesame Street Video]]
-[[Category:Sesame Street Direct-to-Video]]
 [[Category:School]]

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Changes: Getting Ready for School (video)

Revision as of 04:48, 14 September 2014

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Notes

Cast

Credits

See also