Nostalgic
Sesame Street DVD set coming in October
For
the first time ever, Sesame Workshop is planning to release Classic
Sesame Street on DVD. Sesame Workshop has not yet announced if the
set will contain complete episodes or skit compilations.
By
Greg James
May
11, 2006
In
September, Sesame Workshop stated that they were considering the
possibility of releasing "classic" Sesame Street material
on DVD, but not to expect anything anytime soon. This
is due to the necessary development time, many legalities and several
other organizational issues that would need to be addressed first.
There
is now light at the end of the tunnel. Recently we received the
following response from Sesame Workshop on the issue:
We are planning
to release a Sesame
Street Nostalgia Box Set, however this is something that will
not happen until October '06.
In
the meantime, we released a boxed
set of The Electric Company in February '06, and there are
plans for a second volume of The Electric Company as well.
So,
now it is official. The first DVD box set of "classic"
Sesame Street material should be released (if all goes as planned)
in October 2006. The list price is expected to be $39.99. The DVD
box set is available
for pre-order for 30% off from Amazon.com.
There
are no further details on the set available at this time, but we'll
be sure to keep you all updated as more information is revealed
on this exciting upcoming release.

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