Getting Ready to Read

Jun 18, 1992

0h 30m

★ 0.0

Overview

The video promotes reading skills with various Sesame inserts, along with a new framing sequence where Big Bird operates his own "Reading Hotline."

Genres

Family

Production Companies

Sesame Workshop

Children's Television Workshop

Getting Ready to Read Trailers

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Cast

Maria

Sonia Manzano

Big Bird / Oscar (voice)

Caroll Spinney

Kermit / Ernie / Bip Bippadotta (voice)

Jim Henson

Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)

Frank Oz

"OP" Family Song (voice)

Fran Brill

"OP" Family Song / Farley / Two-Headed Monster (voice)

Jerry Nelson

Two-Headed Monster (voice)

Richard Hunt

Old MacDougal / Rocky (voice)

Martin P. Robinson

Sam / Ferlinghetti Donizetti (voice)

Kevin Clash

Pammy / Honkers (voice)

Pam Arciero

Slimey (voice)

Dick Maitland

Same Sound Brown (voice)

Northern Calloway

Three children visit their friend Bethie's clubhouse where they are encouraged to be as silly as possible as long as they learn and do well in school. Everything is silly at Bethie's clubhouse, the door tells knock-knock jokes, the books jockey to be read first, and the TV reminds Bethie when her favorite show "Ivana the Iguanna's Beauty Tips" is on. Add to that an assortment of silly visitors like Kitty Kat Man, Captain Schnorer the Worldwide Explorer and various talking animals who all break into wonderful musical numbers while educating the kids.

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