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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780783134741
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783134746
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 15, 2005
Running Time: 30 minutes
Sales Rank: 5866
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
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Product Description:
Featuring performances by: tony bennett natalie cole billy crystal lauryn hill patti labelle aaron neville and susan sarandon. Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: 11/14/2006 Rating: Nr
Amazon.com:
Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd's bestselling children's book headlines this winning 25-minute collection of sleepytime tales from HBO. Susan Sarandon narrates the simple story of a bunny readying for bed. Other top entertainers lend their voices to the tape: Tony Bennett sings the story of 'Hit the Road to Dreamland'; Lauryn Hill brings rhythm to 'Hush, Little Baby' (the best segment); Billy Crystal lends many voices to Mercer Mayer's 'There's a Nightmare in My Closet'; and singers Natalie Cole, Aaron Neville, and Patti LeBelle sing other tales. A dandy video for the youngster, punctuated with 'interviews' of real kids answering a host of bedtime questions. --Doug Thomas
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - like a sleep-inducing drug, only for children, in a good way
This is the most soothing, calming, beautiful thing ever made for TV. Aaron Neville singing Brahms Lullaby, with the incredibly sweet animation that goes with it from Ink Tank, will melt the coldest heart and bring tears to your eyes; that alone is worth the price. This whole tape worked like a drug on our then-2 year old, who otherwise had a lot of anxiety over bedtime. (We did skip the "Nightmare in My Closet" segment for a long while, though.)
Regarding the New York-centric comment from one reviewer, I never even noticed this, really, & I'm from TN/NC/VA; a number of the kids interviewed are actually from Durham, NC.
What the kids have to say is almost always sweet and insightful (there is one precocious girl featured in one segment who seems to know/think that what she's saying is really deep, but apart from her, these kids are all beautifully honest and innocently wise). Our kids (now K-6) could watch this every night, and so could we.
Rating:  - They killed the classic!
I agree with other reviewers about the emphasis on monsters, nightmares, and creepy child interviews that are abrupt and interrupt the flow of the "Sleepytime" stories. My child had a hard time relating to the children, and I wish there was a way to skip over the interviews. I can't stand the interviews. I think the Scholastic series is better, just the stories, none of the annoying fluff.
Rating: - Goodnight Moon
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Rating: - my son looooooves this video and so do we!
My son is 21 months old and loves this movie. He wants to watch it every night before bed. He just squeals with delight when it comes on. My daughter who is 4 also loves it and talks along with all the kids. She especially loves to talk along with the little boy who has the very, very wholy blankey. She knows every word. I understand some of the parents not liking the kids talking as much as the stories, but if your kids are used to that format (mine were through Sesame Street videos) then they won't mind a bit. Every child is different, so some will love it and some won't. As for the kids being "very New Yorky"- yes, they are, but why is that so horrible? I like exposing my kids to kids from different places, and once again, if they watch Sesame Street videos, they'll already be used to kids from New York. The only criticism I have is that it goes into some very heavy issues- one little boy talks about his mommy dreaming about his dad who died. That's a pretty serious topic for bedtime. I'd prefer that they didn't do that, but my kids don't seem to be badly affected by it.
Rating:  - Creepy NYC kids featured.
My daughter enjoys this video. I don't.
It is too New York-centric, e.g. Tar Beach, references to Scarsdale. The children featured are not very endearing. There are a couple of pale unsmiling girls, some of them talk like adults with a glassy stare. They come across as city kids with city attitude. The 'hush little baby' song is too urbanized.
And the Tar Beach story, I don't understand why it's so popular. The actual beach is 1 hour away by subway, much more pleasant than hanging out on a NYC rooftop and pretending it's a beach. And the empowerment message is silly.
It's an OK video if you like NYC so much that you want it represented on your Good Night Moon video.
-Mom on Upper Westside, NYC
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