Product Description

Everyone knows the wheels on the bus go round and round, but only bus driver Dave can show you how! Kids of all ages will love this action-packed collection of Real Wheels movies featuring the newest to the series - THERE GOES A BUS! Step inside for an up-close look at school buses, steam engines, fighter jets and other amazing vehicles that take us across the country and around the world! Over 90 minutes of trains, planes and buses!

DVD Features:
Deleted Scenes
Featurette
Music Video:Bloopers with Dave, Rockin' Real Wheels (Sing-A-Long Song), Let's See A Locomotive, What's That? (Interactive Word Play), Video Preview.
Other

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12775 in DVD
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2003-01-28
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, Live, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 96 minutes

Amazon.com
"Pilot Dave" Hood, cocreator and host of the There Goes a... series of children's videos, straps himself into a variety of flying machines in There Goes a Plane. Riding shotgun on a stunt plane that loops and whooshes to a dizzying degree, Hood does a lot of yelping, but he also succinctly and entertainingly describes exactly why airplanes defy gravity. (Adults can learn, too.) We learn the workings of passenger jets, and how the airline industry functions in various other ways, from selling passenger tickets to getting one's luggage to its proper destination. The plentiful comic moments include the sight of Hood falling onto a suitcase conveyor belt.

In There Goes a Train, engineer Dave shows us around old and new trains, takes control of a freight train going top speed, and introduces us to steam engines, locomotives, and an old caboose. Plenty to see, lots of location shooting, big action for tykes interested in moving machines. Dave's banter might go over the heads of some of the target audience, but you can ignore that.

There Goes a Bus is an information-jammed journey into the secret lives of the thundering buses that thrill us when we're little. The beloved yellow and black ones are only the beginning: besides city buses, cross-country Greyhound types, and touristy double-deckers, we also get a lift on an articulated number (the kind that bends) and--the traffic stopper--a bus that, when driven into water, becomes a boat. Stops for maintenance and under-the-hood investigations keep the wheels going round and round, and rap sessions with a bus-driving honcho buckle us in for the long haul.

Customer Reviews

We LOVE the "Dave" Movies!!!
We have 6 of the "Real Wheels" titles (which my son calls the "Dave" movies) and we have gotten our money's worth out of each of them many times over. I unfortunately did not stumble upon them until just before his 4th birthday, which is a shame because they have a lot to offer for kids from about 3 on up. My son just turned 5 and he still gets so much learning out of them. When he was younger, it was more about just watching and listening to the trains, planes, etc. ... now he's old enough to follow the script and he generally adds his own running commentary to the films -- he really thinks about what he's seeing. The films do a great job of presenting technical and mechanical concepts at a level for little learners, and they also throw in great age-appropriate safety information--they make the point loud and clear but without scaring the kids. You can tell Dave Hood really likes making films for kids and his genuine excitement for what he's doing comes across in every tape. These also make FANTASTIC affordable birthday gifts for pre-school aged friends. Among our all-time favorite kids' tapes.

You Won't Go Wrong With Dave
We bought this because our son really likes trains, but our son likes the whole DVD. The host, Dave, is a likeable guy who seems to know how to make things interesting to little kids. The DVD moves along at a good pace, but Dave takes time to explain how things work. There is plenty of cool video of real trains (and buses and planes). Dave also always seems to get into just a little bit of trouble which our son finds funny.

Awesome Travel Adventures
This episode really educates children while entertaining them, as well. The host does an excellent job of teaching children about real-life adventures of buses, airplanes and trains. The style of this program teaches children on a real level that can be understood by people of all ages. I even learned things about these vehicles that I didn't know much about.