Product Description

Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 02/03/2004 Run time: 100 minutes Rating: Nr

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23000 in DVD
• Brand: Paramount
• Released on: 2003-09-02
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 100 minutes

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The first two stories focus on the relationship between Oswald the blue octopus and his best friend Henry the penguin. When Henry's cousin from the Frozen North comes to town, Oswald feels left out as the birds bond over mackerel and polka. Then he faces every child's fear when Henry decides to move north with his cousin. But unlike real life, Henry has a change of heart and decides to stay with his friends only to fight with Daisy in the next story after she uses his spoon as a shovel. Then all the friends overcome obstacles to see a musical act together.

From the beach to the back yard, the blue octopus and his buddies find plenty to learn in the outdoors. On a trip to the shore, Henry the penguin paradoxically doesn't want to get his feathers wet, but rises to the challenge when reckless Daisy needs rescuing. Next, Oswald has the difficult task of judging which of his friends' sand sculptures should win the annual contest. (Two words: Everybody wins!) Back at home, when snails invade Oswald's tomato garden, the accommodating octopus buys new tomato plants to share. But the snails eat those, too. Finally, bird watcher Oswald gets impatient with his impulsive floral friend when she keeps scaring off his targets. But those same qualities come in handy when he needs her to bring him down from the back of a giant Mee-Tah bird. This gentle Nick Jr. series cleverly echoes and resolves many of the issues children face, and features kid-friendly voices from the expected--cartoon veteran Debi Derryberry and The Wonder Years' Fred Savage--as well as the unexpected: Laverne and Shirley's David Lander and early SNL regular Laraine Newman. (Ages 2 to 6) --Kimberly Heinrichs

Customer Reviews

We love OSWALD - Get this DVD for your preschooler!
This DVD is my three year old's very favorite! We watch it everyday! There are 8 episodes in this DVD. It's great for her attention span.
If you've never seen Oswald, you don't know what you're missing! Oswald and his friends are amusing even for adults! There is nice soft music in the background. This is such a great dvd, my daughter has memorized all the little songs that Oswald sings and performs them for family and friends!
Get this for your preschooler, you won't be disappointed!

Episode guide
Just in case you're looking for a particular story:
Odd One Out (Henry's cousin Louie comes to visit)
Goodbye Best Friend (Henry plans to move)
Friends Indeed (Daisy and Henry argue)
Sammy Starfish Live
A Day at the Beach (Henry doesn't want to get wet)
The Sand Sculpture Contest
The Tomato Garden (snail invasion)
Bird Watching (Daisy can't sit still)

Oswald is brilliant.
This is one of the best shows that's ever been on television for kids or anybody. Scripts, performances, drawing, music even: palatable for hipsters AND my two-year-old daughter has liked it all along. Smart and sweet-natured at once; may the same be said of all of us.

It's true, as a package it could use better bells and whistles, but it looks good and you can circumvent all advertising in a blink, shamefully not always true even with kids' stuff.