Getting Ready for School (video)

Getting Ready for School is a 1987 Sesame Street direct-to-video compilation in the "My Sesame Street Home Video" series.
==Segments==
Image	Segment 	Description
 	FRAME 1 	Big Bird, self-proclaimed school expert, is going to give the viewer the scoop on school (from what he's learned from his three days in school). Before he starts, he confesses that he was afraid of going to school and not knowing anything. He recalls seeing the alphabet inside, then recalls a time when he mistook the alphabet for something else...
 	Insert 	Big Bird sings "ABC-DEF-GHI."Edited
 	FRAME 1 cont'd	Big Bird now explains that not only will you see the alphabet, but numbers too!
 	Cartoon 	A peacock counts twenty feathers on his tail.
 	FRAME 2 	Next, Big Bird displays signs that will be around the school, like "SCHOOL," "EXIT," and "BUS STOP."
 	Cartoon 	A man sets up a bus stop sign so that a giant can eat the buses that come.
 	Cartoon 	A honking orange ball follows signs to the EXIT.
 	Muppets 	Anything Muppets cheer for school.Part 1
 	FRAME 3 	Big Bird mentions something else from his days in school: there will be kids you already know, and kids you don't.
 	Muppets 	The Count sings about his first day of school.
 	FRAME 4 	Big Bird has set up a model school room in the yard, with Snuffy and the kids as students. Big Bird asks his class for a rhyme for "hat," but they all answer at once. He explains that in classrooms, students must raise their hand and will be called on. Snuffy raises his snuffle in lieu of a hand... but unfortunately doesn't know the answer.
 	Muppets 	Teacher Little Chrissy sings about how important it is to "Raise Your Hand."
 	FRAME 5 	Big Bird reiterates that you'll see the alphabet in school.
 	Film 	Children on a playground form the letters of the alphabet.
 	Muppets 	Anything Muppets cheer for school.Part 2
 	FRAME 6 	Snuffy shares something he learned from Snufflegarden - it's okay to make mistakes. The duo then sings "Everyone Makes Mistakes." After the song, Big Bird and Snuffy can't remember if Big Bird had mentioned the alphabet being in school before...
 	Animation 	The alphabet is presented using many materials and writing methods.
 	Muppets 	Anything Muppets cheer for school.Part 3
 	FRAME 7 	Big Bird tells a secret: sometimes kids have trouble putting on their coats. He narrates as Ani demonstrates how she puts her coat on herself with a special trick: putting it on the ground, sticking her arms in the sleeves, and pulling it over her head. Big Bird claims that by watching the next segment, the viewer can learn to tie their shoes, too.
 	Muppets / Cast	"Dandy David" sings a song about tying shoelaces as Herry watches. Herry then asks David to tie the laces on all the shoes in his shoe collection.
 	FRAME 8 	Big Bird has Snuffy apply the lesson by having him tie his sneakers, which is accomplished by Snuffy blowing through his snuffle (and a reverse tape edit). Big Bird thinks of what he hasn't taught, when Snuffy reminds him of the alphabet.
 	Muppets 	Grover and Polly say the alphabet.
 	FRAME 9 	Big Bird thanks the viewer for watching, and requests they send a letter to him once they learn how to write in school. Just as the theme music starts, he asks if he's forgotten the alphabet.
==Releases==
Image:Origschoolvhs.jpg|Random House Home Video(with activity book)1987cat. 88936
Image:Video.gettingreadyforschool.jpg|Random House Home Video1992reissue cover
Image:Bedtimestoriesandsongsgettingreadyforschool.jpg|The Video Collection1988Double feature with Bedtime Stories & Songs
School Aus VHS.jpg|1992VDI
Image:Gettingreadyforschoolasianvcd.jpg|Berjaya HVN 1998561003
readyschoolsingmovies UK VHS.jpg|1999Walt Disney Home VideoDouble feature with Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies
Readyforschoolvidjp.jpg|Sony
==Booklet==
Scans of the activity book from the original VHS release.
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==Cast==
*Starring Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets:
**with Caroll Spinney as Big Bird
**Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Martin P. Robinson, Kevin Clash, Pam Arciero, Bryant Young, David Rudman, Caroly Wilcox, Cheryl Blaylock, Camille Bonora, Ed Christie, Michael Huston, Jim Kroupa, Brian Muehl, Kathryn Mullen
*Northern Calloway as David
:Note: Although they don't actually appear in the video, the credits erroneously list Linda Bove as Linda, Bob McGrath as Bob, Sonia Manzano as Maria, and Alaina Reed Hall as Olivia.
==Credits==
*Executive Producer: Jon Stone
*Directed by Jon Stone
**Lisa Simon, Emily Squires (archive material)
*Writers: Jon Stone, Cathi Rosenberg
**Emily Kingsley, Jeffrey Moss (archive material)
*Songs by Emily Kingsley, Jeffrey Moss, Lee Pockriss, Joe Raposo
==See also==
* Getting Ready for School (album)
* On My Way with Sesame Street Volume 3: Getting Ready for School
* Sesame Street: Ready for School!
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Category:Sesame Street Video
Category:Sesame Street Direct-to-Video