Here Come the ABCs

I've been a TMBG's fan since Lincoln. Their humor and style seem to fit my personality. While I was disappointed with their last release, The Spine, I was excited that they were going to release another "kids" CD and accompanying DVD. Having enjoyed No!, I had high hopes for this release, especially for this DVD. The result? A wonderful exercise in lunacy and education.It is amazing (like the CD No!) how adults and children alike can enjoy this DVD. While, even at the very basic levels of teaching letters to kids, it is filled with "adult" humor and references that helps crossover and make it more bearable than other educational programs that parents sometimes get tired of watching with their kids.As for the songs, all are very entertaining and there are many standouts. "LMNO" harkens back to the classic Dan Aykroyd skit on SNL where he wanted to shorten the alphabet and make LMNO into one letter and thus, this song tries to un-do his damage. "Letter Shapes" features no lyrics but it reminds me of the days when Electric Company would make digital sounds to represent their letter/word of the day. And "E Eats Everything" is the best and most entertaining video for all ages.The extras on the disk include some live performances of songs from No and The Spine and a few animated videos as well. Don't miss the simple yet oddly compelling video for "Violin." And "Robot Parade" is just awesome!All I can say is TMBG has a great talent of mixing the intelligent lunacy with simple and catchy children's themes. I would not be upset at all of their remaining CD's and DVD's stick with this theme.

My first introduction to They Might BE Giants was when their videos for Istanbul and Particle Man first aired on Tiny Toon Adventures. I've been listening to their music since. I studied music for a long time and studied many different kinds of music and taken an interest in many artists, but for some reason They Might Be Giants winds up being at the top of my listening list again, over and over. I recently purchased both the ABC's and 123's and watch the cintained dvd with my 1-year-old daughter. These two dvds are the only content we really ever let her watch, and they are the only videos that have ever kept her attention long enough - she listens and watches avidly, dances, claps. I love and sing along to all the songs and sit with her through each viewing of the videos; it's an activity that we both enjoy very much, and she seems genuinely interested in the content of the songs.So a big thanks to John and John for these 2 cd/dvd combos, and thanks to Amazon for selling them, and a big recommendation for any fellow Giants fans with little Giants fans on board.

We give this to all of our nieces/nephews for their first birthdays. Of the 6 families who have received it so far, 5 love it (and the other one doesn't count... they have horrible taste in everything and didn't give it a try)!One year old is a fun age to get them started on this. It appeals to them, but older kids love it, too. Plus, it's not irritating for parents, like most kid music.Our kids learned to LOVE letters from watching this. And since it comes with an audio CD, we can use it in the car if we need to calm our toddlers (and the older kids still love it). We do Here Come the 123's for their 2nd birthday and that's fun too (actually, I like the music even more on that one).My sister-in-law said the DVD saved her on a 20 hour road trip with her 18 month old. It's saved us many times, too. Our kids are now 6, 4, and 1 year. We started it when the 6 year old was 1. They've all loved it!

I liked They Might Be Giants from before I was a parent, and bought their"no" CD for my kids, and lo and behold, the kids liked it, and it didn't drive me insane. So I bought this cd to help my kids with alphabet, and we have yet to listen to the Cd portion, cuz the kids want to watch the DVD portion. My 3, 5 and 7 year olds all get a kick out the funny songs, and love watching the silly videos. The production values remind me of early Wiggles: cardboard, spray painted sets, jerky video. But just like early Wiggles, my kids could care less how much was spent on the fx. They just like the silliness. Watching the letters helps them with letter recognition, too. My 3 year old can now recognize all the letters! I would recommend this over the slicker videos produced by Disney, etc, because it is designed by an "independent" group, and because the music isn't so dumbed down that it will make you insane.

Having been TMBG fans since we were teenagers, we absolutely loved this when our son was a toddler. I’d even find myself still listening after I dropped him at day care and was driving to work. Saw them live when our son was about 3 and it was probably the most fun concert we saw as a family. The crowd was full of families and it was so much fun to see parents get excited when they sang Particle Man and ten the kids get excited when they’d sing something from this. Loved it so much that when I needed a baby gift for a close relative, this CD was my first thought for a gift.

It goes without saying that a little Barney can become nails across a chaulk board. I gave this CD 5 stars because our 20 month old son loves it and my spouse and I can listen to it with him and have fun with it. The tunes are catchy. Something you can goof around with and sing along with. The alphabet is a big deal right now with our son (he loves ABC books too) and this makes learning lots of fun. We loved this one so much we eventually bought Here Come the 123s.The DVD that comes with it is interesting to say the least. A couple of the songs on the CD were obivously made for the video portion as the song makes sense once you see the video. Good use of puppets and animation.

Catchy songs, very educational. My 5 year old can recite the entire Alphabet of Nations, and even learned to say the alphabet backwards in about 5 seconds thanks to this CD. It's on constant repeat in our car, and we're always singing lines randomly throughout the day.

Here come the 123s を先に購入して、大人も子供もハマったのでこちらも購入しました。一言、楽しいです。アルファベットの歌が、こんなに今っぽくなるんだ〜と感心したり、QUをはじめ、なんか笑える＆すぐ覚えちゃう曲　ばかりです。よく出来てます。DVD付きを断然お勧めです。が、１23sは汎用機で再生できましたが、ABCsはできなかったのでリージョン対応機などが必要かといます。