Getting Ready to Read
8.2
The video promotes reading skills with various Sesame inserts, along with a new framing sequence where Big Bird operates his own "Reading Hotline."
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Cast
12 people
Sonia Manzano
Maria
Known for
Sesame Street
Godmothered
Caroll Spinney
Big Bird / Oscar (voice)
Also in
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!
Jim Henson
Kermit / Ernie / Bip Bippadotta (voice)
Known for
The Dark Crystal
The Muppet Movie
Frank Oz
Bert / Grover / Cookie Monster (voice)
Known for
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Monsters, Inc.
Fran Brill
"OP" Family Song (voice)
Known for
Sesame Street
Doug
Jerry Nelson
"OP" Family Song / Farley / Two-Headed Monster (voice)
Known for
The Muppet Show
Sesame Street
Richard Hunt
Two-Headed Monster (voice)
Known for
The Muppet Show
Sesame Street
Martin P. Robinson
Old MacDougal / Rocky (voice)
Known for
Sesame Street
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Kevin Clash
Sam / Ferlinghetti Donizetti (voice)
Known for
Dinosaurs
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Pam Arciero
Pammy / Honkers (voice)
Known for
Sesame Street
Dick Maitland
Slimey (voice)
Also in
Sesame Street: Bedtime with Elmo
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Summer Vacation
Northern Calloway
Same Sound Brown (voice)
Also in
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Together for Days
Jon Stone Director · Tony Geiss Writer Ray Sipherd Writer
United States release June 18, 1992 · Produced in United States · Production Children's Television Workshop
Production
Sesame Workshop
Production
Children's Television Workshop
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 12, 1986
Physical · VHS - Random House Home Video
United States · June 18, 1992
Theatrical · VHS - Random House Home Video reissue
United States
April 18, 1995 · Theatrical · VHS - Sony Wonder Home Video
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