TV on DVD Review: The Backyardigans It’s Great to be a Ghost
I know I reviewed a Backyardigans DVD just a few weeks ago, but I finally got the Halloween one I have been wanting to review for October and it does not make much sense waiting to review it later instead of now before I end up forgetting and Halloween pases. The Backyardigans: It’s Great to be a Ghost has four episodes of the show and a few special features.
The first two episodes are pretty obviously Halloween themed. The first is “It’s Great to Be a Ghost!” and it teaches about not being afraid, in particular relating to ghosts. It is kind of a fun episode with the Backyardigans pretending to be ghosts and trying to scare the others, however, it is one of the worst episodes of the show in my opinion. The second episodes is called “Monster Detectives” and is about trying to get a ball back from the soccer monster (Pablo) and ending up becoming soccer monsters themselves. This episode is one of the good ones.
The other two are not really Halloween themed, but I kind think the whole Backyardigans thing about the characters dressing up and pretending to be different things is always Halloweenish. The other two episodes are “The Key of the Nile” and “Pirate Treasure.”
Because this Nick Jr. DVD actually stays on theme for once, this DVD actually gets my vote as being a great DVD. Plus, I think The Backyardigans is a great show for preschoolers. The special features, though, are not that good. First there is the Meet the Backyardigans, which is just short clip of the characters coming on the screen and words about them below, unfortunately most viewers of this show cannot read and it does not real it aloud. Then there is How to Become a Backyardigan, which gives ideas on how to be things such as a musician, ghost, queen, pirate, cowboy. This one is actually okay. The last is “A Pirate Says Arr” Music video, which is okay, but it would be nice if they put the lyrics on the screen.
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