Collectible New Adventures NEW DRAGON TALES ADVENTURES DEBUT ON VIDEO AND DVD APRIL 2
Refreshing Adventures Focus On Helping Childeren Learn to Accept Others' Differences & Persist at Challenging Tasks
Culver City, Calif., January 24, 2002 -- Two new videos and two new DVDs from the hit PBS animated television series Dragon Tales will debut April 2, 2002 from Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment.
The videos, Dragon Tales: Let's Stick to It! and We're Special!, along with the DVDs, Yes, We Can! and It's Cool to be Me!, feature more new adventures of six- year-old Emmy, her four-year-old brother Max, and their fantastical dragon friends helping each other learn to persist at challenging tasks and accept differences in themselves and others.
Each video has three adventures and two songs, available in English and Spanish versions at the suggested retail price of $12.95. Each DVD contains five favorite adventures with four sing-along songs and is priced to own at $19.95 SRP. Order due dates for the titles are February 28, 2002 for VHS and March 5, 2002 for DVD. The titles will be advertised in more than 100,000 Random House "Wings, Dings & Dragon Things" back-of-book ads.
Co-produced by Sesame Workshop, the creators of "Sesame Street," and Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group, Dragon Tales was the #1 children's program among kids ages 2 to 5 across all broadcast and cable networks for the 2000-2001 season, with ratings growing 26% over the premiere season (1999- 2000). Recipient of the highly coveted Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award as well as the KIDS FIRST! seal of approval from the Coalition for Quality Children's
Media, Dragon Tales has also been nominated for a daytime Emmy Awardr. Just this month, the video Dragon Tales: Let's Be Friends was chosen to be one of the six finalists in its age category for Best Kid's Video of 2001.
Synopses
Special features on the Dragon Tales DVDs include four Sing-Alongs, a continuous play button, English and Spanish audio, English, French and Spanish subtitles, full screen presentations and digitally mastered audio and anamorphic video.
Dragon Tales: Yes, We Can! (Persisting at a challenging task)
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Zak and The Beanstalk" -- The Do-Re-Mi birds are gone, and Zak and Wheezie are afraid something bad has happened to them! A worried Sid Sycamore says that the birds have been kidnapped by Mungus the Giant. When Emmy, Max, Zak and Wheezie sneak into Mungus' castle and confront him, he confesses that he's not mean at all. He only took the birds because he loves their music. He agrees to let them go if the kids and dragons can teach him to make his own music. "Whole Lotta Maracas Goin On" -- Quetzal loves to make music with maracas but his set is broken, so the gang decides to make him a new pair for Teacher's Day. Emmy joins Cassie in pursuit of tricky Stickleback Sticks for the handles. Max teams up with Ord to get past some crabby pincher crabs to obtain beach gourds for the rattles. But Zak and Wheezie have the hardest task of all - they must coax some seeds from a boy and girl Songflower team who hold them "captive."
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Up, Up and Away" -- The gang has a great time playing Pop the Bubbles until Ord accidentally flattens their bubble bucket. Ord and Max decide they don't need a bucket and dump Zak's entire package of bubble powder into a nearby puddle, which instantly erupts into a bubble geyser. Soon Ord is trapped inside a humongous bubble floating helplessly toward the sky! The gang tries several ways to pop it, but when they can't they tie a rope around it and pull it to the School in the Sky.
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The Jumping Bean Express" -- Quetzal gives the gang some jumping beans to return safely to his brother. But on the way they accidentally drop the carrying case. When the cover opens, the hyperactive beans grab their suitcases, wave goodbye and make a mad dash for the forest. The kids chase the beans everywhere -- under bridges, between tree trunks and over streams. Frustrated and exhausted, the kids consider giving up, but all vow to complete the task Quetzal has given them no matter how difficult.
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The Great White Cloud Whale" -- The kids and dragons spot Captain Scaliwag's pirate ship. He's searching for the Great White Cloud Whale, who's swallowed his favorite ship. When they see the whale swimming through the sky, they help Scaliwag use balloon bait to try to trap him between two mountain peaks. But the whale grabs the bait and pulls their ship instead. When the string snaps and he swims away, Emmy tells Scaliwag not to give up.
The five adventures in Dragon Tales: Yes, We Can! are linked by four songs, "Stretch," "Hum," "Clap" and "Wiggle."
Dragon Tales: It's Cool To Be Me! (Accepting and accomodating differences)
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Not Separated at Birth" -- Zak and Wheezie are bickering over what they'll build for the new playground - the xylophone slide or the drum trampolines. When they wish they had separate bodies, Quetzal gives them some magic crystals -- and their wish comes true! But when Wheezie's slide collapses because she didn't follow directions, she misses Zak's patient input. Zak makes the trampoline so loose and saggy that Cassie and Emmy can't jump on it.and he misses Wheezie, who always knows how to make things fun.
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The Greatest Show in Dragon Land" -- The kids and dragons are really excited about flying to Wonder World amusement park. When they find out Zak and Wheezie have a broken wing and are unable to fly, however, they agree to accommodate their friends by walking there instead.
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A Tall Tale" -- Eunice the unicorn, who is terribly near-sighted, has lost her glasses, and Max and Emmy join the dragons to help her find them. Max wants to steer Eunice so she can see where she's flying, but he's too small to climb up on her back. And when they spot an object that looks like her glasses, he's too short to reach it. Poor Max, who was already feeling frustrated about being too little to do the things he wants, feels even worse.
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Dragon Sails" -- The group sets sail for Rainbow Canyon in search of a special rainbow-colored crystal to complete Cassie's shimmering crystal set. When Ord's heavy weight rocks their little boat and they all fall into the water, he's sad because he fears they'll have to continue on their adventure without him. He hates being so big! The gang solves the dilemma by crafting a bigger, Ord-size boat and off they go again.
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Staying within the Lines" -- The Stickleback Mountains have lost their colors! They were washed away in a big rainstorm, so Quetzal puts the gang to work painting the scene. Max, who is not worried about staying within the lines, gets carried away with the blue he's using for the stream. As the river threatens to overflow, Emmy and Cassie finish off a boulder dam just in time.
The five adventures in Dragon Tales: It's Cool to be Me! are linked by four songs, "Shake Your Dragon Tale," "Hello," "Zoo" and "Round & Round."
Dragon Tales Details
Dragon Tales: Yes, We Can! Fullscreen DVD #08147, 65 minutes
Dragon Tales: It's Cool To Be Me! Fullscreen DVD #08601, 65 minutes
Not Rated Color Released in U.S. and Canada Only
Price: VHS, $12.95 SRP/$9.95 MAP DVD, $19.95 SRP
Dates VHS Order Date: February 28, 2002 DVD Order Date: March 5, 2002 Street Date: April 2, 2002
Dragon Tales is funded in part by a grant from the Department of Education through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and underwritten in part by Kellogg's Rice Krispies and Frosted Flakes Cereals.
Sesame Workshop is a non-profit educational organization committed to maximizing the power of all media as an educational force in the lives of children. Its products include television, online, CD-ROMs, magazines, books, film, community outreach, and licensing. Best known as the creators of Sesame Street -- now in its 31st season on PBS -- the Workshop produces programming that has been enjoyed in 148 countries, including 20 co-productions reflecting local languages, customs, and educational needs. Several of the Workshop's earlier award-winning programs, including The Electric Company, 3-2-1 Contact, and Square One TV, can now be found on Noggin, the new 24-hour-per-day kids' thinking channel, a joint venture between the Workshop and Nickelodeon. Find the Workshop online at www.sesameworkshop.org, www.sesamestreet.com, and www.stickerworld.org.
Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group produces traditional cel animation, CGI and live-action properties for television around the world. The division is currently producing Jackie Chan Adventures, Max Steel and Men In Black: The Series for Kids' WB!; Dragon Tales, co-produced with Sesame Workshop, on PBS's Ready To Learn block; Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles, Jumanji and Extreme Ghostbusters airing in syndication; and the upcoming Heavy Gear. SPFE is in production on Harold And The Purple Crayon scheduled to air in July 2001 for HBO Family. In addition, SPFE is developing the animated series Stuart Little for HBO Family, and Lenore, an original series with Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment.
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