NO DOUBT ABOUT IT...This happens to be the very best Elmo DVD on the market. If your child is like mine (I have an almost 2 year old boy) who doesn't like all the talk of Elmos's regular TV episodes but likes to hear Elmo sing and dance more than talk, then this is the DVD for your child too. This DVD is jam packed with at least 10 back to back songs by Elmo with special guest appearances from Julia Roberts, Whoopie Goldberg, etc. It gets my son through a meal without him screaming to get out of his highchair so its well worth any amount of money!

The content of this DVD keeps my 14 month old baby occupied and entertained. If thats the end of it, then this title definitely deserves 5 stars. But like many parents, I like to watch the baby videos TOGETHER with my daughter. For me, however, this DVD makes me want to leave the room when its on. Other reviewers have already said that this DVD is definitely no better than a videocassette. I'd like to add that there are no special features aside from a static picture slideshow of additional Sesame Street titles and chapter selection. The higher digital fidelity is also very poorly executed. The sound is nearly mono and is almost painful to listen to if you have a nicer TV. The picture is grainy and does not look any better than on a 13in TV from the 1980's. I know that the Elmo clips are classics dating back a few years, but it doesn't take much nowadays to remaster older clips.

I hate the idea that the sesame street franchise is expecting kids not to notice these deficiencies. For my daughter's sake, I hope she doesn't.

Agree with the reviewer re the "guest stars" in this video. Kids don't care and I don't think this video earns the "best of" title. Also, the copy I received freezes up and unfortunately I didn't sit down and make sure it worked before I threw the shipping info away and 6 weeks had passed before my grandson watched it. For under $10 not worth the hassle of returning, but you usually get this quality at the swapmeet for $5, not from Amazon. All in all a disappointing purchase. Wiggles is WAAAAAY better....more singing and action, less talk.

I bought the VHS version when I had my first child in 1999. He absolutely loved it and we sang and danced to it over and over again. I recently pulled the video back out for my 18 month old twins and they love it as much as "big brother" did. They go to the TV and ask for "Belbo". We have played this video so much over the years it is finally starting to wear out. Since I can't be without "Belbo", I am currently ordering the DVD version. ( We will all love not having to wait for "Belbo" to rewind!)

While the segments are cute and touch on great topics like accepting people who are different, I have 2 complaints about this DVD:

1. The run time. 30 minutes? Please. No DVD should be 30 minutes, especially when Sesame Street has such a large catalog to choose from. They could easily make these longer, but they want to make you buy more DVDs.

2. Since this is a "Best Of" video, it relies heavily on celebrity guest appearances by people such as Julia Roberts and Whoopi Goldberg. One problem - little kids don't know who the celebrities are, so they're not impressed. The "Best" segments should be the ones that are the most fun and imaginative, not the ones where Elmo just sits there talking to someone that a kid could care less about.