FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CREATE A COLORFUL WORLD WITH ELMO AND FRIENDS AS
WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT AND
SESAME WORKSHOP RELEASE
SESAME STREET: ELMO’S WONDERFUL WORLD
ON DVD AUGUST 8, 2017
Brand New DVD Includes Over Two Hours of Elmo’s World Episodes
BURBANK, CA (May 10, 2017) – Whose world is this? It’s yours, it’s mine and it’s Elmo’s! Join in on the learning and fun when Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Sesame Workshop release Sesame Street: Elmo’s Wonderful World on DVD August 8, 2017 for $14.97 SRP. With over one hour of brand new Elmo’s World episodes, this fantastic DVD also includes two bonus episodes of the new series, the Furchester Hotel. In this fresh, new storyline, the Furchester-Fuzz family is dedicated to solving problems for their colorful Muppet guests while remaining positive and having fun along the way! Order due date is July 4, 2017.
Welcome to the world of laughter and kindness where fun is encouraged and imagination is key. In Sesame Street: Elmo’s Wonderful World, everyone’s favorite furry monster stars in an all-new, updated, fun and fresh version of Elmo’s World! In each episode, lessons are taught through the lens of fun and familiar pre-school relevant topics, live action films, and interactive thinking games such as matching, sorting, and counting. Little learners will accompany Elmo and his friend Smartie, an animated cell phone, as he uses his imagination to transform his bedroom into the beautiful chalk-drawn environment of Elmo’s World and dives into the topic of the day.
“We’re thrilled to bring Sesame Street fans the newest release from the popular Elmo’s World series on DVD,” said Mary Ellen Thomas, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Vice President, Family & Animation Marketing. “We want to encourage children to use their imagination and create their own wonderful world!”
Now in its 47th season, Sesame Street is the longest-running program in children’s television and the number one top-of-mind preschool show with moms. The new episodes featured in this DVD support Sesame Workshop’s 2017 goal: to spread kindness and #SharetheLaughter. The series has received more Emmy awards than any other show in television history, as well as a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award honoring the 40th year.
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About Sesame Workshop
Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit media and educational organization behind Sesame Street, the pioneering television show that has been reaching and teaching children since 1969. Today, Sesame Workshop is an innovative force for change, with a mission to help kids everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. We’re active in more than 150 countries, serving vulnerable children through a wide range of media, formal education, and philanthropically-funded social impact programs, each grounded in rigorous research and tailored to the needs and cultures of the communities we serve. For more information, please visit sesameworkshop.org.
About Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) is one of the leading producers of animation in the entertainment industry, producing and developing projects for multiple platforms, both domestically and internationally. WBA’s TV series include Justice League Action and Teen Titans Go! for Cartoon Network; Be Cool Scooby-Doo!, Bunnicula, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, The Tom and Jerry Show, Wabbit-A Looney Tunes Production and Wacky Races for Boomerang; Mike Tyson Mysteries for Adult Swim; Right Now Kapow for Disney XD; Green Eggs and Ham for Netflix; and the forthcoming Young Justice. As home to the iconic animated characters from the DC Comics, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries, WBA also produces highly successful animated films — including the DC Universe Original Movies — for DVD, Blu-ray® and digital media. One of the most-honored animation studios in history, WBA has won six Academy Awards®, 35 Emmy® Awards, the George Foster Peabody Award, an Environmental Media Award, a Parents’ Choice Award, the HUMANITAS Prize, two Prism Awards and 20 Annie Awards (honoring excellence in animation).
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