Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends - Thomas & His Friends Get Along

I found that Thomas & His Friends Get Along is the ONLY DVD narrated entirely by George Carlin. All the other Thomas DVD's are Alec Baldwin (he's just plain annoying and lifeless). I know we're not the only ones who think so based on the many other reviews. We don't mind Ringo or George's narration but there are no Ringo DVD's available. All the older titles on DVD have been re-dubbed with Alec Baldwin's voice over.(DEAL BREAKER)

I know the narrator is never mentioned on Amazon so, for those of you who are interested...I hope this helped.


George Carlin tried to hard to be Ringo   February 18, 2004
 2 out of 6 found this review helpful

First off I would like to make a few points out to the other reviwers. How would you like a show where trains got along merry and they always were nice and they never had a accident. When I was little I always watched Thomas. My sister loves Thomas and I wouldn't want her to stop watching because the content is innapprobriate. And when this says Thomas and his friends get along didn't they always make up.

Anyway I'm disappointed and the fact that Tenders & Turntables, Thomas Breaks The Rules and Better Late Than Never were discontinued. In my opinion these three were the best of the five oringinal ones. What even more saddened me was that they redid them as George Carlin narrations. I think that George Carlin is great but he tried to be Ringo Starr too much. In the beginning tapes Gordon had a different personality that he tried to imitate. I also think that in most of George Carlin's vidoes Ringo would do a terrible job. My personal favorite video is Tenders & Turntables and I liked the order of those episodes.

Well I can't change what's done so my advice to you would be to find a used copy of these videos from somewhere else. My little sister really doesn't know the difference yet so it may not matter that much.


Thomas and His Friends Get Along!!   August 5, 2003
Thomas and Friends has a wonderful video for children to learn how to cooperate and work together. It contains the stories: Old Iron, James in a Mess, Duck Takes Charge, Down the Mine, The Runaway, Better Late Than Never, Tenders and Turntables, Percy Proves a Point, Trust Thomas, and Percy and the Signal. My favorite stories are Percy and the Signal, Duck Takes Charge, and Percy Proves a Point. The video sports George Carlin's excellent narrations. I really enjoy this video and I hope your children will too. I strongly recommend this video.


Role models for NOT getting along!   June 6, 2003
 0 out of 9 found this review helpful

We got this out of the library a few weeks ago and I was appalled to see what counts as "getting along:"

- The big engines get miffed at everyone else and decide to go on strike (end of story).
- An engine is insulted by the helicopter; they have a race, the engine wins, and his engineer makes up a nasty little song to celebrate.
I do not tolerate this kind of behavior in my kids, and I will not tolerate it in a video - my kids have enough negative role models.

Look to George and Martha tapes for better role models in "getting along."