There Goes a Spaceship

There Goes a Police Car "Officer Dave" Hood, the cocreator and host of the energetic There Goes a... series of videos, partners up with "Officer Becky" to look inside and outside the workings of a contemporary police car. Playing a policeman for the day, Hood shows us the many crime-fighting and safe...	There Goes a Boat	There Goes a Truck	There Goes a Bulldozer Dave Hood, cocreator and host of the There Goes a... series of videos for kids, takes us on a tour of the world of bulldozers, a natural favorite of those many children infatuated with earth-moving equipment. As usual, Hood shows us how these big machines work, what they do and w...	There Goes a Helicopter
There Goes a Racecar	There Goes a Fire Truck This excellent installment in Dave Hood's There Goes a... series of children's videos finds "Firefighter Dave" learning the ins and outs of a real firefighter's life. Taking the viewer on an extensive tour of various kinds of firetrucks (the ones with ladders, the ones that stor...	There Goes a Rescue Vehicle	Real Wheels: There Goes a Tank Dave joins the army and he wants YOU to come along for the ride of a lifetime in this action-packed day with tanks, Hummers and other military vehicles! The fun begins when Private Dave falls asleep on the job and loses a TANK! His search to recover the massive machine takes him ...	There Goes a Mail Truck

purchased 12 years ago at NASA
Oh how can anyone not like Dave and Becky? Yes, it is cheese-whiz to an aged Camembert, but what kid likes $100 a pound cheese, anyway? The fact we bought it at NASA helped, too. Dave and Becky rock ANY planet, even if their production budget didn't include authentic stranded on the moon footage. ;) I remembered this movie for my now teen's younger brothers so they could enjoy what he did as a tyke, because we liked how the production led to excitement without compromising character. It is GOOD, WHOLESOME fun, w/o the in your face dramatics that is too typical of kid's productions nowadays.

Good, good stuff
"Hi Dave and Becky! Can you fly the space shuttle to our house and play?" That's what I heard my three-year-old saying while he walked around our kitchen with my cell phone to his head. This video is largely responsible for Christmas 2007's heavy space theme. Even our 1-year-old is running around the house with random items, like spatulas and dog toys, saying "space!" and making space sounds. Embrace the wonderful horrible and intentional bad acting for the genius it is. Freeze frame Dave using the toilet on the space shuttle and prepare for lift off. Good, good stuff. We also have "There Goes a Train, ... an Airplane, ... a Helicopter..." etc. This one is by far the fave in the house.

fun and educational
Dave and Becky are back in this movie which takes them to the Kenedy space center among other places. Typical Dave antics abound, but I know my children have learned lots from this and all the "There goes a...." movies.

another adventure for Dave and Becky
If you are familiar with the There Goes A .... video series, you'll know what to expect here. Dave and Becky visit rockets, try on space suits and generally bring a bit of the Stooges to NASA as they learn about rockets and astronauts. Not the best of there many adventures, but of interest to fans of the series or kids who want to know a bit about our space program.

Little Mammoth is better
I bought this video for my son because I was looking for a child-level introduction to the some of the things I find interesting. My son does enjoy this video but I feel that he doesn't need to be exposed to the pointless, foolish humor used throughout. There are some good scenes in this video. One of Dave running alongside a Saturn 5 rocket really gives a sense of the scale, but why give a visual explanation of how an astronaut uses a toilet? If you're looking for a good video for kids that introduces them to the space shuttle and rockets I would recommend The Big Space Shuttle by Little Mammoth Media.