This is not the first time HIT has released some of these titles—in fact, a previous DVD called Bob’s White Christmas came out in 2001, after the episode first aired. If you’ve missed Bob’s Christmas specials thus far, though, this new DVD is now the way in which to experience them, because I’m unaware that all five Christmas/winter eps have been gathered together on one disc before.
Most my Bob the Builder viewing in America has been on television and has therefore featured the American voices. But as with all media I prefer to hear the original language/accents, which in this case is British; although the American actors do a very fine job, there’s something lost in translation, particularly when the actors have to match their lines to already moving lips, as opposed to the process when the original actors record their lines and the animators at HOT Animation match the lips to the recordings. At any rate, let’s hope, like the Teletubbies DVDs, that Bob offers both versions. In any case, parents who want to introduce a little constructive activity into their child’s Christmastime will surely do well with this latest DVD.
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