Oswald: The Birthday Cake [DVD]

Oswald is a cute little blue octopus who lives in an apartment block with his little dog Weenie. The tales are easy watching and very calming with nice gentle music. Lovely for children to watch after a busy day. My 3 year old loves watching him and has done since he was 18 month old. My toddler has lots of DVD's including all the Disney Classics and others such as Spiderman, but he always asks for Oswald when he's tired or has had a hectic day. Highly recommended!

I find Oswald excellent whatever the accents are.I'm only just starting to be used to the UK accents on Oswald having first discovered it in the US. However, I question the need to change the accents, afterall the look is big US city and there is nothing unclear in what they say or how they speak when using the US accents.I'd cite Yo Gabba Gabba and Pinky Dinky Doo as prime examples of why accents should not be changed. The dubbing on the former looks awful and the latter is sweet and savvy in US accents and oddly preachy in UK ones.

A gentle, non-threatening style perfect for getting little ones in the mood for bedtime! My 2 year old son and five year old girl both love Oswald, proving it's wide appeal.

awesome for 4 to 6 year olds

I only discovered Oswald recently, and now I'm such a fan that I have bought every dvd released, which is the two region 2 dvds, and two region 1 dvds. I was very surprised to find that the region 1 is spoken with American accents, and then I realised it's because it is originally made with American accents, and for some reason they have decided to issue the region 2 with British accents. I think that Oswald works better with the gentle sounding British accents, (maybe because they were the first versions I heard) though the egg twins sound the same on both regions. It seemed funny at first hearing Oswald with an American voice but one gets used to it, and Henry the Penguin even stranger, as I prefer Henry with his British accent, but it's quirky to be able to compare both. I wonder why they did that? It looks as though the stories on the region 1 dvds and the stories on the region 2 dvds are not available in the other region, that is, if you want to see the story where Oswald makes the birthday cake, you only have the option to see it on the region 2 disc, and if you want to see the hilarious story where Henry's cousin comes to stay, or where Oswald tries to watch tv with Henry and at the same time use the swimpool in garden with Daisy, you will only be able to see those stories on the region 1 dvds, so you will need a multi region player to watch them on, (Who hasn't got one?! LOL). Oswald is a gem. Such nice gentle stories, the colours in pastel shades, gentle music, nothing harsh or loud and noisy or jarring. Just wonderful really! Why aren't they making more episodes? Someone please!

Disappointed. I love Oswald and was excited to get delivery only to find it won't play on US calibrated DVD players. It's a UK disc and will only play on DVD players from there. I had no idea this was a thing until now. The disc is useless 😭