Periwinkle performs a magic trick that makes Sidetable Drawer reappear in front of everyone, and she finally gets her wish to participate in the music show.

Everyone sings a Broadway-styled version of the "So Long Song" and everyone takes their final bows to conclude the show.

[6] Chicago Sun-Times noted that as being centered in the world of the "most watched pre-school television show", the video will prove popular with parents of young children.

[8] In Doug Pratt's DVD: Movies, Television, Music, Art, Adult, and More!, author Pratt observes that even though designed for toddlers, Steven Burns, as the only human in the cast, delivered a "remarkable and consistent performance" while speaking directly to the camera in addressing his young viewers, speaking slowly and clearly without being condescending or patronizing.

[3] Review Corner wrote that the film was "complete with all the charm and learning that makes the television series outstanding, and then some".

They offered that while the "feature-film debut follows basically the same tried-and-true format of the television series, it contains longer (mostly musical) interludes and plenty of mini-stories and adventures along the way", as well as introducing a new character, Periwinkle the cat.