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Let's Get in the Olympic Spirit!

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Kidsongs". Aired: April 1986 – September 18, 1998.*
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Home video series was launched with four Kidsongs "Music Video Stories" being announced at New York's Toy Fair in February 1986. "A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm" was one of those first four and has sold over 4 million copies and won the Vira Award.

Let's Get in the Olympic Spirit!

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on we want our

kids we want

[Music]

Carrie Strugg the Olympic gold medalist

right here in our studio i mean what a

role model now there's a young lady who

followed her dream right to the top

that's right you know I always dreamed

of a career that would allow me to make

a difference in the community and

working here fulfills that for me well

well I always wanted to be a

Shakespearean actor no oberon in the

Midsummer Night Stream is the part I

always wanted to play really oh yes

if we shadows have offended think but

this and all is mended that we have but

slumbered

here while these visions did

appear it's wonderful wonderful

wonderful never give up hope Jack maybe

someday well thank you thank you Mrs

wilson well let's go see what the

children are dreaming up for us huh

let's maybe later we can do a little

Hamlet oh I prefer McMahon oh so today's

the big day what's up i'm directing

today wow congratulations i wanted this

for so long well I better go get in that

director's chair good luck

hey Megan are you ready to go i'm so

ready it's

unbelievable asa roll that opening

graphic in three two one and take it

[Music]

and cue the hosts good morning and

welcome to the Kids Songs TV show the

one and only show made by kids for kids

and starring kids hi I'm Tiffany Burton

and I'm Sergio Centenno and we're the

Bigos we've come all the way from Big

Land to help the kids song kids we have

magic powers and can use them whenever

you kids need help my favorite power is

changing color um I want to be purple

right now and I'm feeling very green do

you change colors for a reason if we're

sick or too cold or too hot or too tired

we change or we can change just because

it's fun and we want to like now

while we're on the subject of fun check

out our first music video of the day

it's incredibly fun it's called The

Thing what kind of name is that for a

song

Song

while I was walking down the beach one

bright and sunny day I saw a great big

wooden box of floating in the bay i

pulled it in and opened it up much to my

surprise wo i discovered it right before

my eyes wo i discovered it right before

my eyes

i picked it up and ran to town as happy

as a king i took it to a guy I knew

could buy most anything but this is what

he hollered at me as I walked in his

shop oh get out of here before I call a

cop oh get out of here before I call a

cop

i wandered all around the town until I

chance to meet Fred the town policeman

who was walking on his feet he wasn't

scared of anything he was a big brave

man but when they show him

the

ran he turned around and ran

i wondered for many years

when I tried to give it away to anyone

in the land they don't even take a look

and this is when they'd say "Get out of

here and take it far away oh get out of

here and take it far away." The moral of

the story is if you're out on the beach

and you should see a great big box and

it's within your reach don't ever stop

and open it up that's my advice to you

cuz you'll never get rid of them no

matter what you do oh you never get rid

of them no

matter what you do

cameras we'll start with the T-shot

tiffany will deliver her line into

camera two sergio will look into camera

one and we'll use that farm special

effect to get us into our next video mhm

you go girl sarah cue the hosts here's a

new cue for you you're on the air in the

old one too and Q the kids songs kids

learned a new dance the last time we

went to the farm it's really easy and

you can do it too it's called the mashed

potato

Mashed Potato

[Music]

[Applause]

the mashed potato started long

ago with a guy named

Syo you'll find his dance is a cool to

do come on baby got to teach it to

you mashed potatoes hear that groovy

beat now mashed potatoes come on choose

your beat now baby it's the latest it's

the greatest mashed potatoes yeah yeah

yeah yeah and then this dance just a

grew and grew they look for records they

could do it

too they found the dances out of

sight to when the lion sleeps

tonight mashed potatoes are

we mashed potatoes yeah yeah yeah yeah

it's the latest it's the greatest mashed

potato yeah yeah yeah yeah now everybody

is a

do they dance along for a big

b and they discovered it's a

motion the day they did it to please

Mr mash potatoes wait a minute wait a

minute mashed potatoes deliver the

lantern it's the

latest it's the greatest mashed potatoes

yeah yeah yeah yeah but they got with it

more and

more you ought to see them crown the

floor the mashed potatoes took the long

list they even do it to dear lady

twist mashed potatoes yeah yeah

and this allows you to zoom

in always check your focus when you're

zoomed all the way in wow this is so

much more complicated than I thought

you're doing fine i've always been

interested in photography but I don't

know if I'm any good at it try it Brady

maybe you'll like it you never know but

you've got to try it yeah I'm rooting

for you okay okay i'll give it my best

effort

good and cute all kids feel good when

they're able to do something well it can

be something big like hitting a home run

or scoring the soccer goal or doing

something for the first time like a

cartwheel i love learning new things me

too let's visit with the bigles and the

kids as they do a great job on their

household chores and look what I can do

Look What I Can Do

look what I can do mom look what I can

do

look what I can do dad look what I can

do take the sheet pull it tight grab the

blankets too let's fold it put

everything in its place that's what we

have to do i can make the bed Mom i can

make the

bed i can make the bed Dad i can make

the bed

place the mat then a plate napkins

glasses too put everything in its place

that's what we have to

do i can set my mom i can set my

place i can set my dad i can set my

dinner's ready

put the toys in the box books and

puzzles too put everything in place

that's what we have to

do i can clean my room mom I can clean

my

room i can clean my room Dad i can clean

my

room look what I can do

look

I finished writing a report on our show

for Mr frost very nice job Cameron well

you know the saying if something's worth

doing it's worth doing well that's too

true look at Carrie Struck if she didn't

practice and practice and practice she

wouldn't become one of the best in the

world michael's right it's important

that whatever you do you try to do it

well i couldn't agree more and one day I

like to direct movies my dream is to

become the youngest director to ever win

an Academy Award that's a very big goal

Megan it's great to set big goals and

work towards them i can just see it now

troy will design my fabulous evening

gown i'll step out of the biggest limo

ever and in my acceptance speech I'll

thank all of you who I started with one

thing at a time Megan but first you need

to cue the host but of course Michael

darling and queue some things just go

together like a hand and a glove a horse

and a carrot me and my brother and the

kids songs kids and dancing check it out

in Dancing in the

Dancing in the Street

Street around the world are you ready

for a brand new

beat summer's here and the time is right

we're dancing in the street they're

dancing in Chicago down the

street down in New Orleans Street in New

York City dancing in the street all we

need is music sweet sweet music there'll

be music everywhere

everywhere and records playing and

dancing in the street oh it doesn't

matter what you wear as long as you are

there so come on every guy grab a girl

everywhere around the world they'll be

dancing they're dancing in the street

dancing in the street

[Music]

dancing dancing in the street dancing in

the street they're dancing in the street

i think I'm getting the hang of this i

can tilt it i can zoom and I can move it

around this is cool do you miss

directing nope not at all i think Megan

should do it she's really into it she

sure is oops she's telling me to queue

him and k*ll a Rudy our next video tells

the story of a very adventuresome

meatball an adventuresome

meatball whoa you've lost me

adventuresome describes someone who

likes to go on an adventure you know to

something different and exciting and a

meatball is a popular kids food are you

telling me that you guys made a video

about a meatball you bet it's called on

top of spaghetti now I've heard

everything

My Poor Meatball

[Music]

on top of

spaghett all covered with

cheese i lost my ball with somebody's

knees it rolled off the

table and onto the

floor and then my poor

meatball rolled on some more

he kept on

rolling down by the

lake and then my poor meatball passed a

cute little

snake he kept right

on and went under the

gate i must catch my poor

me before it's too late

it's changes

direction and it's heading

back i think that my

meatball is on the right

track if it stays on this trail and

keeps going

straight for me we'll get back to my

[Music]

plate we'll get back to my I'm sure I

want to be a fashion designer but I'm a

really good runner too are you on the

track team yes I'm running and I'm

starting to do hurdles cool stick with

it you never know how far you can go

unless you stick with it asa can you

give us those effects with the white

stars in it to get us into this next

video of course I can good i want to get

our viewers into the Olympic mode great

we're on in three two and cue the hosts

waiting in the wings is the awesome

Carrie Strug a gold medal member of the

US Olympic team gymnast start practicing

when they're just kids like us so let's

go to the gym and see some very talented

athletes in our video of Bend Me Shake

Carrie Strug

Me

Shake Bend

Shake you got the power to turn on the

light

[Music]

everybody tells me I'm wrong to want it

so

[Music]

badly there's a force that's driving me

on i follow it gladly

so let them laugh i don't

care cuz I got nothing to hide all that

I want is you on my side

bend me shake me any way you want me

long as you love me it's all right bend

me shake me any way you want me you got

the power to turn on the light

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

i'm ready to direct my first interview

what do you need well Carrie's going to

lead the kids in some stretching so

let's pull the camera way back well how

about we do the whole piece with them

standing up great idea so let's roll

those happy little question marks in

three two one and take

Question Time

it and cue the host today on question

time we have an inspirational young

athlete Carrie Strug carrie was an

important part of the US team who won

the first ever team gold at the 1996

Olympics let's find out more about

Carrie on question time with our own

Minnie Pale thank you Tiffany and Sergio

and thank you Carrie for joining us

today oh thanks i'm glad to be here how

did you become a gymnast well my older

sister was involved with gymnastics and

I idolized her so I wanted to get

involved how old were you when you

started i was just about 3 or 4 years

old wow do you practice a lot yes I

practice a lot about 6 days a week for 8

hours so it's all day long and what was

it like being in the Olympics it was a

dream come true it was really exciting

to be there there's people from all over

the world and you know I worked really

long and hard so I wanted to have a good

showing i hear you've written a book can

you tell us about it sure i've just

written a book called Landing on My

Feet: A Diary of Dreams and it tells

about what I encountered being a gymnast

before the Olympics and after and what

advice do you have for kids who are

interested in sports well I think sports

are great because you learn about time

management and discipline and of course

if you're in sports you need to be

healthy and exercise regularly but your

education should be first and it's good

to have other activities after school to

get involved in and can you tell us

about that famous injury sure a lot of

people know me because of what happened

at the 96 Olympic Games i hurt my ankle

on one of the vaults but I thought in

order to get the team gold medal I would

have to perform again so I went for the

second vault can you show us some

warm-ups sure come on guys well it's

real important that your muscles are

warmed up and loose so you want to maybe

start by running in place for a little

while and some jumping jacks and once

you got that going you want to warm up

every part of your body so we'll start

at the top with our necks and our heads

and then maybe our backs and torsos

twist those a little bit and our arms

our shoulders it's important that those

are warmed up for handstands and the

bars and then of course you can't forget

your legs you have to be real flexible

in your hamstrings so try and touch your

toes and then we'll try and work into

the splits it's important that in

gymnastics everyone can do the splits

cuz you do them numerous of times on all

the events so you want to make sure

those muscles are warmed

up and you want to make sure you you

stretch both legs everyone has a

favorite side but it's important that

you do both and then of course there's

always the middle splits and then we can

bring our legs back together and kind of

shake them

out and then can anyone do a back bend

yeah can I see one i'll do one with Oh

my goodness that's great yeah that

stretches your tummy and your back and

your

shoulders we can kick up

yeah that's

terrific all right can you do a

handstand for us sure i'm going to do a

handstand with some turns in

[Music]

it thanks thank you so much for coming

on the Kids Songs TV show well thank you

i had a great time well kids stay tuned

for more fabulous and fascinating guests

on

the next question time billy and Ruby

sing along is next they want to do it

from Big Land i've got them covered on

Bigle Cam yep i'm getting a picture

let's do it we're about to head off to

Billy and Ruby's house for a sing along

they've picked a wonderful song called

Give My Regards to Broadway that I'd

like to dedicate to our new director

Megan you see Megan dreams of being a

very famous person in the entertainment

industry just like the people in this

next song so grab your hat and cane and

let's zap ourselves over to Bigalam for

Billy and Ruby sing along

Billy Ruby SingAlong

okay kids we're going to make a chorus

line a chorus line is when we all line

up and put our arms on each other's

shoulders and kick like this and then

you go in the other direction like this

there are a lot of dance steps in this

video of give my regards to Broadway so

get ready to dance so roll it Megan i've

got a date with destiny

in my regard to

Broadway remember me to

square tell all the g*ng at 42nd Street

that I will soon to be

there how I'm

yearning to mingle with the old time

give my regard to old Broadway and say

that I'll be there

long oh my gosh I just love their

outfit yeah they sure can dab

huh wow he has a

beard you know Ruby I can dance like

these guys they're practically

professional dancers if you keep

practicing and taking class you'll be as

good as them you know it

[Music]

Ruby and say that I'll be

there look at those boys dance i know

it's kind of like hip

hop i just love their jackets they're so

blue and shiny

it looks like an Elvis

convention i know look at all their blue

suede

shoes give my regard to all players say

that I'll be

[Applause]

there give my regard to

Broadway remember me to Harold Square

tell all the g*ng at 42nd Street that I

will soon be

there whisper of how I'm

yearning to mingle with the

old give my regards to old Broadway and

say that I'll be there

give my regard to old Broadway and say

that I'll be

there long

great job thank you and this is my

bearded dragon lizard Gonzo cool bruce

over in accounting said I should bring

him today he loves lizards so does Mike

in personnel he has a bunch of iguanas

what a lizard loving bunch cudos it's

getting close to lunchtime and I'm

getting hungry me too let's tempt

ourselves a little more with the song

about a sandwich holy holies you guys

have songs about everything just about

Billy here

peanut butter

Peanut Butter and Jelly

first you take the peanuts and you

crunch them you crunch them first you

take the peanuts and you crunch them you

crunch them for your peanut peanut

butter and jelly peanut peanut butter

and jelly then you take the grapes and

you smash them you smush them then you

take the grapes and you squish them you

squish them for your peanut peanut

butter and jelly peanut peanut butter

and jelly then you take the bread and

you spread it you spread it then you

take the bread and you spread it you

spread it peanut peanut butter and jelly

peanut peanut butter and jelly

peanut butter and

jelly i think I'm going to eat two

sandwiches then you take the sandwich

and you eat it you eat it then you take

the sandwich and you eat it you eat it

cuz good peanut butter and jelly good

peanut butter and

jelly let's peanut butter and jelly

makes me dance me too first you take the

peanuts and you crunch them you crunch

them then you take the grapes and you

squish them you squish them then you

take the bread and you spread it you

spread it then you take your sandwich

and you eat it you eat it good peanut

butter and jelly good peanut butter and

jelly

good jelly good peanut butter and jelly

i can't believe my first day of

directing is almost over i'm loving this

and Brady seems very happy being the

cameraman maybe we can make a permanent

switch really Michael i'm so happy after

I cue the host I'm going to hug you so

cue the host well kiddos that's all we

have time for in this episode of the

Kids Songs TV show the one and only show

made by kids for kids darn kids and big

see you see you bye

congratulations Megan on your first

directing day thanks i loved it let's go

to our house and celebrate who wants to

come i do i do

Barefoot

we're in Big Land i don't believe it

it's so beautiful what a great present i

should have brought a cake don't worry

we've got all the party stuff we need

over there

[Music]

wow I can't believe you guys did this

just for me well we always love to have

a party let's slice the cake i'm hungry

me too now what we need is some music

let's play my totally fabulous remake of

the old classic Barefoot

[Music]

everybody get on your feet

you make me nervous when you're in your

seat yeah take off your shoes and b your

feet we're doing a dance it can't be

beat we're barefooting woo everybody

we're

barefoot all right shake those toes

oh yeah we're barefoot and boy does it

feel good

[Music]

long Sally she was out of

sight she's doing a dance without any

shoes she's barefoot

she sure is she's barefoot and her toes

are painted red she's barefoot oh yeah

hey hey we're barefooting

[Applause]