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Let's Learn about the Post Office!

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 Learn about the Post Office!

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[Music]

we want our kids

songs we want our

kids we want our kids

take it we want

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to Mr forbes do you remember last week

you suggested that in some of our shows

we look at different things that we

might want to be when we grow up so we

did today shows all about mail mail yes

mail as in postage letters you know what

I mean oh the mail is a great subject

how are you going to cover it m wilson

can we surprise you this time we won't

let you down promise you have my stamp

of approval

that's no joke honestly Roger can we

take a look at today's video

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finanis again i don't really know what

happened but when I sat down to write

the script I got a case of the giggles

and everything just came out real silly

well that's funny when I was picking the

videos for today's show I found myself

picking only the silly ones now that you

mention I feel a bit kinky today silly

did I hear silly i feel silly oh so

silly what a silly Billy I feel uh-oh

we're all losing it good well then we're

really going to have a fun show today i

want to wear a hat today me too let me

see what I've got nice job on the set

today Mark i wanted to get carried away

with it i had to work hard to control

myself and not get too silly with it i

know what you mean i wanted to start the

TV show with the camera upside down

sounds great i don't think Mrs wilson

would think so it's showtime roll

records records are rolling opening

title is cute and standing by roll it 5

4 3 2 1 and take it

[Music]

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 Alexander Palm and I'm Christian

Wood of Ventura today we have decided to

have fun fun till our boss takes the

studio away no not really we just want

to have a good time but seriously today

we're going to teach you about the US

postal system and we're going to

entertain you with great music videos so

let's get started with a wonderfully

silly song that tells the story of what

happens when a purple people leader

comes to Earth purple people eater

that's a mouthful it's kind of like

Peter Piper picked a peled peppers why

don't you practice saying it a

while next song peter Piper picked a

peck of pickled peppers with a flying

purple eater

coming out of the sky that old

long I command shake and I said we looks

like purple people eating me

one horn purple

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peopleorn

people strange to me when it came down

to

earth I said the fruit that don't eat me

i heard him say in a voice so gr I

wouldn't eat you cuz you're so tough

one fine purple

one

peopleorn fine purple people strange to

me people what's your life eating purple

people and it sure is fine what is the

reason that you came alive i want to get

a job in the rock and roll

well bless the soul rock and roll

[Music]

people to

see from the tree and on the ground and

it's starting to

rock it was a crazy swinging

singing balloon bamboo well so rock and

roll people

I like short shorts

people to say

purple what do you know i saw him last

night on a TV show he was blowing it

out playing rock and roll music through

the hole in his head

[Music]

woogie that purple people eater is a lot

like me we're both adorable fantasy

creatures who love kids love music and

love playing around and we both fly what

are those they're steps Billy and what

are they for you buy them from the post

office you put them on your letters and

that shows that you pay to get your

letter delivered you have to pay to send

a letter sure there are lots of people

working at the post office and lots of

machines that sort the mail and I get

the idea but why don't you just fly

around and deliver the letter yourself

because people can't fly i keep

forgetting that the next intro is Why

don't you write me why would I write you

when I'm sitting right next to you not

me to videotape why would I write to a

never mind cue the host as our

decoration suggests today's show is

going to take a look at the US Postal

Service otherwise known as the mail our

next video shows what happens when one

chimpanzeee has to get a letter to

another chimpanzeee that sounds like the

beginning of a joke it's not a joke but

it is very funny here's why don't you

write me why don't you

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[Applause]

send me a card i am waiting so hard to

be near you

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why don't you ride something's wrong and

I know I got to be there

maybe I'm lost but I can't make the cost

of the

air tell me why why why tell me why why

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would you write me a

letter

evening today it's only to say that

you're

leaving

me la

why don't you write out in the jungle

i am waiting so

hardest dream

[Music]

why don't you write

me why don't you write

me why don't you write

me why don't you write me

[Music]

billy what song have you picked for your

sing along today 10 in a bed cuz it

sounded like a silly idea i can't

imagine having 10 bigles in a bed i

really can't we would get too silly and

then one of us would fall out and that's

pretty close to what happens in this

video one by one they all fall out oh

good i think you should teach the kids

at home how to count as you lead the

song you know bigles don't count i don't

know how i better teach you coming to

you in three two our special guest on

today's show is Deborah Amaya a mail

carrier from our local post office we're

really pleased she is here to explain to

us that wonderful mystery of how you can

put a letter in the mailbox today and

have it arrive at your friend's house

tomorrow deborah will be out soon but

first let's take a look at this next

video we'll see what happened when the

kids songs kids went on a field trip to

the candy factory and the very jolly

owner gave them a musical tour the

song's called the Candyman

can take a sunrise take a sunrise

sprinkle it with dew sprinkle it with

dew cover it in chocolate and a miracle

or two the candy man the candy

the candy can the candy can the candy

can he mixes it with love makes the

world taste good

who can take a rainbow you take a

rainbow and wrap it in a side wrap it in

a side soak it in the sun make a tasty

lemon pie the candy man the candy man oh

the candyman can the candy

canes and makes the world taste good

the candy man makes everything he bakes

satisfying and delicious

talking about your childhood

wishes you could even eat the dishes

who can take tomorrow who can take

tomorrow dip it in a dream dip it in a

dream separate the sorrow and collect up

all the cream the candy man the candy

man oh the candy man can the candy can

the candy manip

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that candy factory sure looks like a fun

place to go not as fun as the water

rides in the theme park you mean the big

ones where you really get soaked yep i

love it when I know I'm going to get wet

i think we have a song on the subject

wateret on the river right water water

everywhere we're going to get wet watch

us get tossed by the

tide there's like water around the next

bed getting soaked in so much fun oh

water water everywhere we're going to

get wet

roaring rapids are so wet and wild can't

you feel us picking up

speed hang on tight and don't let go

you'll get all the water you

need water water everywhere we're going

to get wet

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tal waves coming and we're so scared you

can hear your hearts touch the

town screams and shouts are going to

fill the air the waves ride

around water water everywhere we're

going to get away won't you come along

on the river ride water water everywhere

we're going to get away watch this

guitar by the

time there's like water all around the

ne getting soaked in so much fun oh

water water everywhere we're going to

get wet water everywhere we're going to

get wet water everywhere we're

going to get wet

[Music]

oh no i'm never going to learn this in

time for my sing along can't I sing

something else no we're going to stick

to it till you know it you can do it

Billy i know you can michael Finnegan is

up next i think we did a pretty good job

with the special effects in this video

and it's such a silly song cue him there

was an old man named Michael Finnean he

had whiskers on his chin again the wind

blew him off and blew them on let's

watch story of Michael Finnegan begin

again there was an old man named Michael

again he had whiskers on his

cho

again there was an old man named Michael

again he went fishing with

sat in again poor old Michael again

there was an old man named Michael

Finnean he looked up and saw those twins

again he turned

around again poor old Michael

again there was an old man named Michael

Finnegan ate his dinner from

a good

[Music]

he wanted to begin again went on a diet

and got financial

[Music]

again that's the end of Michael again

game two before we bring out Deborah and

Maya from the post office let's take a

light-hearted look at the mail i thought

Why don't you write me was pretty funny

it was i think the kids were feeling

very silly when they made this video

about the mail yes they were they took

this next song literally it's called

Mail Myself to You and that's what

exactly what the kids songs kids did

[Music]

i'm going to wrap myself in paper i'm

going to dab myself with glue stick some

stamps on top of my head i'm going to

mail myself to

you i'm going to tie me up in a red

string i'm going to tie blue ribbon too

i'm going to climb up in my mailbox i'm

going to mail myself to you

[Music]

i'm going to wrap myself in paper i'm

going to dab myself with some stamps on

top of my head i'm going to mail myself

to

you when you see me in your mailbox the

string and let me

out stick some bubble gum in my mouth

[Music]

hi

i'm going to wrap myself in paper i'm

going to dab myself with glue stick some

stamps on top of my head i'm going to

mail myself to

you take me out of my wrapping

paper pour me full of ice cream put me

in my warm bed

i'm going to wrap myself in paper i'm

going to dab myself with glue stick some

stamps on top of my head i'm going to

mail myself to you i'm going to mail

myself to you i'm going to mail myself

to you christian graphic is cute and

standing by cameras one two and three

are in position okay host should

introduce Janet and Deborah Maya cue

them and now that we are all in a very

fossil mood it's question time our very

special daily segment where our staff

reporter Janet Bates interviews a very

special guest today it's Deborah Maya

from the US Postal

Office hello Deborah thank you for

joining us on the Kids Songs TV show

it's my pleasure well first of all

Deborah how long have you been a male

carrier almost 16 years wow how many

homes are on your route roughly around

400 do you get to know all the people

that live there mostly all the people

that live on my route i know yes are

mail carriers really scared of dogs yeah

I think they are when they first start

how many letters do you deliver a day oh

a good guess would be about 1,200

letters a day wow can you explain to us

what happens to a letter after it's put

in the mailbox sure once a letter is put

into a mailbox by a customer the carrier

picks it up he takes it or she takes it

with them to the post

office it uh gets put into a big truck

which will take it to another post

office it'll be run through a machine to

face it all in one direction and then

it'll be ran through another machine

that reads the the address and the zip

code you mean a machine can actually

read a machine can read if it's

typewritten and it's nicely handwritten

it can read and this machine reads about

33,000 letters an hour wow what happens

if a a kid just writes the address and

it's kind of messy if um a a kid wrote a

letter and the machine can't read it

then people will read it and place the

address into a machine and then the

machine will print it out on it for it

ah and what happens after it'll be

separated into zones and it'll go to

another bigger post office it'll be ran

through another machine that will

separate it into each city and then

it'll be sent to that m that city and

the clerks will hand distribute it to

certain routes and then the letter

carrier will deliver it to the home oh

is the job fun i enjoy it i enjoy it a

lot thank you very much for joining us

Deborah it's definitely been interesting

thank you very much

i had no idea that it takes so many

people to get a letter from one place to

another me either 10 in the bed is up

k*ll them now it's time for that very

popular spot in our show Billy Bagel

sing along today Billy's picked the very

silly counting song 10 in the bed there

were 10 in the bed and the little one

said "Roll over roll over." So they all

rolled over and one fell out there were

nine in the bed and the little one said

"Roll over roll over." So they all

rolled over and one fell

out there were eight in the bed and the

little one said "Roll over roll over."

So they all rolled over and one fell out

there were seven in the bed and the

little one said "Roll over roll over."

So they all rolled over and one fell out

[Music]

there were six in the bed and the little

one said "Roll over roll over." So they

all rolled over and one fell out there

were five in the bed and the little one

said "Roll over roll over." So they all

rolled over and one fell out

there were four in the bed and the

little one said "Roll over roll over."

So they all rolled over and one fell out

there were three in the bed and the

little one said "Roll over roll over."

So they all rolled over and one fell out

there were two in the bed and the little

one said "Roll over roll over." So they

all rolled over and one fell out there

was one in the bed and the little one

said "Alone at last."

This next song is about a very difficult

mule she got in more trouble than

Christian on a bad day hey watch it no

let's watch the video of the kicking

mule my uncle had an old mule his name

was Simon Sling about anything you ever

did see was how that

[Music]

[Music]

migrants his

[Music]

[Applause]

way this is a kicker he's got an iron

back he handed off a railroad train and

kicked it off the track w I tell you

that I say he miss that sure his way

you see that coming he's got a great big

boat when you see that old

[Music]

m I say keep your seat

miss I tell

you I say keep your seat that sure wants

his way what's left one more

video we only have time for one more

video today and it tells the story of a

very silly hen why is she silly cuz she

always shows up in the silliest places

she's a very busy hen sounds like my

little sister she's a hen no she's

always showing up in the silliest places

we'll see if she can top this old hen

the old cackleack in the lock the next

time she in the

oldackleack in the

[Music]

[Music]

next cackle on the table

the old sheack and

she cackled and the rooster cackle too

the old sheack in the table the next

time she gaggackled on the

[Music]

table she gaggled in the match the old

man she gaggle she gaggackled on the lap

the old sheack in the table the next

time she on the

[Music]

table in the match the

oldackleack on the latch the

oldackle in the table the next time she

on the

table in the table the next time she

giggled on the table let's wrap it up

all we've got left is the clothes that's

my favorite pile cue the host well kids

that's our show for today we want to

thank you for watching the Kids Songs TV

show the one and only show made by kids

for kids and stories and don't forget me

Billy Biggle how could we see you

see you bye well children that was a fun

show yes it was but it was a good show

too how did you ever get those monkeys

to send letters it took some patience

and all that information you gave on how

the post office works was uh well

delivered that was another little postal

joke it was all very well done but I

think my favorite part of all was when

that little blue guy led that counting

song i loved it little blue guy stap me

Billy Biggle i did it 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2

1 I can count backwards

[Music]

yoohoo he's got magic

powers his name is Billy Bigle we'll

keep him a secret coming to the rescue

when they're

going we'll call it kids

songs tapping our feet soon everybody's

going to move to the beat give us kids

songs we got the sound we're going to be

coming to your city and town we want our

kids

songs we want our kids

songs we want our

kids take it we want out

[Music]