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Take Me Out to the Ballgame

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.

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

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[Music]

Are you sure he's coming We're sure

You're positive Very positive that

famous baseball player Brett Butler on

the Kids Songs TV show Yes Mr Frost

Are you going to ask how he stole so

many bases or about his remarkable

consistency Or were you going to focus

on his two extraordinary comebacks Well

you're quite the baseball fan right Mrs

Wilson You could say I know my way

around in infield Good Then maybe you

can help me prepare for my interview

today Well I would be delighted So my

first question could be doesn't

everybody look great in their sportsware

Yep And wearing it makes work feel like

play Working here is so much fun

Speaking of working here I think we

better get started Try's right We're on

the air now Tape's rolling In three two

one and take

[Music]

it And kudos A very good morning to you

and Q 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 Sergio Santenno and I'm Tiffany

Burton and we're the Bigos

And today we are going to learn a lot

about sports This is very good because I

personally don't know very much about

the games people play Good We'll teach

you So let's get started with a video

about a game called basketball When the

kids songs kids went out to play they

took their old friend Mike the dog along

as a referee and he did a great job

Check it all out in front

[Music]

Kick off the Sunday shoes Police

the pull me up on my knees

Jack come on before we crack Lose your

blues Everybody cut the

[Music]

loose You're playing so cool Obeying

every rule Take away down in your heart

You're burning your for somebody

somebody to tell you the life maning you

[Applause]

by I'm tried to tell you it will if you

don't even

try You can fly if you only cut loose

loose Kick off your Sunday shoes We

mar shake it shake it for me Wo my love

Come on Come on Let's go Lose your blues

Everybody cut the loose

[Music]

You got to turn me around and put your

feet on the ground and take a hold of

your

[Music]

soul I'm turning it loose The loose the

loose Kick off the Sunday shoes

Louise pull me off on my knees Jack get

back Come on before we crack Lose your

loose Everybody cut the

[Music]

loose One two three strikes Oops I mean

three two one And KU we've got a song

about America's favorite pastime

America's favorite what Pastime That

means a pleasant way of passing the time

I'm still not following you Sergio Let

me try to explain You see Billy baseball

is a sport that Americans love to watch

Now that's not very complicated is it No

it isn't So let's watch some baseball

now in Take me out to the ball game

Take me out to the ball game Take me out

with the

crowd Buy me some peanuts and cr*cker

jacks I don't care if I ever get back

Let him root Root root for the home team

If they don't win it's a

shame One two three strikes out at the

old

game All I need is just one chair I

could hit a home

run There isn't anyone else like me

Maybe I'll go down and hear the story

and roof for the home

empty for you and me cuz I know that I

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

Hey Lana what can we tell our viewers

about baseball that they don't already

know It says here that some historians

believe that baseball came from two

English sports cricket and rounders both

using pitching and hitting Wow look at

all the padding these guys wear That's

to keep the players safe The ball is

hard and travels very fast They better

be careful played better Do we have a

video that deals with sportsmanship

What sportsmanship It's being

well-mannered when you play a game and

not bragging when you win I brag

sometimes I guess I shouldn't do that

It's good to be proud of yourself when

you do well Just be careful how you

express it You've got it big sister

We've got the perfect video on the

subject Cool Let's get our host to throw

to it now Throw to it Get it Never mind

Cue the host Our next video is about

sportsmanship The feelings you have when

you're playing a game are the most

important parts of sports The kids in

our next video have their heart set in

the right places So let's join them in

It's not if you win or lose Your friends

nice when you're playing at school It's

okay to play hard but always play by the

rules It's not if you win or lose

It's all how you play the game always be

a good sport cuz everybody's trying the

same It's a fact in life You might not

always win but just go on back out and

try it again It's not if you win or

lose It's all how you play the game

Always be a good sport cuz everybody's

trying the same

[Music]

It's not if you win or

lose it's all how you play the game

It's not if you win or

lose it's all how you play the game

Always be a good sport cuz everybody's

trying the

same You always be a good sport cuz

everybody's trying the

same Always be a good sport Everybody's

trying the same

[Music]

Brady as soon as you have a moment have

a look at the question time area I'd

like to know what you think Sure thing

Troy We could probably do it when we're

playing the next video And it's just

sitting here patiently waiting for you

to get to it What a good

video Cue the host 3 2 1 and Q Rudy You

know Tiffany determination is a very big

part of sports That's true Sergio You

have to practice a lot to become good at

a sport And you can't give up when the

going gets tough I learned that already

Our next song is about trying really

hard and not giving up It's called You

Know You Can Do

[Music]

It Fast is the wind So fast you can

almost

fly You got to do it Go for the goal You

can do it if you

try You got the inside track now You

can't be turning back You know that you

can do

it You know you're pushing through

it You got to just stick to

[Applause]

it Do your best Hold your head up high

One day you'll touch the sky You know

that you can do

it Jump high as the clouds Try for just

an inch or two

more and go for the next This is what

you practice

for You got the inside track Now you

can't be turning back You know that you

can do

it You know you're pushing through

it You got to just stick to

it Do your best Hold your head up high

One day you touch the sky You know that

you can do

it You know that you can do

it You know that you can do it

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

I wish I could think of a way to show

the kids different pitches Oh you mean

like this curveball Yeah Let me see I

could do that Now Billy those are very

difficult pitches to do I could learn

them Really It would be neat if you

could Let's go home for a while and

practice You've got it And I really like

soccer too And are you on a team Yeah we

are called the Tiny Turbos So is my

little brother I hope I get to see you

play this season Me

too And Q To be a good athlete you need

to be in good shape And the way to be in

good shape is to stay physically active

And there's lots of ways to do that You

can start right now by joining us on a

hike to the K songs go rolling Over hill

over is the dusty trail and those

quesons go rolling

along in and out Hear the shout counter

marching right about and those quesons

go rolling

along Then it's high

high

field Sound up your numbers loud and

strong 2 3 4 Wherever you go you will

always know that those songs are rolling

along That those songs are rolling along

Eyes open everyone There are wild

animals everywhere Let's spot them

Take a path through the trees Guess

what's hiding in the leaves As our team

goes hiking

along look up high look down low Keep

your eyes on where they go As our team

goes hiking

along then it's high

high

a*tillery Stand up your numbers and

strong

Wherever you go you will always know

that those K songs are rolling along

Keep them rolling That those K songs are

rolling along Keep them rolling That

those

Kons are

rolling along

Heads up Ruby My curveball is coming

That was really good Let's see if you

can get some more curves in it Okay here

comes another one

Sarah cue the hosts in three two and

Caillou Our next video features a very

talented equestrian An equestrian is a

horseback rider By practicing a lot this

girl and her horse understand each other

very well Watch what they can do when

she takes them for a ride Bear back Over

the river and through the woods

Over the river and through the

woods I go The horse knows the way we're

going today We're going to have fun I

know Riding so fast There is no else

that

could be running and riding

free

Over the river and through the

woods we

can jump along Do you understand Oh

riding so fast There is no one else that

could catch up to me It feels so good I

knew it to be running and riding free It

feels so good I knew it to be running

and

free And free

This one's going to be really really

great I'm ready Just put it here baby

[Music]

Wow that was great Billy You've got an

amazing curve ball I know I know Now

let's work on my screw ball

Do we have another video about baseball

that we can play before Brett Butler

comes How about center field That's

about baseball And teamwork and patience

too Now that we've gone digital we can

queue it up and play it right now Source

digital storage and cue the hosts in

five four three two and kapow This next

video expresses a frustration that a lot

of kids have for team sports which is

having to wait your turn to play We know

what you're going through kids I'm ready

to play today so put me in coach That's

exactly what the song says Billy So

let's sing along with

[Music]

Zfield Well beat the drum and hold the

bump The sun came out today

We're born again There's new grass on

the

field Around the third headed for home

It's a brown handsome

man Anyone can understand the way I

feel Oh come

me I'm ready to

play

today Come me in coach I'm ready to

play today Look at me I can be

[Music]

s a homemade

back pair of shoes You know I think it's

time to give this game a ride

[Music]

Just to hit the ball and touch them all

moment in the

sun It's gone and you can tell that one

goodbye Put me in coach I'm ready to

play

today Put me in coach I'm ready to

play Look at me I can be set

[Music]

[Music]

Go I'm ready to play

today You're in Look at me coach I'm

ready to

play today Look at me I can be

[Music]

All right

we're all set for the top five Good luck

Lana Thanks Sarah And Q Please welcome

Lana Richards with five fascinating

facts about baseball Take it away Lana

Thanks guys The number five most

fascinating fact is that the first

professional baseball team the

Cincinnati Red Stockings began to pay

its players in 1869 They won 91 of their

first 92 games Number four little league

teams were only for boys until the 1970s

when girls won the right to join them

Number three the fastest base runner

ever is Ernest Swanson In 1931 he

circled the bases in 13.3 seconds Number

two Ricky Henderson holds the world

record for the most stolen bases with an

amazing

1,215 And the number one most

fascinating fact is that the Chicago

White Sox played the longest major

league ball game ever 8 hours 6 minutes

before finally beating the Milwaukee

Brewers 7 to6 in the 25th inning on May

9th 1984

I know that Brett will be very impressed

with my pitching I'm sure you're right

Billy Okay Truth Let's get Mr Butler's

microphone checked and a little powder

on Mimmy's nose please Mr Butler can you

say check one two for me Check one two

for me Sounds good They said that

sounded great We're ready My question

marks are really waiting to fly into

action about now Well then let's make

their wish our command Is that a roll Q

Of course it is Roll it Three two one

and take

it And kudos We are very pleased to have

the incredible Brett Butler with us

today Brett has had a remarkable career

as a professional baseball player And

right now on question time our colleague

Mim Paley is going to ask him all about

it Thank you Tiffany and Sergio And

thank you Brett for joining us Thanks

for having me Now what happened to your

eye Well I guess I'm supposed to catch

the ball but we were practicing in the

outfield and you're supposed to watch

the hitter and I wasn't and he hit a

line drive and it hit me in the eye and

I had to get three stitches So that's

kind of uh what happens sometimes Our

research department says that you're a

really great baseball player What is the

secret to your success Well I think the

key to success is to work on your

weaknesses because if you can perfect

your weaknesses then the good things

that you do will also take off and then

you'll be able to do good all the way

through And so a lot of practice a lot

of hard work and believing in yourself

Well what advice do you have for kids

who want to play sports Well I I think I

would give you the same advice that my

father gave me and that is if if you

don't believe in yourself nobody else

will If you have a dream or you have a

desire or goal go out there and do the

very best that you can And if you make

it you can be satisfied but if you don't

make it you can be content and say you

know what it just wasn't supposed to

happen That's what I would the advice

I'd give When you were a kid were you

the best in your neighborhood Uh no I

was the worst or at least they thought I

was the worst I was the smallest on the

team I was the last one picked I was

always too little I was told I couldn't

do it But I had a secret in my heart I

believed I could play So like I said

earlier you have to believe in yourself

and not let anybody tell you you can't

do it Go out there and do it Well I

tried to Were you ever discouraged There

were times where I got discouraged but

my father always said "Hey be the first

one there Be the last one to leave Do

all that you possibly can Let them see

you there And practice Practice makes

perfect Everybody knows that you

survived a very serious illness cancer

What did you learn from that Well I

think one thing I've learned is if I go

back when I was a little boy I remember

we used to make fun of people who

something happened to them maybe if they

went through chemotherapy and they lost

their hair that was our way of being

able to share with them but we didn't

think about their feelings And I think

as a little boy or a little girl what we

have to do is we have to think about the

feelings of the people who are going

through the illnesses So what we have to

do is show them what kind of friends we

are put our arms around them tell them

we love them and help them through the

situation And sometimes it means just

sitting there and trying to be kind Well

thank you Brett for joining us today

Well thanks for having me Well kids stay

tuned for more fabulous and fascinating

guests on the next question time You're

the host Get ready to rumble cuz it's

time to join Billy and Ruby now in their

dance

studio

Our next video is about a rodeo rider

He's really good but he brags a little

too much Uh-oh I think I brag too much

sometimes Well Billy keep your eye on

what happens to our overconfident cowboy

Okie dokie And kids sing and play along

with us It's a fun

song All right ride them cowboy

[Music]

A buck may scare some folks but it

mean they're gentle and kind since I'm

the best you see Oh I'm a

rodeo

rider There's nothing that I can't Yes

I'm a

rodeo rider There's no that can do

it like the same

Wow that looks painful No he's

professional It looks funny A girl can

steal the show Trick riding like you

never

seen Over and under and upside down Her

horse and her

[Music]

mago rider

There's nothing that I can't Yes I'm

a rider There's a cowboy that can do

it Quite the same There's a cowboy that

can do it

The same All right dust yourself off

You're okay You're fine The cowboy

shouldn't have bragged so much When he

fell off his horse he must have been

embarrassed

I think so Well I've learned a lesson Oh

really What is it little brother I'm not

going to brag about how good a rodeo

rider I am Good Billy Very

good Wrap it up Hosty toasties and cute

Well kiddos that's all we have time for

on this episode of the Kids Songs TV

show The one and only show made by kids

for kids and starring kids and

Bigles Wonderfully athletic highly

skilled Remember about the bragging

Billy Oh yeah See you See you Bye

[Music]

We want our kids

home We want our

kids We found ourselves some new friends

They'll help us when we need them They

got magic powers Can't thank them enough

The name of the big we'll keep them a

secret Coming to the rescue and the

[Music]

go soon Everybody going to move to the

beat Give us

kids We got the sound We're going to be

coming to your city and town We want our

kids on

We want our

kids We want our

kids We want

[Music]