we want our kids
on we want our kids
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]
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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.
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.