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Saxophones Are Fun!

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.

Saxophones Are Fun!

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[Music]

we want our

[Music]

kids we want our

kids we want our kids

take it we want them

[Music]

we've included a children's classic Mary

Had a Little Lamb for our young viewers

but you didn't really get a lamb to go

to school one day did you yes we did wow

that must have been difficult it was but

it worked out and what songs have you

chosen for the older children well I

think they'll like our rock and roll

songs like Catch a Wave and Hound Off

well I know that I will thank you very

much and the famous saxoponist Dave Caus

is coming on the show to teach us a bit

about music oh he's an excellent choice

a very talented musician okay let's take

a look at today's music

Music Videos

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videos turkey

grab your partner take her to the floor

and we're going to dance to Turkey 99

bottles of pop on the wall 99 bottles of

pop if one of those bottles should

happen to fall 98 bottles of pop on the

wall let's

work come on get

smart it's only $1 each and you can win

a new bike video games or pizza for 20

people what would I do with pizza for 20

people just hope you win the bike look

it's for a really good cause a school

marching band needs some money for new

uniforms please okay I'll buy one me too

hey guys we're on in less than a minute

yes I'm ready me too are the hosts in

position just barely okay roll the

opening

[Music]

graphics and cue the host in five four

three two and take it 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

and I'm Billy Bigle hey kids we're going

to have a lot of fun today we sure are

we have lots of great songs for you and

lots of great animals and we'll have a

sing along led by me which of course is

the most fun part of all you're very

confident today Billy yes I'm feeling

very good well so are the kids songs

kids when they went to an oldfashioned

barn raising party and joining the

square dance to the old American folk

song Turkey in the Straw

Turkey in the Straw

as I was whining on down the road with a

tired team and a heavy load I cracked my

whip and the leader sprung i says "Day

day and the wagon run." Turkey in

the turkey in the

grab your partner take her to the floor

and we're going to dance to turkey and

turkey in

the turkey in

the side then seesaw

fin Mr catfish coming down the stream

say "Mr catfish what do you mean?" Hop

Mr catfish by the snout and turn Mr

catfish out turkey in the straw

turkey in the straw do a do I know and

then she prominade to turkey in the

turkey in the

straw turkey in the

straw swing your lady around some more

then prominade to turkey in the

straw came to the river and I couldn't

get across i paid $5 for an old blind

horse wouldn't go ahead nor it wouldn't

stand still so it went up and down like

an old sawmill turkey in

the turkey in

the Vinc

swing your lady round some more then

prominade to turkey in the swing your

lady

up to the middle

come back home in the shop come on son

don't tell me there's none of these

prizes that you'd like to win i've

entered all the contests and nothing

zippo zero zed i'm never a winner well

this might be your lucky day megan why

are you so cheerful all the time why not

look if you buy a raffle ticket then

I'll buy one okay Kevin you sold two

more tickets great 15 more to go and

it's time for the intro to catch a wave

cue them three two for this next video

the Kids Sounds kids took off on a

sailing adventure in a great big

beautiful boat how come we didn't get to

be on this one i don't know i'm going to

complain okay kids check out the wind

surfers sailboaters water skiers and

sailors as they catch a wave don't be

Catch a Wave

afraid to try the greatest around

catch a wave now

have to put it down

you battle out turn around and raise

baby that's all there is to the

coastline on top of the moon

not just

a long

catch away now they said it wouldn't

last too long

they'll eat their words with a fork and

spoon and watch them they'll hit the

road and I'll be surfing

soon and you're sitting on top of the

world

[Music]

catch your wave and you're sitting on

top of the world

so take a lesson from a top

[Music]

superatch toy

just get away from the shady

baby catch a wave and you're sitting on

top of the

world catch a wave and you're sitting on

top of the

world catch a wave and you're sitting on

top of the

world here Kevin christian and Alexandra

asked me to give this to you to get

their tickets for the raffle here you go

these two are theirs now how many are

you going to buy me yes you well um what

is a raffle ticket my school prints up

lots of tickets that have numbers on

them then the principal picks one out of

a big barrel and if it matches your

ticket then you win a prize well how

many tickets is your school trying to

sell we're trying to sell 4,000 so we

can get new uniforms for our school band

is this raffle approved by your school

well thanks but no thanks Kevin i don't

think my chances of winning are good

enough come on Janet i'm asking for $1

and even though your chance of winning

isn't great your chance of helping the

band is guaranteed well I don't like the

odds but since you put it that way okay

one ticket what a tough cell kevin time

to cue the host and queue campfire sing

alongs are so much fun

hey I do the sing alongs on this show

don't worry Billy you'll have your

moment in just a little while but now

let's join the Kids Songs kids at a camp

99 Bottles of Pop

out 99 bottles of pop on the wall 99

bottles of pop if one of those bottles

should happen to fall 98 bottles of pop

on the wall 98 bottles of pop on the

wall 98 bottles of pop if one of those

bottles should happen to fall night

bottles pop up on the

wall all around the bench the monkey

chased the weasel the monkey thought was

all goes the

weasel a penny for a spool of bread a

penny for a needle that's the way the

money goes pop goes the

weasel found a peanut found a peanut

found a peanut last night last night I

found a peanut found a peanut last night

cracked it open cracked it open cracked

it open last night last night I cracked

it open cracked it open last night

the ants go maring one by one hurrah

hurorah the ants go maring one by one

hurorah hurorah the ants go maring one

by one the little

ones and they all go maring down to the

ground to get out of the rain boom boom

boom

the ants go maring two by two hurorah

hur the ants go maring two by two

hurorah hur the ants go maring two by

two the little tie shoe and they all go

maring down to the ground to get

out boom boom

[Music]

boom stand by to bend me shame me coming

to you in 5 4 3 2 this next song shows

off the talents of some really good

children gymnasts these guys and girls

are in serious training for the Olympics

boy are they good so let's watch them go

through their routines to the tune of

Bend Me Shape Me

Bend Me

[Music]

shape

me long as you love me it's all right

then shape me any way you want me you

got the power to turn on the light

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

everybody tells me I'm wrong to want it

so

[Applause]

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

long it's all right bend me shake me

any you got the power to turn on the

light bend me shake me

any

long it's all right bend me shake me any

way you want me you got the power to

turn on the light

[Music]

mel you haven't bought a raffle ticket

yet i knew this was coming what are the

prizes again a new bike video games or

pizza for 20 people but I don't need any

of those things please for me your

trusty loyal hardworking and very

talented director well if you put it

like that how can I refuse i'll take one

what a salesman alex Christian intro to

Mary in 5 4 3 2 this next video just

might be the cutest one we ever made it

tells the sweet story of a little girl

and her pet lamb who follows her to

school one day and it's called Mary had

a little lamb and it's so cute mary had

a little lamb little lamb little lamb

mary had a little lamb its fleece was

white as snow and everywhere that Mary

went Mary went Mary went everywhere that

Mary went the lamb was sure to

[Music]

go father went to school one day school

one day school one

day to school one day

wasn't laugh and play and play and play

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

and so the future turning out turning

out turning out and saw the future

turning out still he lingered near and

waited patiently patiently patiently and

waited patiently till Mary did appear

mary had a little lamb little lamb

little lamb mary had a little lamb it

fleece was white as snow and everywhere

that Mary went Mary went Mary went

everywhere that Mary went the lamb was

sure to go okay I finished writing the

questions for Dave Claus oh thanks a lot

has Kevin sold you a raffle ticket yet

not yet

yes Kevin well not really but Oh okay

but only one ticket so Kevin got you too

i think he stole everyone except Billy a

raffle ticket that's our Kevin stand by

we're on 5 4 3 2 in just a few minutes

the famous and very gifted saxoponist

Dave Cause will be out what's gifted

when you're incredibly good at something

like me with my singalong exactly but

before Dave comes out we have a video

called Whistle Wh You Work which is one

thing that Mr caus can't do even though

he's gifted because if he whistles he'd

have to take the sacks out of his mouth

thank you for that wonderful observation

Belly you're very welcome and now

whistle while you work just whistle

Whistle While You Work

while you work

put on that grin and start writing to

whistle loud and long just a merry

tune just do your best and take a rest

and sing yourself a song when there's

too much to do don't let it bother you

forget your trouble try to be just like

a chickity and whistle while you

work come on get smart tune up and start

to whistle while you work

[Music]

when there's too much to do don't let it

bother you forget your trouble try to be

just like the cheerful chickity and

whistle while you

work come on get smart tune up and start

to whistle while you work come on get

smart tune up and start to whistle while

you work come on get smart tune up and

start to whistle while you work

is that for a raffle ticket yep kevin

got me at last i think I'm the only one

who doesn't have one i feel so left out

bigles don't have any money oh poor

Billy would you like me to buy one for

you oh Katie would you really sure i've

got question time graphic and standing

by on B roll it five 4 3 2 and take it

and now it's time to bring out Dave

Cause saxoponist extraordinaire and

Janet Bates interviewer fantastic

on question time thank you Christian

thank you Alexandra good morning Dave

good morning Janet it's great to be here

how old were you when you first started

playing the sachs well I was 13 years

old about your age right you're 12 right

so and I had already played the piano

and the drums and I was of course

horrible at both of them and it wasn't

until I picked up the saxophone that I

found an instrument that really felt

natural for me can you show us how to

play a saxophone sure this is uh an alto

what you have to do basically is learn

how to finger and you press the buttons

down and that's what changes the note

plus also there's a mouthpiece on there

this is the mouthpiece and this black

thing right here is a what we call a

read and the read vibrates against the

mouthpiece and that sends a sound if you

just take this

alone sounds like a duck call or

something like that alone but when you

put it on the

saxophone

and put your mouth on it and you blow

into it it makes this sound

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wow are there different kinds of

saxophones

oh boy it's hard on the back this is

called a baritone and uh this is about

as big as you are right now I think very

big what would you like me to play um

Old McDonald all right

pretty low huh now the next one up from

the baritone is the tenor

[Music]

sacks that's the tenor and then if you

take the mouthpiece off of this

Put it on the straight soprano

[Music]

and that's the saxophone family which

one is your favorite

this is my favorite right here

there you go can you play something for

us sure i'll play a little song that I

like to call the Ode to the Kids Songs

television show okay just for you okay

[Music]

thank you you got it how many tickets do

you still have left Kevin four who can I

sell them to how about Mr forbes and Mrs

wilson do you really think so you can

ask all they can do is say no

you better cue the host before you call

oops oh hi Mr forbes it's Kevin i wanted

to ask you uh excuse me cue the host

it's time for Billy Bagel sing along

today I picked a song that was made

famous by Elvis Presley i've heard of

him me too it's called Hound Dog hey

Alex you're in this one aren't you sure

am so's Megan where was I that day who

knows alex you can help me show the

children what to do okay kids when you

hear the words "You ain't nothing but a

hound dog crying all the time." You go

like this and when we sing you ain't

never caught a rabbit and you ain't no

friend of mine we're going to do this

okay ready let's give it a try you ain't

Hound Dog

nothing but a hound

dog running all the

time you ain't nothing but a hound

[Music]

dog you ain't never going to ra and you

ain't no friend of mine

they said you was high

class that was just a

lie they said you was high class

that was just a lie

you ain't never going around and you

ain't nobody

where you going little doggy

oh

no picnic oh no

[Music]

you ain't nothing but a hound

dog you ain't nothing but a hound

dog running all the

time you ain't never caught a rabbit and

you ain't no friend of

mine they said you was high

class that was just a

lie they said you were high

qu that was just a

lie you ain't never caught a rabbit and

you ain't no friend of

mine you ain't nothing but a hound dog

crying all the

time you ain't nothing but a hound dog

crying all the

time you ain't never got a rabbit and

you ain't no friend of mine

[Music]

mr forbes and Mrs wilson bought two

tickets each i'm all sold out what a

relief what's next enter to Down by the

Bay count them in mark in 5 4 3 2 1 we

have time for just one more song today

and it's one of my favorites it's the

video with the whale with a polka dot

tail and a pig with a wig yes kids it's

Down by the Bay down by the bay where

Down by the Bay

the watermelons grow back to my home I

dare not go for if I do my mother will

say "Did you ever see a baboon holding a

balloon down by the bay down by the bay

where the watermelons grow back to my

home I dare not go for if I do my mother

will say

"Did you ever see a whale with a polka

dot tail?" Down by the bay down by the

bay where the watermelons grow back to

my home I dare not go for if I do my

mother will

say "Did you ever see a pig wearing a

wig?" Down by the bay down by the bay

where the watermelons grow back to my

home i dare not go or if I do my mother

will say

"Did you ever see a goat standing in a

boat?"

[Music]

Down by the bay where the watermelons

grow back to my home i dare not go

or if I do my mother will say

"Did you ever see a llama wearing

pajamas down by the bay?" Down by the

bay down by the bay

janessa give me a twoot and do a slow

push into Christian i can do that in

three two well kids that's all we have

time for today on the Kids Songs TV show

the one and only show made by kids for

kids and starring kids and Billy Bigle

see you see you bye

hello yeah this is Kevin uh-huh you mean

the ticket that won pizza for 20 people

is one of the ones I sold cool which

one

087934 okay thank you that's That's my

ticket i won isn't this neat hey kids

how about it pizza party with Mr forbes

sure okay is uh garlic bread included

with this deal

[Music]

soon everybody's going to move to the

beat give us 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 we want our kids

take it we want to

[Music]