Changes: Kidsongs: Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes

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Kidsongs: Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes is the fourth entry of Kidsongs Music Video Stories released in June 1986. It was based on the Nursery Rhymes cassette of Small World from the Sing & Multiplex from Ivory Records along with Kidsongs: A Day with the Animals and Kidsongs: A Day at Camp.

Plot

Cast

Adults

Uncle George (played by Clifford Scott)
The romantic couples, Husband and Wife (played by Randy Crowder and Nancy McLoughlin)
The Mom (played by Kim Holman)

Other

Mike the Dog as Himself

The Kids

Fabby Brown (second appearance)
David Chan (first appearance)
Tameka Claybrook (last appearance)
Tina Marie Espinoza (second appearance)
Chris Finch (second appearance)
Ashande Gravenberg (first appearance)
April Hong (last appearance)
Nicole Mandich (second appearance)
Alanna Mulhern (second appearance)

Cameo

Songs

"Car Car Song (Riding In My Car)"
"Daylight Train (Get on Board Little Children)"
"Up and Down, Round and Round"
"Row, Row, Row Your Boat"
"I Got Wheels" (also used during the end credits)
"Up, Up and Away"
"Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?"
"I Like Trucks"
"U.S. Air Force (Wild Blue Yonder)"
"The Bus Song"

Trivia

This is the first Kidsongs music video to feature David Chan and Ashande Gravenberg as the leading Kidsongs kids.
This is April Hong's last appearance as a Kidsongs kid.
Production for this video took place in January-February 1986.
The video was taped shortly from dawn to afternoon but after it was taped, it took a lot of editors such as Michael Sachs, Richard Kaufman, Bruce Gowers and Jerry Watson to edit the video.
Ronnie Sperling (the same person who played Dusty in Good Night, Sleep Tight) is the conductor. Ryan Dorin and Kiki Scott cameo appeared in "Daylight Train (Get on Board, Little Children)", "I Like Trucks" and "The Bus Song".
Katie Polk and her mother Carol cameo in "Up and Down, Round and Round"; it was Katie's first appearance. Donetta Charles and Coleman Saucier also cameo appeared in this song. Music producer Michael Lloyd also cameos in "I Got Wheels" where he rides on a unicycle.
Choreographer Andre Tayir is the hot air balloon blower as seen in "Up, Up and Away" and "Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?".
According to Chris Finch via Instagram, "Wild Blue Yonder" was shot the same day as the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
H.B. Charles and Julie Kidman cameo appeared in "The Bus Song".
The bus driver wears an Adidas logo on his shirt.
The bus features billboards for local radio stations KSRF-FM "K-Surf" 103.1 (now KDLD) and KMET-FM 94.7 (now KTWV).
The segments with Mike the Dog was taped after Down and Out in Beverly Hills was released.
Songs from this video can be seen in The Kidsongs Television Show.
Both versions of the theme song for The Kidsongs Television Show are sung to the tune of "I Got Wheels".
This video got recorded at Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California and Echo Park in Los Angeles, California.

Gallery

Music Video Stories
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing • Good Night, Sleep Tight • Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes • Sing Out, America! • What I Want to Be! • The Wonderful World of Sports • Ride the Roller Coaster • Very Silly Songs • We Wish You a Merry Christmas • Play Along Songs • If We Could Talk to the Animals • Billy Biggle's Favorite Songs

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-{{Music_Video_Story_Template|title1 = Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes|image1 = Planes.jpg|caption1 = 2002 DVD Re-release featuring [[Clifford Scott]] as Uncle George driving a car with [[April Hong]], [[Nicole Mandich]], [[Tina Marie Espinoza]], [[Ashande Gravenberg]], and [[Fabby Brown]] along with Mike the Dog|original_release = June 1986|director = Bruce Gowers|writer = Carol Rosenstein|video_theme = Vehicles}}'''Kidsongs: Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes''' is the fourth entry of ''Kidsongs Music Video Stories'' released in June 1986. It was based on the Nursery Rhymes cassette of Small World from the Sing & Multiplex from Ivory Records along with Kidsongs: A Day with the Animals and Kidsongs: A Day at Camp.
+{{Music_Video_Story_Template|title1 = ''Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes''|image1 = Cars Boats Trains and Planes - DVD.jpg|caption1 = 2002 DVD Rerelease featuring [[Clifford Scott]] as Uncle George driving a car with [[April Hong]], [[Nicole Mandich]], [[Tina Marie Espinoza]], [[Ashande Gravenberg]], and [[Fabby Brown]] along with Mike the Dog|original_release = June 1986|director = Bruce Gowers|writer = Carol Rosenstein|video_theme = Vehicles}}'''''Kidsongs: Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes''''' is the fourth entry of ''Kidsongs Music Video Stories'' released in June 1986. It was based on the Nursery Rhymes cassette of Small World from the Sing & Multiplex from Ivory Records along with Kidsongs: A Day with the Animals and Kidsongs: A Day at Camp.
 ==Plot==
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 ===Adults===
-*Uncle George: [[Clifford Scott]]
+*Uncle George (played by [[Clifford Scott]])
-*The romantic couples, Husband and Wife: [[Randy Crowder]] and [[Nancy McLoughlin]]
+*The romantic couples, Husband and Wife (played by [[Randy Crowder]] and [[Nancy McLoughlin]])
-*The Mom: [[Kim Holman]]
+*The Mom (played by [[Kim Holman]])
 ===Other===
 *[[Mike the Dog]] as Himself
-===The Kidsongs Kids===
+===The Kids===
-*[[Fabby Brown]]
+*[[Fabby Brown]] (second appearance)
-*[[David Chan]]
+*[[David Chan]] (first appearance)
-*[[Tameka Claybrook]]
+*[[Tameka Claybrook]] (last appearance)
-*[[Tina Marie Espinoza]]
+*[[Tina Marie Espinoza]] (second appearance)
-*[[Chris Finch]]
+*[[Chris Finch]] (second appearance)
-*[[Ashande Gravenberg]]
+*[[Ashande Gravenberg]] (first appearance)
-*[[April Hong]]
+*[[April Hong]] (last appearance)
-*[[Nicole Mandich]]
+*[[Nicole Mandich]] (second appearance)
-*[[Alanna Mulhern]]
+*[[Alanna Mulhern]] (second appearance)
+===Cameo===
+*[[Donetta Charles]]
+*[[H.B. Charles]]
+*[[Ryan Dorin]]
+*[[Julie Kidman]]
+*[[Katie Polk]]
+*[[Coleman Saucier]]
+*[[Kiki Scott]]
+*[[Ronald "Ronnie" Sperling]]
 ==Songs==
-#[[Car Car Song (Riding In My Car)|Car Car Song (Riding in My Car)]] (Woody Guthrie)
+#"[[Car Car Song (Riding In My Car)]]"
-#[[Get on Board, Little Children (Daylight Train)]]
+#"[[Get on Board, Little Children (Daylight Train)|Daylight Train (Get on Board Little Children)]]"
-#[[Up and Down, Round and Round]]
+#"[[Up and Down, Round and Round]]"
-#[[Row, Row, Row Your Boat]]
+#"[[Row, Row, Row Your Boat]]"
-#[[I Got Wheels]] (also used during the end credits)
+#"[[I Got Wheels]]" (also used during the end credits)
-#[[Up, Up and Away]] (The Fifth Dimension)
+#"[[Up, Up and Away]]"
-#[[Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?]]
+#"[[Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?]]"
-#[[I Like Trucks]]
+#"[[I Like Trucks]]"
-#[[Wild Blue Yonder|U.S. Air Force (Wild Blue Yonder)]]
+#"[[Wild Blue Yonder|U.S. Air Force (Wild Blue Yonder)]]"
-#[[The Bus Song|The Wheels on the Bus (The Bus Song)]]
+#"[[The Bus Song]]"
 ==Trivia==
-* This is the first Kidsongs music video to feature David Chan and Ashande Gravenberg as the leading Kidsongs kids.
+*This is the first Kidsongs music video to feature David Chan and Ashande Gravenberg as the leading Kidsongs kids.
+*This is April Hong's last appearance as a Kidsongs kid.
-* Production for this video took place in January-February 1986.
+*Production for this video took place in January-February 1986.
-* The video was taped shortly from dawn to afternoon but after it was taped, it took a lot of editors such as Michael Sachs, Richard Kaufman, Bruce Gowers and Jerry Watson to edit the video.
+*The video was taped shortly from dawn to afternoon but after it was taped, it took a lot of editors such as Michael Sachs, Richard Kaufman, Bruce Gowers and Jerry Watson to edit the video.
-* [[Ronald "Ronnie" Sperling|Ronnie Sperling]] (the same person who played Dusty in [[Kidsongs: Good Night, Sleep Tight|Good Night, Sleep Tight]]) is the conductor, [[Ryan Dorin]] and [[Kiki Scott]] cameo appeared in "[[Get on Board, Little Children (Daylight Train)]]".
-* [[Katie Polk]] and her mother Carol cameo in "[[Up and Down, Round and Round]]"; it was Katie's first appearance. [[Donetta Charles]] and [[Coleman Saucier]] also cameo appeared in this song. Music producer [[Michael Lloyd Sr.|Michael Lloyd]] also cameos in "[[I Got Wheels]]" where he rides on a unicycle.
+*[[Ronald "Ronnie" Sperling|Ronnie Sperling]] (the same person who played Dusty in [[Kidsongs: Good Night, Sleep Tight|Good Night, Sleep Tight]]) is the conductor. [[Ryan Dorin]] and [[Kiki Scott]] cameo appeared in "[[Get on Board, Little Children (Daylight Train)|Daylight Train (Get on Board, Little Children)]]", "[[I Like Trucks]]" and "[[The Bus Song]]".
+*[[Katie Polk]] and her mother Carol cameo in "[[Up and Down, Round and Round]]"; it was Katie's first appearance. [[Donetta Charles]] and [[Coleman Saucier]] also cameo appeared in this song. Music producer [[Michael Lloyd, Sr.|Michael Lloyd]] also cameos in "[[I Got Wheels]]" where he rides on a unicycle.
-* Choreographer [[Andre Tayir]] is the hot air balloon blower as seen in "[[Up, Up and Away]]" and "[[Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?]]".
+*Choreographer [[Andre Tayir]] is the hot air balloon blower as seen in "[[Up, Up and Away]]" and "[[Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?]]".
-* According to Chris Finch via Instagram, "[[Wild Blue Yonder]]" was shot the same day as the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
+*According to Chris Finch via Instagram, "[[Wild Blue Yonder]]" was shot the same day as the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
-* Kiki Scott, Ryan Dorin, Donetta Charles and [[H.B. Charles]] cameo appeared in "[[The Bus Song]]".
+*[[H.B. Charles]] and [[Julie Kidman]] cameo appeared in "[[The Bus Song]]".
-* The bus driver wears an Adidas logo on his shirt.
+*The bus driver wears an Adidas logo on his shirt.
-* The bus features billboards for local radio stations KSRF-FM "K-Surf" 103.1 (now KDLD) and KMET-FM 94.7 (now KTWV).
+*The bus features billboards for local radio stations KSRF-FM "K-Surf" 103.1 (now KDLD) and KMET-FM 94.7 (now KTWV).
-* The segments with Mike the Dog was taped after ''Down and Out in Beverly Hills'' was released.
+*The segments with Mike the Dog was taped after ''Down and Out in Beverly Hills'' was released.
-* Songs from this video can be seen in [[The Kidsongs Television Show]].
-* Both versions of the theme song for [[The Kidsongs Television Show]] are sung to the tune of "I Got Wheels."
+*Songs from this video can be seen in [[The Kidsongs Television Show]].
+*Both versions of the theme song for The Kidsongs Television Show are sung to the tune of "I Got Wheels".
-* This video got recorded at Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California and MacArthur Park and Echo Park in Los Angeles, California.
+*This video got recorded at Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California and Echo Park in Los Angeles, California.
 ==Gallery==
-<gallery widths="175" position="center" captionalign="center">
+<gallery position="center">
-Cars Boats Trains and Planes - Original VHS 2.jpg|Original VHS release (1986)
+Cars Boats Trains and Planes - Original VHS.jpg|Original VHS release featuring [[Clifford Scott]] as Uncle George driving a car with [[April Hong]], [[Nicole Mandich]], [[Tina Marie Espinoza]], [[Ashande Gravenberg]], and [[Fabby Brown]] along with Mike the Dog
+Kidsongs Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes Original 5.jpg|1986 VHS release featuring [[Clifford Scott]] as Uncle George driving a car with [[April Hong]], [[Nicole Mandich]], [[Tina Marie Espinoza]], [[Ashande Gravenberg]], and [[Fabby Brown]] along with Mike the Dog with the Warner Reprise Video logo
-Cars Boats Trains and Planes - Original VHS.JPG
+Cars Boats Trains and Planes - Original VHS 2.JPG|1987 VHS release featuring [[Clifford Scott]] as Uncle George driving a car with [[April Hong]], [[Nicole Mandich]], [[Tina Marie Espinoza]], [[Ashande Gravenberg]], and [[Fabby Brown]] along with Mike the Dog with the Warner Reprise Video logo
-Cars Boats Trains and Plane - 1990 VHS.jpg|1990 VHS release
+Cars Boats Trains and Planes - Original VHS 3.jpg
-OIP.jpeg|1995 VHS release
-Cars Boats Trains and Plane - 1998 VHS.jpg|1998 VHS release
+Cars Boats Trains and Planes - Original VHS 4.jpg
-Cars Boats Trains and Plane - 2002 VHS.jpg|2002 VHS release
+Cars Boats Trains and Planes - 1989 VHS.jpg|1989 VHS release
+Cars Boats Trains and Planes - 1989 VHS 2.jpg
-Planes.jpg|2002 DVD release
+Cars Boats Trains and Planes - 1989 VHS 3.jpg|1989 VHS release with the Warner Reprise Video logo
+Cars Boats Trains and Planes - 1990 VHS.jpg|1990 VHS release
+Cars Boats Trains and Planes - 1990 VHS 2.jpg
+Cars Boats Trains and Planes - 1990 VHS 3.jpg|1990 VHS release with the Warner Reprise Video logo
+Cars Boats Trains and Planes - 1991 VHS.jpg|1991 VHS release
+Cars Boats Trains and Planes - 1991 VHS 2.jpg|1991 VHS release with the Warner Reprise Video logo
+Cars Boats Trains and Planes - 1991 VHS.jpg|1992 VHS release
+Cars Boats Trains and Planes - 1991 VHS 2.jpg|1992 VHS release with the Warner Reprise Video logo
+Cars Boats Trains and Planes - 1991 VHS.jpg|1993 VHS release
+Cars Boats Trains and Planes - 1991 VHS 2.jpg|1993 VHS release with the Warner Reprise Video logo
+Cars Boats Trains and Planes - 1995 VHS.jpg|1995 VHS release
+Cars Boats Trains and Planes - 1997 VHS.jpg|1997 VHS release
+Cars Boats Trains and Planes - 2002 VHS.jpg|2002 VHS release
 </gallery>
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+[[Category:Season 1 Videos]]
+[[Category:Season 2 Videos]]
+[[Category:Season 3 Videos]]
+[[Category:Season 4 Videos]]