Kidsongs: Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes

Uncle George driving a car with April Hong, Nicole Mandich, Tina Marie Espinoza, Ashande Gravenberg, and Fabby Brown along with Mike the Dog on the cover of the video.

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.

Cast

Adults

• Clifford Scott as Uncle George
• Randy Crowder as Husband
• Nancy McLoughlin as Wife
• Kim Holman as Mom

Others

• Mike the Dog

The Kidsongs Kids

• Fabby Brown
• David Chan
• Donetta Charles
• H.B. Charles
• Tameka Claybrook
• Ryan Dorin
• Tina Marie Espinoza
• Chris Finch
• Ashande Gravenberg
• April Hong
• Nicole Mandich
• Alanna Mulhern
• Kiki Scott
• Shanika Washington

Songs

1. Car Car Song (Riding In My Car) (Woody Guthrie)
2. Daylight Train
3. Up and Down, Round and Round (Michael Lloyd)
4. Row, Row, Row Your Boat
5. I Got Wheels (Michael Lloyd) (also used during the end credits)
6. Up, Up and Away (The Fifth Dimension)
7. Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone? (S. Winner)
8. I Like Trucks (Michael Lloyd)
9. U.S. Air Force (Wild Blue Yonder)
10. The Wheels on the Bus (The Bus Song)

Trivia

• 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 in "Daylight Train".
• Katie Polk and her mother Carol cameo in "Up and Down, Round and Round". 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, Donetta Charles, Ryan Dorin, Kiki Scott and Shanika Washington cameo appeared in "The Wheels on the Bus".
• The bus driver wears an Adidas logo on his shirt.

Gallery

Cars Boats Trains and Planes - Original VHS.JPG

Original VHS release (1986)

1990 VHS release

2002 DVD release

Opening Titles

"Riding In My Car"

"Up and down"

Beep beep beep

"Round and round"