Kidsongs: Very Silly Songs

Very Silly Songs
Ori Blumenfeld with a ball on the left with Mrs. Daffodilly in the song "Down by the Bay", and Miyoko, holding a pinwheel on the 2002 cover.
Original Release	January 1991
Director	Bruce Gowers
Writer	Carol Rosenstein
Video Theme	Humor

Kidsongs: Very Silly Songs is the twelfth entry of Kidsongs Music Video Stories released in January 1991. It was recorded in Summer 1990 at Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, California and released on VHS by View-Master Video, Warner Bros. Records, and Together Again Productions in 1990.

Cast

The Kidsongs Kids

• Tyler and Rebecca Andreassen
• Ori Blumenfeld as Billy Daffodilly
• Daniell Bosette
• Portia Bowman
• Miyoko Chilombo
• Noah Congelliere
• Timothy and Patrick Cool
• Jenna Dickman
• Darlene Garcia
• Veena Goel as a dancer
• Patricia Gonzalez
• Sean Gowers
• Jason Haskel
• Hillary Hollingsworth
• Teddy Lee
• Cara LeJeune
• Thomas W. Mattson
• Mac May
• Rashona & Shalana Miller as Can-Can Twin Dancers
• Jamie Mutter
• Katie Polk
• Garrett Quillin as the Boy with one boot playing a lute
• Janessa Ray
• Ariki Rice
• Brian Rosenstein
• Andrea Schuette
• Bre Seltzer
• Miles Young
• Terrence Williams

Adult Cast

• Silly Willy: Russ Fremin (same person who played Mr. Frost in The Kidsongs Television Show)
• Silly Jilly: Mary Bartram
• Wife: Claudia Saldivar
• Junkman: Stan Yale
• Professor Quackenbush: Kerry Fischer (same person who played Professor Majorchord in Play Along Songs)
• Mrs. Daffodilly: Lillian Byrd
• Michael Finnegan: Gaston La Franche
• Mailman: John David
• Farmer: Don Mincey
• Man with a Watch: Silenus Honey
• Baker: Gary J. Raymond (same person who played Fooba Wooba John in Play Along Songs)
• Man on Stilts: Gary Morgan (same person who played Mr. World in I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing)
• Butcher: Don Mincey
• Painter: John Stark
• Flower Lady: Judi Stewart
• Cop: J.R. Patterson
• Mom: Carol Huth
• The Purple People Eater (characters) (voiced by Nancy Cartwright)

Songs

1. The Name Game
2. Down by the Bay
3. Rig-a-Jig-Jig (also used during at the end credits)
4. Mail Myself to You (Guthrie)
5. Purple People Eater (includes footage from concert venue)
6. Fiddle-I-Dee (from Kentucky)
7. The Thing
8. Jim Along Josie
9. Michael Finnegan
10. Do the Silly Willy (Michael Lloyd)

Trivia

• This video takes place at Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, California and was recorded in summer 1990.
• This was the first VHS episode to be taped at Universal Studios Hollywood. Earthquake the Big One & King Kong; the kids are screaming from the song, "We're Gonna Get Wet" in Kidsongs: Ride the Roller Coaster.
• Composer Michael Lloyd starts to use Korg M1 and Emu Proteus 2 sounds, as well as layer some sounds with Emu Proteus 2 and Roland D-50, until 1993.
  • For the fife, Michael Lloyd layers the Roland D-50 internal patch "Pipe Solo" and the Emu Proteus Orchestral timbre "Proteus 2-Piccolo" (that was heard in/at the end of the The Amazing World of Gumball opening theme) together. The fife was also heard in Kidsongs: Play Along Songs during "Come On and Join the Game".
• In the soundtrack version, there are a few differences, especially with the selections in the 2002 compilation album, "My Favorite Kidsongs Collection" (renamed as "The 100 Greatest Kidsongs Collection"):
  • The piano, synthesizer, saxophone, xylophone, glockenspiel, electric guitars and drums are moved in the center in all of the songs.
  • Some of the drum set such as the snare, hi-hat and tom-toms have more treble and boost.
  • The fife is mixed louder, unlike other instruments.
  • "Down by the Bay" and "Rig-a-Jig-Jig" have different vocals than in the video. "Down by the Bay" also has a lower pitch. The album download versions retain the versions used in the video.
  • During "Fiddle-I-Dee", the words "YEE-HAW!" were eliminated.
• Songs from this video can be seen in The Kidsongs Television Show.
• Because of timing, the cast credits are shown during the middle part of "Do the Silly Willy". A clearer version without the credits first appeared in Season 2 (1994) of The Kidsongs Television Show.
• Rebecca (Tyler's sister), Ori, Daniell, Portia, Miyoko (Jahi and Miyagi's sister), Noah, Timothy/Patrick (Cool twin brothers), Jenna, Darlene, Veena, Patricia, Jason, Teddy, Cara, Thomas, Mac, Rashona/Shalana (Miller twin sisters), Jamie, Garrett, Janessa, Ariki, Bre (Chad's old sister), and Miles replaced Raquel, Suzanne, Nicki, Dannon, David, Katinka, Kristy, Kenny, Annie/Christine (Gibbons sisters), Sh'Vaughn, Myisha, Jennifer, Jensen, Ninette, Malcolm, Gordon/Nicole (Mandich brother and sister), Nicholas, Andres, Ryan, Catherine, Tarrish/Triskin/Trek/Tuhk (Potter brothers and sisters), Shauna, Richard and Josh.
• Click here for Kidsongs: Very Silly Songs/Transcript
• In the next video, Tyler/Rebecca, Ori, Daniell, Portia, Noah, Timothy/Patrick, Jenna, Darlene, Veena, Patricia, Jason, Hillary, Teddy, Cara, Thomas, Mac, Rashona/Shalana, Jamie, Garrett, Ariki, Brian, Andrea, Miles, and Terrence were replaced by Christian, Jahi (Miyoko's sister), Lauren (Bermina's sister), Stephanie (Nycole's sister), Michelle, Ashley, Neil, Eric, Briahnna, Shira and Danielle (Josh and Sabrina's sister).
• Pete, Mary Bartram, Claudia, Stan, Sloan, Lillian, Gaston, John David, Don, Silenus, Gary J., Gary Morgan (Bonnie/Molly's father?), John Stark, and Carol replaced Andre & Mary McLoughlin (Nancy's sister?).
• Pete, Stan, Sloan, Lillian, Gaston, John David, Silenus, Gary J., Gary Morgan, John Stark, Judi, and Carol try to get replaced by Barbara Logan, Rob, Michael Bennett, and Ramona (Lauren and Bermina's mother) in the next video.
• After this video, Ariki would appear in the Dance Workout With Barbie video as a dancer; she would be credited as Arike Rice in that video.
• In this music video, according to the cast credits, Terrence Williams is credited as T. Williams unlike the previous two music videos that he appeared in.
• This is the fourth Kidsongs video to have a "The End" card after Kidsongs: A Day with the Animals, Kidsongs: A Day at Camp, and Kidsongs: Ride the Roller Coaster. However, this card is shown before the second part of the credits in this video.

Gallery

The 1990 Warner Reprise Video VHS release featuring Thomas, Mrs. Daffodilly, Miyoko, and Bre

1995 VHS release

1998 VHS release

2002 VHS release