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 22, 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 22, 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 (final appearance) and Rebecca Andreassen (first appearance)
• Ori Blumenfeld as Billy Daffodilly (only appearance)
• Daniell Bosette (only appearance)
• Portia Bowman (only appearance)
• Miyoko Chilombo (first appearance)
• Noah Congelliere (only appearance)
• Timothy (only appearance) and Patrick Cool (only appearance)
• Jenna Dickman (first appearance)
• Darlene Garcia (only appearance)
• Veena Goel as a dancer (only appearance)
• Patricia Gonzalez (first appearance)
• Sean Gowers (second appearance)
• Jason Haskel (only appearance)
• Hillary Hollingsworth (final appearance)
• Teddy Lee (only appearance)
• Cara LeJeune (only appearance)
• Thomas W. Mattson (only appearance)
• Mac May (first appearance)
• Rashona Miller (only appearance) & Shalana Miller as Can-Can Twin Dancers (only appearance)
• Jamie Mutter (only appearance)
• Katie Polk (third appearance)
• Garrett Quillin as the Boy with one boot playing a lute (only appearance)
• Janessa Ray (first appearance)
• Ariki Rice (only appearance)
• Brian Rosenstein (final appearance)
• Andrea Schuette (final appearance)
• Bre Seltzer (first appearance)
• Terrence Williams (final appearance)
• Miles Young (only appearance)

Adults

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

Songs

1. "The Name Game"
2. "Down By the Bay" (also it appeared in the "Billy Biggle's Favorite Songs")
3. "Rig-a-Jig-Jig" (also used during the end credits)
4. "Mail Myself to You"
5. "Purple People Eater" (includes footage from concert venue)
6. "Fiddle-I-Dee"
7. "The Thing"
8. "Jim Along Josie" (also it appeared in the "Billy Biggle's Favorite Songs")
9. "Michael Finnegan" (also it appeared in the "Billy Biggle's Favorite Songs")
10. "Do the Silly Willy"

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. Jaws, 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 "YEEHAW!" 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.
• This was the 3rd season 5 episode of The Kidsongs Television Show.

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Gallery

The 1991 VHS release featuring Ori, Mrs. Daffodilly, Miyoko, and Bre

The 1991 VHS release featuring Ori, Mrs. Daffodilly, Miyoko, and Bre with the Warner Reprise Video logo

1992 VHS release

1992 VHS release with the Warner Reprise Video logo

1993 VHS release

1993 VHS release with the Warner Reprise Video logo

1995 VHS release

1997 VHS release

2002 VHS release