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Kidsongs: What I Want to Be! is the seventh entry of Kidsongs Music Video Stories released in January 1987.

Plot[]

Play along with the Kidsongs Kids as they imagine all of the wonderful careers they can have when they grow up. Climb aboard a fire truck and slide down the pole with real-life firefighters, take a cruise on a Coast Guard cutter, ride a bucking bronco and sample goodies at a candy factory as the kids explore all of the fun things they want to be.

Cast[]

The Kidsongs Kids[]

Cameo[]

Sailor Dancers[]

Adults[]

Lost Children[]

A Special Appearance[]

Songs[]

  1. "What Do You Want to Be?" (also used during the end credits)
  2. "Sea Cruise"
  3. "Drivin' My Life Away"
  4. Teacher Medley (also known as School Medley):
    1. "One, Two Buckle My Shoe"
    2. "School Days"
    3. "The Alphabet Song"
  5. "I Wanna Be a Fireman" (also used during the end credits)
  6. "Candy Man"
  7. "Them Bones" (also used during the end credits)
  8. "Mr. Policeman" (also used during the end credits)
  9. "Rodeo Rider"
  10. "Act Naturally"

Trivia[]

  • First video to credit co-producer Molly Miles in the opening credits.
  • Because each Kidsongs kid would choose what he or she wants to be when he or she grows up, the song "What Do You Want to Be?" is repeated nine times.
  • One Kidsongs kid would decide on what he or she would be when he or she grows up, and the song related to the job would follow. The only exception was when both Ryan Bollman and Heather Green chose to be sailors when they would grow up. Steven Brooks did appear in this video as a leading Kidsongs kid, but he didn't decide what he was going to be when he would grow up.
  • Nicole Mandich made a cameo performance in the song, "Them Bones".
  • The three songs, "One, Two Buckle My Shoe", "School Days", and "The Alphabet Song", were part of a medley known as Teacher Medley (or the School Medley).
  • Coleman Saucier (from the previous video, Kidsongs: A Day with the Animals) who was uncredited, made a cameo performance in all the songs of the Teacher Medley.
  • Despite being credited as sailor dance kids, both Kristy Chan and Ingrid Dupree cameo appeared in the songs of the Teacher Medley (or the School Medley).
  • Songs from this video can be seen in The Kidsongs Television Show.
  • This is the only Kidsongs music video to feature Ryan Bollman and Kiki Scott as leading Kidsongs kids. They would later appear in the intro of the first season of The Kidsongs Television Show. Kiki previously appeared in Kidsongs: I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing and in Kidsongs: Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes.
  • This video got recorded at See's Candies, U.S. Coast Guard, Los Angeles Fire Department, Zimmer's Truck Stop, and Los Angeles Unified School in Los Angeles, California, Rio Hondo Police Academy in Whittier, California, Zimmer's Truck Stop in South El Monte, California and Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California.
  • According to the production slate, the "Act Naturally" scene was filmed on July 1, 1986.

Gallery[]


Music Video Stories
I'd Like to Teach the World to SingGood Night, Sleep TightCars, Boats, Trains and PlanesSing Out, America!What I Want to Be!The Wonderful World of SportsRide the Roller CoasterVery Silly SongsWe Wish You a Merry ChristmasPlay Along SongsIf We Could Talk to the AnimalsBilly Biggle's Favorite Songs
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