Kids for Character

Kids for Character was a program that was released on VHS in 1996. It was a charity special about moral character that featured many different children's characters. It was produced by The Character Counts! Coalition and was distributed by Lyrick Studios (now HIT Entertainment). A sequel to the Kids for Character video, entitled Kids for Character: Choices Count, was released on October 14, 1997.

Featured shows

Each of the six shows represented a different "pillar" of character (trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship):

• The Puzzle Place - Julie recaps the episode Finder's Keepers
• Barney & Friends - In this skit created for this video, Barney as well as Min, Shawn, and Tosha teach Baby Bop about respect through song.
• The Magic School Bus - The episode Wet All Over is used to teach responsibility
• Lamb Chop's Play-Along! - Lamb Chop and Shari Lewis talk about the time when she had to split jelly beans between Lamb Chop and Charlie Horse in a lesson on fairness.
• Gullah Gullah Island - The episode The Binyah Binyah Pollywog Show to show the importance of caring
• Babar - The episode Babar's Triumph is used to reinforce the importance of citizenship

Choices Count shows

• The Big Comfy Couch
• Wishbone
• Bananas in Pyjamas

Cast

• Tom Selleck as narrator
• Alice Dinnean as Julie Woo
• Noel MacNeal as Leon MacNeal
• Bob West as Barney
• Julie Johnson as Baby Bop
• Patty Wirtz as B.J.
• Lily Tomlin as Valerie Felicity Frizzle
• Shari Lewis as Lamb Chop
• Philip D. Garcia as Binyah Binyah
• Gordon Pinsent as King Babar
• Sandy Whitney as King Babar (singing voice)
• Mark Ritts as Kino
• Marsha Moreau as Madeline
• Rory Carty as Peter Rabbit

Songs

• "It's Your Character That Counts"
• "Six Simple Words"
• "Respect"
• "It's Not Fair"
• "Go Underneath the Broomstick"
• "Friends and Family"
• "We're Kids for Character"

External links

• Kids for Character at the Internet Movie Database