Kids for Character

Kids for Character is a program that was released on VHS in April 23, 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. The host of the show is Tom Selleck. Music is composed by Joe Phillips who was best known for his work on the Barney Franchises since 1995. Kids for Character: Choices Count was a sequel to this video that was released on VHS in 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" used to teach Trustworthiness.
*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 Polliwog Show" to show the importance of Caring.
*Babar - The episode "Babar's Triumph" is used to reinforce the importance of Citizenship.
*Bananas in Pyjamas - Episode "Wet Paint" (Choices Count only)
*The Big Comfy Couch - Clip from "Pants on Fire" (Choices Count only)
*Wishbone - Clip from "Little Big Dog" (Choices Count only)
Special characters guest stars:
*The Cat in the Hat
*Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble
*Garfield
*George Jetson
*Kino from Storytime
*Madeline
*Ronald McDonald
*Peter Rabbit
*Scooby-Doo
*Spot the Dog
*Thomas the Tank Engine
*Woody Woodpecker
*Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo Bear
Cast
*Mark Augustine as Principal/Joey
*King Babar as Himself
*Vanessa Baden as Herself
*Mia Barrington as Tiffany
*Brittany Bentley as Sarah
*John David Bennett, ll as Shawn
*Binyah Binyah as Himself
*Lamb Chop as Herself
*Hope Cervantes as Tosha
*Alyson Court as Loonette
*Barney the Dinosaur as Himself
*Ron Daise as Himself
*Natalie Daise as Herself
*James Edward Coleman as Himself
*Taborah Johnson as Auntie Macassar
*Shari Lewis as Herself
*Tessa Ludwick as Principal/Katie
*Pia Manalo as Min
*Ronald McDonald as Himself
*Bryan Nguen as Himself
*Eddie Coker as Himself
*Jay López as Various Characters
*Jack Mountford as Patrick
*Ana Christina Randolph as Marisol
*Tom Selleck as The Narrator
*Fred Stinson as Major Bedhead
*Bob Stutt as Molly and Snicklefritz
*Wesley Taylor as Wesley
*Joe Scruggs as Himself
Voice cast
*Lily Tomlin as Ms. Frizzle (footage)
*Daniel DeSanto as Carlos Ramon (footage)
*Alice Dinnean as Julie (footage)
*Lisa Yamanaka as Wanda Li and Flora (footage)
*Danny Tamberelli as Arnold Perlstein (footage)
*Karina Kelly as The Narrator
*Andre Ottley-Lorant as Tim Jamal (footage)
*Erica Luttrell as Keesha Franklin (footage)
*Sandie Lillingston as Amy (footage)
*Peter Linz as Skye (footage)
*Noel MacNeal as Leon (footage)
*Tara Meyer as Dorothy Ann (footage)
*Stuart Stone as Ralphie Tennelli (footage)
*Maia Filar as Phoebe Terese (footage)
*Shannon Duff as Tiffany (footage)
*Carmen Osbahr as Kiki (footage)
*Jeremy Scrivener as Morgan (footage)
*Bob West as Barney (footage)
*Julie Johnson as Baby Bop (footage)
*Gordon Pinsent as King Babar (footage)
*Amos Crawley as Alexander (footage)
*Chris Wiggins as Conelius (footage)
*Stephen Ouimette as Pompadour (footage)
*Philip D. Garcia as Binyah Binyah (footage)
*Ken Radley as B1 (footage)
*Taylor Owynns as Lulu (footage)
*Nicholas Opolski as B2 (footage)
*Mark Ritts as Kino
*Patty Wirtz as B.J.
Songs
* "It's Your Character That Counts"
* "Six Simple Words"
* "Respect"
* "It's Not Fair"
* "Go Underneath the Broomstick"
* "Friends and Family"
* "The Voices in My Head (Your Conscience Is the Key)" (Choices Count only)
* "The Six Pillar Shuffle" (Choices Count only)
* "Ten Second Tidy" (Choices Count only)
* "We're Kids for Character"
Minor cast
*Min (only in Barney segment)
*Shawn (only in Barney segment)
*Tosha (only in Barney segment)

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