Kids for Character

Kids for Character is a video that was released on April 23, 1996.

Summary

Learn the 6 pillars of character with the Kids for Character kids and more TV show characters like Barney, The Puzzle Place gang, The Magic School Bus cast, Lamb Chop, Binyah Binyah, and Babar.

Song List

1. It's Your Character that Counts
2. Six Simple Words
3. Respect
4. It's Not Fair (from Lamb Chop's Play Along)
5. Go Underneath the Broomstick (from Gullah Gullah Island)
6. Friends and Family (from Gullah Gullah Island)
7. Kids for Character

Cast

• Barney
• Baby Bop
• BJ
• Min (only in the Barney segment)
• Shawn (only in the Barney segment)
• Tosha (only in the Barney segment)
• Julie Woo (from The Puzzle Place)
• Ms. Frizzle (from The Magic School Bus)
• Lamp Chop (from Lamb Chop's Play-Along)
• Binyah Binyah (from Gullah Gullah Island)
• King Babar (from Babar)
• Michael
• Sarah
• Joey
• Maria
• Patrick
• Katie
• Eddie Coker
• Other characters that include; The Cat in the Hat, Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble (from The Flintstones), Yogi and Boo Boo Bear, George Jetson, Kino (from Kino's Storytime), Thomas the Tank Engine, Spot the Dog, Scooby Doo, Garfield, Peter Rabbit, Madeline, Woody Woodpecker, and Ronald McDonald.

Trivia

• The prototype version of the Lyrick Studios logo can be seen on the VHS cover.
• The Barney segment and song in the video were written and created specifically for the video.
• This video marked:
  • The first time Jeff Gittle directs for Barney. He would return to directing 2 years later for the Barney & Friends episode What's in a Name?
  • The first Barney video to have Joseph Philips as a music director.
  • The last time Min appears with Shawn.
• This group (Min, Shawn & Tosha) had made multiple appearances in Everyone is Special, May I Help You?, A Very Special Delivery!, Imagination Island, Barney Live! In New York City, Shawn & the Beanstalk, Up We Go!, and Barney Safety.
• The Barney segment was filmed at or around the same time as the filming for Once Upon a Time (judging from the fact that Shawn and Tosha wear the same outfits in both).
• Although BJ doesn't appear during the Barney Segment in this video, he appears in the middle and in the end of this video.
• This video is dedicated with respect and admiration to the memory of Barbara Jordan, a founding board member and national co-spokesperson for the Character Counts Coalition.
• Thomas the Tank Engine's whistle from Thomas & Friends is heard during the finale.
• This video was filmed at Universal Studios, Florida.