Each video has a topic, a theme, and can combine topics, like a girl dressed as a waitress (costume and makeup), who serves a customer with a menu (English vocabulary), then Pretend Cooks the meal (make-believe) on a colorful toy cooking set (colors, toys). Magical animated overlay effects (magic). But, basically, the 'variety show' isn't in every video, but rather the videos taken together is the whole channel.
Girl Pirate (pirate school, beacause she isn't a very rough pirate)
Girl Racer (Speed Racer)
Harry Potter (Magic School, Hogwarts)
ET, The Extraterrestrial
Cinderella, Fairy Godmother
Clown, Circus Tricks
Sabrina, Teenage Witch
King Arthur
Peter Pan, Tinkerbell (Fairie)
Play Ice Cream Store, Ice Cream Truck
Play Medicine, Girl Doctor, Boy Nurse
Play Police
Fire Station, Uniform, Big Red Fire Engine
Robin Hood
Stone Age (FLINTSTONES)
Wonder Woman, golden bracelets, lasso
Aladdin
Little Monk (Curious George)
Diggerland, Eath-moving toys
Egypt (Katy Perry)
Mulan
Spider Man
Treehouse, Nature, Bridge to Terabithia
Monsters, Inc. (Monster)
Girl has a BIG FIGHT with a boy
Picnic, pretend food, crocodile, snake
This Pig, Family Pig
Rapunzel (Tangled, Enchanted)
Elsa (Frozen)
Pinocchio
Astronaut, Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story)
Batman & Robin, Joker, Riddler
Dinosaurs
Evil Witch, Apple, Mirror (Sleeping Beauty)
Giants
Iron Man
The Incredibles, Spy Kids
ALADDIN
Princess Jasmine
Abu - monkey
Prince Ali
Genie of the Lamp
TREEHOUSE, NATURE
Bridge to Terabithia
Camping, Tent
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts
PREPAREDNESS (Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, about 10 - 13 years old)
The scout can demonstrate skills, behavior, manners, and as a young person, can deliver the safety or health messages to little kids.
cleanliness
Learn good Manners
safety
MULAN
Pretends to be a man, cross-dressing
Martial Arts, fake boards to break
Soldier, Basic Training, Obstacle Course, Challenges
PIRATES, TREASURE ISLAND
Pirates of the Caribbean
Peter Pan, Cptain Hook
Captains Courageous
Robinson Crusoe
Castaway, Tom Hanks
Lord of the Flies
ICE CREAM
Baskin Robbins Ice Cream
- Ice Cream Truck
- Ice Cream Shop
- animated ice cream cones, that themselves talk back, have attitude
- large variety of toppings
- pretty display of choices, white tubs, curved glass case.
ROBIN HOOD
Friar Truck
Maid Marion
Sheriff of Nottingham
KING ARTHUR
- knights of the round table
- evil warlock, Merlin
- King Arthur
- Queen Guinevere
- Lancelot
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
CINDERELLA
- magic fairy godmother, pumpkin, glass shoes, two evil sisters, evil stepmother, prince charming
Ride-on Pumkin Toy, has a break-down going to the ball, and the friendly pumkin-mechanic fixes her ride.
CLOWN
Circus Tricks, Juggling, Gymnastics, Walking Beam
Face Painting
PETER PAN
- magic, tinkerbell (fairie), Captain Hook, island
Peppa Pig Runs Away from the Scary, Giant Dinosaur
George's Dinosaur's New Clothes
Peppa Pig Goes Shopping to Get George a New Dinosaur
SHARE YOUR TOYS, Don't be selfish, consider others' feelings
Peppa Pig and George Pig's Dino Adventures (BARNEY, FLINTSTONES)
Big Dragon during Chinese New year comes alive, climbs up the building, spits fire, glowing eyes (Sorcerer's Apprentice)
BIG FIGHT, ARGUMENT
The Big Quarrel Between Peppa Pig and George, her little brother
DON'T FIGHT WITH YOUR LITTLE BROTHER
- close relationships (Peppa Pig and her Dad, Mommy and Daddy Kiss)
- trust, honesty
- blaming, arguments
- stealing, lying
- sharing toys
GIANTS
- Peppa Pig visits the Tiny Land
- Jack and the beanstalk (SIZE DISTORTION)
- BFG
Business, start-ups (Lemonade Stand, Yard Care, Shoveling Snow)
money, counting change
Making Ice Cream
Peppa Pig Drives an Ice Cream Van
Set up a Play Store. Grab a shopping basket and set up the merchandise. We like this play cash register too
PLAY DOCTOR, MEDICINE
Hospital
Departments with long names
Kind Nurse, wears blue
First Aid
Emergency Room
Dentist, Teeth
Brush your teeth before bed
Doctor's Office, wears white lab coat
Peppa Pig Visits the Hospital on the Christmas Day
Hospital - put on a musical performance for the children's cancer ward
Peppa Pig looks for Nurse Mary in each Hospital department
Smart, Caring Doctor's office, helpful kind nurse
george's First Dentist Experience
Peppa Pig's Boo Boo Moment and Visits the Hospital
Scraped Knee, BIG BOYS DON'T CRY (Papa Pig)
No, No, No, BOYS CAN SHOW THEIR FEELINGS, TOO (Mama Pig)
George Pig Catches a Cold
(DON'T GO OUTSIDE WITHOUT YOUR JACKET, AND HAT)
DON'T PUT THINGS IN YOUR MOUTH
YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S BEEN
PLASTIC BAG SAFETY
PLAY POLICE
truth, honesty, honor, justice
- stealing, lying
safety, stay safe.
- criminals
- traffic
Stories at the Police Station - Lost Dinosaur
Stolen Pirate Treasure at the Police Station
- the courthouse (lawyers, judge, court room
Police station, Police Officers
CROSSING THE STREET
Traffic Lights
DON'T RUN INTO THE STREET (to get the ball)
IN AN EMERGENCY, DIAL 911, Stay Calm, and speak slowly
Do you know your address
Do you know telephone number
Some kid's channels have very high views on selected videos that are not difficult to produce. Peppa Pig often has the same song sung in multiple videos, reuses content multiple times in different episodes, as long as not back to back, or in the same week. For example, there are many Halloween and Christmas episodes, not just one. And once animated clips or backgrounds are drawn, they can be reused many, many times in other episodes. Same with costumes, props, sets.
EMOTION, not limited to romance, but also excitement, surprise, fear, anticipation, joy, relief, loss, winning, losing.
In the case of a carnival, rather than the focus being on the rides and amusements, although those as well, the main thrust should be on breaking out in a song and dance number (Mickey Mouse Club, The Wiggles), and emotional interplay on the faces between characters.
Explore using clips of other videos, and licensing of music.
Kids like it when they outsmart or trick adults.
Mini-dramas, that show us what costumes, makeup, and set are required, and determines what the action will be. Older kids, so need an integrated story, more like a movie or TV show.
Batman & Robin, Joker, Riddler
Spider Man
Star Wars, Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story)
ET, The Extraterrestrial
Baywatch, Beach
Starsky & Hutch, Hawaii 5-0, CSI Miami
Harry Potter (Magic School, Hogwarts)
Sabrina, Teenage Witch
Aladdin
Girl Pirate (pirate school, beacause she isn't a very rough pirate)
Peter Pan, Tinkerbell (Fairie)
POLICE STORY
HAWAII 5-0
STARSKY & HUTCH
CSI MIAMI
- crime, criminals
crime scene
police officer
police station
detective (woman)
forensics
Stories at the Police Station - Lost Dinosaur
Stolen Pirate Treasure at the Police Station
- the courthouse (lawyers, judge, court room
Police station, Police Officers
Jail, prisoners - playgroup puts on a show for the prison (Jailhouse Rock, Elivs Presley)
(folsom prison blues, Johnny Cash)
law, lawyers, Court
Beware strangers bearing gifts
government
CROSSING THE STREET
Look both ways, take your time
anticipate moving vehicles
Traffic Lights
Street Traffic
DON'T RUN INTO THE STREET (to get the ball)
TALKING TO STRANGERS
ACCEPTING GIFTS
kidnapping
Don't steal, lie, cheat (Karmic, moral, ethical guidance)
Obey the law (moral, ethical guidance)
self defense
IN AN EMERGENCY, DIAL 911, Stay Calm, and speak slowly
Do you know your address
Do you know telephone number
PIRATES OF THE CARRIBBEAN
TREASURE ISLAND
CASTAWAY (Tom Hanks)
ROBINSON CRUSOE
Have an indoor scavenger hunt
dig a hole
NATIONAL TREASURE (Nicolas Cage). Buried Treasure in the back yard, under a tree, in the wall
Search for Buried treasure using a treasure map, with secret symbols to decode, visit with experts in their field (at the museum), goes to the library (reference librarian, reference books)
chasing the POT OF GOLD at the end of the rainbow, magic leprechaun (little people) play tricks
STAR WARS, TRANSFORMERS
ET, The Extraterrestrial
WAR OF THE WORLDS
INDEPENDENCE DAY
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
Alien spacecraft crashes on earth, and kids find the alien and nurse her back to health, becoming friends. The military finds out, abducts the alien, who manages to escape, and find her way back to the kids, who get their uncle to drive the alien to her ship, with the police & military chasing.
MAGIC
HARRY POTTER
SABRINA, ythe teenage witch
SUPER HERO
Batman
Spiderman
Wonder Woman
BAYWATCH
Lifeguards, beach, summer
Learning how to swim
Inflatable Toys
Beach Toys
water safety, ocean, little brother, CPR
Don't go in the water alone, always have an adult with you
Peppa Pig at the Beach with her family & Friends
Peppa and her Friends Build a giant Sandcastle, people can go inside
Sand Castle Contest
Lifeguard saves Peppa Pig from the big waves, when she fell in a hole under the ocean, 'The Hole In The Sea'
Peppa Pig goes snorkling with the family, sees fish and coral
Swimming in the ocean
PRETEND, IMAGINATION
Dreams, Day Dreaming
Fairy Tales
The Land of Make Believe
- Model Town
- Castle
- King, Queen, Princess
- Spaceship, Space Station, the Moon (Star Wars)
- The enchanted Forest
- Magic Treehouse (Narnia)
For example, in Cocomelon when the two kids were in shopping carts at the supermarket, the video kept switching between reality, and the unaware mothers, and they imagination that the two kids shared, that they were in race cars.
Pretend Animals
George Pig Turns into a Lion Puppet
Peppa Pig Pretends to be a Sloth, a snail, slow moving
How to be a proper tiger (CALVIN & HOBBS)
Secret world of imagination, and adults can't enter, the kids have a 'one up' on the adults, who can't see magic, elves, or the pot of gold. In Calvin & Hobbs, Calvin often pretends he's an animal, and his mother tolerates his 'nonsense' (as she doesn't 'believe' in magic, ghosts, Santa Claus, cartoon characters, dreams, and in fact, she's missing a lot.)
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