[00:06.27]Hey there, teenage Baltimore!
[00:08.94]Don't change that channel '
[00:10.45]cause it's time...for The Corny Collins Show...
[00:13.06]Brought to you by Ultra Clutch hairspray.
[00:16.52]
[00:16.61]Oh, every afternoon when the clock strikes four
[00:20.45]Bop bee ba ba ba ba ba ba bee ba
[00:22.37]Well, a crazy bunch of kids crash
[00:24.42]through that door, yeah
[00:25.94]Bop bee ba ba ba ba ba ba bee ba
[00:28.14]Well, they throw off their coats
[00:29.62]And leave the squares behind
[00:31.05]And then they shake it, shake it, shake it
[00:32.44]Like they're losin' their mind
[00:33.75]You'll never see them frown
[00:35.10]'Cause they're the nicest kids in town
[00:37.36]Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
[00:40.20]Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
[00:42.20]Oh, every afternoon you turn your TV on, huh
[00:45.54]Naa na na na na na na na
[00:47.95]Yeah, we know you turn the sound up
[00:49.54]When your parents are gone, yeah
[00:51.24]Naa na na na na na na na
[00:53.48]Then you twist and shout for your favorite star
[00:56.19]And when you've practiced every step
[00:57.78]That's in your repertoire
[00:59.08]You better come on down
[01:00.32]And meet the nicest kids in town
[01:04.14]Whoo!
[01:05.44]Nice white kids who like to lead the way
[01:07.83]And once a month we have our Negro Day
[01:10.46]And I'm the man who keeps it spinnin' round
[01:13.59]Mr. Corny Collins with the latest greatest
[01:17.15]Baltimore sound
[01:20.20]So, every afternoon drop everything Whoo!
[01:24.04]Bop bee ba ba ba ba ba ba bee ba
[01:25.95]Who needs to read and write
[01:27.20]When you can dance and sing, yeah!
[01:29.63]Bop bee ba ba ba ba ba ba bee ba
[01:31.64]Forget about your algebra and calculus *
[01:34.37]You can always do your homework on the mornin' bus *
[01:37.09]Can't tell a verb from a noun
[01:39.16]They're the nicest kids in town
[01:41.24]Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
[01:43.13]R... r... r... role call!
[01:46.22]I'm Amber.
[01:47.89]Brad.
[01:49.31]Tammy.Fender.
[01:50.80]- Brenda.- Sketch.
[01:52.40]- Shelley.- IQ.
[01:53.83]Lou Ann.
[01:53.87]- Joey.
[01:55.08]- Mikey.- Vicki.- Becky.- Bix.- Jesse.
[01:57.01]- Darla.- Paulie.
[01:57.87]- Noreen.- Doreen.
[01:59.89]And I'm... Link.
[02:02.91]So, if every night you're shakin'
[02:04.64]As you lie in bed
[02:06.33]Mony, mony Shake it, baby
[02:09.44]And the bass and drums are poundin' in your head
[02:12.89]Mony, mony, ooh, mony, mony
[02:15.07]Who cares about sleep when you can snooze in school
[02:17.40]You'll never get to college but you'll sure look cool
[02:19.76]Don't need a cap or a gown
[02:21.22]When you're the nicest kids in town
[02:25.51]Nicest Nicest
[02:28.44]Nicest Nicest
[02:33.44]Nicest kids in
[02:37.98]Kids in town, whoo!