How to Eat Like a Child
How to Eat Like a Child And Other Lessons in Not Being a Grownup is an original musical comedy television special that aired on NBC on September 22, 1981. Based on Delia Ephrons bestselling book of the same name, and adapted for television by Judith Kahan with music and lyrics by John Forster, the onehour special, through a series of comedy skits and songs, lampoons the adult world through the eyes of children. The musical variety stars Dick Van Dyke as the resident grownup alongsidechildrenboys andgirls ranging in age fromto 13. Several of the specials young performers would subsequently go on to achieve child stardom in their own right, most notably Corey Feldman, Billy Jacoby and Georg Olden.
The musical sketches include How to Eat Like a Child bite a hole in the bottom of the cone and suck out the ice cream., How to Stay Home from School flu, mumps, stomach ache, or maybe all three., How to Understand Parents Well see means no, Not now means no, Ask your father means no..., How to Laugh Hysterically a young Corey Feldman makes prank phone calls and cracks juvenile jokes before hanging up, How to Act After Being Sent to Your Room With nothing but my private stereo media center to keep me distracted, I think they overreacted..., How to Beg for a Dog Billy Jacoby playing opposite Judith Kahans reallife stepsons fourlegged friend, Bandit, How to Torture Your Sister a quartet of boys antagonizing their female siblings, How to Deal with Injustice having to walk to the candy store when the adults can just get in a car and drive, How to Practice the Violin a preadolescent Georg Olden transforms into rockstar Mick Jagger after growing tired of practicing his violin, and the big finale number, How to Refuse to Go to Sleep.A couple of the numbers take on more serious issues that children face, including How to Wait a segment which depicts a youngster impatiently waiting to be picked up at a bus stop, while addressing a childs anxieties and fears about being left alone, and The Kid Inside a song in which Van Dyke provides an adults perspective as he confides in the youngsters that children arent the only ones to experience sadness and disappointment when one of their prized possessions is damaged andor destroyed. ........
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