-♪ Kid Theater ♪
♪ Kid Theater ♪
-[ Clears throat ] -[ Clears throat ]
-This is for you. -Thank you.
-You'll be reading. All right, here.
Welcome to the stage.
This first one is from Jane. She is 10 years old.
Jack, you'll be playing the role of Cindy,
and I'll be playing the role of Lizzie.
Higgins will read the scene description for us.
Higgins, please set the scene.
-Cindy and Lizzie are BFFs.
Lizzie's petting her cat, Leo.
-[ High-pitched ] Hey, Lizzie. What is your cat Leo thinking?
-[ Valley Girl accent ] I have no clue.
I wish I could speak the cat language.
[ Laughter ] -That would amaze everyone
we know and even new people we just met.
Wait! Did I tell you we have a clock in our wall at home?
-Seriously? [ Laughter ]
-Yeah. And guess what?
One of its arms moves like this.
[ Laughter ]
And the other moves like this.
[ Laughter ]
-You totally just looked like you were dancing.
-I wouldn't know because when I look out with my eyes,
I see you.
[ Laughter ]
-Makes sense. Here, I'll show you again.
Bye, Leo. [ Laughter ]
-Lizzie tosses her cat Leo and then does the weird clock dance.
-What?! Are you kidding me?!
It totally looked like you were dancing!
Let's do it together.
♪♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Cindy and Lizzie danced for 10 months straight
and missed the whole year of school.
-Whoa! It looks like summer's here.
-[ Chuckles ] Let's dance!
♪♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
And scene.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Uh, scene two, here we go. This is for you.
-Thank you.
-This one here is sent in by Elijah.
He is 9 years old.
For this one, I'll play the role of Michael.
And, Jack, this time you'll be playing the character Elijah.
Okay? Higgins, please.
-Michael and Elijah are in the same grade.
They are in Elijah's house.
It's brand-new, but kind of weird.
[ Laughter ]
♪♪
-Your house is...different.
-I don't know if it is.
My dad picked it out of a catalog, and now we live here.
[ Laughter ]
You wanna make some sandwiches?
[ Laughter ]
-Only if you got pickles.
[ Laughter ]
-Elijah and Michael open a secret door in his floor
and they jump down to the kitchen.
The hunt for the pickles begins.
[ Laughter ]
-Where are the pickles?
-Stop asking me about pickles!
-Oh, hey. That clock over there isn't moving.
Is it dead?
[ Laughter ]
-Sometimes.
But when the clock starts, the gears turn red
and the clock speeds up.
And then we see images of toilets.
[ Laughter ]
Then ghost pirates on toilets playing guitars.
But then if you ever interfered with the clock,
it would cause the whole Earth to turn into toilets.
And then we would suffer with toilet drinking monkeys.
[ Laughter and applause ]
-Stop talking for so long, you stupid idiot.
[ Laughter ]
-Sorry. I forgot. What were we even talking about?
-Pickles!
-I said stop asking me about pickles!
[ Cheers and applause ] -And scene.
♪♪
-All right. Let's do one more.
Uno mas.
This one was sent in by Jaden, who is also nine.
I'll be playing Clock 1.
Jack, you'll be playing the role of Clock 2.
[ Laughter ]
Higgins, please set the scene.
-There are two clocks on the wall.
The clocks are close to each other.
Like really close.
[ Laughter ]
♪♪
-I'm so sick of being a clock.
[ Laughter ]
-Yeah. I can't even see what time it is.
[ Laughter ]
-You could just read my forehead.
[ Laughter ]
-Are you sure? That's really weird and personal.
[ Laughter ]
-Dude, just read it.
-Mmm, no.
[ Laughter ]
-Fine.
-Clock one sticks out his tongue and waves it around.
[ Laughter and applause ]
-Wow.
-You don't have to be so rude about it.
I can't even stand you. Just shush!
Shush! Shush it!
Shush it right now!
[ Laughter ]
-No, I won't.
Instead, let's sing a rap.
[ Laughter ]
♪♪
♪ Yo, it's Clock Boi, I'm here on ya block ♪
♪ Trying to get out of this clock ♪
-♪ But I can't move, stiff as a rock ♪
♪ You're stuck, too, so don't try to mock -- me ♪
[ Laughter ]
-♪ I'm gonna get out and go free ♪
♪ Gotta get out of this wall, wall ♪
-♪ So we can hang with the friends at the mall, mall ♪
♪ Meet some guy named Paul, Paul ♪
-♪ And that's all, all ♪
Bam!
And scene, right now!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you to our kid playwrights.
Thank you to Jack Black.