FRANCISCUS HENRI - Dancing in the Kitchen

[sanlesslie]

the kids thought they must have drove me crazy watching this all the time but secretely I enjoyed the listen

[planetX15]

this is totally random

[jkfielder]

I love this song and silly billy. I can still remember watching them when I was around 8 or 9. Thanks for the great memories!

[AdviceFromAShoe]

Probably my favourite song when I was five. Still up there 16 years later.

[FranciscusHenri]

Dear Movingallthewhile. I can't actually remember making this video. I'm told I made the video over ten years ago - that's not very long unless you are ten years old (or five)

I do remember falling down the stairs (cartwheel in fact) at the age of six I expect the two are not related.

Franciscus.

[xXCrazedMuffinXx]

@FranciscusHenri My daughter and I both adored the video. It was inadvertantly left in an video player about eight years ago...the player was discarded and my then fifthteen year old daughter was devastated: as was I. Terrific music and not repetative lyrics, and I can still see the look on my little girl's face when she saw grandma's beard!! Great stuff.

[FranciscusHenri]

@xXCrazedMuffinXx dear crazed muffin don't despair the whole madness is on DVD - A good birthday present!

[NoniDoll]

@FranciscusHenri I've got some bad news - I was watching this video at age 4 and I'm 22 now!

Wasn't expecting to stumble across this today... Very pleasant surprise!

[Movingallthewhile]

Although I will admit I was like 1-2. But I can remember falling off my pram when I was 1 and a half.

[Movingallthewhile]

apparently I used to love this as a kid but I can'r remember.

[bdig7]

Add to favourites! Blast from my childhood. Thanks man!

[mysteriousgirl4]

OMG what a blast from the past. I used to watch this on an ABC for kids video. I still remember the words. Thanks for putting this up! Memories.... now off to find the one about walking on the moon.

[nedwatson]

Just found this, my brother had the VHS and I can still remember most of the words ha ha. Sent my brother the link and he said he found the cassette at a record store last week and it's in his stero right now. Classic! Cheers Franciscus

[talkscrapallday]

You may be in your 20s loving these, but im in my 40s and still love them. And still know all the words

[misslizzie1204]

there is nothing quite like finding these songs, after so many years. the nostalgia is overwhelmingly delightful :) Thanks for being such an awesome part of my childhood!

[LmM891]

I am 22 years old now.. I go on youtube and watch this song every now and then. It makes me forget about work and uni and all the problems etc that come with being an adult.

It still never fails to brighten my mood up. If it was up to me it would stay the 90s forever

When my brother and i were little we watched the ABC videos over and over again!

[followtheredrabbit1]

was just bout to write the same thing i am 21 years old and this song makes my day

[NewhamMatt]

It was, indeed, my grandma who introduced me to this song, and we really did dance in the kitchen to it - the kitchen doubled as the dining room, and the cassette player (ha! cassettes!) was in there too. What a fantastic memory, especially as grandma is now long gone.

Did the red hat fly off at the end of all his videos? I saw it happen in "White Pyjamas" as well.

[Blazingwheel]

i think ill have to put on my shocked face :O how i was when i was 6 watching this same face now.

[TheDLC55]

I miss being a little kid so much!!!!

[icekold2007]

You need to put 'Bugs and Beetles in my Garden' on here =D

[MissDonnaMorris]

20 or so years ago I was invited to help at a childrens concert I had never heard of you then but it sounded fun. My girls and I fell in love with you. We bought your videos (long lost alas) Today I am sitting with my grandson on my lap as we watch you. Thankyou for the music Francicus, thankyou for being so generous as to upload them to you tube.

[LmM891]

one of my FAVOURITE songs when i was a kid. Love him.

[greeenjellybean]

oh my gosh i loved this song when i was younger!

[mordak88]

So many Memories! Can anyone find the silly billy clip?

[Spaz250693]

Hello all, im 16 and used to watch this when i was 4 or 5, i do have it on video, but no longer have a VHS player :(. Anyways im glad i found it, it has given me great memories. Elle (my good friend) also loves it

[jonesydawg93]

i swear 2 god this guy is on acid haha

classic stuff

[randomtennisball]

Man, manic 'grandma' at 0.25 is fucking scary!

[nameian777]

Franciscus Henry sang 'Lord of the Dance' at carols by candlelight many years ago and it was the best performance at carols ever.

[ffsplayit]

RAD! i hav been tryin to find this for ages! im 21 now.. wen i was a kid i wood totally lose my nut wenever this came on.

i remeber othr songs like the mahogany ship one, the bugs n beetles one, the silly billy one, the one where he gets his comb stolen, sunny side of the street, the calico cat, an the one where his cat spills paint but he has 2 clean it up.

props

[thisiskatemcinnes]

i haven't seen this for more that 10 years.

it's funny how much i remember though. :)

[megz173]

i still have the video from when i was little and one i day i watch it and thought the part when mister whiskers was making the pancakes was funny i miss being young

[GreenCristina]

This absolutely made my life. I haven't seen this since I was at least four or five years old.

[cowelly1991]

THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS UP

i used to absolutely love him

still do!

[JaZzYfAi]

oi you have to put bugs and beetles up

"bugs and beetles in my garden oh what horror oh what dread i walk right up to those beetles and i hit one one the head ooh ooh is what he said when i hit the little beetle on the head =] " AWESOME!!! I LOVE YOU!! you made my chilhood fun!

[baraldi1]

agreed!

[mponekov]

can you do dorothy the dinosaur from your abc for kids video hits vol 2

[FranciscusHenri]

I think you've got me confused with the wiggles.. I know it looks as if there are four of me but that was done with mirrors,a rubber band and some sticky tape.

[FranciscusHenri]

@mponekov NO I'm not THE WIGGLES...you are perhaps extremely confused or hallucinating.

[quizmaster85]

I remember seeing this on the "ABC For Kids Vol. 2" video some 16 years ago - one of the funniest kids' music clips I've seen in my life

[Squarescoobatoot]

I feel Violated!!!!!! :'(

[Didgeinator92]

Geez man, does this take me back... And still, here I am, 16 years of age, listening to kids' songs like this one. Franciscus, you've got one heck of a gift to do that. I've even got an old video from '92 titled "Oh No, It's The Franciscus Henri Video!" that is just pure childhood bliss. Thanks for the memories mate, and God bless.

[gavlaing]

this takes me back 17 years

[obaden]

i hadnt seen this for at least 15 years. and i still remember the words

this is my childhood

[monicahallinan]

Hi, anyone know where I can track down the song 'insecst and bugs.' I thought it was on this same video or one similar. Any ideas?

[FranciscusHenri]

Hello Monica. If you mean, 'Insects and Bugs',

that was recorded by Gillian Eastoe, (I don't think there was a video) If you mean Bugs and Beetels That was on the same video But I haven't posted it yet.I will soon! Franciscus

[helloitsmexox]

OMG!! i cant believe my eyes. ah.. the memories......

[snowpickle1]

he showed me how to make a poping sound with my finger and my cheek when i was way younger... ahh innocence lost...

[TineSpace]

Omg i was obsessed with this guy when i was little!!!!!I went to one of his concerts when he came to my town.:D

[funkygiraffe]

I only just remembered Franciscus Henri yesterday and I got all nostalgic. The zoo in my house one and the one with pancakes used to scare me I think... and maybe the Milky Way one aswell, but I haven't got a clue why...

[Greatfox200]

what's the only thing better than one Franciscus Henri? FOUR FRANCISCUS HENRIS!

[midnightmagic133]

THIS IS MY CHILDHOOD

[LysWillowleaf]

COOL!!!

[BucketHeadSpastic]

I have this on video Hi Obnox and Ender

[LysWillowleaf]

hi spazoe

[FranciscusHenri]

Dancing in The Kitchen was released in 1991 under ABC Music (ABC For Kids) on compact disc. It also received an Aria Nomination in that year for Best Children's Record.(1992)

[RowanKolleth1]

It was released on ABC For Kids Video HIts Volume 2 in 1992, along with Johnson & Friends, Don Spencer, George Spartels and Ferry Boat Fred.

[RowanKolleth1]

This was made in 1992, I think.

[RowanKolleth1]

OMG! I remember this!