Transcript: Kid-submitted joke book helps raise money for children’s medical grants

A montage shows three children sitting down. The last one grins and holds up a book called "SIMPLY SILLY ANIMAL JOKES."

Two children sit on a couch. The girl on the right reads aloud from the joke book. Blue subtitles appear on a white bar underneath her.

ON SCREEN TEXT:          What do cats like to eat on a hot day?

GIRL: What do cats like to eat on a hot day?

The text changes as the boy on the left responds.

ON SCREEN TEXT:          What?

BOY: What?

ON SCREEN TEXT:          A mice-cream cone.

GIRL: A mice-cream cone.

Both children laugh. Now, two children appear in a split screen. The girl on the left speaks as subtitles display at the bottom.

ON SCREEN TEXT:          Why did the sheep cross the road?

GIRL: Why did the sheep cross the road?

ON SCREEN TEXT:          To get a haircut at the baa-baa shop.

GIRL: To get a haircut at the baa-baa shop.

A girl sits on a couch and tells a joke to a woman offscreen.

ON SCREEN TEXT:          What does it mean when you find a horseshoe?

GIRL: What does it mean when you find a horseshoe?

ON SCREEN TEXT:          What does it mean?

WOMAN: What does it mean?

ON SCREEN TEXT:          It means he's walking in his socks.

GIRL: It means he's walking in his socks. [laughs]

A boy reads a joke while sitting in a chair.

ON SCREEN TEXT:          What kind of animals can open a door?

BOY: What kind of animals can open a door?

ON SCREEN TEXT:          A monKEY,

                                    a turkEY

                                    and a donKEY.

                                    

BOY: A monKEY, a turkEY and a donKEY.

Two children giggle on a couch.

A girl recites a joke from the book.

ON SCREEN TEXT:          What is a seal's favorite subject in school?

GIRL: What is a seal's favorite subject in school?

ON SCREEN TEXT:          Art! Art! Art!

GIRL: Art! Art! Art!

A boy recites a joke, and the screen splits to show another boy laughing on the right.

ON SCREEN TEXT:          How do you stop an elephant from charging?

BOY: How do you stop an elephant from charging?

ON SCREEN TEXT:          You take its credit card away.

BOY: You take its credit card away.

The girl who read the seal joke displays the book in her hand.

GIRL: I think someone should buy this book because I think it's very funny, and it makes people enjoy their day.

A boy also displays the book on a couch.

BOY: If you buy this book, it'll help kids laugh.

A boy sits in a chair and points to the book.

BOY: This book helps kids.

A boy reads a joke aloud from a stuffed chair.

ON SCREEN TEXT:          Why did the cow cross the road?

BOY: Why did the cow cross the road?

ON SCREEN TEXT:          To get to the moo-sic.

BOY: To get to the moo-sic.

A boy displays pages from the book as the camera zooms in. The scene fades to white as purple text appears on screen with a purple-and-yellow butterfly logo.

ON SCREEN TEXT:          United

                                    Healthcare

                                    Children's Foundation®

                                    

The scene fades to black.