Mary Lou Retton's Flip Flop Shop Learning to Slow Down (Inspirational Version)

The Flip Flop Shop is all in a jumble getting ready for a big play - "The Flip Flop Shop's Great Vegetable Patch Mystery" Shelbie is supposed to play the strawberry, but she's involved in so many things that she can't attend rehearsals! Could it be that Shelbie is afraid her friends won't accept her unless she's the best at everything? When Shelbie sees how her abscence is affecting the other members of the cast, she graciously gives her role to Miss Warble. Mary Lou shares that she has learned that we don't have to be the best at everything. We don't have to run faster or jump higher than everyone else. We just have to be ourselves. Credits Cast Mary Lou Retton Jace Metzler Shelbie Bruce Connor Konz Lauryn Story Lucie Christian as Jumpy Costume Paule Nielsen as Miss Warble Ralph Ehntholt as Mr. Bump Jeffrey S. Lane as LZ Bones Costume Marijane Vandivier as Professor Blinky Voice Claude Sims as LZ Bones Voice & Puppeteer Scott Young as Mouse Voice Alicia Church as Fruit Lady Main The Production Team Bill Young - Executive Producer Mary Lou Retton - Executive Producer Calvin Philip Yamin - Producer Jimmy Chomo - Producer Fred Holmes - Producer, Director Shannon Kelley - Creator Julie Harrigan Sharp - Writer Jimmy Cuomo - Production Designer Associate Producers Lifeline Communications, Inc. Dan Lynch - Executive Producer for Tommy Nelson Martin Coleman - Coordinating Producer for NAMB Ossie Mills The Production Team John Jeter - Art Director Hayden Garrett - Art/Prop Assistant Cara Rosenbioom - Art/Prop Assistant Morris Priddy - Production Manager F. Christian Boyd - Production Coordinator, Floor Director Steve Pyndus - Production Coordinator Joyce W. Garner - Production Secretary Josh Renbarger - Script Supervisor Nancy Simonds - Children's Coordinator Audrey Mansfield - Make Up & Wardrobe Rona Lamont - Make Up & Wardrobe Kathy White - Make Up & Wardrobe Lana Grossman - Make Up & Wardrobe Rick Cortright - Lighting Designer Stefan Stout - Best Boy Electric Michael Pennington - Grip/Electric Swing Doug Robertson - Audio Matt Crawford - Audio Assistant Michael Horne - Audio Assistant Frank Castro - Camera Operator Julye Newlin - Camera Operator Joel Hahn - Camera Operator Marty Kirkland - Chief Engineer Don Larway - Technical Director Bill Anderson - Video Engineer Craig Crowe - Tape Operator David Johnson - Maintenance Engineer Gene Wilson - Maintenance Engineer Joe Brueggeman - Online Editor Scott Young - Online Editor, Digital Effects Gary Foster - Online Editor Frank Scales - Audio Sweetening & Special Music, Music Arrangements Fletch Wiley - Music Arrangements Robert Smith - Animation Leon Keyes - Illustrations Doug Mueller - Electronic Graphics Michael Carr - Post Production Coordinator Jill Pickett - Promotion Frankie Black - Promotion Debbie Mazy - Production Assistant Meredith Clark - Production Assistant John Havis - Executive Assistant Donna Watkins - Craft Service Joy Clayton Catering - Catering Jackie Adams - Casting Laura Belgrave - Original Character Development Karen Vine - Exotics Coordinator Jack Hattingh - Director of Fruit Segment Chelsea Ricketts - Narrator of Fruit Segment Norman Engle - Wall of Art Creator St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Artwork provided by children The University of Texas - Artwork created by pediatric patients MD Anderson Cancer Center Children's Art Project - Artwork created by pediatric patients CBS Studios, Inc. - Set Construction Ron Pippin - Matchframe, - Opening Title Sequence Gary W. Moore - Music and Coreography Audrey Mansfield - AM Studios - Mary Lou's Wardrobe Designed Dave Anderson - Additional Writer Marge Thompson - Additional Writer Martin Coleman - Additional Writer Chiodo Brothers Production - Jumpy, LZ Bones, Professor Blinky & the Mouse Fabricated Imagination, Inc. - Miss Warble & Mr. Bump Costumes Fabricated Bill Kantz - Character Illustrations & Logo The COR Group - Creative Services Beverly Parker - Finance and Business Affairs Georgeann Smith - Finance and Business Affairs Michael McBath - Finance and Business Affairs Leroy & Lucille Melcher - Studio Facilities Center for Public Broadcasting - Studio Facilities Main Theme "Flip Flop Shop Theme Song" Performed by Leon Redbone Bill Young - Lyrics Shannon Kelley - Lyrics Gary W. Moore - Music Fruit Segment "Lady with the Charming Hat" Performed by Winkie Jamail Songs "Hurry, Hurry, Rush Around" "The Up Stage, Down Stage Waltz" "We're Gonna Put On A Show" "Movin' at the Flip Flop Shop" Copyright 2001 Y&R Productions, Ltd. Special Thanks to Randy Singer Dr. Bob Reccord - NAMB Dr. Dave Clark Denise Cook - FamilyNET, Inc. Stephen D. Halliday - LifeLine Communications Alley Theater - Houston Macy's Classic Stove Works For HoustonPBS Ken Lawrence - Project Coordinator John Hesse - Executive in Charge of Production Jeff Clarke - Executive Producer Produced by Y&R Productions, Ltd. HoustonPBS In association with The North American Mission Board