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Shrek® Public Service Announcement "Be a Player"

THE DONKEY IS TRYING TO TALK TO A KID PLAYING A VIDEO GAME AND WEARING HEADPHONES. THE KID IS TOTALLY INTO HIS GAME AND DOESN'T NOTICE DONKEY RAPPING DIRECTLY INTO HIS EAR.

CHORUS: Get up and get, get up and get movin'!

DONKEY: Kid, what's up wit' you?

CUT TO WIDE SHOT, BOY STILL PLAYING GAME, DONKEY IN FOREGROUND RAPPING TO CAMERA.

DONKEY: Let's get up and play!

DONKEY DOES A FUN MOVE BACK TOWARD A GIRL WATCHING TV. HE PICKS UP THE CUFF OF HER PANTS AND DRAGS HER OUT OF FRAME AND AWAY FROM THE TV.

DONKEY: Do somethin' - stop slumpin' like a lump all day.

CHORUS: Be a player!

A GROUP OF KIDS RUN IN TO FRAME OUTSIDE AT A PARK. FIONA, SHREK, DONKEY, THE DRONKEYS, PINOCCHIO, PUSS AND THE THREE BLIND MICE ALL RUN IN ALSO.

DONKEY: Get on up, c'mon, get out that door-

WE SEE SHREK SWINGING ACROSS THE MONKEY BARS FOLLOWED BY A KID. WE REVEAL DONKEY SITTING ON THE PLAY SET DELIVERING HIS LINE.

DONKEY: Let's shake that booty like never before!

CHORUS: Be a player!

WE CUT TO THE GIRL JUMP ROPING. WE SEE A DRONKEY FLY ACROSS THE SCREEN.

DONKEY: Let's run, have fun…

CUT TO FIONA DANCING.

DONKEY: Let's jump and groove.

CUT TO DONKEY SITTING ON THE PLAY SET.

DONKEY: Get up and get that body up, make it move!

WE CUT TO A CLOSE UP OF PUSS IN BOOTS DANCING.

CHORUS: Get up, get up, get up…

WE CUT WIDE TO REVEAL PUSS IN BOOTS DANCING WITH THE GIRL. PINOCCHIO DOES THE ROBOT IN THE FOREGROUND.

CHORUS: ...and be a player. Get up, get up, get up.

WE CUT TO A SHOT OF THE THREE BLIND MICE TUMBLING DOWN THE SLIDE OUT OF CONTROL.

DONKEY: Let's run, have fun...

WE PULL OUT WIDE TO REVEAL THE MICE COMING TO THE END OF THE SLIDE FOLLOWED BY A LITTLE GIRL.

DONKEY: ...get up and be a player.

WE CUT TO SHREK DELIVERING HIS LINE IN FRONT OF A TREE WITH CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND. SUDDENLY, A FRISBEE FLIES INTO FRAME AND BONKS HIM ON THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD. HE LOOKS SLIGHTLY ANNOYED.

SUPER: Get up and play. An hour a day.

SHREK: Get up and play an hour a day. Ouch!

DONKEY: (UNDER) Sorry.

CUT TO THE URL WITH AD COUNCIL AND HHS LOGOS BELOW.

SUPER: Go to healthierUS.gov.

DONKEY POPS HIS HEAD INTO FRAME WITH URL AND LOGOS.

DONKEY: For cool playtime ideas, go online.

CHORUS: (UNDER) Get up, get up, get up and be a player.

DONKEY: Just don't stay long.

LOGOS: Ad Council
Department of Health and Human Services

Last revised: February 12, 2007

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