Let's Find Something Better To Do (1983)

[Music] This is the famous Howard Krunkerk, your roving reporter for CK News. I go where the news is and the news is wherever I go. Today the news is here. We're going to find out what the ordinary kid in the street knows about vandalism. The big question is what is vandalism? Vandalism is writing on walls in washrooms, writing on walls of buildings. Vandalism is breaking bottles in the streets. Vandalism is breaking up playground equipment. Breaking a window on purpose, throwing rocks and stuff at moving buses or cars. Vandalism is breaking anything that doesn't belong to you. Even breaking branches off trees or trampling on someone's garden, starting fires, throwing trash on the street. Vandalism is against the law. Vandalism is against the rules. It makes so ugly neighborhood and school. Vandalism is to break or mark what isn't yours at home school or park. Vandalism is to draw on the wall. Pictures and words that don't belong at all. Ugliest sight that you've ever seen. Costs big money just to make it clean. Break a toy that don't belong to you. A very, very bad thing to do. It hurts the one to whom the toy belong. You see them cry because you did [Music] wrong. Vandalism is to throw on the ground. Trash and paper you don't want around. Make such a mess. Make people look mad. Put trash in cans. Make everyone glad. Break a bottle against a wall. Big mistake for one and all. It looks so bad. Got to be cleaned up. could cut the foot of kid and grown [Music] up. Vandalism is against the rule. So ugly neighborhood and school vandalism is to break our mark. What isn't yours? [Music] CKID News is asking, "Why is vandalism wrong?" Vandalism is wrong because it makes things look ugly. Vandalism is wrong because it costs money to fix things up again. If you write on the washroom walls at school, the school has to pay money to paint it. Where does the money to paint washroom walls come from? The money comes from our moms and dads because they have to pay taxes and they kind of own the school. Vandalism is also wrong because when you destroy something that is not yours, like a toy, nobody can play with it anymore. It's a mean thing to do and it makes people feel bad. Vandalism can be dangerous sometimes, too. Like if you throw rocks and stuff at cars or buses, you could hit the driver or you could scare the driver into having an accident. It can be dangerous if you break glass on the street. You could get cut. Someone else could get cut or even dogs and cats could cut their feet. If vandalism costs so much, looks so ugly, and makes people feel bad, why would anyone want to do it? Maybe they were just bored and couldn't find anything else to do. Maybe when you're mad at somebody, like a friend or a brother or sister, you just want to break something. Maybe some people just like to show off. Show off. Show off. What an idea. That reminds me of a song he [Music] knows. Hey, look. I can be a big shot. I'm tough and I know that you're not. I'll throw a bottle down. I'll smash it on the ground. Big shots. That's a dumb thing to do. No one likes to show up like you. [Music] Look. I think you'd better [Music] say something to do. Find something better to do. Let's find something better to do. Let's find something. You've got to do something that makes you feel good about yourself. Find helping your mother with the dishes. Now that is being a big shot. Yeah, but don't you think it's going a little too far? We found something better to do. Found something better to do. We found something. Okay. Okay, I'm going. Sheesh, what a ham sandwich. Nice kid, but pushy. Well, back to business. What else do you think might make people do vandalism? Maybe they're just so busy playing they don't notice what they're doing. Yeah, maybe you're just careless. Careless. Yes. Careless. You'll never guess what that makes me think of. It makes you think of a song you know. No, it makes me think of a song I know. Good grief. [Music] Oh yeah. What a wonderful day. Oh yeah. Lots of things we could play. Don't care what mess we make. Don't care whose toys we break. Oh no, we make people mad. Oh dear, that makes us feel bad. We'll think now. We won't forget to say [Music] let's find something better to do. Find something better to do. Let's find something better to do. Let's find something. Control trash. Take really good care of toys or books you borrow. Be careful when you're throwing balls or playing catch. Yeah, you could break a window. Let's find something better to do. Find something better to do. Let's find something better to do. Let's find something. Let's find something better to do. Find something better to do. Let's find something. Find something. [Music] [Music]