~~In the beginning of the video when they're running forward it says "Taylor 13" " Issac 16" " Zachary 11" & points to the right one....then when they're running backwards it shows their names & ages backwards.~~
~~"Shot in the CA home of producers the Dust Brothers in February 1997"~~
~~"The Hansons are brothers. The Dust Brothers are not."~~
~~"The director wanted the boys to ride bikes around town."~~
~~"They refused -they didnt want to look like kids."(shows them in a cab)~~
~~"Kid brother Zac acted rowdy to get them kicked off the bus"(shows Zac swinging on the bars on the bus)~~
~~"It worked"(shows them off the bus & the bus driving away)~~
~~"The  Hansons lived in South America before settling in Tulsa, OK in 1989."(shows them going into the cave)~~
~~"Their parents would often go out & leave them to do housework."~~
~~"They wrote songs instead."(shows Tay singing)~~
~~"Zac's nickname is Animal."( shows Zac & a little pic of "Animal" from Sesame Street)~~
~~"The brothers' demo tapes were rejected by 12 record labels from 1992-96."(shows them outside running)~~
~~"MMMBop first appeared on a CD financed by their parents in 1996."~~
~~"They finally impressed a record exec. at a Kansas County Fair later that year."~~
~~"Flower children rejected parental authority in the 1960's."(shows them singing w/ the big yellow flower in the background)~~
~~"Kids in the 1960's spent 40% more time with their parents than kids today."~~
~~"This doesn't apply to the Hansons."~~
~~"They were home schooled & their parents supervised the shoot."~~
~~"The brothers wrote there first song when Zac was 6."~~
~~"Debbie Gibson wrote her first song at 5."~~
~~"Taylor's voice changed during the recording of MMMBop."(shows Tay singing)~~
~~"Peter Brady's voice changed during the recording of "A Time To Change" in 1972."~~
~~"The Bradys' band broke up 19 months later."~~
~~"Including Indian dialects , more languages are spoken in Oklahoma than Europe."~~
~~"Taylor is speaking English."~~
~~"E(is not equal to)m(to the 3rd power)bopc(to the 2nd power)"(in the scene w/ Albert Einstein)~~
~~"Doo-wop-1950s"  "Bebop-1960s" "Manson 1969" "Hansons-1977"(the two hockey players that are brothers) "Nelson-1990"{Author's Note: My other fave band!}~~
~~"Scene added because the boys wanted to jump around the moon."(the moon scene)~~
~~"1 in 10 U.S. teens wants to be an astronaut."~~
~~"4 in 5 think there is too much violence on TV"(when they're skating & Zac & Tay run into each other)~~
~~"1 in 5 say they want to be a rock star."(shows them singing)~~
~~Big bubble at the end of the video......."The director was amazed that the family- which includes two younger sisters and a brother- never fought & no one criticized each other. the boys have never gone to school, but their parents gave them an assignment: write a paper about what it's like to make a music video." Hanson "MMMBop"~~