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Circle Round

Chief Know-It-All feat. Chris Sullivan

Circle Round

WBUR

Ages 4-10, Children, Storytelling, Kids & Family, Childrens' Story, Books, Stories For Kids, Kids, Storytime, Story

4.414.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Actor and musician Chris Sullivan (This Is Us, Joseph The Spouse) plays the boastful, blowhard title character in this Hawaiian tale about an egotistical chief who gets cut down to size.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Calling all circle round fans, we're starting something brand new.

0:05.7

A club for listeners like you.

0:08.5

You can now join the Circle Round Club and enjoy a bunch of new, fun and exciting ways to circle around with us.

0:16.0

Club memberships come in all shapes and sizes.

0:19.0

You can find the one that's right for you and your family at wbur.org slash Circle Round Club.

0:30.0

You can find the one that's right for you and your family at wbur.org.

0:37.0

You can find the one that's right for you and your family at wbur.org.

0:41.0

Ever heard the expression too big for your bridges?

0:45.0

If someone is too big for their bridges, it means they're cocky, conceded, anything but modest and humble.

0:54.0

And we're about to meet a character who's way too big for his bridges until he meets someone who takes him down a notch.

1:01.0

I'm Rebecca Scher and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time.

1:11.0

Today our story is called Chief No It All, versions of this tale come from Hawaii, the only American state in the Pacific Ocean and the only one composed entirely of islands.

1:23.0

Some really great people came together to bring you our adaptation of this story, including Chris Sullivan.

1:29.0

Grown-ups, you may know this Emmy-nominated actor from This Is Us on NBC.

1:34.0

Chris is also a singer-songwriter who performs under the name Joseph The Spouts.

1:39.0

So Circle Round, everyone.

1:41.0

For Chief No It All.

1:46.0

One's upon a time, on a peaceful island full of sandy beaches, lush valleys and majestic mountains, they're lived a chief.

2:02.0

The chief was the most powerful man around and the most pompous, with a head so big it practically reached the mountain tops.

2:12.0

The arrogant ruler was constantly singing his own praises and bragging about how magnificent he was.

2:17.0

Ah, my subjects are so lucky to have me as their leader. I mean, has there ever been a headhunt show, so hail in hearty, a sovereign, so spectacularly smart?

2:32.0

I don't think so.

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