You run around the chairs till the music stops and you have to find a seat. Now, don't get caught, 'cause when the music stops, you can't be standing there, if you wanna be a winner at musical chairs.
13 seconds sound clip from the Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:15:59.658 in the VHS version of the movie.
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- Come on, sir. Everybody is ready for musical chairs.
- Oh, I guess so, Chuck. Come on.
- Hey, it's time for musical chairs. Come on, let's go. Set up the chairs now all in a row.
- Now, every time the music stops you're gonna end up one chair short.
- And if you're boogalooing when the music's gone. Sorry, you gotta move on.
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