Animal Crack-Ups

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Not to be confused with Animal Crackers, a Canadian animated television series.
Animal Crack-Ups
Genre Game Show
Presented by Alan Thicke
Country of origin USA
No. of seasons 3
Production
Producer(s) ABC Productions
Vin Di Bona Productions
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
Original run August 8, 1987 – September 1, 1990

Animal Crack-Ups is an ABC game show which aired in primetime from August 8 to September 12, 1987, after which it aired on Saturday mornings from September 12, 1987 to December 30, 1989 and again from June 2 to September 1, 1990.

It was produced by ABC Productions in association with Vin Di Bona Productions and hosted by Alan Thicke, who was on Growing Pains at the time.

Contents

[edit] Gameplay

Four celebrities competed. Host Thicke introduced a video clip about an animal; at some point, the video was paused and Thicke asked a question about the clip. The celebrities give their answers, after which the remainder of the clip was played, revealing the answer.

Any celebrities giving the correct answer received a point; score was kept by placing a stuffed animal, usually a monkey, in front of the celebrity's podium. The celeb with the most toy animals/points won the game and $2,500 for their favorite animal charity. If a tie occurred the money gets split between the charities.

[edit] Notes

  • The television series is based on a Japanese series, Waku Waku.
  • The show's theme song was "Animals Are Just Like People Too", created by Thickovit music (Alan and Todd Thicke and Gary Pickus)[1]
  • On segues to two commercial breaks, a hedgehog puppet named "Reggie the Heggie" (performed by Susan Blu) gave animal facts to the home viewers and read home-viewer mail.

[edit] Overseas versions

  • Spain had a version of this show, using the original Japanese name, Waku Waku.
  • Brazil had a version called TV Animal for SBT.
  • Portugal had a version called Arca De Noe ("Noah's Ark").

[edit] References

  1. ^ Library of Congress. "Animals are just like people too : Theme from Animal crack-ups." Copyright registration PAu001011105.

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