Shenanigans (game show)

Shenanigans
Stubby Kaye, the host of the show.
Developed by	Milton Bradley Company
Presented by	Stubby Kaye
Narrated by	Kenny Williams
Country of origin	USA
No. of episodes	39
Production
Executive producers	Merrill Heatter Bob Quigley
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Heatter-Quigley Productions, in association with Four Star Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 26, 1964 – March 20, 1965 September 25 – December 18, 1965

Shenanigans was a children's television game show produced by Heatter-Quigley Productions that aired on ABC Saturday mornings from September 26, 1964 to March 20, 1965, and again from September 25 to December 18, 1965. The series began as local programming in New York City and later aired nationally on ABC. The show was similar to Video Village Junior, another program produced by Heatter-Quigley, which featured children as contestants moving about a life-sized game board.

Stubby Kaye, dubbed "the Mayor of Shenanigans", hosted the program, and Kenny Williams, known as "Kenny the Cop", was the announcer. Williams portrayed a similar role on Video Village.

Game play

Much like Video Village, children stood on a giant game board. A button was pressed that stopped a set of flashing lights with the numbers one through four, and the children advanced on the game board the corresponding number of spaces. After landing on a space, the children answered a question or performed a stunt, earning "Shenaniganzas", scrips that could be traded for items from the Top Value Stamp Catalog. Possible prizes were also suspended from the ceiling in the studio.

Most of the spaces on the game board were references to popular board games by Milton Bradley (such as Operation), who served as the show's sponsor. In 1964, a board game was published by Milton Bradley as a companion to the show.

External links

• Shenanigans at IMDb