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Ooops! (1970s TV series)

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Genre
  
children's game show

Original language(s)
  
English

Producer(s)
  
Sandy Stewart

First episode date
  
29 September 1970

Network
  
CBC Television

Presented by
  
Harry Brown

Country of origin
  
Canada

No. of seasons
  
1

Running time
  
30 minutes

Final episode date
  
29 June 1971

Number of seasons
  
1

Cast
  
Harry Brown

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Ooops! is a Canadian children's game show television series which aired on CBC Television from 1970 to 1971.

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Premise

Harry Brown, known on the series as the "Great Drake", hosted this game show from various Canadian cities, often with the assistance of local presenters. The set contained a large game board on which contestants moved forward or backward based on the audience response to a given riddle or joke. Game winners chose their prize from six mystery bags, most of which were prizes such as radios, recordings or books, but one bag contained a duck as a booby prize. Children participated in the game by mailing in riddles and jokes to be used for the game segment, and they could also purchase a home version from the CBC.

The series included a parody news and weather segment hosted by John O'Leary entitled "Ooops! Nooos" and "Ooops! Weather For Ducks".

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Tuesdays at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 29 September 1970 to 29 June 1971.

References

Ooops! (1970s TV series) Wikipedia