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Narrated by
  
Kenny Williams

No. of episodes
  
39

First episode date
  
26 September 1964

Presented by
  
Stubby Kaye

Genre
  
Game show

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Developed by
  
Milton Bradley Company

Country of origin
  
USA

Running time
  
30 minutes

Final episode date
  
18 December 1965

Number of episodes
  
39

Language
  
English

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Executive producer(s)
  
Merrill Heatter Bob Quigley

Similar
  
Game show, Video Village, The Hardy Boys, Skyhawks, Journey to the Center of the Earth

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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.

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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.

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Game play

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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.

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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.

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Shenanigans (game show) Wikipedia