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5.9/10 TV No. of episodes 39 First episode date 26 September 1964 Genre Game show | 8.5/10 IMDb 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 HeatterBob Quigley Similar Game show, Video Village, The Hardy Boys, Skyhawks, Journey to the Center of the Earth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shenanigans opening theme
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
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.
