Kids Are People Too!
Debut: January 01, 1978
Ended: January 01, 1981

Hosts/Performers/Interviewers:Bob McAllster 1978-1979 Michael Young:1979-1980 Randy Hamilton:1980-1981 This Sunday morning teens talk/variety show was seen on The ABC TV Network. Bob McAllister(who had left WNEW TV Ch.5 NYC's Sunday morning kids comedy/variety tv show"Wonderama"a year earlier) attemped a comeback to children's programming with this series. Working with a live audience..he planned to do a show that would be a wonderful combination of magic,comedy skits,songs, games,informational segments and interviewers with guest performers and personalities. Unfortntealy? McAllister soon found out that the show would be aimed at teens and not at young children. His comedy skits,magic tricks and games were edited from the show and his interviewers with the guests were also badly edited ..so that the producers could air reruns of "Superfriends"tv cartoons and"Wonderbug"episodes. McAllister fought to regain control of the series..but his efforts were for naught and he was forced to leave the program in Late November,1978. Michael Young a vetrain tv personality was hired to replace McAllister in January,1979. Hamilton did fairly well in doing meaningful interviews with the guests..but he was not a performer and his abilities to be entertaining were flawed. The show moved from The WABC TV studios in NYC to The West Coast studios in Los Angeles to try and get more well known stars to appear on the show. This approach also failed and by the fall of 1980. Young was dropped as the second host. Soap opera star and singer Randy Hamilton was hired to be the show's third mc..but he was not a good interviewer and his appeal was better suited to adults than to teens. His talents were limited to singing. By the winter of 1981.."Kids Are People Too"was dropped from ABC TV's sunday morning scheduale. The show attempted a comeback in national syndication in 1988..with Michael Young again as the series mc. But..The show was seen in the very early morning hours on some stations and young viewers still didn't find him appealing. "The New Kids Are People Too!"went off the air for good after a few weeks.

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