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If he gets you, he could keep you here forever!
-JonathanMr. Boogedy
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Aired: 1978 - 1981
Show Type: Live Action
Country of Origin: US
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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