All episodes began with a segment with no dialog, just sight gags, a conceit that is certainly absent from current kids TV. Another regular character was a reporter that had an authoritative voice, yet lived with his mother. They solved crimes in their home town of “Northeastsouthweston” a name a shade too long for its sign, the “on” extended past the borders of the sign. Sometimes (I think), women would look into his eyes and strings would swell on the soundtrack and they’d go into some sort of love trance. “Doc” was brilliant and even though he was the one that the ladies liked, he was fairly unaware of his animal magnetism. Two running gags were that if Bugs heard the word “bananas” he would go well…bananas. Later shows had a few different sequences, including all of them doing a sped up Can-Can.ĭoes it bother anyone else that three of the four of the Kids not only sing, but sing in double-tracked voices? This is the first version of the theme song. stood for “Civilian Authority (for the) Protection (of) Everyone, Regardless”, which was ALWAYS succeeded by a four-part sung “Ta-da” by the Kids, and an air-guitar/scat solo by P.T., which was usually truncated. In any case, as a fellow who watched this show regularly, C.A.P.E.R. Funnily, I remember one of his lines, “They no catch me! I run!” Thanks, gilgamess1:īefore I go on at somewhat uncomfortable length about “The Kids from C.A.P.E.R.”, I remember a small detail about “Ark II” it featured a super-intelligent chimp named “Adam” (get it? get it?). After the jump, I reproduce this comment in full, in the hope that, whenever someone in the future Googles The Kids from C.A.P.E.R., they will find this extensive and lovingly detailed post. And just now, someone posted a comment that may well qualify as the definitive scholarly work on the show. Over my last vacation, I posted an obscure, little-read remembrance of an obscure, little-watched kids’ show from the 1970s: The Kids from C.A.P.E.R. Follow thing I love about blogging, and my commenters, is that every once in a while a new and amazing comment will straggle in on a post I put up long ago.
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