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Kidd Video (1984-1985 NBC) is a show I wish I knew more about - SHOULD know more about because of my "relationship" with Robbie Rist (the actor who played "Whiz")*, and yet here I am with relatively NO INFORMATION on the show :(

I can tell you that there were two seasons that aired on NBC for a total of 26 episodes that were then re-run as a third season before being sold to CBS as a "Filler" cartoon (no official spot on the schedule, used as a filler for whenever Saturday sporting events were delayed because of rain). I can tell you that you'll never see an official DVD release of the original videos because of copyright issues with the 80's music videos they played which they only had broadcast and rerun rights to. I can tell you it was one of the first collaborations between Saban Entertainment and DIC.

I can't tell you why the art and style of the show is so different from Season 1 to Season 2. I can't tell you who came up with the idea. I can't tell you ANY of the usual awesome behind-the-scenes fables and rumors that I usually have for 80's cartoons. When the subject of Kidd Video comes up, it seems that everyone says "Yeah that was a great show" and then they move on to other subjects :/

YMMV

*(In the early days of The Internet, I created a Religion based around the Robbie Rist character of "Cousin Oliver" from The Brady Bunch, and all the "incarnations" of Cousin Oliver which included "Whiz". I made the mistake of trying to qualify for Tax Exemption through the "Church", which lead to the website being mercilessly taken down by the free site it was hosted on).
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Perhaps the most important archive of the 1980's, the opening to the Saturday morning TV show "Kidd Video" is THE MOST accurate depiction of the average daily routine of the American teenager at that time in history. We would wake up to a com-PYOO-ter bleeping "Wake Up!" at us so we could go put on our denim vest and day-glo suspenders in time to jump in to the back of a friend's truck and get to our rock-and-roll rehearsal which was conveniently hosted in the local "Various Size Of Random Cardboard Boxes" warehouse. Then we'd get zapped in to a cartoon universe where our nationality could be determined by what we say (as seen in this clip when the Latina girl says "Ai-yi-yi, we're carTOONs!").

But the most important part of this cartoon to *me*, personally, was the inclusion of actor/musician Robbie Rist. You kids today have the convenience of The Google to help you figure out who he is, but as for little 1980's Captain Slinky? It was all about watching the credits and piecing things together. "Whiz", aka "Milo Bazen", aka "Little John", aka "Ted Baxter's Son", aka "Cousin Oliver"... IT ALL CAME TOGETHER!!!

Leave your own personal thoughts and/or revelations about this show in the comments below. And if this is one of your favorites, be sure to go and vote for Kidd Video in our Best of 1984 Poll!

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