DefunctTV: The History of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

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  @Antediluvian9600 · 2 years ago

  I was a contestant on this show, it was so friggin fun and the people running the show was very kind and passionate about what they did. Fantastic experience, would recommend if you can time travel back.

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  @Frame_Late · 4 years ago

  The fact that they brought Greg's mom on just to prank him is a testament to how much they loved making this show.

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  @needfuldoer4531 · 5 years ago

  Despite her hesitation, Lynne Thigpen WAS the perfect The Chief. Her knack for authoritative delivery really sold how serious the outlandish scenarios were to the plot.

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  @whitworth5s248 · 2 years ago

  My strongest memory of this show was the one time a kid won the grand prize, and when they revealed it, it wasn't one of the usual locations most kids picked. So the host asked flippantly, "Why'd you pick there?" and the kid answers, "I live there."

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  @RonJomero · 5 years ago

  I took my brother to a Rockapella concert sometime in the mid 2000s.  They were great.  And at the end of the show they told the audience to "say it."  They didn't need to explain.  The entire stadium bursted out "DO IT, ROCKAPELLA!" and then the place lit up even more as they sang the song from this show.

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  @BriGuyIL1980 · 5 years ago

  Greg Lee getting teary eyed to his mother appearing on the show was sweet.

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  @johnjames6980 · 4 years ago

  My niece won one of the T-shirts and when the show came to our local mall, her mom took her there to meet &quot;the chief&quot;, Lynn Thigpen. When she finally got to meet Lynn, she was wearing the Carmen Sandiago T-shirt and asked Ms. Thigpen to sign it. Lynn said she was only supposed to sign pictures. After a second, she snuck my niece around the table she was sitting at and signed the shirt. <br><br>We&apos;d always liked &quot;the chief&quot; before but she became our hero that day. Thank you, Lynn Thigpen - you are still missed!

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  @Ashira_N_A · 11 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVVkSlXl41Q&amp;t=1476">24:36</a> I was a contestant on Season 1 of WITICS, and i had great fun, beating my contestants, but I have to say, 1. We tried out for WITW, not WIT, and so our written test take in a cafeteria at school was a geography test. I don&apos;t think I would have tried out for the history version. 2. We never knew when our episode would air in advance and taping for the first two segments and the last segment were done a month apart. That said, the final segment featured an obstacle course filled with rigged tasks. For example, pulling a rope to raise a bucket and it barely moves up even though you pull furiously. It was a cut rate switcheroo for the first raft of contestants. Apparently, my 1995 Encyclopedia Britannica, the last edition ever made, was more valuable than the refurbished computers given out to the winners. I&apos;ve never found my episode online. I would almost certainly have won that trip, so yeah, there were a lot of sour grapes from Season 1 contestants. My classmate won the computer on his episode and he said it didn&apos;t last long at all.

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  @lexizoa · 5 years ago (edited)

  &quot;Personally interviewed over 900 kids.&quot; <b>&quot;Personally interviewed over 900 kids.&quot;</b> That is <b>insane</b> commitment. Huge props to this guy.

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  @Kevin_Narthex · 4 years ago

  The fact that Rockapella were making up those songs basically on the fly is insane talent on display.

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  @tsnap4 · 5 years ago

  Greg&apos;s &quot;Yes ma&apos;am.&quot; after his mom shows up is a pure embarrassed child reaction.

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  @vonmatrices · 1 year ago

  This is what Public funding is capable of. &nbsp;Actual educational and fun programming that endures the hearts of those who experienced it.

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