Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? (game show)

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Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?
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Based on Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?
published by Broderbund
Directed byDavid Turner
Presented by Kevin Shinick
Lynne Thigpen
StarringThe Engine Crew
Alaine Kashian
John Lathan
Owen Taylor (season 1)
Jamie Gustis (season 2)
Theme music composer Sean Altman
David Yazbek
Randy Vancourt (French Version)
Opening theme"Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?" by The Engine Crew
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes115 [1]
Production
Executive producersJay Rayvid
Kate Taylor
ProducersCharles Nordlander
James Greenberg
Dana Calderwood
Jonathan Meath
Production locations Kaufman Astoria Studios
Queens, New York
EditorKevin Conrad
Running time30 minutes
Production companies WGBH-TV
WQED (TV)
Original release
Network PBS [2]
ReleaseOctober 7, 1996 (1996-10-07) 
December 12, 1997 (1997-12-12)
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Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? is an American half-hour children's television game show loosely based on the computer game of the same name created by Broderbund Software. Just like its predecessor, the show was produced by WGBH Boston and WQED Pittsburgh. The program ran for two seasons on PBS, consisting of 115 episodes (65 in Season 1 and 50 in Season 2), which ran from October 7, 1996 to December 12, 1997, with reruns airing until May 7, 1999. The show starred Lynne Thigpen as "The Chief", Kevin Shinick as "ACME Time Pilot Squadron Leader" replacing Greg Lee and "The Engine Crew" who is considered a replacement for Rockapella as various informants. [3] The show replaced Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? , and was recorded entirely at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, New York City, the longtime home of Sesame Street .

Contents

Gameplay

Opening

Before the show began, the viewing audience would see Carmen Sandiego in her V.I.L.E. headquarters. In Season 1, Carmen appeared in a fourth wall type of narration. In Season 2, a surveillance nano-probe from ACME filmed Carmen in her lair where it went unnoticed. She would be complaining to herself and plotting to steal the historical "seed" of her complaint. Carmen then summoned one of her V.I.L.E. henchmen or henchwomen and told him/her what to steal and where to go. In Season One, she would shine an "Info-Beam" on the villain to give the details of the object in question. In Season Two, she would give the thief a "Loot Orb" or "Cybersphere" to contain it and are just told to bring the object back to her when they find it. Once the villain takes off to do their mission, The Chief then told the audience that one of Carmen's chosen henchman had stolen something from the past. She tells them to recover the loot in 28 minutes (the length of each episode) to prevent temporal paradox. The show then began with the Engine Crew preparing the ACME Chronoskimmer (a flying saucer capable of time travel) for launch like activating the Chrono-Computer, launching the Time Pods, powering up the boosters, and then singing the show's theme song while dancing. Afterward, the Chief would introduce host "Kevin Shinick". In the first season, Kevin would directly enter from the left of the Chronoskimmer. In Season 2, Kevin was seen goofing around in his room until the Chief called him to do the show. He would then enter from the right of the Chronoskimmer.

Each episode's general theme stemmed from the loot of the day, which helped to shape the history of its kind. For example, when Carmen stole P.T. Barnum's "The Greatest Show on Earth" slogan, the episode focused on the history of advertising.

Round One

Three players (ages 10–14) known as "Time Pilots" competed. Each was given 100 'Power Points' to begin. Each section of the round had an informative skit, a question, and then a warp to pursue the villain through time; the round had four sections in Season 1 and three in Season 2.

After a skit, Kevin would present three possible answers to the pilots. The viewer could see the individual choices represented by an individual color (pink, green, or blue). All three pilots answered the question, and anyone with the correct answer scored 10 Power Points, with no penalty for incorrect answers.

Skits include the following:

Other events during the round are:

The two pilots with the highest scores after the first round advanced to the second round, while the third-placed pilot was eliminated from the game. If there was a tie between two pilots for second place or a three-way tie for first place, Kevin asked a tiebreaker question, which was always identifying a President of the United States.

Round Two

With Kevin in command, the two remaining pilots fast forward to the present day (or near–present day) and activated the Loot Tractor Beam to capture the stolen artifact. The Chief then listed eight events related to the day's theme that the pilots had to recite in reverse chronological order, with the final item being the day's loot; whichever pilot had the higher score from Round One chose who went first, with a coin toss as a tiebreaker. The first pilot to recite the events in the correct order restored the loot to its proper place in time and advanced to the Bonus Round to capture Carmen and the day's villain.

Bonus Round: The Trail of Time

The Trail of Time consisted of six "Time Portals," each one themed on a different era, which the winning pilot had ninety seconds to navigate. At each portal, Carmen would ask them a question on the day's theme with two answer choices. If the pilot answered correctly, the gate opened automatically; if not, he/she had to perform a small manual task to open the gate (spinning a wheel, turning a crank, pulling a rope, etc.).

Once through the second or third gate, the pilot captured the day's villain and began chasing after Carmen. If the pilot passed through the sixth gate before time ran out, they took the energized "Capture Crystal" and placed it into the "Chronolock Chamber" to capture Carmen. Early episodes from the first season had the pilot simply touch the crystal to capture Carmen.

The show always ended with Kevin, the pilot, and the Engine Crew saying: "At ACME Time Net, history is our job, and the future is yours!" followed by the theme song being played again, as they all headed back to the present.

Episodes

Season 1 lasted 65 episodes and ran from October 7, 1996 until January 3, 1997. Season 2 lasted for 50 episodes and ran from October 6, 1997 until December 12, 1997. [1] Reruns of the show continued on PBS until May 7, 1999. On May 8, 1999, PBS dropped the show from its lineup altogether in order to make room for more programs aimed at preschoolers.

V.I.L.E.

Other than playing the Engine Crew, Owen Taylor, Jamie Gustis, Alaine Kashian, and John Lathan as well as James Greenberg (who was also one of the show's producers) and Paula Leggett Chase also portrayed Carmen's V.I.L.E. minions.

Prizes

The budget was smaller on this version of the show compared to World. As a result, the grand prize for a winning pilot capturing Carmen was a computer system instead of a trip.

The third-place player received an "ACME TimeNet Mission Pack." It contained a Britannica world atlas; a Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? t-shirt, baseball cap, and wristwatch; and a collection of Carmen Sandiego CD-ROM games (all of which also featured Lynne Thigpen as the Chief) and board games: Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?, Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego?, and Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego? The second-place player received a Mission Pack and a CD player.

If the first-place player won the Bonus Round and captured Carmen, he/she won the grand prize of a complete multimedia computer system (specifically, the Gateway 2000 P5-120) a year of Britannica Online, a Britannica CD-ROM encyclopedia, and a 32-volume set of Encyclopædia Britannica. If Carmen escaped, the pilot received a portable music system in addition to a 32-volume set of Encyclopædia Britannica (in season 1) or an ACME TimeNet Mission Pack (in season 2).

Production

Conception

The series was created as a spin-off of the long-running geography game show, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?. [5] Executive producers Kate Taylor of WGBH and Jay Rayvid of WQED wanted to refocus the show on history as a recent study had shown American children were weak in this area, and because Broderbund had already created a game in this field. [6] Taylor noted that it was important to them to create something new and fresh and different for fans of the original show. [5]

Around 10% of each half-hour episode consisted of computer-generated animation and 3-D special effects, and the graphics/illustration for all episodes in a season were produced in around four months. The budget for each episode of the show' was $46,000. Animator David J. Masher spent $120,000 for animation equipment in his studio -he worked with a tight schedule and low budget. [6] The question writers worked with the Encyclopædia Britannica and a panel of history teachers. [7]

Educational goals

Rayvid noted that history can be more politically charged than the more cut-and-dried geography, noting, for instance, how the nature of historical documents led to bias toward male white stories. Moving away from a pro-American bias, in a World War II themed episode, the show spoke candidly about American internment camps for Japanese-Americans, citing this as an example of how "We try to deal with controversy in a very straightforward, educational way". [8] Another aim of the show was to give young viewers "a sense of time", in that things happened before they were born that influenced their current reality. [9]

Production

The music on the show was performed by The Engine Crew. The music package included the theme song and the songs about clues in the engine room. The theme was played in the opening and closing sequences. When the contestant was heading for the trail of time, the theme was sometimes edited after the crew sang, "We're on the case" and the villains say, "And they're chasing us through history!" (used in first season). In the second season, when the contestant headed for The Trail of Time, the ending was normal instead of the villains singing the end part. The show's main theme song was written by Sean Altman of Rockapella and David Yazbek, [10] and is sung by The Engine Crew.

Like its predecessor series, which faced outdated information during its run, the end of every episode had an audible disclaimer from Lynne Thigpen stating that "All historic information has been verified by Encyclopedia Britannica (and was accurate as of the date this program was recorded)." with the recording date shown with the copyright information at the end of each episode.

The show was funded primarily by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by the annual financial support from the viewers/stations of PBS throughout the entire series. Delta Air Lines and the National Endowment for Children's Educational Television both provided funding during the show's first season.

Scott Wells served as the 3-D animator while Raeford Dwyer was the animation producer; together they gave the show a style that mixed computer-treated video FMV performances computer-generated two- and three-dimensional animation and special effects. [11]

A live version of the World and Time shows ("Carmen Sandiego Live") was performed at 85 sites across the United States and Canada from 1993 to 1997.

Critical reception

The New York Times felt the show stood out among new afternoon series. [12]

Awards

Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego has been nominated thirteen times for awards. It also won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1998. [13]

AwardCategoryNomineeResult
1997 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Children's SeriesNominated
1997 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series Lynne Thigpen Nominated
1997 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing in a Children's SeriesDavid TurnerNominated
1997 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Graphic Titles and Title DesignNominated
1997 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Graphic Titles and Title DesignNominated
1997 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Achievement In Costume Designing/StylingWendy StuartNominated
1997 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding HairstylingNominated
1997 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Live and Direct to Tape Sound MixingNominated
1997 Online Film & Television Association AwardsBest Game ShowNominated
1998 Daytime Emmy Awards [14] Outstanding Lighting DirectionDikran Hazirjian & Charles NobleWon
1998 Daytime Emmy Awards [14] Outstanding Children's SeriesNominated
1998 Daytime Emmy Awards [14] Outstanding Performer In A Children's Series Lynne Thigpen Nominated
1998 Daytime Emmy Awards [14] Outstanding Directing In A Children's SeriesDavid TurnerNominated
1998 Daytime Emmy Awards [14] Outstanding Multi-Camera EditingNominated
1998 Daytime Emmy Awards [14] Outstanding Costume Design/StylingWendy StuartNominated

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