- Not to be confused with Animal Crackers, a Canadian animated television series.
Animal Crack-Ups was an ABC game show which aired in primetime from August 8 to September 12, 1987 - after which it aired on Saturday mornings from September 12, 1987 to December 30, 1989 and again from June 2 to September 1, 1990.
It was produced by Vin Di Bona Productions and hosted by Alan Thicke, who was on Growing Pains at the time.
Contestants
Four celebrities competed to win $2,500 for their favorite animal charity. No civilian contestants competed.
Gameplay
Host Thicke introduced a video clip about an animal. At some point, the video was paused, and Thicke asked the contestants a question about the clip. The celebrities give their answers, after which the remainder of the clip was played, revealing the answer.
Any celebrities giving the correct answer received a point (score was kept by placing a stuffed toy monkey - sometimes a different stuffed animal - in front of the celebrity's podium). The celeb with the most toy animals/points won the game and the $2,500 grand prize.
Notes
- The show's theme song is called "Animals are just like people too", which was written and sung by host Alan Thicke.
- On segues to two commercial breaks, a hedgehog puppet named "Reggie the Heggie" (performed by Susan Blu) gave animal facts to the home viewers & read home viewer mail.
- Spain had a version of this show called Waku Waku. Brazil had a version called TV Animal for SBT. Portugal had a version called Arca De Noe.
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