Animal Crack-Ups facts for kids

Animal Crack-Ups is 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 ABC Productions in association with Vin Di Bona Productions (both companies also produce America's Funniest Home Videos) and hosted by Alan Thicke, who was on Growing Pains at the time. The program was based on a Japanese Tokyo Broadcasting System Television series, Wakuwaku Dōbutsu Land (わくわく動物ランド).

The show's theme song was "Animals Are Just Like People Too", created by Thickovit music (Alan and Todd Thicke and Gary Pickus).

Gameplay

Four celebrities competed. Host Thicke introduced a video clip about an animal; at some point, the video was paused and Thicke asked 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 animal (a monkey in the first season, a hedgehog in later seasons) in front of the celebrity's podium. The celeb with the most toy animals/points won the game and $2,500 for their favorite animal charity. If a tie occurred, the money was split between the charities.

On segues to two commercial breaks, a hedgehog puppet named "Reggie the Hedgie" (voiced by Susan Blu, performed by Lisa Sturz) gave animal facts to the home viewers and read home-viewer mail.

International versions

Country	Name	Host(s)	TV station	Year aired
Japan (original version)	'	Various	TBS	1983–1992
Argentina	Waku Waku	Héctor Larrea	Azul Televisión/Canal 9	1999–2000
Brazil	'	Angélica Eliana Gugu Liberato Beto Marden Roberta Peporine	SBT	1988–1992 1995–1996 2009–2010
Chile	'	Javier Miranda (1995-1999) Paulina Nin (2000) Antonio Vodanovic (2001-2002)	Canal 13	1995–2002
Netherlands	'	Rob Fruithof (1988-1996) Sybrand Niessen (1996-2000) Paula Udondek (2000-2001)	KRO	1988–2001
Portugal	Arca de Noé	Fialho Gouveia Ana do Carmo Carlos Alberto Moniz	RTP2 RTP1	1990–1993 1994–1995
Spain	' Jimanji Kanana	Consuelo Barlanga Nuria Roca Rosa García Caro	TVE-1 La 1	1989–1991; 1998–2001 2003

See also

In Spanish: Waku Waku para niños