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Baby Races
Genre Game show
Written by Joseph Neustein
Directed by George Choderker
Presented by Fred Travalena
Narrated by Gene Wood
Country of origin USA
No. of episodes 26
Production
Executive producer(s) Robert Sherman
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Robert Sherman Productions
Family Productions
Release
Original network The Family Channel
Original release September 12, 1993 (1993-09-12) – March 6, 1994 (1994-03-06), reruns aired until August 27, 1994 (1994-08-27)

Baby Races is a game show that aired on the Family Channel from September 12, 1993 to March 6, 1994. After the last episode aired, the show went into reruns until August 27, 1994. It was hosted by Fred Travalena, and the announcer was Gene Wood. The executive producer was Robert Sherman. It was also filmed at the Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World in Florida (now Disney's Hollywood Studios).

Gameplay

The contestants on the show were young children who came with their parents to play in a series of events. Two teams play on each show.

Events

Some of the events were:

  • Sandbox Golf - the children play miniature golf. They try to put a golf ball into a hole using miniature golf clubs.
  • Cow Catcher - the children ride on their parents' back and try to round up some toy cows and place them in a corral.
  • Paint by Numbers - the children throw number shaped sponges dipped in paint at their parents.
  • Sit On It - The parents make sandcastle towers using buckets, and the children demolish the towers by, as the name suggests, sitting on them.
  • Spill the Beans - the children carry plates of beans on their heads and dump the beans in a bowl held by one of their parents. At the end of the round, the bowl is placed on a scale to determine the score, with the result always rounded up to the next whole number.
  • Wacky Woodpecker - the children, wearing a cone-shaped paper "beak," used the beak to pick additional beaks out of two on-stage "trees."
  • Worm Toss - the children toss worms one at a time across a mat (representing water) into oversized pants worn by their parents.
  • Anteater Antics - the children tried to pick up magnetic ants using a magnetic beak.
  • Thermometer Ball - the parents picked up their children, lifting them up and down so that the children could "slam dunk" small basketballs into a large tube.

Games were played in a 45 second time limit (with the exception that the first game, the only one where the children competed directly, sometimes lasted for 30 seconds), and each item in each game was worth one point (occasionally two), with each kid's last game being played for two points an item.

The toy store

At the end of the game, each child received a certificate showing his or her total score, and selected a prize from a "toy store" in front of a video wall. Participating adults also received prizes.

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