History Series / Skedaddle

''Skedaddle'' was a 1988 children's GameShow produced by Creator/HannaBarbera and Creator/JayWolpert, played in an AbsurdlySpaciousSewer, for a six-week span during the "FUN-Tastic World of Hanna-Barbera" block of programming. Two teams of four kids competed in a HotPotato-like game in an attempt to win prizes and avoid being CoveredInGunge. It was hosted by a very young Ron Pearson, who would later host the Family Channel's ''Series/ShoppingSpree'' (also a Wolpert production) and become a famous comedian and juggler.

One at a time, a team would select one of the three "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc4M8TI26mE Down and Dirty Dinosaurs]]" (Slam, Dunk, or Seymour, who were the hosts of "The Funtastic World..." that season), who would then come out of his lair with some object that the kids had to toss back and forth to each other as they were answering the question that went with it. After the object had been passed enough times, someone on the team then had to race to the center of the studio and honk a bicycle horn. Getting a correct answer within the time limit earned that team points. However, giving a wrong answer, running out of time, or throwing the object out of bounds resulted in the team being slimed by some substance from one of the "businesses above ground" (the "ice cream parlor", for example, dumped melted ice cream all over the contestants).

''Skedaddle'' (1988) was a children's GameShow produced by Creator/HannaBarbera and Creator/JayWolpert, played in an AbsurdlySpaciousSewer, for a six-week span during the "FUN-Tastic World of Hanna-Barbera" block of programming. Two teams of four kids competed in a HotPotato-like game in an attempt to win prizes and avoid being CoveredInGunge. It was hosted by a very young Ron Pearson, who would later host the Family Channel's ''Shopping Spree'' (also a Wolpert production) and become a famous comedian and juggler.

** GameShowHost: Ron Pearson, who was in his early twenties at the time.

''Skedaddle'' (1988) was a children's GameShow produced by Creator/HannaBarbera and Jay Wolpert, played in an AbsurdlySpaciousSewer, for a six-week span during the "FUN-Tastic World of Hanna-Barbera" block of programming. Two teams of four kids competed in a HotPotato-like game in an attempt to win prizes and avoid being CoveredInGunge. It was hosted by a very young Ron Pearson, who would later host the Family Channel's ''Shopping Spree'' (also a Wolpert production) and become a famous comedian and juggler.

* FollowTheLeader: One of many games that followed the "messy kids' show" trend of [[TheEighties the late 1980s]].

''Skedaddle'' (1988) was a children's GameShow produced by HannaBarbera and Jay Wolpert, played in an AbsurdlySpaciousSewer, for a six-week span during the "FUN-Tastic World of Hanna-Barbera" block of programming. Two teams of four kids competed in a HotPotato-like game in an attempt to win prizes and avoid being CoveredInGunge. It was hosted by a very young Ron Pearson, who would later host the Family Channel's ''Shopping Spree'' (also a Wolpert production) and become a famous comedian and juggler.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Has never been reran, and may not even be among the trading circuit if the traders' websites are to be believed.

* ShoutOut: One of the bonus round questions had ''[[DoubleDare1986 Double Dare]]'', ''RemoteControl'', and ''Series/FindersKeepers'' as possible answers. Given the show that started the genre...

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The two teams were always the "Sludge Puppies" in red and the "Drainiacs" in yellow.

Children's GameShow produced by HannaBarbera and Jay Wolpert, played in an AbsurdlySpaciousSewer, for a six-week span during the "FUN-Tastic World of Hanna-Barbera" block of programming. Two teams of four kids competed in a HotPotato-like game in an attempt to win prizes and avoid being CoveredInGunge. It was hosted by a very young Ron Pearson, who would later host the Family Channel's ''Shopping Spree'' (also a Wolpert production) and become a famous comedian and juggler.

One at a time, a team would select one of the three "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc4M8TI26mE Down and Dirty Dinosaurs]]" (Slam, Dunk, or Seymour), who would then come out of his lair with some object that the kids had to toss back and forth to each other as they were answering the question that went with it. After the object had been passed enough times, someone on the team then had to race to the center of the studio and honk a bicycle horn. Getting a correct answer within the time limit earned that team points. However, giving a wrong answer, running out of time, or throwing the object out of bounds resulted in the team being slimed by some substance from one of the "businesses above ground" (the "ice cream parlor", for example, dumped melted ice cream all over the contestants).

* CoveredInGunge: The punishment for an incorrect answer — as a team in the main game, individually in the bonus round.

Children's GameShow produced by {{Hanna-Barbera}} and Jay Wolpert, played in an AbsurdlySpaciousSewer, for a six-week span during the "FUN-Tastic World of Hanna-Barbera" block of programming. Two teams of four kids competed in a HotPotato-like game in an attempt to win prizes and avoid being CoveredInGunge. It was hosted by a very young Ron Pearson, who would later host the Family Channel's ''Shopping Spree'' (also a Wolpert production) and become a famous comedian and juggler.

One at a time, a team would select one of the three "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc4M8TI26mE Down and Dirty Dinosaurs]]" - Slam, Dunk, or Seymour, who would then come out of his lair with some object that the kids had to toss back and forth to each other as they were answering the question that went with it. After the object had been passed enough times, someone on the team then had to race to the center of the studio and honk a bicycle horn. Getting a correct answer within the time limit earned that team points. However, giving a wrong answer, running out of time, or throwing the object out of bounds resulted in the team being slimed by some substance from one of the "businesses above ground" (the "ice cream parlor", for example, dumped melted ice cream all over the contestants.)

!!GameShow Tropes in use:
* BonusRound: The winning contestants, one at a time, would answer trivia questions with one correct answer out of three. Each dinosaur held a bucket representing a possible answer; the kid had to sit under the bucket he thought held the right one and would thus be empty; a wrong answer resulted in that player getting the standard "green slime" treatment.

** LovelyAssistant: The three dinosaurs, who were created by Hanna-Barbera.

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The two teams were always the "Sludge Puppies" in red, and the "Drainiacs" in yellow.
* CoveredInGunge: The punishment for an incorrect answer - as a team in the main game and individually in the BonusRound.
* FollowTheLeader: One of many shows that followed the "messy kids' show" trend of [[TheEighties the late 80's]].
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Has never been shown in reruns, and "the tapes" may not even exist among the trading circuit if the traders' websites are to be believed.

* TimedMission