History Trivia / KidsIncorporated

* CreativeDifferences - [[WordOfGod According to Jerry Sharell]], the reason he left after only the first season was because he was unhappy with the direction that producers Thomas W. Lynch and Gary P. Biller were taking the show in. In particular, he was unhappy with the often bizarre and outlandish scripts now being written, and he wanted the show to be more realistic.

** The 1987 episode "Russian 101" (in which Ryan is smitten with a member of the [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Russian ballet]]) is a particularly noticeable example with references to the USSR and an {{Eagleland}}-focused original song that, watching in hindsight with TheGreatPoliticsMessUp, serve as a dead giveaway of its being produced late in the UsefulNotes/ColdWar.

* RetroactiveRecognition -
** George [=McGrath=] wrote three episodes. [=McGrath=] is best known for voicing Globey and Cowntess on ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse''.
** John Boni co-wrote an episode. Boni is best known for co-creating ''Series/WhenThingsWereRotten''.
** Stanley Ralph Ross wrote an episode. Ross is best known for co-developing ''Series/WonderWoman''.
** Thomas W. Lynch was co-producer and, later, co-executive producer. Lynch is best known as creator and executive producer of ''Series/TheJourneyOfAllenStrange'', ''Series/ScoutsSafari'', and ''Series/SouthOfNowhere'' and co-creator and executive producer of ''Series/TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack'' and ''Series/CaitlinsWay''.

* SeriesHiatus: ''Kids Incorporated'' took what would have been the 1990 season off for the series to be refreshed, resulting in three of the cast members[[note]]most notably the series' lone remaining original cast member at the time, [[Music/TheBlackEyedPeas Stacy Ferguson]][[/note]], leaving Kenny Ford, Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt and Sean O'Riordian as the sole 1989 holdovers when production resumed for 1991. Additionally, the period after the shortened 1993 season was intended to be a break before an even more extensive retool, only to (as mentioned below) see the cast age out or decline to return, resulting in its cancellation.

* SeriesHiatus: ''Kids Incorporated'' took what would have been the 1990 season off for the series to be refreshed, resulting in three of the cast members[[note]]most notably the series' lone remaining original cast member at the time, [[Music/BlackEyedPeas Stacy Ferguson]][[/note]], leaving Kenny Ford, Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt and Sean O'Riordian as the sole 1989 holdovers when production resumed for 1991. Additionally, the period after the shortened 1993 season was intended to be a break before an even more extensive retool, only to (as mentioned below) see the cast age out or decline to return, resulting in its cancellation.

* UnCanceled - The first show to jump from Syndication to Cable.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece - Considering that the show's list of covers made it a near-soundtrack of the 1980s (and early 1990s); this trope couldn't really be avoided.
** The 1987 episode "Russian 101" (in which Ryan is smitten with a member of the [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Russian ballet]]) is a particularly noticeable example with references to the USSR and an {{Eagleland}}-focused original song that, watching in hindsight with TheGreatPoliticsMessUp, serve as a dead giveaway of its being produced late in the UsefulNotes/ColdWar.

* TheDanza - Only Martika, Jerry Sharell, and Jennifer Love Hewitt did not use their own first names. Raashan Patterson is ambiguous since [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname we never learn his character's real name]].

* TheDanza - Only Martika, Jerry Sharell, and Jennifer Love Hewitt did not use their own first names.

* TheDanza - Only three or four of the actors did not use their own first names.

** Also, a proposal to add reruns of the show to DisneyChannel's Saturday night lineup in 2005 fell through because of suggestions by Disney executives [[ExecutiveMeddling attempting to get around the copyright issue by sticking blooper reels into many of the slots where the songs would be]].

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes - The main reason that the show has not returning to TV and/or been released on DVD is twofold: one being the difficulty in clearing the rights to the songs (which, while still difficult, would not be as pricey as these are kids singing them, not the actual artists), while the other is the fact that the show's rights are split between MGM (owner of the actual series), 20th Century Fox (MGM's DVD distributor) and Disney (in possession of the actual videotapes).

* ActorAllusion - A "blink and you'll miss it" version pops up in the 1987 episode "When Movies Were Movies". With the kids having an afternoon off, the group has trouble finding a movie to go to (The Kid's suggestion: "The Monster Squad That Ate Texas" - a subtle reference to the 1987 film ''Film/TheMonsterSquad''; which coincidentally had Ryan Lambert as one of the lead actors).

* HeyItsThatGuy -
** George [=McGrath=] wrote three episodes. [=McGrath=] is best known for voicing Globey and Cowntess on ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse''.
** John Boni co-wrote an episode. Boni is best known for co-creating ''Series/WhenThingsWereRotten''.
** Stanley Ralph Ross wrote an episode. Ross is best known for co-developing ''Series/WonderWoman'' as well as writing the iconic opening lines for introductions of Creator/{{ABC}}'s ''Series/WideWorldOfSports''.
** Thomas W. Lynch was co-producer and, later, co-executive producer. Lynch is best known as creator and executive producer of ''Series/TheJourneyOfAllenStrange'', ''Series/ScoutsSafari'', and ''Series/SouthOfNowhere'' and co-creator and executive producer of ''Series/TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack'' and ''Series/CaitlinsWay''.

** Also, a proposal to add reruns of the show to DisneyChannel's Saturday night lineup in 2005 fell through because of suggestions by Disney executives [[ExecutiveMeddling attempting to get around the copyright issue by sticking blooper reels into many of the slots where the songs would be]].

** Stanley Ralph Ross wrote an episode. Ross is best known for co-developing ''Series/WonderWoman''.

** Thomas W. Lynch was co-producer and, later, co-executive producer. Lynch is best known as , creator and executive producer of ''Series/TheJourneyOfAllenStrange'', ''Series/ScoutsSafari'', and ''Series/SouthOfNowhere'' and co-creator and executive producer of ''Series/TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack'' and ''Series/CaitlinsWay''.

* ExecutiveMeddling - For whatever reason, the producers decided to remix Stacy's voice as the 1989 season went to broadcast. The result was that most songs had her sounding quite squeaky at times, as this video of the season-opening cover of "Edge Of A Broken Heart" demonstrates: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI7MwK68sLI with meddling]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN5R4Fcrd_Y without meddling]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen - The show went on what was supposed to be a two-year hiatus, have done so once before, in order to rest the show before a massive ReTool, include reducing (and in some proposed scripts, completing removing) the songs in each episode, and moving production from LA to [[CaliforniaDoubling Vancouver]]. However, by the time the show was to resume in 1995, the Season 9 cast declined to return or aged out.