Santiago Jae I hear ya man I grew up with this show & the everything else 90's loved this show

Let's hope this doesn't get messed up!

I love this show. I was around six years old when I used to watch this..

I liked the cartoon too.

People use to sang the intro when I told them my name.

But now kids have fortnight, pewdiepie and Jake Paul.... Okay maybe things have gone a little down hill.

Yes! 🙌🏻

With kids having to grow up in a crazy social divide, a pandemic, and a potential WWIII, I'm pretty sure that yes, society peaked in the 90s and 2000s.

Worst show ever.

@@wom_Bat just cause it not your childhood doesn’t make it down hill,that stuff is very fun deal with it y’all are so annoying lol realize it doesn’t need to be apart of your childhood to be fun. It is others and soon they’ll say the same thing

Spot on. Notice how bright and warm the set is.

Wow, I forgot about those shows until I saw your comment. I had the same after school routine as you.

My favourite was when she was in the Warriors and all you seen was her lips as a radio announcer

Lynne I think was also Auntie McCasser on Big Comfy Couch

I like that she had fun with the role.

and Luna in Bear in the Big Blue House

WillWrambles that’s my favorite character

That sounds awesome!

it was such great time to be alive

Ghostwriter came on on Sundays only

@@Da19thbronzemen maybe we’re you’re from, but it came on right after Where in The World Is Carmen SanDiego on PBS weekdays here in NC

@@HS32153 I understand what your saying but you where watching repeat episodes after they did the seasons because when it first came out it only came on once a week(nationwide) and the seasons were short it was a total of 74 episodes over 4 or 5 seasons meaning there wasn't enough 4 part series to show over a day to day period until all the seasons where complete unless they keep showing the same 4 part series back to back to back.

Imagine being a KID in today's world!

@@notsewdarb9972 lol

Being a teenager in the 90s was even better

Emily00Strange Yeah I agree. Things were much simpler and so much better. 🙂

I feel bad for kids these days. This show blows away the garbage they put out these days.

I would have to agree with you, because I miss the 90s too.

I think we all miss the 90's.

Yes indeed

What's so creative? It's 1/3 multiple choice. You don't have to finish 1st place in this. It's a rip off of Jeopordy. They don't even win money. On top of that finishing 1st doesn't even matter. You can finish 2nd & beat the 1st place person. Then like the end it's really hard to know those places on the map unless you study it. I'm sure if you study a map it'll be that much easier to memorize the countries.

​@@tonyp9313 You've completely missed the point of the show. It's not a substitute for actually doing the work yourself. Kind of like movies of great novels aren't substitutes for reading them. The show was created partially in response to the results of a National Geographic survey done before the show's creation that indicated Americans had alarmingly little knowledge of geography, with one in four unable to locate the Soviet Union or the Pacific Ocean. Its premise was to raise awareness and engage audiences, especially young people. I'd suggest watching the cast Zoom reunion so you know what went into it to fully appreciate what these folks did, which was not easy. Plus you'd have to take into account it aired in the early to mid 90s.

@@benjaminschultz2582 Who cares about a national geographical survey. So you're saying 1/4 Americans which is 25% of people couldn't locate the Pacific Ocean & The Soviet Union? So doing math here that means 3/4 which is 75% of Americans can locate these things. This is very impressive to me that 75% knew where these things were considering this was early 90's no internet to look up things either. For the 25% who don't know that is a very small number. Geography you get that for like 2 years in high school. It's not a full 2 years either. You are not studying where these places are everyday either.

@@tonyp9313 Extrapolate that 1/4 that didn't know basic geography and you have roughly the amount on both sides of the political spectrum who contribute to the hysterical politics of today. So in that context, 1/4 is a lot. But then, as I said, it was PARTIALLY in response. It's the little things that, when put together, make big things possible ... good or bad. And we're talking about education and engagement of kids here, not adults. As I said from my original comment, children's programming was the main premise. You had a comedy troupe, entertainment, fun, and education. They made learning about geography fun, not saying that folks would have perfect knowledge as a result of it.

@@benjaminschultz2582 I agree with you. This was a legendary show, and nothing like it currently exists today (to the detriment of all). But I do think they made a couple errors in show design, most important of which was that the final "boss battle" to catch Carmen Sandiego was poorly-calibrated with respect to its difficulty (considering the ages of the contestants). 7 locations, 45 seconds. And it wasn't like after you got a place right, Greg would give you the next clue immediately - it took a couple seconds for it to happen, knocking the time down to an optimistic 35 seconds. 5 seconds per location. Even the contestants who knew all the places had a difficult time successfully navigating the UPSIDE-DOWN map (from the contestant's perspective, this was pretty disorientating) and getting it done in time (plenty of kids played the round perfectly, never slowing down or wasting time deliberating, but were just a second or so too late on the final marker, which would've been in the right place to win). And if they made even one error...they lost. Every time (even if their second guess was right). I watched this show religiously for two or three years in the '90s, and over all of those episodes (well over 100 of the 295 that were made), I think I saw maybe 10 people win. This could've just been because the cheap production studio didn't want to shell out what must have been up to $1,500 bucks total on airfare (they paid two airfares - the winner and a parent) that frequently. Nonetheless, it made watching the show quite frustrating at times.

I thought it was on longer... wow. Great show 👏🏿

That’s because each season was like 60 episodes

It was on for 5 seasons actually from late part of 1991 till the end of 1995 including some reruns... Where in time debuted in late part of 1996

Is this sort of thing kinda like "your thing"? Kevin: What if I asked in the comment section if the viewer is watching in the same year that I posted the comment. Think of the pleasure and thrill that would come for both of us. Kevin, I don't know where the creativity comes from by do us all a solid and keep the great ideas flowing.

Yes

no

@@minshullj Is calling people out for redundant benign shit in KZfaq comments "your thing?".... Cause It's mine ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@@carpediem3991 I dabble in it.

Explain it to me please lol

williamburg, va

Who tf cares about Ukraine? 😂

Well it was a PBS show after all.

The travel kit all paper and rubber, not worth the paper printed on the Carmen watch a cheap plastic watch, the radio at best a $30 value. A t shirt a white t shirt with the Carman sandiago name on it maybe $20, a cheap CD player not even name brand diskman $20 back than, the exclusive pbs music pretty much worthless. A trip anywhere in North America wow they are cheap bastards I would have wrote Disney Land in California and made them pay for it. Back than trip to Disneyland and Disney world were still fucking expensive.

@@BelmontClan well aren't you fun

@@nataliexu5624 I'm smart not fun, and you know it's the parents who push the kids.

I would've written Disneyland or Walt Disney World. Hehe!

My sister and I watched Ghostwriter faithfully every week, my 6th grade teacher would have weekly competitions in our class with these episodes of Carmen Sandiego. They don’t make ‘em like this anymore

Square One Television was my favorite, but im an old and a math nerd.

Yes!! I could cry!! I used to LOVE Ghost Writer!!😢😢❤❤❤❤

Andy PG i

Kristin Hull now it is...! 😉

Rockapella

Did they work on Doug? Or do all quartets just sound the same lol

My god, that part especially made me feel 9 years old again.

- Same!! I thought, "I'll just watch a couple of minutes"...and saw it through to the end. Yes, that jingle plagued me for MANY years. Nostalgic to hear it again, though.

Omg samesies

Same here. Watched the whole thing. It gave me a certain peace

Everyone my age wanted to be on this show.

A.E. Not going to happen. They would have to go look for the adults who participated as kids and get their okay to use their likeness. Also, there is the case of some of the clue segments, which used real-life celebrities as well as characters from other PBS shows (one episode, The Case Of The Lifted Lines, had X The Owl and Henrietta Pussycat from Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood as cluegivers), which would also require permission to use.

@@jeremyriley1238 seems likely that they would have gotten release for any potential media release while they were there at the time signing stuff. It's hard to believe that they would go through the trouble of making these shows without getting releases for physical media. Too hard to believe honestly, unless you have some inside intel. Bigger issue would be how many people would actually pay for 256 episodes (for comparison, Married With Children's entire run waa 259) of some 90s game show for kids. I think it would end up being one of those perpetual "i'll do it *next* pay check" things

to be honest this would be worth blowing an entire paycheque over

DiamondEyes004 yea being a kid was awesome

I hear you Donna, I was in my 40's watched it everyday.

@@byroncole7548 sure did like this than the cartoon version.

Gimme some ghostwriter

Salute your shorts

Subzero Hey Dude! 😄

Newton's Apple

Ghost Writer all day baby!

They did. On netflix. Not anywhere near the same though.😔

@@redbone89100 Agreed. I'll be reviewing it tonight on my weekly cartoon show: Stay 'Tooned!

It wouldn’t be the same without The Chief. She passed on in 2003

G3ars Of D3ath This & Ghostwriter. 😊👍🏾

It would be ruined with special effects and social media

Same!

So did I!

Hopefully someone can get you a copy. Did you feel nervous at any point during filming? Just curious.

@@MaryS2022 I don't think I was nervous. Maybe excited? Though I also got lucky with the map at the end. South America! So much easier than Africa or Europe. Hehe.

@@zeeshansuhail Thank you for answering my question! I hope your episode resurfaces one day so I can see it for myself.

@@MaryS2022 I would love to share it with you! Please pray I find it. Positive energy your way.

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Of course, Rockapella and Greg Lee made the show with Lynn Thigpen. Though I wish i had their early CDs, and been trying to find 'em since.

I just re watched the cartoon and it was good