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Not to be confused with Animal Crackers, a Canadian animated television series.

Animal Crack-Ups
Genre	Game Show
Presented by	Alan Thicke
Country of origin	USA
No. of seasons	3
Production
Producer(s)	ABC Productions Vin Di Bona Productions
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	August 8, 1987 – September 1, 1990

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 and hosted by Alan Thicke, who was on Growing Pains at the time.

Contents

1 Gameplay
2 Notes
3 Overseas versions
4 References
5 External links

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, usually a monkey, 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 gets split between the charities.

Notes

The television series is based on a Japanese series, Waku Waku.
The show's theme song was "Animals Are Just Like People Too", created by Thickovit music (Alan and Todd Thicke and Gary Pickus)^[1]
On segues to two commercial breaks, a hedgehog puppet named "Reggie the Heggie" (performed by Susan Blu) gave animal facts to the home viewers and read home-viewer mail.

Overseas versions

Spain had a version of this show, using the original Japanese name, Waku Waku.
Brazil had a version called TV Animal for SBT.
Portugal had a version called Arca De Noe ("Noah's Ark").

References

^ Library of Congress. "Animals are just like people too : Theme from Animal crack-ups." Copyright registration PAu001011105.

External links

v t e Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company in the 1980s

First-run animated series	The World's Greatest Super Friends • The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (Mighty Man and Yukk • Fangface • Rickety Rocket) (1979-1981) • Spider-Woman (1979-1980) • Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo • Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels • The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (1980–1982) • Richie Rich (1980–1983) • Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (shorts) • Thundarr the Barbarian (1980-1982) • The Heathcliff and Dingbat Show (1980-1982) • Laverne & Shirley in the Army (1981-1982) • Pac-Man (1982–1984) • The Little Rascals • Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour (1982-1983) • The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour (The Puppy's Further Adventures (1982-1984)) • Monchhichis (1983-1984) • Rubik, the Amazing Cube (1983-1985) • The Littles (1983–1986) • Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show • Mighty Orbots (1984-1985) • Turbo Teen (1984–1985) • Dragon's Lair • The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show • Star Wars: Ewoks (1985-1987) • Star Wars: Droids (1985–1986) • The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians • The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo • The Care Bears (1986-1988) • The Flintstone Kids (1986–1988) • The Real Ghostbusters (1986–1991) • My Pet Monster (1987-1988) • The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil (1988) • The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–2002) • A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988-1991) • Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears • Beetlejuice (1989-1992)

First-run live-action series	ABC Weekend Special (1977-1997) • American Bandstand (1957-1987) • Menudo on ABC (1983-1985) • ABC Funfit (1985) • ABC Fun Facts (1988)

Rebroadcasts	Best of Scooby-Doo • The Bugs Bunny Show (1985-2000) • Scooby's Mystery Funhouse • Pink Panther and Sons • The Wuzzles (1986-1987)

Schedules	1979-80 • 1980-81 • 1981-82 • 1982-83 • 1983-84 • 1984-85 • 1985-86 • 1986-87 • 1987-88 • 1988-89 • 1989-90

Related programming and topics	Animation in the United States in the television era • Modern animation in the United States

v t e Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company in the 1990s

First-run animated series	A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988–1991) • Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears • The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–2002) • Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters (1986–1991) • Beetlejuice (1989–1992) • The Wizard of Oz (1990–1991) • Little Rosey (1990–1991) • New Kids on the Block (1990-1991) • Hammerman (1991–1992) • The Pirates of Dark Water (1991-1992) • Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (1992–1994) • Goof Troop (1992–1993) • The Addams Family (1992-1995) • Cro (1993–1995) • Tales from the Cryptkeeper (1993–1994) • Sonic the Hedgehog (1993-1994) • Free Willy (1994-1996) • ReBoot (1994–1995) • Bump in the Night (1994–1996) • The New Adventures of Madeline (1995-1996) • Dumb and Dumber (1995-1996) • What-a-Mess (1995–1996) • Brand Spanking New Doug (1996–1999) • Mighty Ducks (1996–1997) • Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles (1996–1997) • Jungle Cubs (1996–1997) • Nightmare Ned (1997) • 101 Dalmatians: The Series • Recess (1997–2001) • Pepper Ann (1997–2000) • Science Court (1997–1998) • Hercules • Sabrina: The Animated Series (1999–2001)

First-run live-action series	Animal Crack-Ups • ABC Weekend Special (1977-1997) • Land of the Lost (1992–1994) • CityKids • Fudge (1995-1996) • Hypernauts • Bone Chillers (1996–1997) • Flash Forward (1996–1997)

Rebroadcasts	The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1985-2000) • Street Sharks • DuckTales (1997) • ProStars • Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

Schedules	1989-90 • 1990-91 • 1991-92 • 1992-93 • 1993-94 • 1994-95 • 1995-96 • 1996-97 • 1997-98 • 1998-99 • 1999-2000

Related programming and topics	Disney's One Saturday Morning • Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990) • Modern animation in the United States

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