Kidstreet

Kidstreet
Format	Game Show
Created by	Blair Murdoch
Directed by	Stan Litke
Presented by	Kevin Frank
Narrated by	Kathy Morse
Theme music composer	Kathy Morse Garnet Morse
Country of origin	Canada
Production
Executive producer(s)	Blair Murdoch
Producer(s)	Blair Murdoch Deborah Sanderson
Location(s)	Global Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Global
Original run	1987 – 1992

Kidstreet is a Canadian children's game show that aired from 1987 to 1992 and was hosted by Kevin Frank, with Kathy Morse as the announcer (one of the rare occasions of a woman holding this position; the pair also worked together on The Next Line, which was in production at the same time as Kidstreet during its last season in 1991-92), who also worked as associate producer.

Kidstreet was produced by Blair Murdoch at CFAC/CKKX in Calgary (the only Murdoch game show produced outside Vancouver) and aired on the CanWest Global and WIC in Canada, with reruns later airing on America One in the US. It was produced by Northstar Syndications, later Blair Murdoch Productions. Kidstreet was one of Murdoch's longest running game shows running for 5 seasons.

Gameplay

Three teams of two kids each (all siblings) sat in race cars that contained microphones (in early episodes) and competed in a game where they find out how much they know about each other while trying to win prizes. Correct answers were always followed by overhead clapping, which became a trademark of the show.

The Main game

Round 1 (Lap 1)

One set of kid players dubbed the drivers were sent off stage while their sibling whom are dubbed passengers answered two or three Newlywed Game-esque questions posed by host Frank. The answers given by the passengers act as predictions because when the drivers return they were asked the same questions. Each time the team's answers match, they earn 1 point. Those points were shown on eggcrate displays behind the contestants in the back of the cars (Kidstreet was the only show in Canada to use this type of display; most other shows in Canada used a variation on the Ferranti font while most of Blair Murdoch's other shows used the Vane font in Vancouver). After the round, Frank would interview the contestants.

Round 2 (Lap 2)

This lap/round was played like the first lap/round but with two differences:

• The roles are reversed meaning the drivers became the passengers and the passengers became the drivers.
• Each match was now worth 3 points.

The Final Lap

This works like the 25 point bonus question on The Newlywed Game, for in this round the roles were back to the way they were in round one. The passengers were asked one final question worth 5 points if the drivers can match the answers. The team with the most points at the end of this round wins the game. A perfect score (meaning all answers in each round were matched successfully) would be 17 points. The other two teams would receive parting gifts such as Kidstreet t-shirts, Kidstreet watches, and a home version of the show.

Kidstreet Rebus

The winning team now had a chance to solve a bonus puzzle called the "Kidstreet Rebus". They faced a grid of 25 numbered squares. To start squares were revealed at the outset, the number of squares revealed was determined how many points the winning team scored during the game (if the team achieved a perfect score of 17 points, then all 25 squares would be revealed). Then the team chooses five more squares to reveal, and then they had 20 seconds to solve it (the clock was displayed in the form of a "gas gauge" that went down as the seconds passed). If successful, they win a grand prize package. But if they don't when time runs out, they have 10 more seconds to solve it (with the audience's help). If they solve it this time, the clock stops, and the team wins up to 10 smaller prizes, depending on the remaining time.

The winners would then have a chance to gather prizes from a mass of toys assembled at the side of the stage. Typically sponsored by Toys and Wheels, the mass would feature teddy bears, cars and other toys.