This was used as a comedy break, during which the Chief and Lee engaged in a brief skit, usually brought to a close by either announcing the show's grand prize: a trip to anywhere in the Continental United States (beginning in season 2, the prize was expanded to include anywhere in North America) to the gumshoe who captured Carmen Sandiego by the end of the episode (seasons 1 and 2), or they described a home viewer contest in which viewers could win a Carmen Sandiego T-shirt, and some winners of the home viewer contest (season 3 onward).
Chief's Office: After the Lightning Round, the Chief called Lee into her office for a brief conference. This section, along with The Chase, required the gumshoes to use their buzzers to answer questions. Three toss-up questions, all multiple-choice related to the area in the previous question, were asked to the gumshoes, and each right answer earned five more Crime Bucks. The Lightning Round: Partway through round one, a thunderclap/lightning effect played in the office signaling the start of the Lightning Round. Various elements of the first round included: Ten Crime Bucks were added to each gumshoe's score for a correct answer, and there was no penalty for a wrong guess. A map with three possible locations was shown on-screen to the gumshoes, Lee reminded them of the clues, and each gumshoe chose an answer. Assorted live action, celebrity, musical, animated, and costumed comedy sketches were performed, each providing clues to a geographical location of the day's crook. The gumshoes began with 50 ACME Crime Bucks each. Throughout the program the contestants are referred to as " gumshoes", in reference to fledgling detectives just starting out in the profession.Īfter Lee meets the day's gumshoes at the beginning of the show, the Chief briefs them on the crime and the crook who committed it, often adding the crook's reason for committing the crime. ( September 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Įach episode consisted of three middle-school-aged contestants (10–14 years of age) competing against one another answering geography-related trivia questions to determine the location of one of Carmen Sandiego's cronies and eventually Carmen herself. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. The show's questions were verified by National Geographic World, who also provided prizes to the contestants in the form of subscriptions to their magazine. The show was created partially in response to the results of a National Geographic survey that indicated Americans had alarmingly little knowledge of geography, with one in four being unable to locate the Soviet Union or the Pacific Ocean. 47 on its list of 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time. The show won seven Daytime Emmys and a 1992 Peabody Award. A total of 295 episodes over five seasons were recorded. #SHIFTY EYES BOARD GAME SERIES#
The series was videotaped in New York City at Chelsea Studios and Kaufman Astoria Studios (the latter of which also housed the set of Sesame Street) and co-produced by WQED and WGBH-TV, and aired on PBS stations from September 30, 1991, to December 22, 1995, with reruns continuing to air until May 31, 1996. The show was hosted by Greg Lee, who was joined by Lynne Thigpen, and the a cappella vocal group Rockapella, who served as the show's house band and comedy troupe. Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? is an American half-hour children's television game show based on the Carmen Sandiego computer game series created by Broderbund. " Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?" by Rockapella
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