An(other) Almost Forgotten TV Show

[vakkotaur]

Sometime in the (mid/late)1970s I saw a comedy TV show that was set in "Northeast Southweston" as I recall. One of the ongoing jokes was an infamous building in that city which was "the tallest building in the world... without an elevator" which the three or four comedic heroes, if they could be called heroes, seemed to have to deal with in each show. I'm not sure, but the show might have named for the comedic group, possibly using the word Brothers in the name. Alas, I cannot now recall either the name of the show or the group that did it. I do know it was not The Goodies.

This was something I saw on weekend mornings, so it was probably syndicated at the time I saw it. And it's been bugging me on and off for a while. Looking through IMDB has not been very productive, alas. I hope this isn't another thing like Don't Look Now which it seems almost nobody recalls.

Comments

[michaelmink.livejournal.com]

My knee-jerk reaction, given the dating, is that this refers to the Hudson Brothers.

[michaelmink.livejournal.com]

Spotted on the internet:

"Ah, the Kids from Caper---whose office was in the Krelvin Building. The tallest building in the world....without an elevator."

[kelloggs2066.livejournal.com]

The Kids From Caper...

I'd forgotten about that.

They vaguely remind me of the Monkees...
http://www.70slivekidvid.com/kids.htm

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

Yep, that seems to be it. Right city, right building, right means of transport (now that I've read and been reminded of it). Looking at info on their other show, The Hudson Brothers' Razzle Dazzle Show, I recall the troublesome emu as well. I guess I watched both shows in the 1970s. I wonder if I could stand to watch them now.

[michaelmink.livejournal.com]

http://www.70slivekidvid.com/kids.htm

Cripes, and I thought I was nuts for remembering CPO Sharkey and Quark. 13 episode-show from nearly 28 years back.

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

I also remember CPO Sharkey. And the big, not too bright Pruit. "Pruit'll do it!"

[kelloggs2066.livejournal.com]

I think that was the only Don Rickles show I ever saw. :)

[michaelmink.livejournal.com]

The Kids from Caper I don't recall, largely because of an insane quirk in our house. The way our house was designed, it was one story, very long, running parallel to the Connecticut River. OK, smashing views. Of course, this also put the house in a valley, which made TV reception a little strange. One side of the house would pick up different stations than the other.

Connecticut was also odd in that while it had very powerful CBS and ABC stations (WTIC, then WFSB-3 for CBS and WTNH-8 for ABC), the NBC station (WHNB, then WVIT-30) was a very weak station. In pre-cable days, its signal was way too weak to come in. If you wanted to watch NBC (WJAR-10 from Providence), one had to go to the other end of the house, to where the "small" TV was, which was in the parent's bedroom. Obviously, this ruled out Saturday morning TV shows on NBC. (New York and Boston stations would come in only in good weather -- Providence was about the limit of our antenna.)

The Hudson Brothers show, as I recall, was on CBS. I remember the emu very well (in fact, the Crocodile Hunter reminds me a hell of a lot of Rod Hull), and I remember a recurring desert island sketch. ("Ho hum, another BOR-ing day on the island of PENGO-pengo." Or some such.)