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Total Panic

Total Panic is an American television variety series that aired on the cable network Nickelodeon from 1989–1990. The show's working title was going to be Pandemonium[4] before it was determined that the word "Pandemonium" seemed too big and complicated for Nickelodeon's target audience.

Total Panic
Also known asNickelodeon's Total Panic
GenreVariety show
Created by
Written byTrace Burroughs
Directed byAndy Bamberger
Starring
Narrated byTrace Burroughs
Theme music composerJohn Terelle
Composers
  • Mark Schultz
  • Daniel S. Vitco[2]
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerGeoffrey Darby
Producers
Production locations
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time120 minutes
Production companyNickelodeon Studios
Original release
NetworkNickelodeon
ReleaseApril 1, 1989 (1989-04-01) –
September 30, 1990 (1990-09-30)[3]
Related

Hosts edit

The show was initially hosted by Molly Scott[5] and Keith Diamond,[6] who was on through July 1989 at the latest. Diamond would ultimately be replaced by Greg Lee,[7][8] who had previously served as a warm-up comedian[9] for Total Panic. After Total Panic ended its run in 1990, he stayed on Nickelodeon to be an announcer for another show, Outta Here!, which ran through 1991.

Format edit

Initially running for three hours[10] on Sunday mornings, Total Panic didn't necessarily have a set format week in or week out.

The show did however at is core, encourage audience participation. For example, Total Panic often invited its young audience members to compete in trivia games or Double Dare-esque physical challenges for prizes. One notable game was "Eat-a-Bug", in which the contestants would stand in front of a chroma key screen and attempt catch with their hands, animated flies, wasps, or ladybugs all the while, trying to avoid giant spiders or bumblebees. "Eat-a-Bug" was designed by Dean Friedman[11] and it served as a prototype for the series Nick Arcade,[12][13] for which Friedman produced a dozen games.

Other recurring segments included previews and reviews of upcoming fourth generation video games and films, celebrity interviews, music videos, cartoons shorts such as Bananaman, and comedy skits.

There was also a segment called "Road Trip", where Total Panic would dispatch a young correspondent to a fascinating locale and event. For instance, one episode featured a road trip to the Boston Museum of Science. Another episode featured Full House star Candace Cameron visiting a Macy's in New York City to help demonstrate chroma key effects in front of a blue screen. And then there was segment that featured Jason Hervey of The Wonder Years visiting Magic Mountain to ride the roller coaster known as Ninja.

All in all, the format of Total Panic was arguably similar to that of Wonderama, which originally appeared on the Metromedia-owned stations from 1955 to 1977. Andy Edelstein in the March 26, 1989 edition of Newsday himself, alluded to the apparent similarities.

Music videos edit

Total Panic for all intents and purposes, replaced Nick Rocks,[14] which aired on the network from 1984 to 1989, as Nickelodeon's primary outlet to showcase music videos. Incidentally, Total Panic premiered approximately a week after the final episode of Nick Rocks was aired.

Among the videos that were aired on Total Panic was Bobby Brown's "On Our Own", which soundly beat out "Eardrum Buzz" by Wire. Another segment hosted by Greg Lee pitted "Shaking the Tree" by Peter Gabriel and Youssou N'Dour against "Let's Go Round There" by The Darling Buds, for which "Let's Go Around There" wound up winning. The studio audience would in this regard, be asked to use their applause intensity as a means of selecting which music video they would want to see the most in its entirety.

Film reviews edit

Besides filling the void that Nick Rocks left upon its cancelation in 1989, Total Panic reconfigured Rated K: For Kids by Kids, which broadcast its final episode in December 1988, into a segment for its show. So in effect, just like how Total Panic replaced Nick Rocks as the resident program for music videos on Nickelodeon, it also suddenly became the network's primary outlet for film reviews. The Rated K segment on Total Panic was hosted by Molly Scott.

Among the films spotlighted in this time frame were Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (including an interview with its star Michael Paré) and the Tom Hanks vehicle Turner & Hooch. Scott would invite at least two members of the studio audience to share their own thoughts on the films. The film review segments on Total Panic actually used the second generation set from Rated K, which was a movie concession stand with a pastel color palette.

Guests edit

Notable guests to appear on Total Panic included news journalist Walter Cronkite, musician "Weird Al" Yankovic[15] and his castmates from the film UHF, Victoria Jackson and Michael Richards, professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, former New York City mayor Ed Koch, comic book writer and artist Walt Simonson,[16] notable pinball player, designer, and promoter Roger Sharpe[17] and illusionist Mark O'Brien.

Jason Marsden meanwhile, was once interviewed by Molly Scott while in costume as Eddie Munster on the set of The Munsters Today. Also interviewed by Scott were Marsden's co-stars, Hilary Van Dyke (Marilyn Munster), Lee Meriwether (Lily Munster), and Howard Morton ("Grandpa" Vladimir Dracula).

Also invited for a segment was Andy Eddy,[18] the then editor of VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, to discuss the then new TurboGrafx-16, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, and Atari Lynx consoles.

Production edit

Total Panic officially debuted on April 1, 1989, which was also the tenth anniversary of Nickelodeon's launch. Total Panic was produced by Andy Bamberger, who also produced Nick Rocks and Rated K: For Kids by Kids for the network. By July 1989, Total Panic would shorten its run time from three hours to two. And come September 1989, Nickelodeon would begin broadcasting a two hour long "best of" clip program on the Saturday before the first-run broadcasts the following day.

In March 1990,[19] Total Panic would relocate from its studios in New York City to Stage 20 of Nickelodeon Studios[20][21][22] in Orlando, Florida. At the time, Nickelodeon Studios was still under construction and wouldn't formally open until June 7, 1990. Before Total Panic's move to Orlando, Think Fast[23] and Double Dare[24][25] had already set up shop there.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Marin, Elizabeth (October 20, 1991). "MOLLY PESCE BACK ON FLORIDA SCENE IN 'SVENGALI'". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "TV/Film Career - Nickelodeon". dan vitco. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  3. ^ "List of every TV series aired on Nickelodeon". Nickandmore!. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  4. ^ "St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri on June 24, 1989". Newspapers.com. June 24, 1989.
  5. ^ "How is Molly Pesce, Miss Florida 1986?". Orlando Sentinel. April 28, 1995. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  6. ^ "Old School Lane's Nickelodeon Tribute: Talk Shows of the 80's". Old School Lane. July 3, 2012.
  7. ^ Moy, Suelain (June 21, 1991). "PBS brings computer game to TV". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  8. ^ Hill, Michael (September 30, 1991). "'Carmen Sandiego' is entertaining geography". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  9. ^ "FINALLY GLAD TO BE "SLIMED:" A REVIEW OF THE NICKELODEON ORAL HISTORY BOOK". Red-Headed Mule. September 27, 2013.
  10. ^ King, Susan (February 21, 1993). "Focus : Who in the World Is Greg Lee?". Los Angeles Times.
  11. ^ "Newsletter – August, 1995". Deanfriedman.com. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  12. ^ Klickstein, Matthew (April 23, 1992). "Keeping Score with Nick Arcade". Vulture.
  13. ^ "'ARCADE' PUTS KIDS INSIDE VIDEO GAMES". Orlando Sentinel. December 26, 1991.
  14. ^ Hinman, Catherine (June 11, 1989). "The Kid's-eye View at Nickelodeon". Orlando Sentinel. Tribune Publishing.
  15. ^ "Film & TV". "Weird Al" Yankovic.
  16. ^ Simonson, Walter [@waltersimonson] (June 10, 2014). "Total Panic. Nickelodeon. c1989. Weezie and I did a 10 minute live segment inventing a new superhero with the kids" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ^ Nickelodeon Total Panic - Roger Sharpe The Pinball Wizard, retrieved 2023-04-23
  18. ^ . WiiNintendo. December 1, 1989. Archived from the original on 2011-03-05.
  19. ^ "'ARCADE' PUTS KIDS INSIDE VIDEO GAMES". Orlando Sentinel. December 26, 1991.
  20. ^ "Nickelodeon Studios History 2". Retro Junk. December 28, 2009.
  21. ^ "Old School Lane's Nickelodeon Tribute: Nickelodeon Studios". Old School Lane. July 9, 2012.
  22. ^ Wallace, Debra (April 18, 1992). "CHILDREN GET A SLIMY TASTE OF NICKELODEON". Sun-Sentinel.
  23. ^ "Network out to make kids feel good about themselves". The Tampa Tribune. Tampa, Florida. January 31, 1990.
  24. ^ Shister, Gale (March 11, 1989). "Heading south". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 6-D – via Newspapers.com. 
  25. ^ Hinman, Catherine (April 27, 1989). "The Slop Behind the 'Dare' Scene". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved March 20, 2021.

External links edit

  • Total Panic at IMDb  

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Total Panic is an American television variety series that aired on the cable network Nickelodeon from 1989 1990 The show s working title was going to be Pandemonium 4 before it was determined that the word Pandemonium seemed too big and complicated for Nickelodeon s target audience Total PanicAlso known asNickelodeon s Total PanicGenreVariety showCreated byGeoffrey Darby Andy BambergerWritten byTrace BurroughsDirected byAndy BambergerStarringGreg Lee Molly Scott 1 Keith DiamondNarrated byTrace BurroughsTheme music composerJohn TerelleComposersMark Schultz Daniel S Vitco 2 Country of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionExecutive producerGeoffrey DarbyProducersAndy Bamberger James Bethea segment producer Production locationsNew York City Orlando FloridaCamera setupMulti cameraRunning time120 minutesProduction companyNickelodeon StudiosOriginal releaseNetworkNickelodeonReleaseApril 1 1989 1989 04 01 September 30 1990 1990 09 30 3 RelatedRated K For Kids by Kids Nick Rocks Nick Arcade Outta Here Contents 1 Hosts 2 Format 2 1 Music videos 2 2 Film reviews 2 3 Guests 3 Production 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHosts editThe show was initially hosted by Molly Scott 5 and Keith Diamond 6 who was on through July 1989 at the latest Diamond would ultimately be replaced by Greg Lee 7 8 who had previously served as a warm up comedian 9 for Total Panic After Total Panic ended its run in 1990 he stayed on Nickelodeon to be an announcer for another show Outta Here which ran through 1991 Format editInitially running for three hours 10 on Sunday mornings Total Panic didn t necessarily have a set format week in or week out The show did however at is core encourage audience participation For example Total Panic often invited its young audience members to compete in trivia games or Double Dare esque physical challenges for prizes One notable game was Eat a Bug in which the contestants would stand in front of a chroma key screen and attempt catch with their hands animated flies wasps or ladybugs all the while trying to avoid giant spiders or bumblebees Eat a Bug was designed by Dean Friedman 11 and it served as a prototype for the series Nick Arcade 12 13 for which Friedman produced a dozen games Other recurring segments included previews and reviews of upcoming fourth generation video games and films celebrity interviews music videos cartoons shorts such as Bananaman and comedy skits There was also a segment called Road Trip where Total Panic would dispatch a young correspondent to a fascinating locale and event For instance one episode featured a road trip to the Boston Museum of Science Another episode featured Full House star Candace Cameron visiting a Macy s in New York City to help demonstrate chroma key effects in front of a blue screen And then there was segment that featured Jason Hervey of The Wonder Years visiting Magic Mountain to ride the roller coaster known as Ninja All in all the format of Total Panic was arguably similar to that of Wonderama which originally appeared on the Metromedia owned stations from 1955 to 1977 Andy Edelstein in the March 26 1989 edition of Newsday himself alluded to the apparent similarities Music videos edit Total Panic for all intents and purposes replaced Nick Rocks 14 which aired on the network from 1984 to 1989 as Nickelodeon s primary outlet to showcase music videos Incidentally Total Panic premiered approximately a week after the final episode of Nick Rocks was aired Among the videos that were aired on Total Panic was Bobby Brown s On Our Own which soundly beat out Eardrum Buzz by Wire Another segment hosted by Greg Lee pitted Shaking the Tree by Peter Gabriel and Youssou N Dour against Let s Go Round There by The Darling Buds for which Let s Go Around There wound up winning The studio audience would in this regard be asked to use their applause intensity as a means of selecting which music video they would want to see the most in its entirety Film reviews edit Besides filling the void that Nick Rocks left upon its cancelation in 1989 Total Panic reconfigured Rated K For Kids by Kids which broadcast its final episode in December 1988 into a segment for its show So in effect just like how Total Panic replaced Nick Rocks as the resident program for music videos on Nickelodeon it also suddenly became the network s primary outlet for film reviews The Rated K segment on Total Panic was hosted by Molly Scott Among the films spotlighted in this time frame were Eddie and the Cruisers II Eddie Lives including an interview with its star Michael Pare and the Tom Hanks vehicle Turner amp Hooch Scott would invite at least two members of the studio audience to share their own thoughts on the films The film review segments on Total Panic actually used the second generation set from Rated K which was a movie concession stand with a pastel color palette Guests edit Notable guests to appear on Total Panic included news journalist Walter Cronkite musician Weird Al Yankovic 15 and his castmates from the film UHF Victoria Jackson and Michael Richards professional wrestler Hulk Hogan former New York City mayor Ed Koch comic book writer and artist Walt Simonson 16 notable pinball player designer and promoter Roger Sharpe 17 and illusionist Mark O Brien Jason Marsden meanwhile was once interviewed by Molly Scott while in costume as Eddie Munster on the set of The Munsters Today Also interviewed by Scott were Marsden s co stars Hilary Van Dyke Marilyn Munster Lee Meriwether Lily Munster and Howard Morton Grandpa Vladimir Dracula Also invited for a segment was Andy Eddy 18 the then editor of VideoGames amp Computer Entertainment to discuss the then new TurboGrafx 16 Sega Genesis Game Boy and Atari Lynx consoles Production editTotal Panic officially debuted on April 1 1989 which was also the tenth anniversary of Nickelodeon s launch Total Panic was produced by Andy Bamberger who also produced Nick Rocks and Rated K For Kids by Kids for the network By July 1989 Total Panic would shorten its run time from three hours to two And come September 1989 Nickelodeon would begin broadcasting a two hour long best of clip program on the Saturday before the first run broadcasts the following day In March 1990 19 Total Panic would relocate from its studios in New York City to Stage 20 of Nickelodeon Studios 20 21 22 in Orlando Florida At the time Nickelodeon Studios was still under construction and wouldn t formally open until June 7 1990 Before Total Panic s move to Orlando Think Fast 23 and Double Dare 24 25 had already set up shop there See also editList of programs broadcast by NickelodeonReferences edit Marin Elizabeth October 20 1991 MOLLY PESCE BACK ON FLORIDA SCENE IN SVENGALI Orlando Sentinel Retrieved June 27 2022 TV Film Career Nickelodeon dan vitco Retrieved July 1 2022 List of every TV series aired on Nickelodeon Nickandmore Retrieved June 27 2022 St Louis Post Dispatch from St Louis Missouri on June 24 1989 Newspapers com June 24 1989 How is Molly Pesce Miss Florida 1986 Orlando Sentinel April 28 1995 Retrieved June 27 2022 Old School Lane s Nickelodeon Tribute Talk Shows of the 80 s Old School Lane July 3 2012 Moy Suelain June 21 1991 PBS brings computer game to TV Entertainment Weekly Retrieved June 27 2022 Hill Michael September 30 1991 Carmen Sandiego is entertaining geography Baltimore Sun Retrieved June 27 2022 FINALLY GLAD TO BE SLIMED A REVIEW OF THE NICKELODEON ORAL HISTORY BOOK Red Headed Mule September 27 2013 King Susan February 21 1993 Focus Who in the World Is Greg Lee Los Angeles Times Newsletter August 1995 Deanfriedman com Retrieved 2014 08 06 Klickstein Matthew April 23 1992 Keeping Score with Nick Arcade Vulture ARCADE PUTS KIDS INSIDE VIDEO GAMES Orlando Sentinel December 26 1991 Hinman Catherine June 11 1989 The Kid s eye View at Nickelodeon Orlando Sentinel Tribune Publishing Film amp TV Weird Al Yankovic Simonson Walter waltersimonson June 10 2014 Total Panic Nickelodeon c1989 Weezie and I did a 10 minute live segment inventing a new superhero with the kids Tweet via Twitter Nickelodeon Total Panic Roger Sharpe The Pinball Wizard retrieved 2023 04 23 1989 Total Panic show on Nickelodeon GameBoy Preview Happy 20th Gameboy WiiNintendo December 1 1989 Archived from the original on 2011 03 05 ARCADE PUTS KIDS INSIDE VIDEO GAMES Orlando Sentinel December 26 1991 Nickelodeon Studios History 2 Retro Junk December 28 2009 Old School Lane s Nickelodeon Tribute Nickelodeon Studios Old School Lane July 9 2012 Wallace Debra April 18 1992 CHILDREN GET A SLIMY TASTE OF NICKELODEON Sun Sentinel Network out to make kids feel good about themselves The Tampa Tribune Tampa Florida January 31 1990 Shister Gale March 11 1989 Heading south The Philadelphia Inquirer p 6 D via Newspapers com nbsp Hinman Catherine April 27 1989 The Slop Behind the Dare Scene Orlando Sentinel Retrieved March 20 2021 External links editTotal Panic at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php 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