Kids Say the Darndest Things is an American
comedy series hosted by
Bill Cosby that aired on
CBS as a special on February 6, 1995 then as a full season from January 9, 1998 to June 23, 2000. It was based on a popular feature of
Art Linkletter's radio show
House Party and
television series,
Art Linkletter's House Party, which together aired mostly five days a week from 1945 to 1969.Dunning, John.
On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (
Oxford University Press, 1998), pp. 333. ISBN 0-19-507678-8
Synopsis
Cosby also provided some of the humor in the show. The premise of the show is that the host would ask a question to a child (around the age of 3-8) who would usually respond in a "cute" way. The show sometimes would "flashback" to Linkletter's show,
Art Linkletter's House Party. It would show kids (of the time), with their same "cute" reactions of whatever Linkletter would ask or say to them.
Production
Kids Say The Darndest Things was produced by
CBS Productions with the co-production of LMNO Productions and Linkletter's company, Linkletter Productions. Linkletter's production company displayed
Sam Berman's caricature of Linkletter (or at least his head), which was originally for
NBC's promotional book, published in 1947. Berman's caricature illustrated Linkletter's
People Are Funny.
In other media
In 2005, Robert Johnson and
Albert Evans adapted the show into a...
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