#KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS SERIES#
#KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS TV#

Schotz is keen to find more IP that he can bring to talent and is also looking at areas that are currently not on television.

#KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS SERIES#

She’s putting in the time that it takes to be a celebrity executive producer, which is much more important than just by title.”Īnvil 1893 Entertainment is now looking to strike while the iron is hot with a slew of other ideas in development and a handful of series orders on the horizon. She’s not saying ‘I’m a celebrity don’t talk to me’.

“She does sit in our meetings and go over the kids and ideas.

Haddish is also an exec producer on the show, but Schotz said that she’s genuinely earning her crust. If you’re five years old and there’s 250 people clapping and you’re being told what to do, you’ve been there all day, that could be a little overwhelming at times.” It worked better for them because they weren’t playing to somebody.

“We found that some of the kids shined without the audience. “We’re not trying to stretch material to cover it,” he said.Ĭovid meant that there was no audience, but that became a boon for the team. He calls the CBS version “faster” and “tighter” as a result of moving to a half-hour. She can play with them at a level, get down on the ground with them.” You just have to react to it, give a look to the camera. That’s the hardest thing to teach a comedian. She understood that she’s not the one that has to be funny. “She deals with kids on their own level, that’s the magic formula there. Schotz said that the key was Haddish’s interactions with the children. He said that research showed that viewers liked the fact that it was an adult show that featured children, rather than a particularly family-focused show, but still allowed for co-viewing. There’s a signature part of the show where there are kids on the panel talking to the host. It’s not necessarily, let’s nuke it because we had Tiffany hosting kids. “We had to make it different, but the differentiation is a nuance. Viewers won’t notice much difference, Schotz (left) said. The show, which features children giving their unvarnished views on the world, premieres on May 5 at 8pm and will return as half-hours rather than hours. “Bringing it to CBS, it’s the right show at the right time.” Anvil “This was positioned perfectly,” he added.

#KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS TV#

The radio show aired from 1945 to 1967 the TV show, from 1952 to 1969.The State Of Non-Scripted TV: Networks & Streamers Optimistic In 2021 As They Seek Post-Pandemic Stability & Noisy New Hitsīut he said while the economics didn’t work for ABC, it did for CBS, which owns the IP and the international distribution rights to the show and format.

The show stemmed from a segment called 'Kids Say the Darndest Things' on Art Linkletter's radio and TV show House Party.

The show aired on CBS from January 1998 to June 2000, and its format was similar to that of its Simpsons counterpart.

Bill Cosby hosted Kids Say the Darndest Things (spelled without an 'e' immediately following 'Darn') in real life.

Both the studio audience and Homer (and the daycare kids watching TV with him) found the sequence to be very funny. The boy eagerly answered ' Pokémon!' which prompted Cosby to go into a string of wordplays on 'Pokémon'. For example, in the scene that was shown, Cosby asked a little boy what game he liked to play. Sometimes he uses the kids' answers as a springboard for impromptu stand-up comedy. On the show, Cosby interviews young children, hoping to elicit 'cute' answers.

Kids say the darndest things