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The bulk of each World episode consisted of three child contestants, called 'gumshoes' (typically 10-14 years of age), answering questions to determine the location of one of Carmen Sandiego's wacky crooks with zany sketches being performed to provide clues.

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The game franchise also inspired the unrelated animated series Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?, which ran on Fox Kids from 1994 to 1999. The half-hour show premiered on September 30, 1991. The game series, started by BrГёderbund in 1985, was developed for television by Howard Blumenthal, Dorothy Curley, and Dana Calderwood and was produced by WQED Pittsburgh and WGBH Boston.

Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? was created partially as a response to a National Geographic survey that found Americans had an alarmingly low knowledge of geography, with one in four being unable to locate the Soviet Union or the Pacific Ocean. In 2001, TV Guide ranked the show at #47 on its list of 'The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time'.Д¬ast: Greg Lee, Rockapella, and the Chief The show's theme song, penned by Altman and David Yazbek, is one of the most well-known themes in television history according to the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. The show received the George Foster Peabody Award for excellence in 1993. television history (behind Double Dare, which ran from 1986 to 1993 and for which Greg was a contestant coordinator). World holds the record for being the longest-running game show on PBS and the second-longest running children's game show in U.S. Rockapella featured Sean Altman as tenor, Elliot Kerman as baritone, Barry Carl as bass, and Scott Leonard as high tenor, with Jeff Thacher joining in the fifth and final season as vocal percussion. World aired on PBS from 1991 to 1995 and starred Lynne Thigpen as 'The Chief', Greg Lee as the 'ACME Special Agent in charge of training new recruits' (renamed 'Senior Agent' for Seasons 3-5), and Rockapella as the house vocal band and comedy troupe.

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Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? was a children's television game show loosely based on the computer games of the same name created by now-defunct BrГёderbund Software (later taken over by the Learning Company, now part of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).