KIDS SAY THE DARNEDEST THINGS

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'''Kids Say the Darnedest Things''' was a TV show hosted by Bill Cosby and co-hosted by Art Linkletter that aired on CBS in the late 1990s. It is based on Art Linkletter's TV show, ''Art Linkletter's House Party'', which aired five days a week on CBS for more than twenty years. The premise of the show is the host would ask a question to a cute child (around the age of 3-8) who would usually respond in a "cute" way.
British television network ITV produced their own version of the show, renamed "Kids Say The Funniest Things". It was presented by Michael Barrymore, and was a production of LWT. There was also an Australian version titled "Kidspeak" hosted by Andrew Daddo on the Seven Network for a number of seasons in the late 1990s early 2000s.
In 2005 Robert Johnson and Albert Evans adapted the show into a full-length musical comedy.

Contents

Memorable Moments

Cultural references

External links

Memorable Moments

★ In an episode during the Linkletter era, Linkletter interviewed a young boy with 18 siblings. In the interview Linkletter asked how bathtime was in the boy's family. The boy replied that they'd all line up in the front yard, and on the blow of a whistle would run to the bathroom, with baths being given on a first come, first served basis. Linkletter then asked what it was like when he finally got a bath and the boy said, "What bath?"

★ In 1979, Art Linkletter interviewed a young boy. The boy revealed: "I sleep with Mommy every night except Wednesdays!" Art asks the obvious question, "What happens on Wednesdays?" The boy's answer: "That's when Uncle Bob comes over." The camera panned to a very embarrassed Mommy. Then the boy says, "He's not really my uncle." (Now Mommy is more embarrassed!)

★ In an episode during the Bill Cosby era, Bill asked a little boy who cooked dinner in his house. The boy replied, "Pizza Hut". Later in the episode, this same 6 year old sang a Smashing Pumpkins song, ''Bullet with Butterfly Wings'' to a standing ovation.

★ In the Bill Cosby era, Bill asked a boy what he wanted to be when he grew up. The boy's reply was, oddly, "a lion." When asked who he would marry, the boy said "A Lioness." This line was so unique that a newspaper wrote an article on the boy.

Cultural references

★ The show has been spoofed on ''The Simpsons'', when Rod, Todd, and Homer were watching it and Cosby asked a little kid "What do you like to play?" and the kid says, "Pokémon!" Cosby reacts by saying, "Pokeyman (sic)? Pokeyman with the Pokey and the Man and thing where the guy comes out of the thing, and he makes a..." and trails off, probably describing a Pokémon being released from its Pokéball. The parody suggested that the children on the show never actually say anything funny; instead, Bill Cosby provides the "darndest things".

★ As a child, pop singer JoJo appeared on the show numerous times.

★ This show was a strong focus of an episode of ''Family Guy'' entitled "Brian Does Hollywood". Stewie Griffin says "I was under the impression the name of the show was ''Kids Say the Darndest Things'' not ''Old Black Comedians Never Shut the Hell Up''!". In the episode Bill Cosby also mocks a girl on the show who recalls being sexually abused.

★ Mad TV spoofed the show with a segment called "Pimps Say the Darnedest Things".

External links

★ Official Bill Cosby Site

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