The Kids from C.A.P.E.R.

The Kids from C.A.P.E.R.
Main cast from "The Kids from C.A.P.E.R."
Genre	Saturday morning children's show
Created by	Romeo Muller
Developed by	Merrill Grant
Directed by	Stanley Z. Cherry
Starring	Steve Bonino, Cosie Costa, Biff Warren, John Lansing, Robert Emhardt, Robert Lussier
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Alan Landsburg, Don Kirshner
Producer(s)	Stanley Z. Cherry
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 11, 1976 – September 3, 1977
Chronology
Related shows	The Monkees
External links
www.kidsfromcaper.com

The Kids From C.A.P.E.R. was a Saturday morning live-action television comedy series which aired on NBC from September 11, 1976, to November 20, 1976, and reran from April 9, 1977, to September 3, 1977. The show's title is clearly derived from the 60s spy-fi show The Man From U.N.C.L.E., and parodied different pop culture shows of the day, including The Monkees, Six Million Dollar Man, Shazam!, Scooby-Doo Where Are You! and their numerous imitators up to that point. All 13 episodes of the series were produced and directed by Stanley Z. Cherry; among the executive producers was Don Kirshner. Both Cherry and Kirshner had previously worked on The Monkees, Cherry having written the episode "Some Like It Lukewarm" in 1968, while Kirshner was the original musical supervisor for The Monkees until early 1967.

Although the show has not been released on video, there is an LP of most of the songs from the series, omitting "Baby Blue", "You're Under My Spell" and, ironically, the show's theme. The LP was released by Kirshner Records and Tapes in 1977. One of the songs from the series, "When It Hit Me (The Hurricane Song)" was released as a single; the song was also recorded by Rob Hegel (who co-wrote the song) for his 1980 RCA album. Two other album tracks, "Tit For Tat" and "Baby Blue", had both been co-written and previously released by Neil Sedaka on his 1975 album Hungry Years.

The "Kids from C.A.P.E.R." were a team of four teenage boys headquartered in the 927th Police Precinct in the fictitious city of "Northeast Southweston"; together they helped the police to solve unusual cases while they learned the ropes of law enforcement and forensics. The CAPERs communicated using "Caperband" Radios (walkie-talkies with a prominent "C" on them), and prospective clients contacted them via the Turquoise Telephone. Their headquarters was located in the Krelvin Building ("the tallest building in the world with no elevators").