Money, money
Kids’ game shows new moneymakers
By Jim F o rn ey
W hich president w as tlx* first to live
in tlx- W h u e Ih x isc ’ ( ieotge
W ashington. John A d am so t B x x n a s
Je lle rso n ’
It you answ ereil G eorge W ashington
or rh o m a s Je lle rso n . you m ight have
landed lace d o w n in a vat ol Jello
D o n 't laugh
it h ap p en s all the tim e
to kids on a tx'w cab le TV show called
"IX xible D are "
“ Divuble D are" is ixx- ol tlx* ix-w
sh o w s on Ox- N k kehxleon chain x-1
a in x il squarely at kids 1(1 io I J years
old " , ‘ux lers K e e p e rs," an o th er k id s'
qu iz show , is alm ost as ,x>pul.u
llx ’se slxiw s invite kids to .u tsw e r
questK xis like the o n e at the top ot this
c o lu m n It tlx-y a n sw e r correctly. they
can w in cash It they an sw er
incorrectly, they may have lo g o
ih n x ig h an o b sta c le co urse ot ju m p into
a tu b ot gelatin
G a m e show s tor kids are becom ing
|x»,xilar w ith o th e r cable stalions, loo
lo r o n e re as ix i
n x x x -y .
Eirsl N ii kclodcixt m akes plenty ol
m oney by selling tlx- show to cable
e ix n ,c u tie s . n n x s tlx- country "Double
I Xirv" now airs ixi 9 1 cable stations
ITx- cab le c ix n p an y has to pay
Nii keh x leo n e.x h tim e tlx- sltovv
ap p ears
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S ecixxl. tlx- show s a te laulv i l x a p
to m ake \ hall (unit caru x x t co sts
alxxit $ TOO.IMMI to p n x h te e \ k id s'
gam e show like ' IXxible D ate "ixtlv
c o sts $ s<).t M M). 1,1(1 tlx- am o u n t lot tlx-
sam e Ml intitules ol tu n e »xt cable
S p eak in g ol caruxxis. tlx-v seem to
lx- losing kids as v icw ers S ince m ost
carttx x ts hx»k m uch tlx- sam e. m a y b e
kids are getting bored w ith them . It’s
getting hard to tell a Six- R a from a Ik-
M att aits m o re A s kids turn oil tlx-
stiow s. tlx- ad v ertisers stop m im ing
th e n c o m m ercials. aixl tlx- cable
c o m p a n ie s lose tm xx v
W hile cab le ch an n els e \ , x iintent
w ith this ix-w type ol show , tlx- m ajor
ix-tw orks
C B S . NIK and M U '
have taken a w ait aixl sec attitude But
it tlx-se slxtw s con tin u e to su cceed , it
w ix i't be lixtg before tlx- "big g u y s"
stan to have tlx-u ow n show s
S p o n so re d b y
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certain places the power must run through a square bos called a
transformer, located above the ground I hese boxes, painted green,
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immediately. Never try to dose the doors yourself.
What would you do?
If you saw the doors open on a transformer?
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J Call the electric company as soon as possible.
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