Wacko (TV series)

Wacko is an American half-hour children's television series that aired on CBS on Saturday mornings. The show was a live action variety show featuring skits and musical numbers. The show only had 10 episodes, from September 10 to November 12, 1977.[1] The show took place in the "Wacko Clubhouse", and kept things moving at a frantic pace.[2]

Wacko
GenreComedy
Presented byBo Kaprall
Julie McWhirter
Country of originUSA
Original language(s)English
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production company(s)Nephi-Odin Productions
Release
Original networkCBS
Original release10 September –
12 November 1977

One recurring skit was called "Clown Doctor", in which a doctor (that happened to be a clown) would call for his nurse by yelling "Noiss Noiss". The harebrained nurse would enter, causing Clown Doctor to point at his forehead (with a camera close-up on him) and say, "Nobody home... vacant".

In addition to comedy skits, the show also would have musical guests. One such guest in Fall of 1977 was The Dwight Twilley Band playing their then new release "I Remember..." with special guest, a then virtually unknown songwriter named Tom Petty on bass guitar.

Hosts

Cast
gollark: Unless it just makes them do more in-house research which *nobody* can see.
gollark: Making nation-states have to pay more to hack people is... probably good, since they might do it less.
gollark: You could probably make some sort of third-party bug bounty program for more stuff than just zero-days, but there might be horrible legal issues.
gollark: Effective altruism.
gollark: Great! Maybe you should suggest this. Computer security is a big problem.

References
  1. Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 455. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 540–541. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.


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