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Adventures with Kanga Roddy was a live-action children's television created by martial arts masters George Chung and Anthony Chan and executive produced by former San Francisco 49ers Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott for American Champion Entertainment and PeopleNet and broadcast on PBS via a distribution dead with KTEH.
Premise
Each episode of the Kanga Roddy series focuses on a group of children at a community center and their teachers (played by Jennifer Montana and Karen Lott, wives of former San Francisco 49ers football players, Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott), working on activities such as reading, physical fitness and arts and crafts. During these activities, the children encounter an ethical or social problem, which cause uneasiness or unhappiness among some of the children. The teachers sense the problem and suggest that the children seek help from their friend Uncle Pat, the proprietor of a rare bookstore, played by actor Pat Morita. Uncle Pat, with the assistance of his pet bookworm, Shakespeare, magically transports the children to the land of Hi-Yah where Kanga Roddy lives. Once in the land of Hi-Yah, Kanga Roddy and his friends Bantu - a female African snake, Tackle Bear - his workout partner, Cimbop and Kimbop - a pair of feline sisters, and Zatochi - a wise old snow monkey, help the children solve their problem by giving examples presented through songs. Kanga Roddy gets inspiration for a proper solution to the problem through flashbacks to lessons learned from his martial arts teacher Zatochi or parallels drawn from encounters with his buddy Tackle Bear. The children and the costumed cast present the answers in song and dance routines. When the children return to the community center, they review what they have learned with their teachers.
VHS Compilations
The series had the following VHS releases:[1]
- Honesty is the Best Policy (S1E9 'Honesty is the Best Policy')
- Daddy Doesn't Live Here Anymore (S2E11 'Daddy Doesn't Live Here Anymore')
- Please Don't Tease (S2E7 'Please Don't Tease')
- Adventures With Kanga Roddy Vol. 1 (S1E6 'Try, Try Again' & S1E3 'Facing your Fear')
- Adventures With Kanga Roddy Vol. 2 (S1E2 'Promises Promises' & S1E5 'Hard to be Humble')
- Adventures With Kanga Roddy Vol. 3 (S1E4 'I Like You Just The Way You Are' & S1E7 'Everybody Do Your Share')
List of Episodes
Season 1
# | Episode Title | Original Air Date | Status | Comment |
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1 | It's Cool To Be Kind | April 12th, 1998[ | Lost | No surviving footage or audio. |
2 | Promises, Promises | April 11th, 1998 | Lost | No surviving footage or audio. |
3 | Facing Your Fear | April 5th, 1998[ | Found | On YouTube (poor quality). |
4 | I Like You Just The Way You Are | April 18th, 1998 | Lost | No surviving footage or audio. |
5 | It's So Hard To Be Humble | Jan 28th, 1967 | Partially Found | One minute song sequence found on YouTube. |
6 | Try, Try Again | April 4th, 1998 | Lost | No surviving footage or audio. |
7 | Everybody Do Your Share | April 19, 1998 | Lost | No surviving footage or audio. |
8 | Just Want To Be Me | April 26, 1998 | Lost | No surviving footage or audio. |
9 | Honesty Is The Best Policy | January 2, 1999 | Partially Found | 1 minute 20 second song sequence on YouTube. |
10 | Grandpa Is Cool | Unknown | Lost | No surviving footage or audio. |
11 | Equal As Can Be | January 9, 1999 | Lost | No surviving footage or audio. |
12 | We Are Family | January 3, 1999 | Found | On YouTube. |
13 | Sharing Can Be So Easy" | January 10th, 1999 | Lost | No surviving footage or audio.. |
Season 2
# | Episode Title | Original Air Date | Status | Comment |
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1 | Yummy, Yummy Food | unknown | Lost | No surviving footage or audio. |
2 | Sibling Rivalry | unknown | Lost | No surviving footage or audio. |
3 | Friends To the End | unknown | Lost | No surviving footage or audio. |
4 | Try To Remember | unknown | Lost | No surviving footage or audio. |
5 | I Want To Be Big | unknown | Lost | No surviving footage or audio. |
6 | Winning Isn't Everything | unknown | Lost | No surviving footage or audio. |
7 | Please Don't Tease | unknown | Lost | No surviving footage or audio. |
8 | Visit the Dentist | unknown | Lost | No surviving footage or audio. |
9 | The Music Lesson | unknown | Lost | No surviving footage or audio. |
10 | Be Flexible | unknown | Lost | No surviving footage or audio. |
11 | Daddy Doesn't Live Here Any More | July 1, 2000 | Lost | No surviving footage or audio. |
12 | Money Doesn't Grow On Trees | unknown | Lost | No surviving footage or audio. |
13 | A New Baby | July 8th, 2000 | Lost | No surviving footage or audio. |
Production
The show was created by martial arts masters George Chung and Anthony Chan who wanted to change the perception of the arts created by shows like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers which exploit violence and instead wanted families to focus on the philosophical elements of martial arts—honor, courage and respect.[2] Initially 13 half-hour episodes of the Kanga Roddy series were produced. One month after its debut, KTEH ordered 26 additional episodes and two one hour specials however only 13 additional episodes were produced.[3]
The final broadcast of Adventures with Kanga Roddy occurred March 31, 2001 with an airing of episode 13 'We Are Family'; the following month, the show was dropped from KTEH's schedule for good.[4][5]
External Links
- The IMDb page on Adam Adamant Lives! Retrieved 8 Jun '23
- The Wikipedia page on Adventures with Kanga Roddy Retrieved 8 Jun '23
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20000817062233/http://www.kangaroddy.com/bazaar/videos.html
- ↑ https://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/listings/1998_Aug_21.WNDART21.html
- ↑ https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/containers/fix033/1034840/000114590601500002/body10sb.htm
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20010418064254/http://www.kteh.org/programs/monthly/mar01-25-31.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20010413020945/http://www.kteh.org/programs/monthly/apr01-1-7.html