Animal Crack-Ups (1987)

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Aug 3, 2025

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Genre: Reality

First aired: Aug 7, 1987

Last air date: Sep 11, 1987

Show status: Ended

Overview: Animal Crack-Ups is an ABC game show which aired in primetime from August 8 to September 12, 1987, after which it aired on Saturday mornings from September 12, 1987 to December 30, 1989 and again from June 2 to September 1, 1990. It was produced by ABC Productions in association with Vin Di Bona Productions and hosted by Alan Thicke, who was on Growing Pains at the time. The program was based on a Japanese series, Waku Waku.

The show's theme song was "Animals Are Just Like People Too", created by Thickovit music

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