In 1988, Hanna-Barbera decided to tweak their Funtastic World block with a game show. No, they weren't going to try the originally conceived format for Wacky Races, but, rather, they decided on something of a cross between Hot Potato & Nickelodeon's Double Dare.
Skedaddle, however, lasted just 6 weeks, a total dud, as viewers figured out very quickly that this was more of a knock-off of Dare. Ron Pearson served as host. Unfortunately, no footage exists, just some screen captures like this:
Jay Wolpert co-produced the show, returning a favor H-B did for him some time earlier. You see, H-B produced the animation for Wolpert's 1979 series, Whew!, for CBS. That lasted about a year before it was cancelled. I guess they went with dinosaur characters because the Skatebirds didn't want to come out of retirement. Ditto for the Banana Splits.
No rating, as I never saw the show.
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IIRC, the dino characters in question, the Down 'n' Dirty Dinosaurs, also served as the hosts of Fantastic World that season...I think. I started sleeping in on Sunday mornings that season, but I remember seeing ads for the block showcasing these characters.
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