Fun House Kids Game Show TV Spots with Mark Linn-Baker Bronson Pinchot of Perfect Strangers (1988)

Two commercial spots for the game show "Fun House" starring JD Roth. Both of these spots feature actors Mark Linn-Baker and Bronson Pinchot from the television series "Perfect Strangers" produced by Lorimar-Telepictures / Lorimar Television, which also produced "Fun House".

ABOUT
Fun House is an American children's television game show that aired from September 5, 1988, to April 13, 1991. The first two seasons aired in daily syndication, with the Fox network picking it up and renaming it Fox's Fun House for its third and final season.

Similar in format to Double Dare airing at the time, the show saw two teams competing against each other answering questions and taking part in messy games, with the winners running through an obstacle course (the titular "Fun House") at the end of the show.

The show was hosted for its entire run by J. D. Roth. He was assisted by twin cheerleaders and sisters Jacqueline "Jackie" and Samantha "Sammi" Forrest, who each cheered for one of the teams, and the announcer. John "Tiny" Hurley announced for both syndicated seasons and actor/breakdancer Michael "Boogaloo Shrimp" Chambers, referred to on-air as "MC Mike", replaced him when the show moved to Fox in 1990.

British Knights was a major sponsor of the show, and every contestant and cast/crewmember (including Roth) wore a pair of the company's shoes. This was later changed to La Gear.

The show was created by game show producer Bob Synes, who served as executive producer of the series with his partner, Scott Stone, for the first two seasons. When Synes died in 1990, Stone paired with David Stanley, and what was previously known as Stone Television became known as Stone Stanley Productions. The show remained a Stone Stanley production until its final episode in 1991. Stone's initial coproducer and distributor was Lorimar-Telepictures, which produced the series for much of the first season. Beginning in 1989, Lorimar Television assumed co-production duties and Warner Bros. Television Distribution became the distributor.

A year after the show premiered, a spinoff series called College Mad House was created. Premiering in 1989 and running in weekly syndication for one season, it was hosted by Greg Kinnear and featured teams of college students from various universities around the United States competing against each other.

Partial Credits
Executive Producers - Bob Synes, Scott A. Stone, Steven Goldberg
Co-Producers - Stephen Brown, Randolph D. Gale
Director - Kevin McCarthy
Host - J D Roth
Announcer - John "Tiny" Hurley
Cheerleaders - Jacqueline Forrest, Samantha Forrest
Creator - Bob Synes
Facilities Provided By Hollywood Center Studios (Stage 9), Hollywood California (Sunset Bronson Studios)
Post Production - The Post Group
Music - Score Productions
Executive in Charge of Production - Bob Bain
Copyright 1988 Lorimar Distribution, Inc. All right reserved.
Stone Television Production
Distribution - Lorimar Telepictures

Perfect Strangers is an American sitcom that ran for eight seasons, from March 25, 1986, to August 6, 1993, on the ABC television network. Created by Dale McRaven, the series chronicles the rocky coexistence of midwestern American Larry Appleton (Mark Linn-Baker) and his distant cousin from eastern Mediterranean Europe, Balki Bartokomous (Bronson Pinchot).

Originally airing on Tuesdays for the short six-episode first season in the spring of 1986, it moved to Wednesdays in prime time in the fall of 1986. It remained on Wednesdays until March 1988, when it was moved to Fridays. The show found its niche as the anchor for ABC's original TGIF Friday-night lineup, though it aired on Saturdays for a short time in 1992.

Mark Linn-Baker (born June 17, 1954) is an American actor and director who played Benjy Stone in the film My Favorite Year and Larry Appleton in the television sitcom Perfect Strangers.

Bronson Alcott Pinchot (born May 20, 1959) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Balki Bartokomous on the ABC sitcom Perfect Strangers (1986–93). He also performed in films, such as Risky Business (1983), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), True Romance (1993), Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Stephen King's The Langoliers (1995), It's My Party (1996), Courage Under Fire (1996) and The First Wives Club (1996), and in television series, such as Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

Red Team
Gold Team
Messy Games
Pinhead
Dump-O
Fun House Grand Prix
Power Prize
Glop Clock
George Bush
Pie-Athlon
White House
Messy Stunts
Races

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