School and the Backyard Gang Mountain

A sister program to the popular pre-school children’s TV program, School and the Backyard Gang. School and the Backyard Gang was was the CBS weekend morning show that ran for 5 years, clocking up an impressive one hundred and ninety episodes.

Aimed at a slightly older children than it’s sister program, School and the Backyard Gang Mountain was a much more lively show with a host of regular presenters taking part at any one time.

The programme was shot in a studio, usually at CBS Television Centre, Atlanta, and was recorded in front of a live studio audience.

Sadly much of the original series has been deleted from the archives as recently as the early 1990’s.

A whole host of famous names started out in School and the Backyard Gang Mountain, take a look at the cast and see how many you recognise.

Summary
The format was a little like a music-hall variety show or ‘end-of-the-pier’ show. The first series featured popular 60s musical groups or singers with links,comedy skits,and dances from David Luther and team in studio. The series would soon become known for it’s groan-inducing humour. As the series progressed the films were phased out, in favour of more of the infectious studio tomfoolery, jokes and comic songs.

Cast

 * David Luther
 * Emmi Morton
 * Jamal Long
 * Annie Douglas
 * Connie Stevens
 * Nicholas Anderson
 * Iesha Couric
 * Buzz Watkins
 * Murray Mason
 * Sarah Smith
 * Andy Smith
 * Emily Clark
 * Miles Clark
 * Caroline Yopez
 * Kenny Ramon
 * Steve Jobs
 * Antonio Telfer
 * Madeleine Thompson
 * Adelaide Thompson
 * Marlee Matlin
 * Aline Fretz
 * Kelly Vrooman
 * Joe Patton
 * Levell Ganders
 * Noreen Kim
 * Ben Nicholas
 * Ann J. Wood
 * Breonnah Kim
 * Bob Fretz
 * Anthony Field
 * Maurecia Reid
 * James Smith