Due to the success of a local Saturday morning TV show titled "You Can't Do That On Television" which only aired in Ottawa on CJOH-TV in early 1979 as it had a cast of kids acting in comedy skits and adult actor Les Lye playing the adult roles. It prompted the creators Roger Price and Geoffrey Darby to air a prime-time TV series shown all across Canada. First a pilot episode aired on Saturday Morning on May 12, 1979 as they hired Ruth Buzzi to play the female adult roles as well it had a musical guest by Vancouver rock band Trooper. The pilot was a success so in the fall starting on September 18, 1979 the series aired every Tuesday night at 7:30 on CTV as 16 episodes were purchased. The skits had certain topics like Union Fees, Fan Letters/Summer Camp and Superstitions and Educational Programming and like it's sister show it was about kids being kids. There were also musical guests by Canadian bands like Ian Thomas, Max Webster, Cooper Brothers and Alma Faye.