The Bizarre Story of Kidd Video & It's 2nd Life As A Real Band Touring the World

Kidd Video was an American Saturday morning cartoon created by DIC Enterprises in association with Saban Productions. The series originally ran on NBC from 1984 to 1985.
Kidd Video was one of the most popular Saturday morning cartoons in its day but it only lasted 2 seasons in the US and was gone.
But the same could not be said for another part of the world where Kidd Video the band had merchandise and a tour.
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[@zombiekingj]

Kid video that was a special kind of 80's special

[@zivkitaro]

Oh my god. I remember we sneaked to the back stage when they came to my city in Israel. Didn’t know they were only popular here. Lol.

[@yippeeyokai5750]

I loved the cartoon when I was a kid., but I had no idea they performed live.

[@DarkWillUser]

They were popular as a cartoon but yeah I never knew they toured. lol

[@aethericAnuran]

Until I found the full version of the theme, I never realized Robbie Rist was main vocals on like half the song. I remember loving the show. It'd be nice to find complete episodes in decent quality someday.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

The funny thing is at some point (I think maybe in the early 90s or maybe it was after the show ran the first time and became syndicated) but they had to strip out all the licensed music and replace it with horrible cheap replacements. It pretty much made the show unwatchable as it took the one thing the original show had and ruined it completely.

[@aethericAnuran]

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu Cartoons were all like that back then. There was no sense of permanence or the idea that fans would want a complete version of the shows. License the music for the duration of the network run and nothing else matters. Now fans and archivists can't really get good quality complete versions of some shows. We've learned since then, but man there are cartoons partially lost to time now.

[@drewstar412]

I don't even thing Toy Galaxy even mentioned Robbie Rist, meaning that he was the only established actor on the show.

[@Supremmo]

Maybe you can get full episodes of Kidd Video at a convention

[@Beepbopboh]

I have several on beta. Complete with commercials. Somewhere .

[@wstine79]

"Who runs Flipside?" "Master Blaster."

[@HeathStarkey]

He also run barter town.

[@simplysteve68]

"Say it, LOUDER!" Lol

[@WhiskeyBrewer]

We don't need another cartoon, We just wanna watch a video.

[@BlueTearDconnor]

and the Copy Cats....

[@dsandoval9396]

@@simplysteve68 HE'S THE DUKE AND HE'S AYE NUMBE..! oh, wait a minute, that's the wrong IP. Sorry.

[@jason34119]

I remember Kidd Video. Also I was like you Dan when Kidd Video was over Saturday morning cartoons were over for the day and time to start the day outside.

[@drewstar412]

So true....I had to get up early to do yard work or help dad, but was lucky to always catch Kidd Video....he wanted to take a break or run to the store around that time...then when the show was over, I could either go play or he was back so I had to go help him.

[@Lastjustice]

Back in the 80s kids getting trapped in fictional worlds was a real issue. Dungeons and Dragons, Kid Video, and Captain N. Need story, just kidnap some teens and trap them in another world......spend rest of the series trying go home.

[@dacobu1]

LOL, ikr?! We were watching isekai before the big isekai boom hit Japan a few years back! 😂🤣

[@thingfish000]

used zingers as bait

[@cheayunju]

Too true. Although there is a final written episode that you can find dramatized here on YT, as a child, I knew that they never escaped. I think I heard of a comic book about the D&D kids in their 30s and 40s still stuck in the realm trying to make the best of it.

[@anamusementinprogress]

There were also a lot of poor orphans, I used to get really nervous whenever my parents went out that they would die in a car crash or something and I would become an orphan too

[@INFERNO95]

dacobu1 The 80,s versions were better.

[@r.josephgrundy1706]

"From my radio, to my video"! I used to look forward to the actual music videos, from the Kidd Video band! I remember how catchy some of them were. Yeah, that was a really cool show and a pretty original concept, at the time. Thanks D.L. for this video!

[@timothylewis2527]

My mom's favorite cartoon at the time. It was a time when everybody seemed to listen to every genre of music regardless. It was just a cool time to be alive.

[@everything80spodcast68]

If there's one person that captures nostalgia over the decades it has to be Robbie Rist. From playing Cousin Oliver to the voice of Michelangelo in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie to writing the song for Sharknado

[@shoresean1237]

One time, Robbie Rist and Ted McGinley were on the same show, and the entire studio collapsed into a gravity well.

[@drewstar412]

YES! Thank you! Robbie Rist deserves a lot of credit here. Surprised Toy Galaxy barely mentioned him....he was the only established actor in the cartoon.

[@tamaraclaw]

@@shoresean1237 LOL

[@drixg555]

@@shoresean1237 How Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015) was able to last another season after that happening twice was nothing short of a miracle.

[@AntoineJenkins80sChild]

Hell yes! Thank you so much for this, I love this damn cartoon to pieces! I truly miss this cartoon... I have all of the episodes on DVD-R that I got from Mister 80's a few years back. I am so ridiculous about this show that I made the intro my ringtone a few years back and still use it.... Dan you are the mutha-smurfin' man for doing this history of a truly underrated cartoon.

[@markirizarry4851]

I have their music on a CD I bought off eBay about 15 years ago...still love it! Best cartoon back then! Love the Kiddmobile!

[@drewstar412]

Same here Antonie Jenkins! I wish the Kidd Video facebook page was more active....facebook.com/kiddvideo

[@BigEpinstriping]

Kidd Video was awesome, one of my best friends (may he rest in peace) was obsessed with it and turned me on to it. Studio band or not, they actually put out a few memorable songs. Robbie Rist is still quite the musician and voice actor. His credits are well known; He voiced Michelangelo in the TMNT movie and worked on the music for Sharknado among other things

[@bew1977]

Oof, this hit my right in the nostalgia. This was my sisters show she demanded to watch on saturday mornings. Still 30 years later I still watch the music videos on occasion.

[@bellosardo84]

For years, i thought i had imagined this show. No one i knew remembered it! i used to love it.

[@MrUniq]

I’ve been waiting 30 years for this video. Thank you!

[@asadadon]

Yes, the same here. It was the last cartoon that aired for the Saturday morning cartoon run. And that meant that it was 12 noon and time to go outside and play.

[@kevinmoore2929]

The group, minus Carla, appeared on Dance Fever back in the day performing a cover of Where Did Our Love Go. The clip is available here on KZbin.

[@walterlucero5757]

When I was young, this cartoon actually inspired me to learn how to play guitar and sing at the time. I've actually found the album years ago online! Downloaded Video to Radio and put it on my iPod. One of my favorite songs of all time, I always raise the volume when it comes on.

[@walterlucero5757]

So, the website where I downloaded the song is still up! Songs and Videos right here:kvflipside.org/

[@drewchase6577]

ToyGalaxy... I LOVE your obscure DEEP DIVES!!!

[@BrotherApexx]

Their song "A Little TLC" was and still is the jam!

[@wiscorpio72]

The song I remember the most. They must have reran that one a few times for me to remember it. It's the song I mostly know by them.

[@adubseven]

R.I.P to the roofs of the E.T. cereal child actors mouths

[@DeanStrickson]

If you swallowed the cereal without chewing it, you’d get ET’s voice. If you survived.

[@thelemonddropskid5445]

With a vibrating finger in every box!

[@Dakkon0379]

Thaaaaaank You for making this video dedicated to Kidd Video! I hate the licensing of all those pop songs are probably the main hindrance of this show ever becoming a complete collection on Home Disc.

[@ThePartySourceReviews]

I remember watching this show as young child. I never remembered the name of the show. So thank you for that bit of information, that is now now longer lost to time!

[@akildukes7499]

Thanks man....I'm gonna be hearing that damn theme song for days.

[@drewstar412]

It's a great song to wake up in the morning to!

[@akildukes7499]

@@drewstar412 i never said it was a bad thing!

[@trence5]

Loved that show - and the drummer too.

[@rorylumley4727]

Stuff disney doesn't own Time warner Sony Universial Hasbro I wonder when this list will be outdated.

[@falleneldor]

"we, wee're cartoons??!?!?" Part of me is glad my memories can stay "pure" as incomplete as they are. I recall Kidd Video fondly, and I do not want reality of seeing it again changing that...There is so much of our childhood that is impossible to watch again, and its kind of sad. Wacthing things again as adults and realizing how horrible a thing is is kind of soul crushing.

[@markirizarry4851]

Loved this as a kid! I have the soundtrack on CD bought off eBay many years ago. Still play that CD every now and then...

[@Dark.Shingo]

I remember this show in Mexico, the song was catchy as hell. Unfortunately, due to the time and the weird way certain channels broadcasted kids cartoons, most of the time the music videos were cut to commercials and the ending videos too.

[@amirsmith7676]

I asked for this a couple weeks ago,you are awsome,thank you!

[@GnocchiTV]

I watched this show so much. I don’t know why. Also, Haim rhymes with dime.

[@bezoticallyyours83]

It does?

[@seangavin4829]

Great video! I googled Kidd Video earlier today and this video came into my feed a little later 🤔 I remember watching it as a kid, brings back memories.

[@rameybutler6555]

Riptide was awesome! Pink helicopter, annnd a robot sign me up!

[@themoviereviewwarriors939]

Man I loved this show as a kid. Which I could find all the episodes.

[@WraithTDK]

Man, just LAST WEEK I was saying to my buddy that I wondered if they ever escaped from The Flip-Side. After 30 years we finally saw Scooby-Doo capture The 13th ghost, I think it's time this group got home. Along with the Dungeons & Dragons kids and Will & Holly Marshall from The Land of The Lost. I AM 40 YEARS OLD AND NEED CLOSURE ON MY CHILDHOOD DAMNIT!

[@Madbandit77]

Here is the Dungeons and Dragons car commercial. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKPTY6Gjm9-rn9E

[@WraithTDK]

@@Madbandit77 OH MY GOD! That was...holy crap...I feel like I owe you a life-debt or something now...

[@borinightmare]

I remembered watching Kidd Video when it was on NBC part of the 1984-85 Saturday Morning Cartoon lineup. Great times.

[@patgeta2678]

I use to love Kidd Video when I was a kid. I don't recall much about the actually show (I was 6 when it debuted), but there was this one song from the show that stuck with me more than the intro. Based on the lyrics in the chorus, I'm guessing the song was probably titled "T.L.C.". My favorite part was the 'bass' line in the chorus, which had this little riff that I have never forgotten for some reason. Maybe because it was AWESOME! lol EDIT: I found the song, and it's got all of that 80's goodness, complete with synthesizer, that I remember. Kidd Video - "A Little T.L.C." (Complete song, audio only) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqbRYq1vbtCba5Y (Music Video clip from episode) kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6WnpJRohbmXeZI

[@Xs2...]

That intro is an ear-worm. I watched it all the time.

[@sterlingsmith1824]

Omg I lived for Kid Video every Saturday morning🥰

[@GooniesNeverSayDie1980]

I had to hear the "Kid Video" intro to jump start my 39yrs young mind of mine full of 80's & 90's knowledge & remember "Kid Video". Look at Robbie Rist on the "keys" aka Cousin Oliver from "The Brady Bunch" & Martin from "Grady".

[@sea-envy3137]

I think the live portion of the opening focused on "Cousin Oliver" more than "Kid Video" I think he was supposed to be the "star power" draw after the videos

[@1bytesnack369]

Oooooh how I loved that show! They got me with the episode with the Ghostbuster song. And that show's theme song never left my brain and I still listen to it to this day.

[@CBs-Home-Vids]

There is so little precious information on this show which I liked a lot. Mostly because of the actors and their legitimately great songs and singing voices. I have always had mp3s of this show with me. The website kvflipside has been around forever and is probably the best place to find info on it, but I wish I knew more or had some of the merchandise. Especially the album they released.

[@hondorockz]

Back in the day, very nice Dan, thank you Sir!

[@g8kpr3000]

I remember them. Was in the hospital in 1984, remember my nurse asking me why this animated show was singing popular songs like ghostbusters. I couldn’t explain it then either.

[@Swedgin23]

I loved Kidd Video so much! Thanks for this episode!

[@SecretGalaxyTV]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ZombieJDC-z4i]

I watched some of that show when I was maybe three or four. Didn't even know the show's name back then. Then I look up Kidd Video and what a blast from the past! Incidentally, Glitter has both feet on the ground more often than I do.

[@busterdual]

I remember this one. Good grief. I can't recall any songs but back in the day they were earworms

[@stefanocampelli2694]

Yes! I remember watching some episodes of this show as a kid... and being super confused by the music video segments.

[@RedGranger150]

Thank you for posting

[@mikepretty7768]

I was forever trying to find this show, I remembered the spaceship and the liveaction to cartoon portion but it got to the point I thought I imagined it.

[@delmontoon]

I watched it and had a Kidd Video coloring book. That's it. Also, I would LOVE to see you do a video on the short-lived Wolf Rock TV Saturday morning cartoon!

[@zerobatsu]

I had vague memories of this show with nothing to go on but “real life, motorcycle, then pulled into animation,” and the “... my video” part of the theme song. I have wondered for the last 30 years (I’m 37) what this show was and if it was real or a commercial, but you’ve provided the answer! Thank you!!!

[@jediwalker2010]

Totally loved this show when I was 5. Good stuff!

[@jaeoutlier1060]

I forgot about this. I watched this when I was a little kid

[@vladimirlagos2688]

Wow, had totally forgotten about this show. Somehow, even my memory of it had died with the eighties

[@venvon6433]

I LOVE this channel!

[@broncolen]

Omg I forgot about this show. Thank you

[@PozerAdultRacingTeam]

Used to watch it all the time.

[@tmcgorge]

Thank you the theme song has been playing in my head for years but couldn't fully recall it or what I knew it from, this was the spark I needed to remember it! Also how could you not mention the aerobics fairy?

[@TheRayvolution]

Kidd Video (NBC) and Photon (CBS) were two shows I remember wrapped up Saturday morning cartoons.

[@bjpalm1994]

Nice! I was just thinking about this show, lol. I definitely remember watching it on Saturday mornings. I always liked their opening theme song. Good times!

[@miacarlany]

Kidd Videos music was awesome. I cried when they replaced it with save by the bell.

[@parlowderick]

I still hate Saved by the Bell

[@chriscanianoart811]

This was the year one of my favorite other short lived show - Mighty Orbots on ABC. Great times

[@keithsmith8543]

I would be lying if I said I didn't like this show. It was very cool. My favorite jam from Kidd Video..."Easy Love." Thanks for the update. 👊

[@DarkSyde24]

My childhood wrapped up in a 7+ minute video right here.

[@Denimjedi]

Run is such an amazing song from them

[@BlueTearDconnor]

I seem to be the only one who remember this cartoon from my family and friends... I will fight for this show until the day I die.

[@russellharrell2747]

Did you even mention the copy cats? Or that fairy with the leg warmers? For shame. And yes this was the last show on Saturday mornings for me too, a bitter sweet feeling. Walking out the door and into the blinding light of the sun still couldn’t break the spell of the sheer goofiness of the show or the awesome music. I’m sure this cartoon informed the Super Mario super show/Zelda cartoon, also by DIC.

[@BrendanPNW]

I have vague memories of Kidd Video. I didn't realize DIC was still owned by Disney. Can you do a series on who currently owns the cartoon production companies of the 70s and 80s? The flow of ownership is fascinating to me.

[@paulrawsonjr.2423]

I loved this show back in the day

[@ZacherlJem]

Video Romeo is my favorite Kidd song. I love Ash' s voice. I wish he sang lead more.

[@KS-yh4zx]

I was born in 85 so while I never saw it while it was in syndication I had all the VHS tapes that they ever put out of it and watched them so much it wore them out.

[@fourkneeyay]

Wait...Cousin Oliver was in Kidd Video?! *mind blown*

[@jamievaughn1485]

Oh man the feels!! I had almost forgot about this show.

[@joeb895]

I was 11 years old when it aired. I remember it but don’t remember any specific episodes. It be cool to see again. By the way I just realized that Whiz was also Oliver from the Brady Bunch. Awesome

[@teknomax7883]

Kidd Video had its moment here in Argentina. I watched it, but barely remember anything but the intro.

[@diggingattycho7908]

At first I thought I never heard of this show, until I saw Master Blaster. He is the only memory I have of this show.

[@LowbrowDeluxe]

This and Galaxy High were my favorites.

[@lucasterable]

Ok, the best American cartoon theme songs of the 80s are (in no particular order): - Video to Radio (Kidd Video) - Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors - M.A.S.K. - Thundercats - No Guts No Glory (Galaxy Rangers) - Pole Position - Duck Tales

[@airporttrucker8529]

Hey you didn't mention the Copycatz. They were basically the comedic relief of the show.

[@KaneshaDi]

I remember watching this show and it was one of the more strangest cartoons back then. Oddly enough I can remember the name of one of the live action videos/song that the band did, Video Romeo. I also remember the name of the fairy/pixie that befriended the band in the cartoon, Glitter.

[@scottsmartky]

Huh, I was thinking this was about the people that did all the music videos using old Scooby-Doo cartoons and some other older cartoons. Those used to air on Sunday mornings between cartoons while I was eating breakfast and getting ready for church. I'd never heard of this show before.

[@BallparkHunter]

I had forgotten about the show, but remember the intro when they became cartoons. I must have blocked it out all these years.

[@ArikVM]

Yea, Kidd Video came for a fan tour and performed their songs here in Israel. I remember when they came here to my home town Tel Aviv ❤

[@bryanthardin5514]

Awesome i love kidd video my favorite Saturday morning. Also the song TLC easy love come back. To me video Romeo time never Waits and run run love those songs and love the cartoon thank you

[@drewstar412]

I believe Kidd Video song " It's over when the phone stops ringing" (written by Holly Knight and longtime Elton John collaborator Bernie Taupin)was the only song ever covered by another band,(Eighth Wonder) that had some success wiith it. They had some really good songs....the entire " Video to Radio", is BRILLIANT! Too bad more radio DJ's didn't use that song. Video Romeo", "Turn Me Up"and "We Should Be Together"were some other songs I luved! ""We Should Be Together" and Video Romeo were cool vids too!

[@roscoebank8583]

"A Little TLC" was covered by Menudo

[@emerje0]

Used to watch a lot of Kidd Video and Kids Incorporated (both the original and the later Disney Channel version) when I was little. You should do a video about Kids Inc even though it didn't have toys or anything (that I'm aware of).

[@spacemancraig5781]

omg, I've been trying to remember what this show was for years. When I was a kid I referred to this as the Huey Lewis show so all attempts to Google the Huey Lewis cartoon show failed to find this show. I've trying to remember what name of this show was for years now.

[@anthonymigchelbrink3254]

Oh, yeah! I loved this show as a kid. I remember my dad taking me to the record store to see if they had Kidd Video music and being really bummed out when the clerk had no idea what I was talking about!

[@MichaelKerr71]

Gotta admit, I have never even hear of this, and I very heavily watched cartoon's during that era.

[@DeathBahamutXXX]

I love your channel. I get to relive so many memories from my childhood like this one that I had forgotten.

[@mahatmarandy5977]

"The Hardys" was a cartoon about the hardy boys as a band solvng mysteries. The opening and closing title sequences were live action, however, and the musicians from the live action stuff - who were supposed to be the hardies - actually toured around the country playing gigs irl for about a year

[@chrisw6164]

I had no idea Oliver from the Brady Bunch was on this show.

[@MMunn]

I was expecting to see the intro in the break but an ET cereal commercial? Lol

[@danielaart9779]

I became aware of Kidd Video in the brief but magical time when Google was a thing but my mom didn't understand it. She was telling me about an 80s show. She couldn't remember the name but she remembered they go to the Flipside. I typed "80s cartoon flipside" into Google the all knowing. In seconds I was playing my mom the theme song from The KZbin and she thought I was a wizard.

[@plasticpeeps7322]

Hey Dan! Since you are in with Walmart, can you ask them why so many people can't find that new Walmart exclusive Marvel legends Cap? This is maddening.

[@gmughadam76]

Master Blaster looks to have been animated directly from Eddie arkadian the primary antagonist from Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon

[@weilersl]

I loved this show back in the day when it aired. You're right - surely we're close to the disney ownership singularity that would allow a release

[@dinomonzon8853]

Seems like a cross between Captain N & Dungeons & Dragons (which were executed far better). Mr. Larson, you overlooked Jem and the Holograms. 😁 William Zabka was Johnny, the bully in The Karate Kid. And I liked Riptide.

[@davejohnson7583]

I definitely watched the show as a teenager loved the song time I thought the band had promise but from what I remember the only time I saw them perform was on an episode of a show called dance fever it featured only the guys sadly Carla was not there but find memories

[@shadowcat309]

Loved the show..had the cd