Whiz Kids TV Opening Theme
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- From the show Whiz Kids on CBS in 1984. Didn't last long but made computer nerds look cool. Look at all the hardware that kid has stock-piled in his room? Now it all fits in the palm of your hand. Dated but cool. Followed the release of the movie WarGames in theatres so not surprising.
Any TV show you watch during childhood stays in your mind for ever.
Yup
lots
It was a better, simpler time.
Seeds
I loved this show back in 83/84 and wished it lasted longer than it did. I was a computer geek back then.....ok, still am!
I was 7 in ‘83 and this was one of my favorite shows. I loved it. We had every episode on tape for years and I’d rewatch them over and over and over
Betamax?
Me too! I mean I was 7!
@@haweater1555 more like VHS
I was 7 as well, bicentennial babies!
On CBS tv.🎉 I was born November 21 1983.
Mozart,c64 and bmx what else did we need at that time,it was perfect.
how you're right ... :)
totally agreed
them days are long gone sadly. Funny how BMX and Commodore 64 were essentials (and a copy of D&D basic 3rd edition red box also as an extra)
@@davedogge2280 what's D&D?
@@David.L291 Dungeons & Dragons of course
aaaaaaaaaaah!!! I'm almost crying!! I can't believe I found this. It was one of my favorites shows in my childhood :')
I remember being 13 and watching this next to my Commodore 64.
Vic 20 baby... I still have it.
Haha, I was 9 and watching it next to my C64
I had a Altair that I built with my Dad. I could program it to make tones over the phone line.
Ti99/4A
My first computer. I've still got one.
A great show. I was watching this in the UK back in 1984. Showed about 6pm on a Saturday evening. I love it. Thanks for posting. Retro.
This show plus War Games changed my life!
Same. From France.
Yeah. I don't know which region you lived in, but in London we watched it on LWT. I miss those days.
It was also aired in Spain, in a Catalan channel called TV3 (they renamed it as "Els Supertrònics" here). I think I was like 8yo or so and was obsessed with this show. It's a pity it has never been aired again (at least here) nor released on DVD, etc. so very few people in my country has even heard about this show.
Me too! Been trying to find this for ages.
One my favorite shows ever. I guess it kind of got me into my job. So fascinated by all that stuff in his room.
I well remember watching this show each week. I was 14 and very interested in tech / computer ( Commodore 64 and all that). In one episode one of the characters had a Neilson Ratings black box hooked to the family TV that could monitor which channel was tuned. When Richie found out, he said "Great! I can make it so Square Pegs is the number one show! " My sister & I, who had watched that show before, knew the reference was an amusing anachronism since we both knew that show had already been cancelled months before.
Omg!
Used to love this show.
Kids with a very clever computer! I used to pretend I was on the show with my commodore 64! 😆😂
I had the way inferior Commodore Plus.4.
if they remade this programme today, it would be one boy glued to a single smartphone, rooted to his bedroom and lacking in vitamin D, with virtual friends and no life, occasionally 'visiting' his parents downstairs. How times have changed.
but, you cant hack anything with a Smartphone, ATT will brick your phone just for having unauthorized code on it.
He'd be probably Wade Watts =D
Oh come on. Look at Richie in this intro. Riding his bike, putting on a magic show. He's a well-adjusted kid who just happens to be a nerd.
back in '84, I recorded this theme music from the TV to a cassette tape, because I thought it was so unique and cool but unlikely to be available much longer.
But here we are, and the real "Whiz Kids" have given us MP3 files, UA-cam, and RealDownload converters so I can listen to anyway.
The theme song is based off of Mozart's concerto no. 21 in C major K. 367.
jenna ostroff That's right!
Hi JIM, I knew the theme had to be something classical but drove me nuts trying to figure it out! Heard it on a radio station one night ( from a college doing NPR) BTW? The background music for DEAN WITTER tv commercials was Beethoven. Fantasy Chorale in C for piano, Orchestra and Chorus!
I actually wrote a program to emulate what they did when they were typing on their computers. You could hard code what you saw on the screen and it would display no matter what series of keys you pushed on the keyboard. I read about that in an interview with the creators of the show and they had sample code in "Compute!" magazine.
Ha, ha .. me too!!!
Watched all of these when I was 14 and programming on my TI-99/4A. Assembly was fun then and still is now.
Cool! What languages are you using these days?
@vampiroast - English and French... What else ?
My parents HATED Sci-fi stuff, but this show kinda masked it as a crime show, so it was one of the few fun shows I got to watch during the week! I loved it!
I LOVED this show as a kid. I envied Richie's "computer room" and drew pictures featuring scenes from the show. Hell, I even pretended my old Vic-20 computer could be programmed to "break in" to the school's computer. My parents at first thought it was a cute show, and liked it because we also owned a cocker spaniel, but after my Grandma pleaded with them to turn the channel because the dog had the unfortunate name "Rabies", it became a somewhat banned show.
I love this show. I was a teenager fan of these silly but fun adventures !
I loved this show so much I programmed the theme music onto my C64! I met Matthew (and his super-nice Mom!) when I was in my 20s. He was slightly embarrassed by the show, but glad that it was positively received by so many nerd-fans!
Did you watch Yu-Gi-Oh! GX? He's the voice of the main character, Jaden.
the opening music is an adaptation of Mozart: Piano concerto n. No. 21 in C major, K.467
Bloody hell, even the theme tune was nerdy.
Memories, like the episode that crossed over with another detective show, Simon and Simon.
This theme is based on Mozarts Concerto No. 21 in C major K. 367. Movement number 1.
Thanks.
Great music. It reminds me to Isao Tomita versions of classical music.
It's K467.
what a punk !
@@NihilistGhost in Latam ( Los Chicos Computarizados).
This show was revelation. Made me realize I was a nerd and that I hadn't to be ashamed of it.
I was 10 and was obsessed with this show. My Korean friend and I would run to our computer class and tried programming the Apple IIc to create those geometric designs that you see in this intro.
A blast from the past.
I remember this. It was shown every week on saturday afternoons. This takes me back.
Never mind Saturday afternoons,I remember watching this when it was originally on CBS Wednesday nights.
Same here, since I only had 1 TV I had to flip the AB switch from my Commodore 64 to the TV to watch it.
We only had 1 TV in our own household as well for the longest time and I just had to hope that Mom & Dad didn't want to watch something else at that same time.We didn't get a VCR until early '85.
+John W Landry same here. we got a vcr in 1986
John W Landry same here.
One of the best memories of my youth!
Words cannot describe how much I love the show. I was so enamored by I spent an entire summer saving up money to buy my first computer which was a TRS-80. Unfortunately I lived in the Christian south so my mom had it destroyed.
Sorry to hear what happened to your trs-80, a sad memory, I loved that computer, thanks for sharing it though.
Is she still a Luddite or did she eventually embrace those infernal computers?
This is DEEP 80's... very few people remember this show... this one, and Automan.
Lol yup, I luv the 90 degree turns in the Lambo..
✌️❤️🇳🇿
I loved this show! I got my first computer (a Commodore VIC-20) because of this show.
I absolutely loved this show.
Guys!!! This theme song is now in the new Bill and Ted 3 movie!! The Mozart dude on the movie plays this song!! I swear o cried and laughed so hard. I don’t know what to think but it’s literally the Whiz Kids theme song
I loved this show ... i think, the memories are so faded now. Computer hackers, awesome show. I'm now old enough to recognise that it is a Mozart piano concerto as the theme song. The main dude in this was also in the 'Red Hand Gang,' which i loved, & 'Little House on the Prairie,' which i always watched, but have no idea why as i don't think i even liked it, but, there was a couple of cute girls in it.
And also the movie "Deadly Friend".
@@dieabeticgamingph7729 And Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (as the voice of Jaden Yuki). He's gone into voiceover now.
I was 13 when i watched this show while I worked on my Commodore 64 with Vic Modem, and dot matrix printer and turtle graphics software! lmao!!!! my go to games Congo Bongo, Pitfall, and of course Donkey Kong, my magazine of choice was Electronic Gaming Magazine!! ahhh back when the internet was called BBS ( bulletin board systems) along with the Sysop ( systems operator) lmao man I miss my childhood
The real question is why hasn't this show been released to DVD??? Seems like everything else ever on tv was, why wasn't this show?
It only ran for one season, deemed too obscure for a release. Closest you can get to one is the season of Simon & Simon it crossed with.
I remember this but only because of andrea elson
@morgan8757 Alice Tyler. Hmmm... Tyler.. Yeah. I'm getting some Doctor Who fanfic crossover ideas here!^_^ Maybe... Alice is Jackie Tyler's cousin.
She is on reruns of ALF.
I'm amazed that they haven't re-released this epic TV show already. What are they waiting for?
Krister Nielsen: It may not fit in our current time period. The Millenials won't understand it. =D
@@dieabeticgamingph7729 Oh they would HATE it!...lol
@@jankypop-a-matic58 I agree =) I loved the Whiz Kids in my youth but that was another time period (a better one from my POV). It was the dawning of personal computers and that era was way way simple than the Anarchic Society kids are exposed to today. WZKiids best left as a part of PC history to cherish in our hearts. =)
Great show for the time.
Now 5 year olds use smartphones better than someone that's 55..lol
I can remember making sure I was at my TV when this came on, loved the show. Today or watches have more power than all that stuff he had there times 20.
I think this was the show that made me get into computers. I always wanted to hack my way into the school computers and change my grades like on the movie War Games but nothing in our school was on computers.
I loved this show when I was kid!
I was 12 when this came out and i enjoyed watching it
wow! Thank you for uploading. Been trying to hear this tune again for decades!
I particularly liked the "action music" for this show - nice tune
Pre Alf Andrea Elson 😁
Ahh, yes. The show that introduced millions of young boys to her. And after it went off the air and was dismissed and discredited, she became known for the NBC sitcom that was far less plausible.
I was so in love with Hamilton from this series love to find the series on dvd or on here.
Me too!
Mattew Laborteaux, a perfect mix between Jobs and Gates... Incredible !
I was 12 in 1984. Few years later in college interview, the interviewer asked me what make u want to study computer ?
I replied I watched whiz kids
I loooooved those keyboards 😂
I was 13 and after one season I begged my parents for a Commodore 64 computer.
But I was super devastated to find out it couldn't do all the incredible things they did with a computer on the TV show...
I did get real good at dying from dysentery playing "Oregon Trail" though..😅
The things you could do with home computers.
I still remember scenes from this show!
Beautiful doggie on the last scene
thanks for posting this! i have vague memories of watching and loving this show but couldn’t quite remember it. glad i found this! i was probably 9 or 10 and watched it in berlin, germany thanks to the american forced network television!
I must check out this series
Memories unlocked
vive le commodore 64 et les petits génies
C'était génial!!!
A mort les Commodore 64 ! Vive les CPC Amstrad 6128 ! Tous avec moi les pauvres ! :D Qu'est-ce que c'était bien cette série...
Wow. 90 second opening titles!
Max Gail guesting on "Psych" reminded me of this show.
I watched this at age 13 every week. Friday nights.
wow blast from the past - I'd forgotten about this series, although I remember the Red Hand Gang. Didn't this series have the guy put messages on electronic freeway signs?
Way before 'The Social Network', and a year after 'WarGames' there was this show. =o)
Loved this show
83
I was 13 & I wanted his bedroom😊
I remember the main using the robotic arm next to his computer to eat his sandwich. I wanted the same (arm not sandwich)
Rien: and did you get the Sandwich? =D
I vaguely remember this show but believe it contributed to me wanting a computer.
That is the reason i studied computer sciencea dude
Fun little CBS show back then.
Somehow, I missed this show.
I'll bet this opening looked so modern at the time. Now it looks ancient!
Yes and yes.
Man, we had Whiz Kids AND Misfits Of Science...makes you realize how much you hate TV in 2012!!! This show isn't even available on DVD.
And in 2018, what are DVDs ?
Amazing what these kids could do with a Commodore 64 in the mid 80s. Well, I'm going to put All Of Human Knowledge back into my pocket now.
"Also Starring A Martinez." What, did they just pick any old Martinez at random for each episode?
Lol...clever!
and gail ?
He acted for years under that name.
He was that guy Cruz Castillo from California Clan.
I wasn't sure if I'd remember the tube but yeah I remember it lol
Ah, yes. The writers of this TV show, and the film, Wargames, took a lot of artistic license. They did exaggerate what home computers were capable of.
Ha I'll bet they grew up and became team scorpion, a current CBS series also with crime fighting nerds!!
Most of the cast weren't even born in 83 when whiz kids was on,even robert patrick hadn't started acting,Terminator 2,came out in 91
Eastbound & Down
Why do I vaguely remember this ?😂😂😂
Todos los capítulos son buenísimos Andrea elson y Matthew laborteaux los amo actúan muy muy bien 💋
Siempre me gusto mucho la casa de Richie addler y Hace un año pude encontrar en calabasas city California. También su escuela en Santa Clarita, lo curioso que la casa u la escuela de la pandilla están a más de 30 km de distancia.
A smart souvenir
Albert has come a long way from the prairie
You should hear him on Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.
Matthew Laborteux from "Deadly Friend" and Andrea Elson from "ALF".
Pc and bmx all my youth.
Cool analogue sound ;D
It was a fun show.
Did they ever play an arcade game called “hang on” during this show?
Great theme/opening!
At 0:48 the guy is playing a Williams Defender machine, but it turns into an Atari Tempest in the next shot
i blame this show for getting me into 6502 machine code. thanks guys! C64 RULES btw :)
Yeh, C64 and Apple // =D
apple II? hmmm ok then :)
C64 uses 6510 processor. Apple 2 used 6502. Not much difference in machine code though. Back then I had an Apple //+ and my cousin had the C64. We did a temporary swap so I was able to tinker with both machines. The C64 is awesome as it has a dedicated SID and VIC chip but it was poor in I/O management which the Apple // was good at. The C64 disk drive took a lot of time to load that you could practically eat your lunch while waiting for it. I remember we used to joke a lot about it. The Apple was more of an experiment machine because you could build interface cards yourself and insert them into the slots and yes program them. I tinkered more with basic back then but getting the chance to play around with both of them was worth it =) I miss those days. Computers where a lot of fun back then compared to today. Thanks
Me gustaba mucho esa serie.
MAX GAIL lost A LOT of hair between Barney Miller and Whiz Kids!!
En Canal 13 de Chile la daban como LOS CHICOS COMPUTARIZADOS.
Oh my good, this sound kills my nerves!! Who has composed that? But the Commodore 64 computers from 1984 (here in Germany still known as "bread box") are pretty cool.
+Jan Pracht Err.. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed the intro music. Austrian guy. He's considered quite good.
Solo entre por el libro Reay Player One..
I used to watch it when I was nine years old. Sunday evenings at 7... Ready player one?? Ah the cheese movie...
0:17 : RJ-11 Powaaaaaa !!!
Based on Piano Concerto no. 21 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Who didn't want Ralf as his own personal computer assistant?
I bought a computer for watching a show about computers.
East Bound and Down brought me here. Season 2 E 4
I loved this show !!!!
can someone please help, I have a piano version of this music and Google says it's Mozart but I checked and they're not the same. Does anyone know the classical piece the Whiz Kids theme is a cover of please ?
I also loved the theme. My mom (god bless her soul) was a piano teacher way way back when I was way way young had an Apple // and loved watching the show. I really don't know if there is an actual cover version of the whizkid theme but my mom always played Mozart No. 16 in C major and the theme was taken from Mozart Concerto 21. My guess it was created as a mixture of both. I used to hit the keys when my mom wasn't using the paino to play the tune hehe...
now on frame 18, is that an apple IIC the reporter guy is using?
It reminds me of the film 🎥 war games.
una de mis series favoritas