Big ups to Martika, or Marta Marrero, who played 'Gloria' on the show. She had a huge hit in the 80's with the song Toy Soldier. While widely considered a "one hit wonder," you couldn't escape this song in the late 80's. She too deserves to be mentioned along side the other success stories of the show.
Martika was my favorite singer growing up, and to me she just had it all. Gloria was and always will be my fave character. Those first two seasons were gold! Love that someone your age appreciates something that was a huge part of our childhoods.
Wow.. LOVED this video.. I grew up in the 80s and loved the show, but didn't really know the history behind the show. Kudos to your research and your commentary! :)
As a person that grew up watching Kids Inc from the very beginning I felt compelled to send a heartfelt thank you to you @CrayCristy. This is one of the best put together music mini docuseries segments I have seen and I'm not say that simply because I loved the show. You were genuine and passionate in your details about the show. Absolutely splendid work. Again thank you. Proud parent and father that still at 50 yrs old will randomly blast Kids Inc tunes.
Knowing how hard it can be to put a show or post together, your blast to the past piece here was purely enjoyed. I appreciate how much content and work you did with your scenes. Thank You for Keeping the Kids Inc Fandom Alive!!!!
as a fan since the 1984 season. I can say, it's great that this show is being discovered by a whole new generation of kids. I've introduced the show to my own kids and they love it. Let's keep Kids Inc alive for generations to come.
Who actually thought if. And IF.. we went to Los Angeles.. we COULD BE ON THAT SHOW. another reason I learned Percussion. And im a self taught pretty much drummer. Love this show . Thank u kids incorporated!!
This was great Christy! You did a great job! I only ever watched the show when Disney Channel would have free previews. But I really started getting into music around age 10 in 1989 and I fell HARD for Kids Inc! Like singing into my hairbrush dancing around the living room! LOL! Just a few years back I started binge watching the show from season 1 but I only went through the first three seasons if I recall. Thanks to you I want to go back and binge again and see how far I can get!
Thank you Sabrina! Singing into your hairbrush and dancing around was a MUST. So happy you enjoyed it. Definitely recommend the accounts in the description of the video to continue the Kids Inc binge 💛
Kids Inc and MMC were my baby sitters. As a latchkey kid I'd have concerts all alone at home. My vacuum was my stand up 🎤 🤣🤣 I watched until Anastasia was there.
I still watch my favorite episodes of Kids Inc to this day...It takes me back to my childhood. I remember having the biggest fan crush on Martika (Gloria). Her voice was amazing, her acting was on another level from the other kids and the camera loved her....I was so excited when her first single 'More Than You Know' debuted at the start of her solo career...but sadly I think Prince getting involved in her music messed everything up for her...She didn't need him or his help in my opinion. Sad that her attempts to make it back into the mainstream a few years back didn't work out..I'm just happy knowing that we will always be able to look back at her unmatched talent and potential as a benchmark for what a natural born superstar really looks like ...Love you Martika ♥️...and great vid Cristy. Love to know there's more KI fans out there that love the show as much as me 👋🥰
Martika is so awesome! She worked so well within the show too. I always thought it was super meta that Kids Inc covered her own songs! I'm glad you enjoyed the blast to the past!
@@scottfriend7270 very true! It was first a syndicated show, although I do believe it premiered on The Disney Channel in 1986. The promo at 11:00 was from an E! interview with Henry Holden for an episode shot that same year!
@@CrayCristy That’s probably correct I know I was in high school and I will still watch a episode from time to time. Wish it would come to a streaming service but to many people own rights to the music so it will never happen.
I was age appropriate when this show was airing, didn't see every episode but I remember liking it a lot. For years I have searched UA-cam for a documentary or retrospective on it, and finally I got a hit. You did a great job on it. Really wish they could officially stream shows like "Kids Incorporated" and "You Can't do that on Television" today.
Thank you for this! I went to Elementary school with Renee. I met her when I was in the 5th grade and she was in the 4th. She and I had lunch together a few times. I didn’t know she sang until she performed “White Christmas” at our school’s talent show. Then one Sunday morning, I decided to watch this new show, Kids, Inc. I was so surprised when I saw Renee! I had to move and changed schools soon after and never saw Renee again. I have wondered over the years what had happened to her, and I’m so happy to see some updates. The main thing I always remembered about her was how sweet she was. I was considered the geek and had no friends. I had just come out of foster care and was trying to get used to being home with my family and was way too shy and embarrassed about my family life to talk to anyone. I was at the school for less than half the year, and she was the only one who ever ate lunch with me. I would have remembered her fondly, even if she hadn’t become famous.
Great video, young lady! I was 12 when Kids Inc first aired, so I remember the early years of this show. You did a great job with all the research, editing, and all the other work you had to have done to make this trip down memory lane possible. Thank You very much. Big thumbs up!
This was SUCH a good recap. I especially loved the season-by-season breakdown of the cast! 1993 season FOR THE WIN!!! MR. WENDAL is a performance that deserves an Emmy.
I am a child of the 80's, I miss the music, the girls, the dance clubs, the booze and the parties, also the cars. I and my friends had a blast back then. It was amazing.
You should have been on Kids Incorporated... this was good. Thank you so much because I couldn't find much on this subject. Started thinking I made the whole thing up or remembered everything so wrong. I luv Kids Incorporated more than Mickey Mouse Club and it felt like they didn't exist. Your research and analysis... is so good! You are my best friend now.
Thank you for this! I grew up watching this show and it seems to be forgotten. I loved all the research and time you put into it and it’s so cool that you love it even though it probably wasn’t “in” while you grew up!
Kids Inc was my favorite show growing up in the 80s! The talent on those first few seasons especially was fantastic. I think I still want to sing like Martika! That show is sweet nostalgia and I so wish they would put them on DVD! Your parents had awesome forethought to record those episodes for you! Great upload!
Practically at the exact same time as you I said “it was the original Glee” lol I was obsessed with Kids Inc as a kid and as an adult I randomly became obsessed with Glee. I’m shocked that no one I know has ever even heard of the show. I was lucky that my parents shelled out for the Disney Channel.
As an OLD man who actually remembers seeing these as they were new (Although I grew out of it by I think season 3 and wasn't interested) as an adult, when I looked into it a couple of years ago, like "Hey I remember... show X lets look for it" and was shocked at how many of them went on to be people we see now, but not knowing or remembering they were on the show. So thank you for this, it actually gave me more information. :) Very well done video... kudos! :)
Christy, I have cleared out my storage unit.. and I have 20 or more 2hour video cassette of the disney channel airing of the Kids Incorporated t.v. show from the Disney Channel.. I enjoyed watching the show since the start back in the 80's. And just ended up recording them all through most of the years.. I thought about uploading them all to UA-cam, but wasn't sure about the fan base or copyright thing.. so, I'm going to work on doing this, and hopefully everyone can enjoy, what's been very hard to find.. let me know about how to do this, I haven't a UA-cam channel.. I could use some advice..
Great job! I watched from 84-91. I only know that after watching your video. Your parents did a great thing sharing this with you. ❤ Mine got me into movies and shows from their era. I always appreciated that and felt like they were a part of my childhood even though they aired a decade or two before I was born. 🎉
Thanks so much for putting this together for all of us it was rad😊. Used to watch TDC, Nickelodeon, MTV & VH1 24/7 loved KIDS inc & MMC, they were 2 of my favs! Thanks for doing the research & putting that together for us I'd forgotten forgotten about a lot of those stars like Stacy aka Fergie.
I'm 55 years old. I was 14 or 15 years old when the first season of Kids Inc aired on television for the first time. Back then my favorite girl on the entire series was the blonde background dancer, Andrea Paige Wilson. Later on she played Whitney on , "Rock and Roll High School, Forever", the sequel to "Rock and Roll High School."
Great piece! I remember the first two seasons - 84 and 85. My family didn’t have cable so when it went to Disney Channel, I couldn’t watch it anymore. I still have the original albums, one autographed by each member of the original cast when I met them at an event in Sherman Oaks, CA where they appeared and signed their records which would have been 1984.
I used to watch this in grade school when it was originally on. It was on right before Mickey Mouse Club on The Disney Channel. MMC was actually my favourite of the two, but I really liked this one as well (sort of like how Seinfeld was on right before Friends, and Seinfeld was my favourite, but Friends was also very good. By the time I got to be around 5th grade or so, I was starting to feel a little too old for the show (the plots felt simplistic and childish) but I kept watching a bit longer because 'Love Hewitt' joined the cast and I had the *biggest* crush on her. I stopped watching both shows by the time I got to middle school, though. So I wouldn't have seen anything 1992-onward. This analysis is a lot more detailed than I thought of when I used to watch it - 5 songs with 1 original song, 3 on stage, etc. I didn't really know anything about popular music when I was that age, so as far as I was concerned, they may as well have all been original songs.
I always loved that your mom and I shared a first name and it's *proper* spelling! It was a name that nobody had at the time and I thought it was awesome that someone on TV had it too!
Thank you so much for doing a show on Kids Inc. This was my favorite childhood show. I loved every season. It is also so great to have a younger person so into the show as well. And yes I would love anything you posted about KidsInc.
Blast from the past. Got led here from looking up Kids Incorporated after having a flood of memories all of a sudden about the show. I couldn't believe i'd forgotten. Thank you for the video
Great video! I was a huge fan of Kids Incorporated and had the record album and cassette tape. Sadly lost them both in a move but never forgot this show!
I grew up watching Kids Inc. and your chat about it was excellent!! So great to learn a few things a I didn’t know or be reminded of a few things I might’ve forgotten about. It’s been a king time since I watched it. And if Disney Plus would add it to their content it would most definitely be amazing. I know I’d binge watch too. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Don’t stop what you’re doing. 😊
This was a great video. I like how you organized the material. Martika went on to do a lot after KI. She even co-wrote and recorded a song with Prince. Stacie Ferguson, Rahsaan, and others did back up vocals on her debut album. They’re listed in the credits. I’d love to know what Martika is doing now. This show was such a big part of my childhood! ❤
Great info on Kids Inc! This was one of my FAVORITE shows as a kid. I wanted to be Stacy and my sister wanted to be Renee. Kids Inc is where I learned all my dance moves! I admit that I didn't watch as much when Martika left and definitely stopped when Ryan and then Stacy left. So it was interesting to learn about the later cast. I was also in love with Ryan Lambert at the time as well. LOL So funny. I did not know about the production details. Very cool video.
I did not know this show because of living in the UK. Your presentation was a fantastic introduction, plus you have a voice that is easily listened to, being both informative and aurily pleasing. Thank you for this.
Thank you for all of this, including that bit about Mario Lopez from Jimmy Kimmel. I never saw that, and for years I was ranting at people that Mario was a dancer on Kids Inc. This show was a huge part of my childhood, and my parents taped a bunch of episodes for me and my sisters. I wish I still had those tapes!
Grew up watching Kids Incorporated before Disney bought the rights. The first 3 seasons were my favorite since Ryan Lambert and I were the same age. I got to watch these all over again with my own daughter
Thank you for this!!! I didn't start watching kids Inc until the late 80s when I was 6 yrs old and stopped by 91. Loved it when I watched and would like to see the series in it's entirety.
Great job !! I myself grew up in the mid 80s when they air this here in Boston ma i want to say on t.v no cable at the time and it was around 5pm or 6pm becuz i remember it was dark out.. great job
I had completely forgotten about this show until this morning.😅Nostalgia hit me and I've been on a Kid's Incorporated rabbit hole since, which led me to your video. I used to dress and wear my hair just like Fergie. In fact Im pretty sure I had a lot of those outfits too. I wonder how many other kids in the 80s /90s were influenced by this show. Thanks for the awesome video!
Finally! A comprehensive look at the cast of Kids Inc.! I grew up in the New York City area and the NBC affiliate would show episodes at 7:30 AM on Saturday mornings. I was never up that early as a kid, but when I was, I turned on the show. This would have been around 1986 or 1987, and I am not sure if they were only the pre-Disney episodes.
You did an amazing job with this video! I grew up with the show from the beginning, and collected everything Kids Inc. Ryan Lambert was my favorite. It was great hearing your take on the show and brought back so many fond memories.
Thanks for the great video! Grew up on Kids Inc. and only recently started hunting up old footage of the episodes and songs. Also a HUGE Martika fan from back in the day. “Toy Soldiers” was one of my first single tapes back in the 80s when it came out. Not sure if you’ve seen it, but there’s an interview with Australian television from a few years ago when Martika went on tour there, and the hosts asked her about the children’s choir in “Toy Soldiers” and how JLH and Fergie sang in it. Martika talks a little about Kids Inc. in that interview. Quick, but interesting.
Thanks for this. This was one of my favorite childhood shows. Hardcore from 87-91 for me. One fun tidbit that I always loved.. in the opening credits, the oldest cast member would become the K, second oldest the I..and so on, all the way down to the youngest as the Incorporated.
Cristy, OMG! I've been in broadcasting for 26 years and I have never seen such a professional and watchable video on youtube. You kept my attention for the full 23 minutes! I watched the entire show. I have not a single critique and THAT is amazing! I have to admit, I'm jealous! Your narration, your research, your cutaways... All perfect. How many people did you have in the production of this video? What I'm trying to say is, "great job." I loved it. And I learned a lot. I am going to have to ask you for some pointers.
Thank you so, so much Jeff! What an awesome comment to find under this video. I really appreciate the kind words, especially with someone who’s been in the business for so long! I will say the secret sauce here was a disproportionate passion for Kids Incorporated which fueled me through a lot of the creation of this video. It took me about 2 months to get it conceptualized, getting the materials needed, shooting, and editing it together. I’d say it became much easier when I was in the research phase and started uncovering bits and pieces of Kids Inc history through actual content (videos, podcasts, interviews). That allowed me to piece and segment the video way easier than just having a talk track with a weak foundation. Once I outlined the script, it was just a matter of getting it through the assembly line! I’m sure if I had a team I could’ve done it a little faster, but I honestly enjoyed every step of the way. Happy to answer any questions you may have! Feel free to email me at craycristy@gmail.com if there's anything in particular you'd like pointers on 🙌 Thanks again for watching and for your kind comment!
You should do this with other shows. You Can't Do That On Television is another one that is worth a look. I love your personality in videos. You should make more. Keep at it. Don't give up.
Cristy.. you are so awesome. I grew up in the 1980's so I remember when this show came out watching it on local T.V I love all the details of this video. Much Love to you girl :)) Brian
HI cristy it was cool seeing the timeline of KI from that time i do remember it was rough when the show was not on tv to disney i joined the kids inc fan club i started writing to fergie and we kept in touch ever since, we are still friends to this day thank you cristy for this post, all of us KI fans love it..
I don't remember much about the series, probably because I didn't watch it constantly, but I do remember it being on the air. I'm familiar with at least some of the celebrities, like Martika and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Also, I don't remember it being exactly like Glee, especially since Glee was more controversial. I think Kids, Inc. was cleaner than Glee. I wish I could remember more of it, though, like characters and plot lines, and the other actors from the show. I know what some of the original cast has been doing; for instance, I know that Jennifer has been making a lot of Hallmark Channel movies, mostly for the holidays. Thanks for making this video, though. You seem to remember it better than I do, which means I'm old lol!
I found your video to be very informative and interesting! I'm a long-time Kids Inc. fan, and my favorite seasons were 2-4. I thought the show was the best before Martika left, but it was still good that one season she was gone... then I didn't care much for it once Renee and Rahsaan left. I quit watching it when Stacy left, as I couldn't really get into it then, but I still love those first few seasons! Just a few comments from your video: You may know this already, but speaking of Martika, did you know that Stacy, Renee, and Rahsaan (and also Devyn) sang background vocals on the single Toy Soldiers? And then Rahsaan did backing vocals on a few other songs on that album. It is true that Stacy and Ryan had a "thing" going during the show. I haven't actually seen or heard anything official from them, but I've heard it from more than one person, and there's a picture circulating around Facebook of them at Disneyland, and they're either holding hands, or he has his arm around her (can't remember which). I also found this old Kids Inc. Fan Club video here on UA-cam, and it's a video Stacy took of herself at her house, and Ryan can be seen hanging out at her place in that video, though none of the other Kids Inc. kids are there. I can find the link to that, if you want; just let me know! Along the same lines of Stacy and romance, her first kiss was Mario Lopez! She actually states this on a talk show. I can post you the link for that as well, if you want. I highly recommend listening to the Kids Inc. Podcast, if you haven't started listening to it already. Tom Lynch was interviewed, as well as various other cast members. I haven't listened to the entire thing yet (new episodes are still being posted weekly, actually), but Jerry and Moosie are also interviewed, and there may be more I haven't listened to yet. But if you want to get the actual scoop on things, that would be where to get it, as these are actual memories from people who worked on the show over the years.
Thank you so much for such a thoughtful comment! I wish I had come across the podcast before recording this video; it's so good! I'm almost done with listening through all the episodes. YES! I found that that video; it was for Ryan's birthday or something. I wanted this video to be more objective and factual as a first take, but I might actually do one with more of the Behind The Scenes and things that people may not know since I'm uncovering so much now. All of the videos you're mentioning would be great! If they're handy of course. Feel free to DM me @craycristy on IG or email me at craycristy@gmail.com 💞 Thanks again!
@@CrayCristy, I'll either email or DM you later. I have to search for the links! Which would you prefer, email or DM? If I email you, I'll put "Kids Inc." in the subject so you'll know it's me (don't want to put my email address here on UA-cam). If I DM you on Instagram, I'll add you, too, and feel free to add me. My profile is private, but my profile picture is of my little black cat friend!
I have never seen any of your videos, but when I saw that this was a video on Kids Incorporated, I had to tune in! When I heard you say that you grew up watching the show I did a double take because I watched it whenever I could & was eleven by the last season and I know we're not the same age. I think it's awesome that your parents thought ahead and taped the show for you to watch later! I wish that I had been able to see more of the show, my family didn't really get cable until the time where it was just MMC playing but even though I like both, I think I have always preferred Kids Inc. Thank-you for this trip down memory lane and if you can find more content to make a part 2 then I will definitely check it out!
Haha yes! MMC was great, but Kids Inc will have a place in my heart. So happy my parents did that. I'd go to school and none of my friends had a clue what it was! It would be a family treat, until the internet happened and we got more and more content. Glad you enjoyed this, Debby! Let me know what topics you would like me to cover for a potential part 2 💞
I love that your parents saved them for you. That was some wholesome content.I think more parents would do this. A lot of shows have content that i think are too grown up for kiddos. Your lucky we didn't have Disney channel except when they released it for free randomly....😂 ❤
I grew up on this more so than MMC. It was wild to see so many from both shows just continue on being famous and successful on a legit huge level... Timberlake, Spears, Fergie, Aguilera, Lopez, Hewitt, Chasez, Gosling. Every single one of them were A listers in their time after their respective shows. You won't ever see it like that again where child stars progress on for literal decades to this magnitude from just two shows.
It's so weird to her someone as young as you talking about "Kids Incorporated" because I really grew up on that show in real rime. From 1984 until the end... Not so much the last two seasons but still. That show was my jam! But now i feel really old. Whatever. That show was an awesome thing to grow up with.
I watched the show in its entirety from the beginning off and on because I had younger sisters who watched but I wasn’t the target age group! I was already 17 in 1989 and in high school when it first aired on Disney! But I was always a fan of Martika and Fergie! Fergie was so cut as a little kid! And I loved when Martika came out with her ortigal songs in her career! Fun fact: The kids on chorus of her song “Toy Soldiers” are the kids from Kids Incorporated! And I’ve always known that Stacy from the show was Fergie! I still have the soundtrack record from back then that has Martika on it too! I’m talkin’ actual vinyl record!
Hi CrayCristy. So glad you're doing this. I'm a huge fan of Kids Inc. and got to meet JLH and Wild Orchid, and had lunch with Connie Lew. But what was really one of the highlights of my career was auditioning Anastasia Horne for a film that would become D-War. [I didn't last long at that company--not a story worth telling.] I hope to be able to activate the fandom again for my own indie films very soon.
Thanks for this video. When I was 8 to 10, I was obsessed with Stacey, who was a couple of years older than me. She was everything I wanted to be - blonde, talented, pretty, popular. Then the show stopped airing in Australia, and in the pre internet era I basically forgot about it and developed other musical interests. Tool, Sisters of Mercy, Rammstein... Then I read somewhere that Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas was the self same Fergie I'd adored as a child. I was like no. Wucking. Fay. Because of the plastic surgery, tan, hair dye etc she looked absolutely nothing like Stacey, and the Black Eyed Peas is not music I'd choose to listen to. It took ages to get my head around. I'm glad Fergie chose her own path and I hope she's happy, but when I see her singing Gloria at what, 7 years old? I think what an astonishing vocal talent... I kinda wonder what would have happened if she'd perused a solo career, she could have filled a generational gap between Madonna and Lady Gaga. Sorry for the ramble.
Between Kids Inc. and Black Eyed Peas, Fergie was in a girl group which put out one unsuccessful album and got dropped by their label. Then she briefly battled a crystal meth addiction.
My favorite show growing up. I used to record the songs onto cassette tapes and vhs, I still have some. I watched it religiously. I was an extremely shy kid and had little to no friends and it became everything to me , my whole world. It was the only thing that made me happy.
I also taped the songs on cassette! I would turn the tv up really loud, make my family be quiet, but if the phone rang or someone came into the room talking I'd have to start over.
When I moved to the suburbs ‘89 the kid scene was little quiet even though I live near the schools aka mines being an apartments coming from a house it’s very limited. I grew up where kids were up at the crack of dawn, eating a bowl of cereal get dress go outside and play. Suburbs your hearing crickets so slowly learning now meeting other kids in the apartments units. Suburban an area I go to find the Disney Channel. Lor and behold there’s kids Inc./the Mickey Mouse club been hooked ever since. Had the opportunity to see them in concert when they came to Cleveland MMC. I did not go I was so nervous to meet everybody and I’m hoping to get a get redo. So nice to see another generation enjoy the shows as much as we did.
You know they don't have Kids Inc or MMM on Disney+ bc of music licensing, which is a bummer and a half...just like with SNL the way they cut the musical guests..which they really can't do with MMC and especially Kids Inc and still have a show. I was obsessed with Stacy Ferguson and freaked when I found out about Wild Orchid...and then of course Black Eyed Peas. Kids Inc and MMC were on forever and then the repeats for years, Disney was so much cooler back then! I read an interview with the show creators just recently and they were talking about wanting to reboot the show in a way that fits more with today. I also remember the VHS tapes they had in the 80s! This video brought back all kinds of memories!
Big ups to Martika, or Marta Marrero, who played 'Gloria' on the show. She had a huge hit in the 80's with the song Toy Soldier. While widely considered a "one hit wonder," you couldn't escape this song in the late 80's. She too deserves to be mentioned along side the other success stories of the show.
Martika, or Gloria on the show, was my favorite. I loved.Toy Soldiers.
Rene and Stacy were the two of the children singing the chorus on "Toy Soldiers."
Martika was my favorite singer growing up, and to me she just had it all. Gloria was and always will be my fave character. Those first two seasons were gold! Love that someone your age appreciates something that was a huge part of our childhoods.
She is INCREDIBLE! Her Conga rendition plays in my mind very often. Thank you so much! I’m so happy you enjoyed this ✨
When they went on tour they pulled me on stage. Best day of my life.
Martika is so cute
Martika was my favorite too. ❤
Do you remember the time they did “It’s My Party?” Lol. I can’t remember the girl’s name tho.
Wow.. LOVED this video.. I grew up in the 80s and loved the show, but didn't really know the history behind the show. Kudos to your research and your commentary! :)
As a person that grew up watching Kids Inc from the very beginning I felt compelled to send a heartfelt thank you to you @CrayCristy. This is one of the best put together music mini docuseries segments I have seen and I'm not say that simply because I loved the show. You were genuine and passionate in your details about the show. Absolutely splendid work. Again thank you. Proud parent and father that still at 50 yrs old will randomly blast Kids Inc tunes.
Cristy looks amazing.
Knowing how hard it can be to put a show or post together, your blast to the past piece here was purely enjoyed.
I appreciate how much content and work you did with your scenes.
Thank You for Keeping the Kids Inc Fandom Alive!!!!
Thanks so much Charlie ✨ I appreciate it!
Hey charlie.
Hey Charlie! Wow Cristy did an excellent job on this! This is KI fandom gold!
@@Bop2Beatles Agreed, She talked about the facts without all of the self glory experiences and opinions that most Fan Sites do.
@@Kidsincorporatedfansclub 👍
Hi Cristy, Just wanted to let you know you did a wonderful job on this! This is the best Kids Inc. documentary on UA-cam!!!
You are so kind, thank you!
as a fan since the 1984 season. I can say, it's great that this show is being discovered by a whole new generation of kids. I've introduced the show to my own kids and they love it. Let's keep Kids Inc alive for generations to come.
I was 6 when i watched that show in 1984.
Who actually thought if. And IF.. we went to Los Angeles.. we COULD BE ON THAT SHOW. another reason I learned Percussion. And im a self taught pretty much drummer. Love this show . Thank u kids incorporated!!
This was great Christy! You did a great job! I only ever watched the show when Disney Channel would have free previews. But I really started getting into music around age 10 in 1989 and I fell HARD for Kids Inc! Like singing into my hairbrush dancing around the living room! LOL! Just a few years back I started binge watching the show from season 1 but I only went through the first three seasons if I recall. Thanks to you I want to go back and binge again and see how far I can get!
Thank you Sabrina! Singing into your hairbrush and dancing around was a MUST. So happy you enjoyed it. Definitely recommend the accounts in the description of the video to continue the Kids Inc binge 💛
I have done the same thing. All girls should sing with a hair brush.it is fun
Kids Inc and MMC were my baby sitters. As a latchkey kid I'd have concerts all alone at home. My vacuum was my stand up 🎤 🤣🤣 I watched until Anastasia was there.
Cristy looks amazing.
Don't forget about Martika. She was probably their first post-Kids Inc success.
She was she was also on Star Search doing her performance of Toy Soldiers
I still watch my favorite episodes of Kids Inc to this day...It takes me back to my childhood. I remember having the biggest fan crush on Martika (Gloria). Her voice was amazing, her acting was on another level from the other kids and the camera loved her....I was so excited when her first single 'More Than You Know' debuted at the start of her solo career...but sadly I think Prince getting involved in her music messed everything up for her...She didn't need him or his help in my opinion. Sad that her attempts to make it back into the mainstream a few years back didn't work out..I'm just happy knowing that we will always be able to look back at her unmatched talent and potential as a benchmark for what a natural born superstar really looks like ...Love you Martika ♥️...and great vid Cristy. Love to know there's more KI fans out there that love the show as much as me 👋🥰
Martika is so awesome! She worked so well within the show too. I always thought it was super meta that Kids Inc covered her own songs! I'm glad you enjoyed the blast to the past!
I swear growing up I thought I was the only one who loved Kids Inc(I caught the reruns on Disney in the 90s) Loving this content!
Yessss! Thanks so much. I’m pretty sure the VHS tapes I had were from the reruns too!
@@CrayCristy kids Inc. was a great show but it started on public broadcasting tv Disney did not pick it up until like 1988 or 89.
@@scottfriend7270 very true! It was first a syndicated show, although I do believe it premiered on The Disney Channel in 1986. The promo at 11:00 was from an E! interview with Henry Holden for an episode shot that same year!
@@CrayCristy That’s probably correct I know I was in high school and I will still watch a episode from time to time. Wish it would come to a streaming service but to many people own rights to the music so it will never happen.
I was age appropriate when this show was airing, didn't see every episode but I remember liking it a lot. For years I have searched UA-cam for a documentary or retrospective on it, and finally I got a hit. You did a great job on it. Really wish they could officially stream shows like "Kids Incorporated" and "You Can't do that on Television" today.
This is awesome, thanks Racso!
You Can't Do That on Television is streaming on Paramount Plus!
Thank you for this! I went to Elementary school with Renee. I met her when I was in the 5th grade and she was in the 4th. She and I had lunch together a few times. I didn’t know she sang until she performed “White Christmas” at our school’s talent show. Then one Sunday morning, I decided to watch this new show, Kids, Inc. I was so surprised when I saw Renee! I had to move and changed schools soon after and never saw Renee again. I have wondered over the years what had happened to her, and I’m so happy to see some updates. The main thing I always remembered about her was how sweet she was. I was considered the geek and had no friends. I had just come out of foster care and was trying to get used to being home with my family and was way too shy and embarrassed about my family life to talk to anyone. I was at the school for less than half the year, and she was the only one who ever ate lunch with me. I would have remembered her fondly, even if she hadn’t become famous.
Great video, young lady! I was 12 when Kids Inc first aired, so I remember the early years of this show. You did a great job with all the research, editing, and all the other work you had to have done to make this trip down memory lane possible. Thank You very much. Big thumbs up!
I actually had never seen anything about the show until your content, I can't believe so many household names got a start on it 😮 Great video!
Thanks for watching girl 💛 YES SO MANY! And so many talented peeps that continued their paths outside of Hollywood too!
GREAT job! Stacy and Rahsaan WERE my 1st idols in 1984... when I was three.
Remember the show on Sundays. Always wanted to hurry home after church to watch it. Renee was my crush
This was SUCH a good recap. I especially loved the season-by-season breakdown of the cast! 1993 season FOR THE WIN!!! MR. WENDAL is a performance that deserves an Emmy.
I am a child of the 80's, I miss the music, the girls, the dance clubs, the booze and the parties, also the cars. I and my friends had a blast back then. It was amazing.
I was sitting here going “ how does this little girl know about kids Inc.?” But I loved every minute of this video. Thanks for the memories.
You should have been on Kids Incorporated... this was good. Thank you so much because I couldn't find much on this subject. Started thinking I made the whole thing up or remembered everything so wrong. I luv Kids Incorporated more than Mickey Mouse Club and it felt like they didn't exist. Your research and analysis... is so good! You are my best friend now.
I watched it on NBC , Saturday mornings. I hated getting up as a kid but I did for Kids Inc.
Thank you for this! I grew up watching this show and it seems to be forgotten. I loved all the research and time you put into it and it’s so cool that you love it even though it probably wasn’t “in” while you grew up!
Kids Inc was my favorite show growing up in the 80s! The talent on those first few seasons especially was fantastic. I think I still want to sing like Martika! That show is sweet nostalgia and I so wish they would put them on DVD! Your parents had awesome forethought to record those episodes for you! Great upload!
Sweet nostalgia it is! So happy you got to experience it live!
Wow I totally forgot about this show for 30+ years and looking for the shows intro your video came up 😁
I was obsessed the first few years of KI. I was the same age as most of the cast and I loved their singing.
Practically at the exact same time as you I said “it was the original Glee” lol I was obsessed with Kids Inc as a kid and as an adult I randomly became obsessed with Glee. I’m shocked that no one I know has ever even heard of the show. I was lucky that my parents shelled out for the Disney Channel.
Yesssss they were so so similar! Even the song choices in Glee's first season had so many Kids Inc covers. So happy you enjoyed this Rosey 💞
@@CrayCristy I thought it was awesome! Thanks for the great Kids Inc content, it definitely brings me back to simpler times 😊
As an OLD man who actually remembers seeing these as they were new (Although I grew out of it by I think season 3 and wasn't interested) as an adult, when I looked into it a couple of years ago, like "Hey I remember... show X lets look for it" and was shocked at how many of them went on to be people we see now, but not knowing or remembering they were on the show. So thank you for this, it actually gave me more information. :) Very well done video... kudos! :)
Christy, I have cleared out my storage unit.. and I have 20 or more 2hour video cassette of the disney channel airing of the Kids Incorporated t.v. show from the Disney Channel.. I enjoyed watching the show since the start back in the 80's. And just ended up recording them all through most of the years.. I thought about uploading them all to UA-cam, but wasn't sure about the fan base or copyright thing.. so, I'm going to work on doing this, and hopefully everyone can enjoy, what's been very hard to find.. let me know about how to do this, I haven't a UA-cam channel.. I could use some advice..
Great job! I watched from 84-91. I only know that after watching your video. Your parents did a great thing sharing this with you. ❤ Mine got me into movies and shows from their era. I always appreciated that and felt like they were a part of my childhood even though they aired a decade or two before I was born. 🎉
Thanks so much for putting this together for all of us it was rad😊. Used to watch TDC, Nickelodeon, MTV & VH1 24/7 loved KIDS inc & MMC, they were 2 of my favs! Thanks for doing the research & putting that together for us I'd forgotten forgotten about a lot of those stars like Stacy aka Fergie.
Thankyou so so much for doing all this research and making this video. This was one of my favorites as a kid. Brings back so many memories❤❤❤
I'm 55 years old. I was 14 or 15 years old when the first season of Kids Inc aired on television for the first time. Back then my favorite girl on the entire series was the blonde background dancer, Andrea Paige Wilson. Later on she played Whitney on , "Rock and Roll High School, Forever", the sequel to "Rock and Roll High School."
Great piece! I remember the first two seasons - 84 and 85. My family didn’t have cable so when it went to Disney Channel, I couldn’t watch it anymore. I still have the original albums, one autographed by each member of the original cast when I met them at an event in Sherman Oaks, CA where they appeared and signed their records which would have been 1984.
I used to watch this in grade school when it was originally on. It was on right before Mickey Mouse Club on The Disney Channel. MMC was actually my favourite of the two, but I really liked this one as well (sort of like how Seinfeld was on right before Friends, and Seinfeld was my favourite, but Friends was also very good.
By the time I got to be around 5th grade or so, I was starting to feel a little too old for the show (the plots felt simplistic and childish) but I kept watching a bit longer because 'Love Hewitt' joined the cast and I had the *biggest* crush on her. I stopped watching both shows by the time I got to middle school, though. So I wouldn't have seen anything 1992-onward.
This analysis is a lot more detailed than I thought of when I used to watch it - 5 songs with 1 original song, 3 on stage, etc. I didn't really know anything about popular music when I was that age, so as far as I was concerned, they may as well have all been original songs.
My mom is Devyn Puett 😂 a friend of mine somehow found this and sent it to me! She is going to die when she sees this!!
You got a talented momma!!! Thanks so much for sharing this with her 💛
That is AMAZING! I loved Devyn so much! I hope she is still singing ❤️
I always loved that your mom and I shared a first name and it's *proper* spelling! It was a name that nobody had at the time and I thought it was awesome that someone on TV had it too!
I loved her!!!!!!
Hey Hunter your Mom and your Uncle Tommy are awesome I just subbed to your channel
Thank you so much for doing a show on Kids Inc. This was my favorite childhood show. I loved every season. It is also so great to have a younger person so into the show as well. And yes I would love anything you posted about KidsInc.
Blast from the past. Got led here from looking up Kids Incorporated after having a flood of memories all of a sudden about the show. I couldn't believe i'd forgotten. Thank you for the video
My pleasure, thanks so much for watching!
Thanks love 😘 This was super nostalgic and heartwarming. I was born in 1980 so I experienced all of it
Aww, thanks for watching, Melissa! So happy you got to take a trip down memory lane.
Great video! I was a huge fan of Kids Incorporated and had the record album and cassette tape. Sadly lost them both in a move but never forgot this show!
I need Disney + to add Kids Incorporated, Pooh Corner, Dumbo's Circus and Under The Umbrella Tree to the freaking app... like ASAP.
Thanks so much for the video. It was great to take a trip down memory lane!
I grew up watching Kids Inc. and your chat about it was excellent!! So great to learn a few things a I didn’t know or be reminded of a few things I might’ve forgotten about. It’s been a king time since I watched it. And if Disney Plus would add it to their content it would most definitely be amazing. I know I’d binge watch too. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Don’t stop what you’re doing. 😊
This was a great video. I like how you organized the material. Martika went on to do a lot after KI. She even co-wrote and recorded a song with Prince. Stacie Ferguson, Rahsaan, and others did back up vocals on her debut album. They’re listed in the credits. I’d love to know what Martika is doing now. This show was such a big part of my childhood! ❤
Great info on Kids Inc! This was one of my FAVORITE shows as a kid. I wanted to be Stacy and my sister wanted to be Renee. Kids Inc is where I learned all my dance moves! I admit that I didn't watch as much when Martika left and definitely stopped when Ryan and then Stacy left. So it was interesting to learn about the later cast. I was also in love with Ryan Lambert at the time as well. LOL So funny. I did not know about the production details. Very cool video.
I did not know this show because of living in the UK. Your presentation was a fantastic introduction, plus you have a voice that is easily listened to, being both informative and aurily pleasing. Thank you for this.
Thank you for all of this, including that bit about Mario Lopez from Jimmy Kimmel. I never saw that, and for years I was ranting at people that Mario was a dancer on Kids Inc. This show was a huge part of my childhood, and my parents taped a bunch of episodes for me and my sisters. I wish I still had those tapes!
Grew up watching Kids Incorporated before Disney bought the rights. The first 3 seasons were my favorite since Ryan Lambert and I were the same age. I got to watch these all over again with my own daughter
Thank you for this!!! I didn't start watching kids Inc until the late 80s when I was 6 yrs old and stopped by 91. Loved it when I watched and would like to see the series in it's entirety.
Congratulations ! Excelent Research. I'm from Costa Rica and I watched Kids INC on Disney Channel during my childhood
Great job !! I myself grew up in the mid 80s when they air this here in Boston ma i want to say on t.v no cable at the time and it was around 5pm or 6pm becuz i remember it was dark out.. great job
I had completely forgotten about this show until this morning.😅Nostalgia hit me and I've been on a Kid's Incorporated rabbit hole since, which led me to your video. I used to dress and wear my hair just like Fergie. In fact Im pretty sure I had a lot of those outfits too. I wonder how many other kids in the 80s /90s were influenced by this show. Thanks for the awesome video!
Finally! A comprehensive look at the cast of Kids Inc.! I grew up in the New York City area and the NBC affiliate would show episodes at 7:30 AM on Saturday mornings. I was never up that early as a kid, but when I was, I turned on the show. This would have been around 1986 or 1987, and I am not sure if they were only the pre-Disney episodes.
You did an amazing job with this video! I grew up with the show from the beginning, and collected everything Kids Inc. Ryan Lambert was my favorite. It was great hearing your take on the show and brought back so many fond memories.
Loved this show, after school memories. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the great video! Grew up on Kids Inc. and only recently started hunting up old footage of the episodes and songs. Also a HUGE Martika fan from back in the day. “Toy Soldiers” was one of my first single tapes back in the 80s when it came out. Not sure if you’ve seen it, but there’s an interview with Australian television from a few years ago when Martika went on tour there, and the hosts asked her about the children’s choir in “Toy Soldiers” and how JLH and Fergie sang in it. Martika talks a little about Kids Inc. in that interview. Quick, but interesting.
Stacy Ferguson was my first celebrity cruch. It was in '85 when I first saw KI. I was 9
Thanks for this. This was one of my favorite childhood shows. Hardcore from 87-91 for me. One fun tidbit that I always loved.. in the opening credits, the oldest cast member would become the K, second oldest the I..and so on, all the way down to the youngest as the Incorporated.
Cristy,
OMG! I've been in broadcasting for 26 years and I have never seen such a professional and watchable video on youtube. You kept my attention for the full 23 minutes! I watched the entire show. I have not a single critique and THAT is amazing! I have to admit, I'm jealous! Your narration, your research, your cutaways... All perfect. How many people did you have in the production of this video?
What I'm trying to say is, "great job." I loved it. And I learned a lot. I am going to have to ask you for some pointers.
Thank you so, so much Jeff! What an awesome comment to find under this video. I really appreciate the kind words, especially with someone who’s been in the business for so long! I will say the secret sauce here was a disproportionate passion for Kids Incorporated which fueled me through a lot of the creation of this video. It took me about 2 months to get it conceptualized, getting the materials needed, shooting, and editing it together. I’d say it became much easier when I was in the research phase and started uncovering bits and pieces of Kids Inc history through actual content (videos, podcasts, interviews). That allowed me to piece and segment the video way easier than just having a talk track with a weak foundation. Once I outlined the script, it was just a matter of getting it through the assembly line! I’m sure if I had a team I could’ve done it a little faster, but I honestly enjoyed every step of the way. Happy to answer any questions you may have! Feel free to email me at craycristy@gmail.com if there's anything in particular you'd like pointers on 🙌 Thanks again for watching and for your kind comment!
You should do this with other shows. You Can't Do That On Television is another one that is worth a look. I love your personality in videos. You should make more. Keep at it. Don't give up.
Cristy.. you are so awesome. I grew up in the 1980's so I remember when this show came out watching it on local T.V I love all the details of this video. Much Love to you girl :)) Brian
HI cristy it was cool seeing the timeline of KI from that time i do remember it was rough when the show was not on tv to disney i joined the kids inc fan club i started writing to fergie and we kept in touch ever since, we are still friends to this day thank you cristy for this post, all of us KI fans love it..
My favorite performance was Renee singing "They Don't Know."
I don't remember much about the series, probably because I didn't watch it constantly, but I do remember it being on the air. I'm familiar with at least some of the celebrities, like Martika and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Also, I don't remember it being exactly like Glee, especially since Glee was more controversial. I think Kids, Inc. was cleaner than Glee.
I wish I could remember more of it, though, like characters and plot lines, and the other actors from the show. I know what some of the original cast has been doing; for instance, I know that Jennifer has been making a lot of Hallmark Channel movies, mostly for the holidays.
Thanks for making this video, though. You seem to remember it better than I do, which means I'm old lol!
I found your video to be very informative and interesting! I'm a long-time Kids Inc. fan, and my favorite seasons were 2-4. I thought the show was the best before Martika left, but it was still good that one season she was gone... then I didn't care much for it once Renee and Rahsaan left. I quit watching it when Stacy left, as I couldn't really get into it then, but I still love those first few seasons!
Just a few comments from your video: You may know this already, but speaking of Martika, did you know that Stacy, Renee, and Rahsaan (and also Devyn) sang background vocals on the single Toy Soldiers? And then Rahsaan did backing vocals on a few other songs on that album.
It is true that Stacy and Ryan had a "thing" going during the show. I haven't actually seen or heard anything official from them, but I've heard it from more than one person, and there's a picture circulating around Facebook of them at Disneyland, and they're either holding hands, or he has his arm around her (can't remember which). I also found this old Kids Inc. Fan Club video here on UA-cam, and it's a video Stacy took of herself at her house, and Ryan can be seen hanging out at her place in that video, though none of the other Kids Inc. kids are there. I can find the link to that, if you want; just let me know!
Along the same lines of Stacy and romance, her first kiss was Mario Lopez! She actually states this on a talk show. I can post you the link for that as well, if you want.
I highly recommend listening to the Kids Inc. Podcast, if you haven't started listening to it already. Tom Lynch was interviewed, as well as various other cast members. I haven't listened to the entire thing yet (new episodes are still being posted weekly, actually), but Jerry and Moosie are also interviewed, and there may be more I haven't listened to yet. But if you want to get the actual scoop on things, that would be where to get it, as these are actual memories from people who worked on the show over the years.
Thank you so much for such a thoughtful comment! I wish I had come across the podcast before recording this video; it's so good! I'm almost done with listening through all the episodes.
YES! I found that that video; it was for Ryan's birthday or something. I wanted this video to be more objective and factual as a first take, but I might actually do one with more of the Behind The Scenes and things that people may not know since I'm uncovering so much now. All of the videos you're mentioning would be great! If they're handy of course.
Feel free to DM me @craycristy on IG or email me at craycristy@gmail.com 💞
Thanks again!
@@CrayCristy, I'll either email or DM you later. I have to search for the links! Which would you prefer, email or DM? If I email you, I'll put "Kids Inc." in the subject so you'll know it's me (don't want to put my email address here on UA-cam). If I DM you on Instagram, I'll add you, too, and feel free to add me. My profile is private, but my profile picture is of my little black cat friend!
As a 84 KI fan, you did an amazing job, very detailed..kudos!
That was my favorite show when I was younger now that I think about it, it makes me. Feel old
I have never seen any of your videos, but when I saw that this was a video on Kids Incorporated, I had to tune in! When I heard you say that you grew up watching the show I did a double take because I watched it whenever I could & was eleven by the last season and I know we're not the same age. I think it's awesome that your parents thought ahead and taped the show for you to watch later! I wish that I had been able to see more of the show, my family didn't really get cable until the time where it was just MMC playing but even though I like both, I think I have always preferred Kids Inc. Thank-you for this trip down memory lane and if you can find more content to make a part 2 then I will definitely check it out!
Haha yes! MMC was great, but Kids Inc will have a place in my heart. So happy my parents did that. I'd go to school and none of my friends had a clue what it was! It would be a family treat, until the internet happened and we got more and more content. Glad you enjoyed this, Debby! Let me know what topics you would like me to cover for a potential part 2 💞
@@CrayCristyyou look amazing
What’s the background music that’s playing? It’s so soothing. I’ve heard it before. But I don’t know the name of it.
You watched it on tape. But I liveeeeeed it. Lol 😝
I always heard about Kids Incorporated but I never knew exactly what it was. This was so informative!!! I loved it💞💞💞
Thank youuuu queen 💞 So happy you liked it!
I have the whole 10 years on DVD collection my daughter gave me for Christmas I was 45 years old ......long awaited to rewatch
One of the best shows ever!!!!!!!! Thanks for the video young lady.
I love that your parents saved them for you. That was some wholesome content.I think more parents would do this. A lot of shows have content that i think are too grown up for kiddos. Your lucky we didn't have Disney channel except when they released it for free randomly....😂 ❤
I grew up on this more so than MMC. It was wild to see so many from both shows just continue on being famous and successful on a legit huge level... Timberlake, Spears, Fergie, Aguilera, Lopez, Hewitt, Chasez, Gosling. Every single one of them were A listers in their time after their respective shows. You won't ever see it like that again where child stars progress on for literal decades to this magnitude from just two shows.
Ty for this content!!! Growing up i used to record every episode i had bout 13 vhs tapes of the show i used to watch it all the time!!!!! 💙
It's so weird to her someone as young as you talking about "Kids Incorporated" because I really grew up on that show in real rime. From 1984 until the end... Not so much the last two seasons but still. That show was my jam! But now i feel really old. Whatever. That show was an awesome thing to grow up with.
I am a lifelong fan and there were things in this video I have never seen before! Great job! I hope you do another one!
This is so awesome! Thanks so much 💛
The first two seasons were made for first run syndication. It moved to the Disney Channel starting at season 3
Great report. Congrats!!!
I was all about Kids Incorporated and did not care for the New Mickey Mouse Club.
I loved both
I watched the show in its entirety from the beginning off and on because I had younger sisters who watched but I wasn’t the target age group! I was already 17 in 1989 and in high school when it first aired on Disney! But I was always a fan of Martika and Fergie! Fergie was so cut as a little kid! And I loved when Martika came out with her ortigal songs in her career! Fun fact: The kids on chorus of her song “Toy Soldiers” are the kids from Kids Incorporated! And I’ve always known that Stacy from the show was Fergie! I still have the soundtrack record from back then that has Martika on it too! I’m talkin’ actual vinyl record!
Totally grew up with this show and loved the recap
Hi CrayCristy. So glad you're doing this. I'm a huge fan of Kids Inc. and got to meet JLH and Wild Orchid, and had lunch with Connie Lew. But what was really one of the highlights of my career was auditioning Anastasia Horne for a film that would become D-War. [I didn't last long at that company--not a story worth telling.] I hope to be able to activate the fandom again for my own indie films very soon.
You forgot to include Martika and Shanice as part of your list of notable alumni.
Great job! Definitely loved the content!
Thanks for this video. When I was 8 to 10, I was obsessed with Stacey, who was a couple of years older than me. She was everything I wanted to be - blonde, talented, pretty, popular.
Then the show stopped airing in Australia, and in the pre internet era I basically forgot about it and developed other musical interests. Tool, Sisters of Mercy, Rammstein...
Then I read somewhere that Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas was the self same Fergie I'd adored as a child. I was like no. Wucking. Fay. Because of the plastic surgery, tan, hair dye etc she looked absolutely nothing like Stacey, and the Black Eyed Peas is not music I'd choose to listen to. It took ages to get my head around.
I'm glad Fergie chose her own path and I hope she's happy, but when I see her singing Gloria at what, 7 years old? I think what an astonishing vocal talent... I kinda wonder what would have happened if she'd perused a solo career, she could have filled a generational gap between Madonna and Lady Gaga.
Sorry for the ramble.
Between Kids Inc. and Black Eyed Peas, Fergie was in a girl group which put out one unsuccessful album and got dropped by their label. Then she briefly battled a crystal meth addiction.
My favorite show growing up. I used to record the songs onto cassette tapes and vhs, I still have some. I watched it religiously. I was an extremely shy kid and had little to no friends and it became everything to me , my whole world. It was the only thing that made me happy.
I also taped the songs on cassette! I would turn the tv up really loud, make my family be quiet, but if the phone rang or someone came into the room talking I'd have to start over.
200th comment, I watched and loved this show back in the 80's. I had the biggest crush on Martika.
I remember watching Kids Incorporated on Nickelodeon I thought but I could be wrong because it was 30 something years ago LOL
When I moved to the suburbs ‘89 the kid scene was little quiet even though I live near the schools aka mines being an apartments coming from a house it’s very limited. I grew up where kids were up at the crack of dawn, eating a bowl of cereal get dress go outside and play. Suburbs your hearing crickets so slowly learning now meeting other kids in the apartments units. Suburban an area I go to find the Disney Channel. Lor and behold there’s kids Inc./the Mickey Mouse club been hooked ever since. Had the opportunity to see them in concert when they came to Cleveland MMC. I did not go I was so nervous to meet everybody and I’m hoping to get a get redo. So nice to see another generation enjoy the shows as much as we did.
This video was incredible. Thank you for making this
Very good video!! Btw, Kids Incorporated wasn't a Disney series (initially). It debuted as a product of KCET/PBS Public broadcasting.
You know they don't have Kids Inc or MMM on Disney+ bc of music licensing, which is a bummer and a half...just like with SNL the way they cut the musical guests..which they really can't do with MMC and especially Kids Inc and still have a show. I was obsessed with Stacy Ferguson and freaked when I found out about Wild Orchid...and then of course Black Eyed Peas. Kids Inc and MMC were on forever and then the repeats for years, Disney was so much cooler back then! I read an interview with the show creators just recently and they were talking about wanting to reboot the show in a way that fits more with today. I also remember the VHS tapes they had in the 80s!
This video brought back all kinds of memories!
I grew up with Kids Incorporated and Martika ("Gloria") is my favorite cast member. She's got an incredible voice and I love her music to this day.
She is incredibly talented!
Loved this show as a kid, especially the Stacy era. We would put up our own concerts and copy them. Thank you for putting this together.
Dude, I used to love my 90s kids night line up. KIDS to MMC. ❤❤❤
Thanks for this! I watched this until it went to Disney. Still love it.
Well done. I was 13 when the pilot was released and grew up watching it..
Great job, Christy!! 🎉
Good Job on your research Cristy!! :)