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''The Kids From C.A.P.E.R.'' was a Saturday morning live action television comedy series for children, produced by NBC, that aired from September 11, 1976, to November 20, 1976, and resumed from April 9, 1977, to September 3, 1977. The show's title is clearly derived from the 60s spy-fi TV show ''The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'', and was inspired by different genres common to pop culture shows of the day, including ''The Monkees'', ''Six Million Dollar Man'', ''Shazam!'' and ''Scooby-Doo Where Are You!'' and their numerous imitators up to that point. The 13 episodes were produced and directed by Stanley Z. Cherry; among the executive producers was rock impresario Don Kirshner. Both Cherry and Kirshner had worked for previous television series, Kirshner notably for The Monkees. Although the show has not been released on video, there is an LP of most of the songs from the series (omitting the theme song, and two other songs, "Baby Blue" and "You're Under My Spell"), released by Kirshner Records and Tapes in 1977. One of the songs from the series, "When It Hit Me (The Hurricane Song)" was released as a single. In addition, it was recorded by Rob Hegel (who co-wrote the song) for his 1980 album released by RCA. "Tit For Tat," and "Baby Blue" had both been previously released by Neil Sedaka (who co-wrote both songs) on his 1975 album "Hungry Years." ==Overview== Each of the boys are police interns in the 927th Precinct in the fictitious city of Northeast Southweston; as a team they help the police to solve cases while they learn the ropes of law enforcement. The CAPERs communicate using "Caperband" Radios (walkie-talkies with a prominent "C" on them), and the Turquoise Telephone, the hotline on which they were occasionally summoned to duty. All of them wear belts with a big letter "C" for buckles (Doc's belt is hidden underneath his vest). The group often travels around Northeast Southweston in the "Big Bologna", a one-time hot dog wagon converted into a mobile crime lab, though the giant hot dog display remains on the roof. Each episode began with a silent comedy vignette, with a cast member in voiceover giving the "Secret Word", which was usually key to that episode's plot. At the end of each episode, another silent vignette would appear in which a "Caper Code" would be given in voice over; a series of letters and numbers such as "P3 E8 R19 C2" (TIME). This was presumably code for the next week's secret word. Each story would typically open with P.T. narrating (similar to ''Dragnet'') what was happening or about to happen. The team would then be visited by a girl who needed their help with a problem; in most, but not all, episodes the girl would become attracted to one of the CAPERs; this varied in each episode. Each episode also featured a song which was performed by one of the CAPERs in a short and a long form at different points in the episode. A recurring gag during the series was the inevitable explanation of what the acronym C.A.P.E.R. stood for; at this point the boys would quickly stand at attention and reply in unison, "The Civilian Authority for the Protection of Everybody, Regardless!" followed by a four-part harmonization of "Ta-da", reminiscent of The Three Stooges' harmonized "Hello". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Kids From C.A.P.E.R.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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