Chic-a-Go-Go
{{Short description|Chicago children's dance show}}
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{{Infobox television
| image = Chic-a-Go-Go logo.png
| caption = Chic-a-Go-Go logo
| runtime = 30 Minutes
| creator = Jake Austen
Jacqueline Stewart
| starring = Jake Austen
Mia Park
| producer = Jake Austen
Jacqueline Stewart
| country = United States
| network = Chicago Access Network Television
| first_aired = {{Start date|1996|05}}
| last_aired =
| num_episodes = over 1,000
}}
Chic-a-Go-Go is a public-access television cable television children's dance show that airs on Chicago Access Network Television (CAN-TV). The show bills itself as "Chicago's Dance Show for Kids of All Ages".
Show description
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The show invites members of the public to participate in tapings at CAN-TV studios. A typical episode features dancing to prerecorded music, as well as musical guests lip syncing to their own songs. Each show is hosted by Jake Austen, who portrays Ratso, a teenage puppet rat, and Mia Park as human sidekick Miss Mia.[http://www.roctober.com/chicagogo/about.html About Chic-a-Go-Go!] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080519004851/http://www.roctober.com/chicagogo/about.html |date=May 19, 2008 }}
Among the show's regular features are the "El Train Line" (based on Soul Train's "Soul Train Line"), the "Fantasy Dance" (which features dancers in front of a green screen), and videotaped interviews with guests.
History and influences
Austen got the idea for the show when he published a story in his magazine Roctober about Kiddie-a-Go-Go, an all-kids dance show produced in Chicago between 1963 and 1970. Austen and Stewart met the show's creators, Jack and Elaine Mulqueen, and were inspired to complete a certification course that would allow them to use the facilities of Chicago Access Corporation. They shot the first episodes of the show in March 1996."CHIC-A-GO-GO: Building Their Own Bandstand", Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, June 12, 1998
In addition to Kiddie-a-Go-Go, the show is influenced by well-known dance shows such as Soul Train, American Bandstand, and Solid Gold.
In the 2004 movie The Big Bounce, Morgan Freeman's character is seen watching the show.{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/movies/archives/2004/0104/040130.html|title=Chicago Reader|website=Chicago Reader|accessdate=23 January 2018}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|4741930}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130601054038/http://www.roctober.com/chicagogo/ Chic-a-Go-Go site]
- [https://www.youtube.com/user/chicagogo Chic-a-Go-Go YouTube channel]
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Category:Dance television shows
Category:Local music television shows in the United States
Category:American public access television shows
Category:1996 American television series debuts
Category:1990s American children's television series
Category:2000s American children's television series