Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?

Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? is a game show that aired on PBS from 1991 to 1995. The show was taped at Kaufman Astoria Studios from 1992 to 1995.

Mentions

• In the first season episode "The Taking of the Tower", host Greg Lee sings a few lines of "The People in Your Neighborhood" after a brief conversation with his upstairs neighbor Mrs. Pumpkinclanger. Some broadcasts edited out the impromptu performance.

• One of the Chief's slides in the fourth season episode "Nice Geysers Finish Last" depicts a swamp in Houma Louisiana where the locals are said to have spotted the mythical "wookie" monster. The Chief quips, "Wait. The Wookie Monster? Nah. Sounds like someone watched too much Sesame Street."

• On a board made up of Mississippi locations in the 1995 episode "Wine Not", contestant Lilliana Ferreira chose "Kermit the Frog Exhibit" on her path to catch the Contessa.

Connections

regulars

• Greg Lee hosted the show
• Rockapella played the house band
• Lynne Thigpen played the Chief

guests

• Tatyana Ali appeared as a celebrity gumshoe in "Disturbing the Heavenly Peace" and gave a clue in "A Volcanic Corruption"
• Joe Biden gave a clue in "The Amazing Boomerang Effect" and appeared in "Big Bad Lug Bags Big Egg"
• LeVar Burton gave clues in "Gorgeous George or Losing Face" and "Where's Dave or Losing Face"
• Barbara Bush gave a clue in "My Cup Runneth Away"
• Katie Couric gave clues in "Fugone But Not Fugotten" and "Trunk and Disorderly"
• Walter Cronkite gave clues in multiple episodes
• Lori Fetrick (as Ice) gave clues in "The Case of the False False Teeth" and "Torch Song"
• Kathie Lee Gifford gave a clue in "Big Ben Bagged"
• Neil Patrick Harris gave a clue in "The Perilous Penguin Pilferage"
• Raye Hollitt (as Zap) gave clues in "Robot Robotnapper" and "Withdrawal Symptoms"
• Chaka Khan gave clues in multiple season 1 episodes
• Charles Kimbrough gave a clue in "Art So Nice, They Stole it Twice"
• Robin Leach gave clues in multiple season 1 episodes
• Branford Marsalis gave a clue in "The SAT Score Scam"
• Jeremy Miller appeared as a celebrity gumshoe in "Disturbing the Heavenly Peace"
• Jane Pauley gave a clue in "Come Back With That Kibbutz, Toots"
• Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford gave clues (individually or jointly) in multiple season 1 episodes
• Sally Jessy Raphael gave a clue in "The Taking of the Tower"
• Fred Rogers played X the Owl and Henrietta Pussycat, giving a clue in "The Case of the Lifted Line"
• Al Roker gave a clue in "Tales You Lose"
• Paul Shaffer gave clues in "The Hammering Hank Heist" and in "The Fall Collection Caper"
• Cree Summer gave clues in "Rockin Rio Rip-off" and "Where'd the Alamo Go?"
• Scott Weinger gave clues in multiple season 3 episodes
• Vanessa Williams gave a clue in "Where the Wandering Wildebeests Went"