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

• Greg Lee hosted the show
• Lynne Thigpen played the Chief
• Rockapella featured as the house band
• Branford Marsalis appeared as an informant in a season 1 episode
• Walter Cronkite gave clues in select episodes
• Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford gave clues either together or separately from the set of Live! in different season 1 episodes
• Fred Rogers gave a clue as X the Owl and Henrietta Pussycat in "The Case of the Lifted Line"
• Robin Leach often gave clues in season 1 in episodes where the Contessa was the crook
• Chaka Khan gave clues in various season 1 episodes
• Tatyana Ali appeared as a celebrity gumshoe in "Disturbing the Heavenly Peace" and then gave a clue in "A Volcanic Corruption"
• Jeremy Miller appeared as a celebrity gumshoe in "Disturbing the Heavenly Peace"
• Joe Biden gave a clue in "The Amazing Boomerang Effect" and also made a surprise appearance in "Big Bad Lug Bags Big Egg"
• Cree Summer gave clues in "Rockin Rio Rip-off" and "Where'd the Alamo Go?"
• 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"
• Neil Patrick Harris gave a clue in "The Perilous Penguin Pilferage"
• Sally Jessy Raphael gave a clue in "The Taking of the Tower"
• Al Roker gave a clue in "Tales You Lose"
• Katie Couric gave clues in "Fugone But Not Fugotten" and "Trunk and Disorderly"
• Turbo and Zap from American Gladiators gave a clue in "Robot Robotnapper"
• Jane Pauley gave a clue in "Come Back With That Kibbutz, Toots"
• Vanessa Williams gave a clue in "Where the Wandering Wildebeests Went"
• Charles Kimbrough gave a clue in "Art So Nice, They Stole it Twice"