Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? is a popular children's television game show loosely based on the computer games of the same name created by now defunct Brøderbund Software. World aired on PBS from September 30, 1991 to October 4, 1996 and starred Lynne Thigpen as "The Chief", Greg Lee as "The ACME Special Agent in charge of training new recruits" and Rockapella as the house vocal band and comedy troupe. Rockapella featured Sean Altman , Elliott Kerman , Barry Carl and Scott Leonard , with Jeff Thacher joining in the final season of the show. This show holds the record for... being the longest-running game show on PBS and as the second longest running children's game show in U.S. television history behind Double Dare . The show received the George Foster Peabody Award for excellence in 1993. The show's theme song, penned by Altman and David Yazbek, is one of the most well-known themes in television history according to the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
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