OMG ! I can hardly believe that I found "The Forman Scotty Show" on the IMDb website! This was one of my favorite TV shows that came on every weekday at 5pm. I could hardly wait until it came on. Just about every kid I knew watched this show.
It was a locally produced (OKlahoma City) show for kids to watch after school and before the adult shows came on in prime-time. Foreman Scotty (Steve Powell) was the host, wearing light tan jeans and jean jacket with a white cowboy hat. In addition to a studio audience, there was a "gallery" of about 30-40 (?) kids sitting on bleachers on stage that he would talk to and interview several throughout the show. They were made up of chosen applicants sent in by their parents, making this an extremely popular TV show. Every kid in the TV viewing area wanted to be on this show.
One of the two special highlights of the of the show was a wooden horse made out of lumber, a barrel, and a saddle for two kids to sit on. The horse's name was, of course, "Woody". This special treat was reserved for two kids who were having a birthday either that day or within days, and the two kids were given "golden horseshoes" to take home. I pleaded constantly for my parents to let me be on this show for my birthday. But with both parents working, we were never able to arrange it.
The other special treat was that at some point during the show all of the kids were asked to shout out the Magic Words: Nixo-Villy! At which time there would be a "Magic Lasso" appear in the middle of the TV screen, and the camera would randomly zig-zag over the kids in all directions for several seconds and then finally settle on the face of one kid. That kid would also win a special treat.
At another point in the show they would play a pre-recorded tape of Foreman Scotty and various friends of his , at various places, solving some kind of mystery or problem either on the ranch or around the city. This often turned out to be a serial episode continued for several days. Then at another point in the show there would be another pre-recorded tape of another one of Scotty's best friends, "3-D Danny", (Danny Williams) who was a "Space Ranger" and had a robot named "Bazark" and other friends, would get into all kinds of other dilemmas having to do with space, rocket ships and space bad guys.
So you can see why this show was so popular with us kids for so long. Ohhh, the good o'l-days!
It was a locally produced (OKlahoma City) show for kids to watch after school and before the adult shows came on in prime-time. Foreman Scotty (Steve Powell) was the host, wearing light tan jeans and jean jacket with a white cowboy hat. In addition to a studio audience, there was a "gallery" of about 30-40 (?) kids sitting on bleachers on stage that he would talk to and interview several throughout the show. They were made up of chosen applicants sent in by their parents, making this an extremely popular TV show. Every kid in the TV viewing area wanted to be on this show.
One of the two special highlights of the of the show was a wooden horse made out of lumber, a barrel, and a saddle for two kids to sit on. The horse's name was, of course, "Woody". This special treat was reserved for two kids who were having a birthday either that day or within days, and the two kids were given "golden horseshoes" to take home. I pleaded constantly for my parents to let me be on this show for my birthday. But with both parents working, we were never able to arrange it.
The other special treat was that at some point during the show all of the kids were asked to shout out the Magic Words: Nixo-Villy! At which time there would be a "Magic Lasso" appear in the middle of the TV screen, and the camera would randomly zig-zag over the kids in all directions for several seconds and then finally settle on the face of one kid. That kid would also win a special treat.
At another point in the show they would play a pre-recorded tape of Foreman Scotty and various friends of his , at various places, solving some kind of mystery or problem either on the ranch or around the city. This often turned out to be a serial episode continued for several days. Then at another point in the show there would be another pre-recorded tape of another one of Scotty's best friends, "3-D Danny", (Danny Williams) who was a "Space Ranger" and had a robot named "Bazark" and other friends, would get into all kinds of other dilemmas having to do with space, rocket ships and space bad guys.
So you can see why this show was so popular with us kids for so long. Ohhh, the good o'l-days!
