# Live action 70s kids show question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-70s-kids-show-question/559425>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 4, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-70s-kids-show-question/559425 "2010-11-04T05:15:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stygian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Stygian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stygian)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-70s-kids-show-question/559425/1 "2010-11-04T05:15:35Z")

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I’m trying to find the name of a live action kids show from the 70 or early 80’s. It involved kids going to their club house threw a fence by them activating some gears and pulleys on the fence to open it. they had a smart kid that made things and they solved Scooby-Doo type mysteries. Any clues anyone???

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-70s-kids-show-question/559425/2 "2010-11-04T05:23:30Z")

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Welcome to the boards, **Stygian**. I know there’s a factual answer to your question, but I think you have a better chance of getting it from someone in Cafe Society, our forum for the arts and entertainment, so I’m moving it there from GQ.

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-70s-kids-show-question/559425/3 "2010-11-04T05:24:51Z")

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Sounds like “The Three Investigators”. But to my knowledge it was not a television show, just a juvenile novel series.

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-70s-kids-show-question/559425/4 "2010-11-04T05:59:15Z")

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Hi and welcome, **Stygian**.

I recognise the premise you mention with regard to a British TV show from that era. In fact [check out this very similar question I asked last year](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=528917) to get the answer:

The Double Deckers

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-70s-kids-show-question/559425/5 "2010-11-04T06:14:33Z")

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Wow. This question comes up every year, and it’s always the Double Deckers.