Sean And Mackenzie Astin on I'm Telling

[Klackner1]

If I'm the host, I tell Sean Astin "get your god damn arm off my shoulder you fucking hobbit."

[Klackner1]

Also is it just me, or does Mackenzie Astin look like a combination of Martin Short and Robin Williams? And what the hell is the deal with the pants?

[Klackner1]

I remember watching this at the time and thinking how douchy the Astin brothers were. Also nice to see David Koresh hosting a kids show before he became a branch davidian.

[dwightrapper]

Sean Astin is acting like you'd expect some little kid who was in the one of the greatest movies(The Goonies) of all time to act, like a cocky little prick. He thinks all those hand motions and walking Egyptian shit is cool. His brother is one hell of an over actor as well.

[VenusInFurs]

Damn, Mackenzie Astin's pants are high as hell. lol Man, the 80s just were not a good time for fashion.

[pippigladstone]

cocky bastard

[Mutough]

I like how just before he goes out to pick them, he counts to six... On one hand.

[Baldenlong77]

Sean looks like Patty Duke and Mackenzie looks like John Astin.

[gohelio]

this is too funny -- they are such dorks there! love both sean and mackenzie, but wow...

[Vook]

I saw this episode.

Holy crap! This was Sean Astin? As in the future Samwise Gamgee?

[HunnyBunniD]

I love that the younger brother went for the typewriter! Like "THAT'S TOTALLY WHAT I WANT!!!"

[nomadcowatbk]

@HunnyBunniD

what kid would want a typewriter?

[gibblerfan83]

i remember watching this show but had forgotten until i saw those flashing red lights. Weird

[1985Nebraska]

Yeah. This Pick-A-Prize Arcade is what I remember the most from this kids game show. Mostly because I remembered how the sirens sounded and lit up when the prize was selected and matched.

[MireMaistin]

My god, I just had a major flashback... I remember watching this show all of the time.

[TheGasbaggers]

what song plays when they run in the prize arcade

[PoPoNellie]

That would be the "I'm Telling" theme by Shuki Levy.

[CommonSence2008]

With newer game shows invented throughout the 2000s, including those newer versions of classic gameshows like the new Press Your Luck on GSN and the new Pyrimid on NBC, I'm suprised people who know how to promote and/or produce game shows have not brought any newer kids game shows in the last five years or so. What really made kids game shows popular was both Finders Keepers and Double Dare. This one; I'm Telling!, was okay for any kids game show that wasn't aired on Nickelodeon.

[Grapes428]

@CommonSence2008 The original Press Your Luck was one of the most underrated game shows of all time. That, and Card Sharks.

[ShadowChanceSassy]

@Grapes428

Agreed. The first Press Your Luck was the best. But I know what CommenSence2008 was getting at. Bringing back classic game shows. Nowadays, that one CBS game show, Let's Make A Deal, is back on CBS. Now if Press Your Luck had it's original look, it would get ratings and viewers. Game shows in the 70s and 80s were very good. We could use a newer version of Press Your Luck (not GSN's Whammy!), I'm Telling!, and many other classic game shows again for a new audience.

[ShadowChanceSassy]

@CommonSence2008

I agree 100% CommonSence2008. We do need kids game shows on television again. This one; I'm Telling!, Fun House, all versions of Double Dare with Marc Summers, Get the Picture, Nickelodeon Arcade, Make the Grade, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Figure it Out, and all the other kids game shows from the past and all that aired on television were great. If GSN can can create and/or re-create any game shows, I'm sure they can create and re-create kids game shows as well.

[1985Nebraska]

I know I've said it before but if game shows for kids were a demand anytime in the future, I think bringing back I'm Telling, Fun House and some of the kids game shows that aired on Nickelodeon, including Double Dare, Nick Arcade, Get the Picture, and Figure it Out, would be a great idea along with creations of newer kids game shows that no one has invented or created yet.

[ZetaNeubourn]

Hehahah, firs kid was all jammin' out until he missed the last one. C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER! XD

[CitaSenoritalovesJP]

I thought this was so cute! They were so young. HAHA

[PoPoNellie]

I remember my uncle thinking they were'nt so cute because they wasted some time being silly and being to relaxed during the picking. I kinda thought they could have hurried up a little too.

[LadyDi4476]

OMG I totally used to watch this show!! Ahh memories!!

[lefthandrighthand]

oh man sean is acting like such a hot shot. HAHAHA

[lilxEMOxZab]

Sean Astin is GORGEOUS I love him more than words can describe!

Thanks fer uploading this!

=D

[dkoch2]

wow mckenzie half assed it didn't he, looks like he didnt really try

[DSMarisen]

That first kid is so fucking rad

[mayormcch33z]

hahah yeh but that second nerdy kid blew it!

[SkyAboveRiver]

is dat his sister or brother? lol

[alycat25]

I remember seing this either when it aired o in a repeat a few years later. I remember thinking "Why is Sean Astin acting like such a dork with his little dance moves before he hits each prize button?".

[CommonSence2008]

I didn't know that Sean Astin and his brother Mack were on a game show. I partially remember this game show back in the late 80s.

[itsmeyall]

that was the same episode as this one. btw, love your user name, he is so brautiful

[djtennizkid]

H'es so little!

[outletdoutlet]

@ 2:48 I thought the host said "the prevention of Shia Leboeuf." Now that's a noble cause.

[littlefawnl]

Omg, thats funny.

[queennothing1980]

I read the comments while I was watching this and I totally thought he said that as well. However, I think it was the power of suggestion in my case. : )

[lloo567]

ha ha! It DOES sound like he says that. Guess it didn't work.

[nomadcowatbk]

@outletdoutlet

they were about a couple of years too late for that

[AlyssaJeane]

I find it really bizarre that the charity is for child abuse prevention. They'd never even mention child abuse on kids shows these days.

[bazookafluke]

My brother and I loved this show, Fun House was great too.

[UglySean]

OMG! Marlo? I'm so used to him looking more like Mr. Kotter. My trusty friend Google tells me this show was hosted by Laurie Faso, "Marlo Higgins" from Marlo and the Magic Movie Machine.

[gshowguy]

And Laurie's quite popular in the voice-acting field, too.

[gotameanglare]

omg where did u find this? its so cute

[TiffanySchitt]

Goddamn motherfucker!

[Benmontfan]

The ones who are verbal call him Laurence because that's what they hear us call him.

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

oh. my mistake.

[Benmontfan]

Catch the message I sent to your inbox and meet me there.

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

i apologize for the confusion.

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

it's laurie, not laurence.

[Benmontfan]

He answers to both. Most of don't call him Laurie, even though he prefers it. I just can't call a guy that with a straight face.

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

the only people he doesn't answer to (as far as his first name is concerned.) r the kids correct? :)

[Benmontfan]

He answers to anyone who speaks to him. I'm not sure what you're getting at. Details ?

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

LOL! from actor to game show host to student teacher.

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

by any chance did you watch i'm telling when you were a kid?

[Benmontfan]

Never heard of it. I was already in high school by then. Laurence is the one who told me about it.

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

oh.

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

PFFTT! r u serious?

[kaytg89]

haha aw Mac's cute :) I LOVE Iron Will, awesome movie and I had a crush on him afterwards haha

[Beatleles]

I wanted to be on this show SO BAD back in the day. My sis and I would have cleaned up!

[happy7117]

It's "RUDY" from the movie..well RUDY!

And "Mikey" from "THE GOONIES"

[FirCone]

Omg, I had no idea that they are brothers! :O

I used to have a crush on Mackenzie when he's Will in Iron Will, haha. Maybe I still have. ;)

[auburn4wins]

I personally found this show very enjoyable. Laurie Faso isn't a very well-known figure, though. I also remember this moment! It was very kind to give them all away, since it was for charity.

[Wolfman12395]

Does ANYONE have a full episode? I remember loving this show as a kid.

[DBradshaw25]

I used to watch this terrible show...LOL

[krakis]

Does anyone have the "Im Telling" with a little retard looking kid with glasses? It rules!

[totaLybeetLeJuice]

mackenzies acting is hilarious thats what made GBK And the Epz of FOL he was on so chilll

[elizabeth1977]

cool

[Steve1460]

Mackenzie looks like a girl.

[1985Nebraska]

I did think that at first, then I remembered Disney's "Iron Will" since Mackenzie Astin was in it.

[isaidgoddamn99]

wait... is this the same guy who did the voice of raphael in the second turtles movie??

[Benmontfan]

Yes, it is.

[Lbertucci4132]

I would Have Went first And Then My Buddy Would Have Been After Me

[KidsTVFan]

Any 20 prize wins from this show?

[1985Nebraska]

Yes, there were a couple of different 20 prize wins. It was a great kids game show. Too this kids game show didn't last as long as Double Dare.

[KidsTVFan]

Do you have those 20 prize wins?

[1985Nebraska]

I did at one time when I taped the reruns off The Family Channel. I don't know what happened to that video tape, but I think it got thrown away since it was a bad tape anyway.

[000001asdf]

holy shite i remember this like it was yesterday!

[1985Nebraska]

To this day, I miss Laurie Faso and the old game show of I'm Telling.

If childrens game shows have a big demand for children/family television audiences, I hope that I'm Telling will be one that will come back.

[KidsTVFan]

Bring this show to GSN in place of the Newlywed Game.

[booboo900]

it was laurie faso

[celestialframe]

The Production company was really married to the idea of it being called Maury, so they gave it to Povich, and the rest is history

[celestialframe]

I always thought the hosts name was Maury Fosso. Even As kids the age of 7 we all thought he was a major Loser, now however I miss him and wish he was back on TV in a headline atmosphere. And Did you know he was supposed to be the original host of "Maury", instead of Maury Povich, but then the production company found out his name was Actually Laurie, and Faso was too proud to change his name, and the company thought the show wouldn't work if it was called "Laurie" and starred a man.

[TVLubber]

Laurie, not Maury. He ain't no Maury Povich, and he sure as heck ain't no host of Twenty-One either.

[MandyxxMassacre]

All of these game show hosts were freaks..

[cosmowanda868]

Whoa, Laurie sure sounded, looked and acted like an alien from another planet.  Where was Bob Eubanks when you needed him? It may have been impossible to have him host, because at the time, Eubanks was under contract at CBS.

[puppyshoes]

I agree with that

[elyons56]

I remember this game show this was arealy a good game show

[booboo900]

and when u say bonus round wins ur not including this 1 right? i ask because he said they're gonna give away every single prize

[Wolfman12395]

I remember this show like it was yesterday. I want to see more!

[awkwardboy]

that assortment of records and cassettes may still exist somewhere.

[booboo900]

actually this wasn't even a whole episode so technically

[booboo900]

could some1 please upload another episode on here?

[1985Nebraska]

I'm also waiting patiently for another episode of I'm Telling to be shown here on YouTube.

[booboo900]

was that the only time that a team won all 20 prizes?

[TonyDuMont]

Actually there are at least two other episodes with bonus round wins.

[TVLubber]

And the Christmas episode.

[TVLubber]

There are lots of others.

[coleyd]

nope. on NON celebrity shows, they have been many teamz who cleaned out the lot on I'm Telling! They got it easy compared to the people who had to clean the lot on Sale of the Century

[Wheeloffortunefan999]

yeah, especially easy compared to the contestants on "temptation"

[bill1985]

My God do I remember that show, holy crap.

[puppyshous]

sean astin was on white waters summers

[mtiller2006]

I loved this show myself. Pretty interesting.

Wait...is this the Sean Astin from Lord of the Rings?

[1985Nebraska]

Yep. That is Sean Astin.

This was a great kids game show. If it were on Nickelodeon, I think it would have lasted much longer then it did. Laurie Faso was a great kids game show host.

[uberklunt]

seems like a load of old tosh to me! Ah, the 80s...

the jury is still out on Mackenzie Astin. He is hot these days.

[1985Nebraska]

I remember the episode of "I'm Telling" with contestants Charity and Chad when they matched 10 prizes and won all the 20 prizes that were displayed in the pick-a-prize arcade. That was one of the best episodes of this great kids game show.

[VenusInFurs]

Wow...total youth flashback. I remember that geeky host & all those cheesy prizes. What is MacKenzie Astin wearing? I swear he's wearing a pair of jellies!

[namk19]

the interesting thing about this episode is that the other teams were brother and sister teams.

[1985Nebraska]

I remember when "I'm Telling!" first aired on The Family Channel. When I saw it's Family Channel Promo Commercial, my eyes were glued to the tv screen since I remembered that show very well.  I was at least 2 or 3 years old when this show was brand new on NBC.

[1985Nebraska]

What? Sean Astin was on this show? That's awsome!

I'm Telling was one of the best kids game shows of the late 1980s. I hope there'll be more clips of this great show on YouTube.

[booboo900]

i think the music was the theme

[Rach84]

did the younger brother want the beauty kit? lol

[sleaterkinney1bt]

i loved this show! good clip!!

[booboo900]

actually i think i know

[TomSaysHey]

I don't know what that music was. I have to say that the music really fitted in when the arcade sirens would sound and light up.

[booboo900]

the music that was playing during the run through the arcade, what the hell was that?

[TomSaysHey]

Laurie Faso was a cool game show host. My two questions at the moment are "where is he?" and "what is he up to?" But I can easily find that out on the I.M.D.B.

I hope that someone out there who has taped one whole episode of this awsome game show will post it onto YouTube.

[eleljep]

I be wondering when the brothers or the sisters get teleported to the sound proof booths, I wonder do they like get up from the stage or what?

[booboo900]

the way he worded the rules was kinda confusing

[booboo900]

his voice yes, but i do not think that Laurie would have said "listen up BUD"(emphasis was mine) if he had actually been a she, meaning he wouldn't have called him bud or buddy if that was the case

[RenazzleDazzle]

I remember when Macenzie Astin was in that Garbage Pail Kids movie. Wow he is very hyper.

[TVLubber]

SHE, FOR PETE'S SAKE!

[RenazzleDazzle]

haha- die he get a sex change? Or is he just living the way Alexis Arquette is :D

[TVLubber]

No sex change. SHE was a female the whole time!

[TVLubber]

Made a mistake. HE wasn't no female. He really WAS a male, but he sounded more like a female.

[cornorama]

sorry didn't realize you corrected yourself

[calndargrl20012002]

isnt mackenzie gay? did he come out yet?

[TVLubber]

She, not he!

[cornorama]

It's a he, he was just on HOUSE and a few seasons ago on lost

[booboo900]

was the $5000 on top of the $1000?

[booboo900]

does any1 know where the music can b found?

[booboo900]

wait a sec, i thought it was only a $1000 savings bond

[TVLubber]

They get that sorta savings bond if they win the front game.

[PJade]

Nice... very.

Haven't seen this show in at least 10 years when it was rerun on the Family Channel.

Maybe Saban should've stuck with producing more kids game shows instead of bankrupting the Fox Family channel.

Oh... and just what is Laurie Faso up to these days? o_O

[boyscout187]

HOLY SHIT! This clip is the greatest! HAHAHA! Do you have any footage of Shannon Doherty and her brother? This is marvelous.

[TomSaysHey]

I miss this cool 80's game show. I loved the Pick-A-Prize Arcade. "I'm Telling!" was really up there with "Double Dare" with Marc Summers.

[TVLubber]

I wish there were more videos on this website that have this gams show.

[DrLove0378]

I didn't know DIC had anything to do with the production of "I'm Telling". Interesting. But it's no wonder there were only 26 episodes. It was a Newlywed Game knockoff, and the prizes probably busted the budget: if a team successfully matched 10 prizes in the endgame, they would win all 20 prizes, AND a $5000 savings bond. Not sure how many times that happened.

By the way, that "State-of-the-Art Video Game" was a Sega Master System. I certainly would not have minded winning that. ;-)

[ibZippy]

Thanks for posting this!

[booboo900]

Where's the front game?

[itsmeyall]

I have a couple quick bits, but the quality is absolutely crap.

[TVLubber]

I don't mind the quality.

[TVLubber]

Memorable!