Beyond Our Control was the title of an American youth-produced television series that aired on local NBC

NBC

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 affiliate WNDU-TV

WNDU-TV

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 in South Bend, Indiana

South Bend, Indiana

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 for 20 seasons from 1967 to 1986. Usually televised from late-January to mid-May of each year, the program was produced by WJA-TV, a company that was part of the local Junior Achievement

Junior Achievement

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 program, designed to give high school students business and work experience, of which WNDU-TV was a local sponsor.

The series

Each 30 minute show was composed of short sketches. Taking place around a fictional, low-budget television station, interstitial channel switching clips were interspersed between segments, often eclectic arrangements onto themselves. Segments from earlier shows often included music performances; segments from later years included more humor based skits.

Cast members who went on to bigger and better things include Larry Karaszewski

Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski

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, Daniel Waters

Daniel Waters (writer)

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, David Simkins (writer, Adventures in Babysitting

Adventures in Babysitting

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), Diane Werts ("For Better or Werts") and Dean Norris

Dean Norris

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The closing theme song was "Remember" from the album Son of Schmilsson

Son of Schmilsson

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by Harry Nilsson

Harry Nilsson

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