The Groovy Show is a half-hour live dance program aired on weekday afternoons on KHJ-TV

KCAL-TV

KCAL-TV, channel 9, is an independent television station in Los Angeles, California, USA, owned by the CBS Corporation. KCAL-TV shares its studio facilities with KCBS-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.-Digital...

 Channel 9, in the Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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 market from 1967 to 1970.

Overview

The program was broadcast from the beach at Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica, California

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. When weather did not permit, it was sometimes moved to Palm Springs, California

Palm Springs, California

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. Hosted by KHJ "Boss Jock" Robert W. Morgan

Robert W. Morgan

Robert Wilbur Morgan was an award-winning morning radio personality best known for his work at several stations in Los Angeles, California, in particular KHJ-AM....

, and later, Michael Blodgett

Michael Blodgett

Michael Blodgett was an American actor, novelist, and screenwriter. Of his many film and television appearances he is best known for his performance as gigolo Lance Rocke in Russ Meyer's 1970 cult classic Beyond the Valley of the Dolls...

 and teen model Kam Nelson, it followed the standard format used by other programs such as American Bandstand

American Bandstand

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. In addition to dancing and musical guests, the show also featured bikini contests and pie fights

Pieing

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The show also featured games, including one called "The Generation Gap", where a teenager and an adult (usually a parent but it could be another adult, such as the principal of the high school the teenager attended) would each be asked three questions--the teenager would be asked questions the adult would easily know but would likely challenge a teenager; the adult would be asked a question teenagers would know but would likely stump an adult. If they answered all questions correctly, they won a prize.