This show is based on the classic 90s PBS kids series "Where In the World is Carmen Sandiego?"
"Where In the Region is Carl Paladino?" will feature an a capella singing group and a bunch of other silly characters who gather around to pick apart clues as to where in the region local developer/cult figure Carl Paladino could be.
A computer generated cartoon Carl Paladino will fly across a map of the Greater Buffalo Niagara region and settle into a mystery location. A face will pop up on the screen saying things like, "Mr. Paladino is in an area surrounded by large houses and shopping centers. There are a lot of middle aged women with Botox injections and kids named Ashlyn and Jayden..." Contestants will then scream out, "I know! I know! Clarence! He's in Clarence."
On the next episode the face on the screen will say, "Mr. Paladino is in a place with a lot of people with dreadlocked hair and black rimmed glasses. They are carrying cups of gourmet coffee and heading for a protest rally. They are being followed by street people asking for money." Contestants will then scream out, "I know! I know! He's in the Elmwood Village!"
Bonus Round!
On today's episode of "Where In the Region is Carl Paladino?" they are featuring a BONUS ROUND.
The first contestant to answer correctly gets to go scouting with Carl for a location to erect a new building. (But be careful, the set of "Elmwood Village Squares" is across the lot and Tim Tielman and Justin Azzarella might run off of the set to follow you and Carl and start complaining...)
*A capella singing* "Doo doo doo... Where in the region is Carl Pa-la-di-nooooooooo...."
Clue #1: He's in an area full of large buildings, most of them over 40% vacant. There aren't a lot of people around, except for a bewildered Social Services employee coming back from her lunch hour... It looks like she is eating a taco or a slice of Gino and Joe's pizza. There is a large traffic circle with taxi drivers who sit waiting all day but never seem to pick anyone up. A bunch of sex offenders who live in an old hotel that was converted to a halfway house are heading for a large library to look at internet porn. Now and then a group of sound guys come in to set up a free concert on a stage next to an old monument.
Clue #2: He's in a town that is full of a mixture of new subdivisions and older, more "village like" areas with post war housing. There is a racetrack nearby... Lee Chowaniec is telling people that Wal Mart is bad.
Clue #3: He's in an area of the city with a 46.6% poverty rate. Many of the residents do not speak English. There is a lot of old and deteriorating housing. Once a year however the residents try to rise above their poverty stricken gloom by sliding up a greasy pole.
Clue #4: He's in a area to the south of the city where nearly every dwelling is priced at over $300,000. There are a toy factory and an aerospace precision control parts factory nearby. The women are all wearing hand knit scarves and beaded earrings made by a local artisan.