Finders Keepers is an American children's game show that debuted on Nickelodeon in 1987 and later aired in first-run syndication starting in 1988.
On the Nickelodeon series, the picture was displayed on a telestrator and the teams used light pens to circle the objects on monitors set into their podiums.
On the syndicated series, the picture was displayed on a large board and each team was given a set of plastic laminate stickers similar to Colorforms representing the objects.
When a team buzzed in, one member had to run to the board, grab the sticker for the correct object in their color, and stick it onto the picture in the appropriate place.
Rooms were frequently set up with distractions to hinder the teams' searches, such as ping-pong balls falling onto them from cabinets or the ceiling, sprays of water or confetti, and (in later episodes) entire shelves collapsing.
However, any breakable or collapsible objects were fabricated in such a way as to prevent any injuries to the host or contestants, such as plates made from clay that had not been hardened by firing in a kiln.
In the Room-to-Room Romp, the winning team had 90 seconds to find a hidden object in each of six rooms, in a sequence given to them before the round began.
The clock began to run after the host finished reading the first clue, and continued to count down while the team moved from one room to another.
A first-run syndicated version, distributed by Fox Television Stations and Viacom premiered on September 12, 1988, and was hosted by Larry Toffler with Harry Stevens announcing.
A Brazilian version of Finders Keepers, called "Bobeou Dançou", aired on TV Globo from July to December 1989.
The set of the Nickelodeon version consisted of a mock exterior of a house that included a door through which Eure entered at the beginning of the show.
Converse was a major sponsor of the show during its run, and every contestant and stage crew member (including the host) wore a pair of the company's shoes.