The crime-fighting adventures of five members of an inner-city community center.The crime-fighting adventures of five members of an inner-city community center.The crime-fighting adventures of five members of an inner-city community center.
Browse episodes
Photos
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlthough the show was about a group of children, only Jason Kravits (14) and Jessica Prentice (12) were children in real life. The oldest cast member was Michael Wikes who was 27.
- Quotes
Brenda Gaines: [opening spoken lines] Hi, there! This is Brenda Gaines. Hey, wait a minute - where you goin'? Don't move an *inch*! The Powerhouse gang will be right back.
Featured review
It DID Exist!
For years I thought I had imagined this show, including the theme song, because everyone I mentioned it to had no idea what I was talking about. Sure, they remembered the Bloodhound Gang, but when I asked about Powerhouse their face would go completely blank and they would invariably begin to put distance and heavy furniture between us as I tried to jog their memory.
It was based in a community or youth center, I think. (Bit fuzzy on that one) A group of youths run around solving mysteries, like if The Bloodhound Gang had been fleshed out to a stand-alone show. (If you don't know who they were you're probably not reading this)
One day, out of curiosity, I looked it up and was amazed to find that not only did it exist, but there were other people who had heard of it too! From there the memories came flooding back, although still a little vague and fragmented.
I remember one where someone plants a bomb in Powerhouse not expecting anyone to be there, but the younger kid (Can't remember his name, there's been a lot of good whiskey between then and now) comes back for some reason and gets caught up in the blast. The guy who planted the bomb ends up attending his funeral and confessing everything over the open casket after everyone had supposedly left, and is quite surprised when the kid sit up and says "Exactly" while hitting the stop button on the tape recorder he was holding the whole time.
In its time it was a good kids show featuring moral life lessons like "You can't get something for nothing." or "In twenty years your haircut is going to look ridiculous.". I wish it had gotten a longer run.
It was based in a community or youth center, I think. (Bit fuzzy on that one) A group of youths run around solving mysteries, like if The Bloodhound Gang had been fleshed out to a stand-alone show. (If you don't know who they were you're probably not reading this)
One day, out of curiosity, I looked it up and was amazed to find that not only did it exist, but there were other people who had heard of it too! From there the memories came flooding back, although still a little vague and fragmented.
I remember one where someone plants a bomb in Powerhouse not expecting anyone to be there, but the younger kid (Can't remember his name, there's been a lot of good whiskey between then and now) comes back for some reason and gets caught up in the blast. The guy who planted the bomb ends up attending his funeral and confessing everything over the open casket after everyone had supposedly left, and is quite surprised when the kid sit up and says "Exactly" while hitting the stop button on the tape recorder he was holding the whole time.
In its time it was a good kids show featuring moral life lessons like "You can't get something for nothing." or "In twenty years your haircut is going to look ridiculous.". I wish it had gotten a longer run.
helpful•00
- Budruss
- Nov 27, 2023
Details
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content