Popularity
Ants In Your Pants was an entirely new concept in children's television. Although many children's programs (both at the time and in the present) were very musically based, this was the first known to feature music videos. As a result, the show became hugely popular with children and was widely praised by adults. Its soundtrack was a Juno nominee in 2000 for Best Children's Album. Despite the program's popularity, very little, if not any merchandise was produced, and even homemade recordings are rare. As of 2012, there is no official home video release. Fortunately, a small collection of music videos from the show began appearing on YouTube in 2007, with the highest-viewed video, "Tomato Hat" (which featured a young Justin Hines), peaking at almost 100,000 views.
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