TV Tropes will not be seen at this time, so that we may bring you this listless trope list. The show was notable . The kids on the show got paid extra for episodes in which they were doused with water or green slime - $75 for water and $150 for slime. They have used the locker gags, slime, and other gags pulled directly from the show. Nickelodeon originally aired several episodes in the edited half-hour syndicated format as a test run. When the punchline was delivered, there would be a laugh track and the actors would close their lockers, allowing the process to start again with different people and a different joke. Various interiors of the Prevert home, including the front steps as Mom prepares to send the kids off to school. He also co-wrote several episodes that season with Roger Price. Les Lye portrayed several characters in the recurring skits, including "Ross", the technical producer and director of the show who constantly cheated and swindled money from everyone, especially the kid actors; "Barth", a cook at the fast-food burger place who cooked terrible food for the kids; the unnamed "Dad" who tried to raise his kids but was utterly clueless about what his kids were doing; and other characters. To avoid damage to the set from water or slime, a clear tarpaulin was laid on the floor, which can occasionally be seen and/or heard underneath the actors, and the loud splatter sound usually heard during a watering or sliming is that of the liquid hitting the tarpaulin. Tessier's first appearance on television was this program. So You Think You Can't Do That on Television? This is an option for people who want the TV to stay locked but, want to be able to bypass the lock to watch a certain show or channel. Catch the show from the beginning, with a segment on baton twirling, Tim's bright pink dress, disco dancing finals, and the debut of SLIME! 900 likes, 53 comments - Yoga Instructor Renu Anand (@yogawithraynu) on Instagram: "Would you believe that I stayed in a boarding school at the age of 13 till I was 17? She returned for Project 131 along with Vanessa Lindores and Brodie Osome. Reportedly, this was because Nickelodeon's six-year contract to air the 1981 season expired in 1987, and as Nickelodeon was beginning to aim for a younger demographic and many of the 1981 episodes dealt with topics more relevant to adolescents (such as smoking, drugs, sexual equality and peer pressure), the network opted not to renew the contract. In addition, Nickelodeon had removed the half-hour edits of the 1981 episodes of You Can't Do That on Television from its daily time slot rotation, along with the 1982 "Cosmetics" episode. First official host. In Canada, the "Divorce" episode was banned, but the "Adoption" episode was shown with one part cut; in the sketch in which Senator Prevert calls the adoption agency to send his son back after using him to do chores all day, the line in which he calls the adoption agency officer a "damn bureaucrat" was excised. '80s Kids Get Slimed | You Can't Do That On Television | NickRewind NickRewind 1.72M subscribers Subscribe 481K views 6 years ago #NickRewind Seeing '80s mullets totally covered in slime. Some of the most notable cast members included: Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! See production, box office & company info. Only appeared in one episode. The show was also notable for launching the careers of many performers, including alternative rock musician Alanis Morissette, filmmaker Patrick Mills, and television producer and screenwriter Bill Prady. Starting in season two, before the intro, there was usually a title card with a gag show that was "preempted" with the announcer Les Lye introducing it (ex: "Mr. T Thinks He's A Girl will not be seen today, so that we may present a show still trying to find itself. Tony was one of only three cast members that never appeared on the link set, but was watered at Barth's. In the early stages of You Can't Do That on Television, Price and Darby had written a skit that took place in a dungeon, where a kid pulled a toilet chain and got covered in waste.. Only five episodes were filmed for the 1987 season, the shortest season of You Can't Do That on Television's 15-year span on the air (tied with 1990, which also lasted only five episodes), and one of the episodes, "Adoption,"[4] proved so controversial that it was banned after being shown twice[5] (a "DO NOT AIR" sticker was reportedly placed on the master tape at CJOH). Opening animation: the Children's Television Sausage Factory, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Exclusive: You Can't Do That On Television is getting a reboot", "Remembering Alanis Morissette's tween years on 'You Can't Do That On Television', "You Can't Do That on Television (TV Series 19791990) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb", Abby Hagyard Publishing - Site for star of "You Can't Do That on Television", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You_Can%27t_Do_That_on_Television&oldid=1149400157. In August of 2017 a reboot overseen by Roger Price, Jimmy Fox and Main Event Media was announced but as of late 2019 it has since been called off. The "1981" episode of VH1's I Love the '80s 3-D features a segment on YCDTOTV that features Hal Sparks, Alyson Hannigan and "Weird Al" Yankovic all getting slimed after being tricked into saying "I don't know." If a character said "I don't know" they . Green slime grew to become a trademark image for Nickelodeon, and the network demanded more slimings on the show as the years went on, resulting in episodes such as 1985's "Movies" in which the entire cast (save for Abby Hagyard) is slimed. Scott appeared in only two episodes and is one of only a few cast members to be featured in multiple episodes without getting slimed, pied, or watered. Her younger sister Lisa was used in some skits as an uncredited extra. It featured pre-teen and teenage actors in a sketch comedy format similar to that of American sketch comedy Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and Canadian sketch comedy Second City Television. The kids exercise on a stationary bike and use the TV station's special effects to create change of scenery. The format also included performances by local disco dancers and special guests such as Ottawa-based cartoonist Jim Unger. After its first two runs, it was moved to a 7:00a.m. weekday morning timeslot in 1989. The younger characters, meanwhile, differed from other kids' TV shows in the way they often bickered and insulted one another (in their character roles), rather than getting along and enjoying their time together as seen on most other shows for children. Jen co-hosted the. The series was also seen in some European countries and reportedly in the Middle East (with Arabic dubbing), although no French-dubbed version for distribution in either France or francophone Canada is known to exist, nor were any local adaptations based on the YCDTOTV format known to have been made. Opposite sketches were used in the inaugural season of the show on CJOH in 1979, but it was not until Whatever Turns You On that they became an integral part of the show. From 1979 to 1981, parts of the show were done live, with the comedy sketches being pre-taped. The studio masters for the first-season episodes no longer exist, and all but three of the episodes from the first season were believed lost until early 2013, when copies of the missing episodes from off-air recordings were contributed by Roger Price and posted on YouTube. Slime was also frequently used in the network's advertisements featuring YCDTOTV cast members as victims of an impromptu sliming. Known for his trademark leather jacket. However, the episodes continued to air until the end of 1987 but were not played very often. Unlike the slime and water, pies were not triggered by any certain word or phrase. There was no pre-emption for the "Success and Failure" episode (1989) because the producers failed to come up with one. One whole episode, 1981's Drugs, was constructed completely around the pie-in-the-face gag; to avoid the wrath of the censors, the episode showed the cast getting "high" by pieing themselves continuously, comparing the stupidity of hitting oneself with a pie to that of taking drugs. Roger Price was furious, but the response from the viewing audience was positive, so Darby and Price wrote an entire 1979 show about the slime[14] ("The Green Slime Show") in which Lisa Ruddy is the victim of six slimings (a YCDTOTV record). In the meantime, some YCDTOTV cast members continued to hone their on-camera skills through appearances in Bear Rapids, a Price/Darby pilot television film that was never picked up, and Something Else, a local game show on CJOH with a format somewhat similar to the live and local episodes of YCDTOTV. It was an instant hit, scoring an over 30% rating in its target demographic within a few months. The boy escapes by going jogging with the firing squad. Veteran comedy actor Les Lye played numerous recurring characters and was initially the only adult to perform in the show's sketches; he was also the only actor to appear for the entire length of the series' run. In 1981, the new American youth-oriented cable network Nickelodeon took an interest in YCDTOTV. In this animation sequence, a person pulls the roof off one side of the building, releasing three balloons bearing the likenesses of the three party leaders at the time: Pierre Trudeau, Joe Clark, and Ed Broadbent. The Worst of 'You Can't Do That on Television', The National Press Club and Allied Workers Jazz Band. The show is also well known for introducing the green slime that became a trademark of the network. Adult cast member. Look at the screen. Lisa got slimed with white slime after saying "I really don't know". Gillis also appeared briefly in the "locker jokes" segment during the "Fantasies" episode, and Adam Reid, who by this time had become an official writer for YCDTOTV, also appeared (and was slimed) at the very end of the episode "Punishment.". This skit came on throughout every episode (along with the slime, too). YCDTOTV has been regularly parodied on Robot Chicken. "FAME: The Collectors' Edition". On these occasions, the scene would end with "Ready, Aim" and the cast member flinching, which is when the squad would fire, but it wasn't shown. "Episode: "Identity Crisis"). Production on new episodes of YCDTOTV resumed full-time in 1982, with all episodes from that point onward made in the half-hour all-comedy format. In the end credits of several shows in the mid-1980s, the following text is seen: "Christine McGlade takes no responsibility for any clothes in which she appears.". You Can't Do That On Television started in 1979 as a local kids sketch program in Ottawa, Canada. Was the first female cast member to be slimed in the dungeon. On occasion, cast members tried to dodge the water by saying "agua" (Spanish), "Wasser" (German) or "eau" (French) instead, only to be soaked anyway. However, thanks to Roger Price, the entirety of season one is now available for viewing online. Other instances of slime colors other than green include orange slime in the "Myths" episode, brown slime in the "Cosmetics" episode and black slime in the "Time" episode. The show was placed in the 7:00 pm timeslot on Tuesday nights, and had low ratings as a result. Some of the features of the live version of the show included musical guests, contests, phone in's, and "Roving Camera" scenes featuring kids in popular hangout spots telling jokes or airing complaints about life, among others. The kids would usually find a way to trick the Executionist into walking in front of the post and saying the word "fire", thus getting shot by the firing squad himself, which was a trademark, and happened almost every time. The screen is then cracked and splits, and the show begins. The format of the 1981 episodes as aired on CJOH was similar to that of the inaugural 1979 season, but each episode featured sketches that revolved around a certain topic (something that carried over from Whatever Turns You On), and as disco's popularity had waned, the dancers were replaced by video-game competitions. David was one of the original cast members, and hosted many of the "call in" segments. Cameo in 1989's Fantasies and Age episodes. While the show's green slime changed ingredients and even consistencies frequently, the water was almost always the same. Darryll was the only actor on the series to play an exclusive role in one recurring sketch; He played "Zilch," Barth's often-abused burgery assistant. 1989 Worst of You Can't Do That On Television. The boy escapes by going jogging with the firing squad.The kids exercise on a stationary bike and use the TV station's special effects to create change of scenery. In some earlier episodes an actor might say "I don't know" as part of the scripted dialogue with no repercussion. You need a speed reading course to read these. These would sometimes occur in the middle of a sketch, resulting in the characters inverting whatever they were doing just prior to the conclusion of the sketch. In any case, the show did not completely sever ties to its past, as many former cast members reappeared during the 1989 season in cameo roles, most notably in the "Age" episode, which was hosted by Vanessa Lindores and also featured cameos by Doug Ptolemy, Michael "but Pompers" Bombay, Alasdair Gillis, Christine McGlade, and Kevin Kubusheskie (who by that time had become a stage producer on the show). When someone said the word "water", "wash" or "wet", a large amount of cold water would fall onto them from above. Each week, the show took its "roving camera" to hangouts around town, recording kids' jokes or complaints about life, which would be played on the following week's broadcast. [Pops out of her locker] That's all she can do. You Can't Do That on Television debuted in 1979 on CJOH-TV in Ottawa as a low-budget variety program with some segments performed live. According to Geoffrey Darby in the book Slimed! On the episode "Failure", they failed to come up with an intro. But whatever you do, never admit that you don't know or ask for water. 53 of 53 found this interesting | Share this Les Lye is the only cast member who appeared in every single episode. Viewers in the American-made slime and water sounds with their mouths and sent in their own entries for the Slime-In, a contest hosted by Nickelodeon that flew the winner to the set of You Can't Do That On Television to be slimed (which was later replicated by Canadian network YTV, with their version being called the Slime Light Sweepstakes). Reportedly, this was because Nickelodeon's six-year contract to air the 1981 season expired in 1987, and since Nickelodeon was beginning to aim for a younger demographic and many of the 1981 episodes dealt with topics more relevant to adolescents (such as smoking, drugs, sexual equality, and peer pressure); the network opted not to renew the contract. The post-credit production bumper was generally followed by one final sketch, also borrowing a concept from Laugh-In, in which the jokes continued for a time after the credits finished rolling. For example, the 1982 "Bullying" episode was a "Black Eye" Production; the 1984 "Marketing" show was a "Can't Give It Away" Production; the "Divorce" episode was a "Split Down The Middle" Production; "Project 131" was a "Changing Day" Production; The "Malls" episode was a "Hang Out to Dry" production. Use the Security Functions on Your Smart TV - Your smart TV likely comes pre-configured with security settings. The network's desire to produce more of its own shows at its new studios at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, coupled with low ratings, caused production of You Can't Do That on Television to officially end in 1990 after only five episodes (tying 1990 with 1987 as the shortest season of the series). The 1986 "Enemies and Paranoia" episode used the word "freedom" as a trigger phrase for red slime after the studio was taken over by Russian communists. Vanessa: There is something I wanted to ask you. Nickelodeon's former studios in Orlando had a green slime geyser. You Can't Do That on Television is a Canadian sketch comedy television series that first aired locally in 1979 before airing in the United States in 1981. Rodney was one of a few cast members to be featured on both, Ramona was the older sister of Rodney Helal, and was only in one episode. [6][7] "Adoption" is the only episode that was banned in the United States. At the time the season ended, it was uncertain whether the show would continue. Yeah, my eyesight is so bad I can hardly see. Enter the PIN and set the desired controls for both TV and movies. The default PIN is 0000 and resetting . Over the next few years, the series was seen on a national basis within Canada (CTV, the network CJOH-TV was affiliated with, broadcast the show on Saturday mornings between 1982 and 1990, with little publicity), but YCDTOTV continued to expand its audience in the United States on Nickelodeon, where it initially aired five times a week and eventually every day. The show is synonymous with Nickelodeon, and was at that time extremely popular with the highest ratings overall on the channel. Most of the sketches involve Barth revealing the contents of the burgers to the kids' disgust. If so, I wonder if that's where Nickelodeon stole it from. She also appeared in 2004's Project 131. On the Samsung specifically, navigate to the "Settings" menu and select Broadcasting followed by Rating Lock Settings. To compensate for the removal of local content, Price and Darby created a new local show for CJOH titled Something Else, which featured many of the YCDTOTV cast in a game show/variety format similar to that of The Price Is Right. As with waterings, the sliming gag was used in almost every episode, especially from 1982 onward. In the Family Guy episode "Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High", Peter Griffin is slimed after saying "I don't know'" followed immediately by a still shot that is a direct reference to YCDTOTV's opening sequence, with the words "You Can't Do That on Television" written in red over a man's face. The only exception is, in Episode 032: "Vacations," in addition to playing "Zilch," he also played an umpire. You Can't Do That on Television is a Canadian sketch comedy television series that first aired locally in 1979 before airing in the United States in 1981. This usually backfired, as in the "Computers" episode when McGlade said "insufficient data" instead of "I don't know" and got green slime dumped on her anyway. The show was produced by and aired on Ottawa's CTV station CJOH-TV. Appeared in his first episode clad in a diaper playing a sitar, as Roger Price's revenge for having to deal with Justin's difficult mother. Occasionally the older children in the cast (such as Christine McGlade, Sarah West, or Cyndi Kennedy) played adult characters. Cameo in 1989's Fantasies and Age episodes. This cut the episodes to under 30 minutes, instead of the original one hour running time. But whatever you do, never admit that you don't know or ask for water.Sketch TV by young amateur actors in true classic Nick-style. Cyndi hosted several of the 1979 episodes, and famously went home sick after being slimed for the first time. However, the final Slime-In winner in 1990 was slimed at Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando, as YCDTOTV had ceased production by then (despite the fact that Nickelodeon had desired a trip to the set at CJOH and a meeting with the cast as a prize). The idea was conceived when SlimeCon 2004 co-coordinator Byron Smith and I were trying to figure out how . A doctor's office, dentist office and principal's office, all similarly evil or mischievous. Interviews with Marc Summers, Kenan . He also co-wrote several episodes that season with Roger Price. Did not appear in any 1986 episodes although he is in the official cast photo. Ruth Buzzi joined the cast playing many of the adult female characters, which included a strict schoolteacher named Miss Fidt and the studio secretary Miss Take. A later episode of the series was titled "You Can't Do That on Television, Peter", but contained no overt references to YCDTOTV. In the earlier years of the show, cast members (especially Christine) were frequently caught with pails of water physically thrown on them, but starting in 1981, this began to change to the much more mysterious motif of water falling down on the victim from above. As the studio masters of these episodes no longer exist, for many years all but three of the first-season episodes were believed lost forever (with the three extant episodes existing due to home video recordings). The idea was successful, as (according to one episode) the show scored a 32 share of the ratings for CJOH in its 10:30a.m. Saturday time slot. Now Streaming. Lindores was the show's third host, and returned to host 1989's Age episode. In fact, they parodied the entire show, with . The rest are only currently available in the half-hour edits. They later introduced Green Slime Shampoo (marketed with the slogan "Gets you clean, won't turn you green! Elizabeth is one of the very few cast members never to be watered, pied or slimed during her time on the show. She appeared in only one episode each in 1982 and '84. Green Slime grew to become a trademark image for Nickelodeon. Another Price production using YCDTOTV cast members, UFO Kidnapped, was made in 1983. Actors who were scripted to be slimed or have water dumped on them would usually appear barefoot in the scene. Unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted. You Can't Do That on Television (sometimes shortened to YCDTOTV) is a Canadian television program that first aired locally in 1979 before ultimately airing in the United States on January 2, 1982. The name of a viscous green substance used on the 1979-1990 Canadian children's TV comedy show You Can't Do That on Television. [10] However, Fox stated on their Twitter account on September 14, 2019 that the reboot had been called off. 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