Price created another show for Nickelodeon, the less successful Turkey Television in 1985, which featured several main cast members of YCDTOTV, including Les Lye, Christine McGlade, Kevin Kubusheskie and Adam Reid. Amy, the younger sister of Jill Stanley, was the only cast member not yet born when the series premiered in February 1979. Nickelodeon quickly introduced "slime" as a feature in several shows it produced, and used it heavily in its marketing. First official host. Actors who were scripted to be slimed or have water dumped on them would usually appear barefoot in the scene. Actors to be slimed or soaked usually appeared barefoot in the scene, and several cast members who were slimed were reportedly paid extra. Boy George Without Make-up, "Halloween", 1984), and were often relevant to the theme of the current episode (e.g. The original slapstick pie-in-the-face gag was also frequently used on YCDTOTV, although pie scenes were most common during the earlier years of the show. [3] The series was believed lost until all five episodes surfaced in early 2013; these have been posted on YouTube, excluding the copyrighted music videos. and You Can't Be Serious, children's sketch variety shows that Price had created and produced for Thames Television in Britain from 1974 to 1978. During its original run, the show was seen as one and the same with the cable network Nickelodeon in its early years on the air, achieved high ratings, and is most famous for introducing the network's iconic green slime. The show is synonymous with Nickelodeon, and was at that time extremely popular with the highest ratings overall on the channel. While the show's green slime changed ingredients and even consistencies frequently, the water was almost always the same. 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. The first version was created for the half-hour, American syndicated versions of the 1981 episodes. Some variations of the magic words also triggered the slime, such as in the "Blame" episode when the entire cast got slimed together after one of them said, "we don't know.". By 1987, many of the "veteran" cast members such as Matt Godfrey, Doug Ptolemy, Vanessa Lindores and Adam Reid had grown too old for the show. This sketch was later seen in the opening to the 1987 thriller film Fatal Attraction. The 1981 season was rerun on CJOH in early 1982 in the half-hour syndicated format. After each joke, the actors would close their lockers, allowing the process to start again with different people and a new joke. Christine: First they take some liquid and then they add some jello powder and some flour. The person telling the joke would open his or her locker and call another cast member, to whom he or she would tell the joke. The format was shortened to a half-hour, removed local content, added a laugh track and replaced music videos with live performances from popular artists from Canada at the time, including Trooper, Max Webster, Ian Thomas and disco singer Alma Faye Brooks. After its first two runs, it was moved to a 7:00a.m. weekday morning timeslot in 1989. I don't know but the show could have been about embarrassing clothes moms make kids wear. 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. Four of the hour-long CJOH episodes from the 1981 season ("Strike Now", "Sexual Equality", "Crime and Vandalism", and "Peer Pressure") are available for public viewing on YouTube. Vanessa: There is something I wanted to ask you. YCDTOTV has been regularly parodied on Robot Chicken. The only exception is, in Episode 032: "Vacations," in addition to playing "Zilch," he also played an umpire. YCDTOTV was also broadcast in several other countries, such as the United Kingdom (on the former satellite and cable children's network The Children's Channel), New Zealand (on TV3), Germany (on Armed Forces Network with the original English audio), Saudi Arabia (on the country's former English-language channel Saudi 2) and the Philippines (on RPN-9). ", which was the Great Bear Lake. When someone said "water" or "wet", a large amount of water would mysteriously cascade onto him from above. 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. The format was similar to You Must Be Joking! Along with Andrea Byrne, Rekha Shah and James Tung, Amyas was one of only three kid cast members to transition from 1986-87 to 1989, and the only one to appear regularly in '89. This was almost certainly an homage to the well-known "joke wall" segment on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. She was not slimed until the 1989 season. Every scene had the same basic format. [red, yellow, and blue slime falls on Christine's head]. A doctor's office, dentist office and principal's office, all similarly evil or mischievous. He also co-wrote several episodes that season with Roger Price. 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. Was slimed three times, but only one of her slime scenes aired (Pop Music). Additionally, "The Generation Gap" episode did not begin with a preempted episode; instead, a disclaimer read "The following program contains certain scenes which may not be suitable for mature audiences. Along with Jami Burning, one of only two Native American cast members. There is also one episode in which the cast member cries out to the commander: "Hurry up, hurry up, start the execution!" 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. In reality, Smulders grew up a fan of the show. However, thanks to Roger Price, the entirety of season one is now available for viewing online. The kids exercise on a stationary bike and use the TV station's special effects to create change of scenery. Unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted. The slime was dumped on any cast member who uttered the phrase "I don't know." . 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. In this sequence, children are "processed" in the "sausage factory" and deposited onto a school bus at the bottom of the factory that transports them to the TV studio (a likeness of the CJOH studios on Merivale Road in Nepean, Ontario). Episodes of YCDTOTV included recurring gimmicks and gags. In the 1981 and 1982 seasons, Barth had a worker, Zilch (played by Darryll Lucas), whom he frequently insulted and abused, often by hitting him with a pan and knocking him out cold. Lindores returned in 1989's Age episode. YCDOTV had also preempted itself on three occasions (Television, Media, and Priorities). Reid made a cameo in the 1989 Punishment episode. 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). While trying to stay healthy and exercise, the kids' efforts are halted by the adults. Also, after a music video aired, Johnson would tell the viewers interesting facts about the artist featured in the video. In July 2004, a reunion special called Project 131 was produced at CJOH-TV starring five members of the original cast. I can't remember. Roger Price moved to France in 1988. Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations. Love the 80s?. This skit came on throughout every episode (along with the slime, too). Welcome to Nickipedia, a Nickelodeon database that anyone can edit. In the NewsRadio episode "The Song Remains the Same", Mr. James celebrates April Fools' Day (in February) by having Joe install the "trigger machines" from YCDTOTV, and then tricks the cast into getting slimed and doused with water. According to writer Josh Morris, by the final seasons of the show, the ingredient consisted simply of cottage cheese colored with green food coloring. Though ratings declined, Nickelodeon continued to air reruns until January 1994, at which point it was only aired on weekends. McGlade is best known for her long run as host of the internationally popular kids sketch comedy TV program You Can't Do That on Television. 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). After a successful first season, a national network version of the program entitled Whatever Turns You On was produced for CTV and debuted in September 1979 (having already aired an hour-long pilot episode in May). This was a result of continually being asked "What is the largest lake in Canada? Step 2. It is also still used in ads showing the network's current stars getting slimed from all sides in slow motion, and was used to slime the winner at the end of the Nickelodeon game show BrainSurge. The bumper frequently took place "backstage" and broke the fourth wall with remarks about the episode, usually featuring one final humiliation or comeuppance for that episode's main cast member. In addition, Nickelodeon had removed the half-hour edits of the 1981 episodes of You Can't Do That on Television from its daily rotation, along with the 1982 "Cosmetics" episode. When someone said, "I don't know," green slime would pour down on them from above. Roddy's appearances in his only episode were edited out of the Nickelodeon airings of the show post-1983, once the network became advertiser-supported. 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. Lye may have started out as the only cast member of You Can't Do That On Television whose age didn't start with a 1 (at least . "), which was a frequent parting gift for contestants on Double Dare, where slime was heavily used along with several variations such as 'gak' or 'gooze', and Mattel even sold Nickelodeon slime and the Gak brand in the 1990s. [8], The Saturday Night Live season 47 episode hosted by John Mulaney features a humorous account of how green slime came to be introduced to YCDTOTV and ultimately Nickelodeon.[9]. It was an instant hit, scoring an over 30% rating in its target demographic within a few months. Original creator Roger Price would serve as executive producer, while Jimmy Fox of Main Event Media would develop the project. Originally created by Rand MacIvor (under Art Director John C. Galt), who was inspired by Terry Gilliam's "gilliamations", the opening animation sequence was a sequence of surreal images set to Rossini's William Tell Overture, performed in a Dixieland jazz arrangement by The National Press Club and Allied Workers Jazz Band. 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. 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 January 1981, production on YCDTOTV resumed, and a new set of episodes aired locally on CJOH through May 1981. These announcements are given in the form of "You Can't Do That on Television is a ______ production." Kubusheskie became a writer and producer on the series during the 1989 and 1990 seasons. 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 (who was slimed twice during it) and also featured cameos by Doug Ptolemy, Alasdair Gillis, Christine McGlade and Kevin Kubusheskie (who by that time had become a stage producer on the show). 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. The show is also well known for introducing the green slime that became a trademark of the network. In January 2007, the special was released on YouTube. 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. Brad was one of the only cast members of the inaugural season to not get slimed. The rest are only currently available in the half-hour edits. Other signature recurring bits on the show include: Affectionately called "stage pollution" by the cast and crew, certain keywords resulted in cast members having unpleasant substances poured onto them from above, or thrown at them from off camera. Amy, the younger sister of Jill Stanley, was the only cast member not yet born when the series premiered in February 1979. These included Brodie Osome, Marjorie Silcoff, and Vanessa Lindores (visibly pregnant at the time), Justin Cammy and Alasdair Gillis. 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. While trying to stay healthy and exercise, the kids' efforts are halted by the adults. These would occasionally occur in the middle of a sketch, resulting in the characters inverting whatever they were doing prior to the conclusion of the sketch. The format of the 1981 episodes as aired on CJOH was similar to that of the inaugural 1979 season, with the differences being that each show featured skits revolving around a certain topic (something that carried over from Whatever Turns You On) and that the disco dancers were replaced by video game competitions. Opposite sketches were used in the inaugural season of the show (the first one, in Episode 2, was submitted by a viewer), but it was not until Whatever Turns You On that they became an integral part of the show. YCDTOTV is also loosely parodied in the 2010 How I Met Your Mother episode "Glitter", with Cobie Smulders' character on the Canadian television show "Space Teens" making several references to the show. 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. "Adoption" is the only episode that was banned in the United States, and the second one banned in Canada (Divorce was the other one). "Episode: "Identity Crisis"). According to Geoffrey Darby in the book Slimed! 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 sketches that followed were a tongue-in-cheek reversal of the show's subject and of daily life, often featuring children having authority over adults or adults encouraging children to behave badly (for example, eating sweets instead of vegetables or wasting money on something frivolous rather than putting the money in the bank). Used in a few episodes in the first two seasons and almost every episode in later seasons, the closing credits of You Can't Do That on Television are followed by an announcement of the "company" that produced the program, with the name generally tying in with the episode's main subject. In August 2017, it was announced that You Can't Do That on Television would be getting a reboot. By the 1984 season, only the word "water" led to a dousing, whereas in earlier seasons, the words "wet" and "H2O" also did. Tim was the first cast member to be slimed, and one of only two cast members to have the "real" green slime dumped on him made from moldy food leftovers. Osome appeared in Project 131 with Vanessa Lindores and Marjorie Silcoff. With that episode, the use of "I don't know" as the slime's trigger phrase was introduced, and it quickly became the show's trademark gag. After he leaves, Tim does just that. Hagyard, Abby (Winter 2016). Sketch TV by young amateur actors in true classic Nick-style. The cast member would then make some attempt to stall or stop the execution. The start of the animation features a likeness of 1979 cast member David Halpin, There are two versions of the "Children's Television Sausage Factory" animation. It primarily featured preteen and teenage actors in a sketch comedy format in which they acted out skits based on a theme for that episode. Darby authorized the mixture to be dumped on Tim anyway. She also appeared on. In a Detention/Dungeon scene, Tim Douglas is told to not pulling on his chains by the principal. The television will automatically restart. Opinions on the 1989 and 1990 episodes of YCDTOTV are mixed among longtime fans of the show, particularly regarding the new episodes' increasing reliance on bathroom humor to attract a younger audience than the show had targeted in years past. The screen is then cracked and splits, and the show begins. A "toilet flushing" sound is heard, and the first YCDTOTV sliming occurs. See production, box office & company info. The show was originally meant to offer a program for children on Saturday mornings which was pure entertainment and made no attempt to be educational. #I-Can-Do-This; #Im-A-Lannister; #Da-Bulls; #Team; #rsd; #Logo-Rsd . In this episode, Lisa Ruddy was the victim of six slimings (a YCDTOTV record). Like every episode would have these Opposites sketches, where they would do everything exactly different then we would in real life (A kid gets caught reading a Book under a Playboy and the teacher makes him look at the Playboy instead). Interviews with Marc Summers, Kenan . 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. The show's creators shortened it to 30 minutes, removed local content, added a laugh track and replaced music videos with live performances from popular Canadian artists including Trooper, Max Webster, Ian Thomas, Ottawa's own Cooper Brothers (one of whose members, Dick Cooper, later became a writer for YCDTOTV) and disco singer Alma Faye Brooks. It primarily featured preteen and teenage actors in a sketch comedy format in which they acted out skits based on a theme for that episode. Simone also never appeared on the link set. Italy, WWE Network, WWE | 50K views, 1.1K likes, 93 loves, 14 comments, 51 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from WWE Full Matches: Santino Marella is picked out the crowd in Italy and beats Umaga in his. They have used the locker gags, slime, and other gags pulled directly from the show. 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). Allegedly, Nickelodeon removed the "Cosmetics" episode from rotation for the latter reason as well (although the "Addictions" episode from that same season was not dropped). You Can't Do That on Television (1979-1990) Trivia Showing all 21 items 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. The only African-American cast member during the show's 1990 season. As part of a running joke, "INCIZOR" and "INCIZUR" are intentionally misspelled on the chalkboard under a drawing of teeth. The "locker jokes" feature was introduced in the first season and continued until the end of the series. Canadian actor of Indian descent, whose brother Sidharth Sahay, also appeared on show. 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. But whatever you do, never admit that you don't know or ask for water. Actress Abby Hagyard, who played "Mom" opposite Lye's role as "Dad," did not join the cast until 1982. This includes the closing of season 1 and the opening of season 2. This should unlock the channel. You Can't Do That on Television S1. Elizabeth is one of the very few cast members never to be watered, pied or slimed during her time on the show. Alasdair Gillis. While trying to stay healthy and exercise, the kids' efforts are halted by the ad Read allThe kids exercise on a stationary bike and use the TV station's special effects to create change of scenery. It continued to run periodically on ABC Television for the next few years, mainly as a filler during the school holidays until the rights expired in the early 1990s. It wasn't until it was picked up and broadcast on the cable channel Nickelodeon in the U.S. beginning in 1982 that it became the popular show that many of us so fondly remember. It featured pre-teen and teenaged actors in a sketch comedy format similar to that of the United States Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and Saturday Night Live. Features behind-the-scenes photos and interviews with the cast of "You Can't Do That on Television". The network's desire to produce more of its own shows at its new studios at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, coupled with the low ratings, causing production of You Can't Do That on Television to officially end in early 1990. The format also included performances by local disco dancers and special guests such as Ottawa-based cartoonist Jim Unger. 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