The airings began with the first two 1981 episodes, "Work" and "Transportation," marking the first time that those episodes had aired on American television in 30 years. But whatever you do, never admit that you don't know or ask for water. The show was canceled after one season. Fauntleroy suits. Different colors of slime - including red, blue, yellow, orange (described as orange paint), and even black and white - were used in various other episodes, as were other slime-like substances including "mud" and "whitewash.". Viewers in the United States were given the opportunity to enter 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 (a contest later replicated by Canada's YTV as the Slime Light Sweepstakes). 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. Hagyard, Abby (Winter 2016). 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. 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. 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. 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. While trying to stay healthy and exercise, the kids' efforts are halted by the adults. 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 following is a partial list. You Can't Do That On Television Available on Paramount+, Prime Video This Canadian import put Nickelodeon and SLIME on the map! Boy George Without Make-up, "Halloween", 1984), and were often relevant to the theme of the current episode (e.g. When someone said, "I don't know," green slime would pour down on them from above. Did not appear in any 1986 episodes although he is in the official cast photo. This cut the episodes to under 30 minutes, instead of the original one hour running time. Christine: As you all know, Vanessa is new to the show and Vanessa, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask me. [6][7] "Adoption" is the only episode that was banned in the United States. 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). Coach: [in the locker room] Boys, boys, listen - I've got some bad news for ya. The production company's name was announced by Lye, who often included a joke about the show or its producers only to realize that the cameras were still rolling. 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. This page was last edited on 12 April 2023, at 00:29. 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. IT DIDN'T START OUT AS A NICKELODEON SHOW. In August 2017, it was announced that You Can't Do That on Television would be getting a reboot. Elizabeth is one of the very few cast members never to be watered, pied or slimed during her time on the show. Sketch TV by young amateur actors in true classic Nick-style. By this time, McGlade, now well into her twenties and eager to move on with her life, had moved to Toronto and was flying back to Ottawa for YCDTOTV taping sessions. There was no pre-emption for the "Success and Failure" episode (1989) because the producers failed to come up with one. 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). YCDTOTV was later seen in 1999 as part of Nickelodeon's 20th anniversary marathon. 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.. 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. By the way, how do you get this stuff out? Each episode had an "opposites" segment ("Opposite Skits, where the opposite of real life really happens"), introduced by a visual effect of the screen flipping upside down, shifting left to fade to the next sketch, and then righting itself. 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). 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. 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. This feature of the show was also introduced during its first season in 1979 and continued until the end of the series in 1990, with the lockers themselves undergoing a few minor physical makeovers during the show's early years. Did these guys do the slime thing, too? In 1983 at WGBH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts, Roger Price created a version of YCDTOTV for American public television network PBS titled Don't Look Now (originally to be titled Don't Tell Your Mother!). [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. Especially in the later years of the show, cast members who were slimed frequently looked upward into the slime as it was falling so that it covered their faces (the same was also true of the waterings). Actress Abby Hagyard, who played "Mom" opposite Lye's role as "Dad," did not join the cast until 1982. The show is also well known for introducing the green slime that became a trademark of the network. 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. Over 100 child actors appeared on YCDTOTV between 1979 and 1990. In the earlier years of the show, cast members (especially Christine) were doused pails of water, but starting in 1981, the water would fall from above. You Can't Do That on Television premiered on February 3, 1979 on CJOH-TV in Ottawa as a locally aired and produced one-hour low-budget variety program with some segments performed live. If so, I wonder if that's where Nickelodeon stole it from. These scenes were often cut short or removed altogether, especially for airings on Nickelodeon. Her most frequent roles were Mom (Valerie Prevert) and the British-accented Librarian, but she played most adult female roles during her time on the show. 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. 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. Was the first female cast member to be slimed in the dungeon. A doctor's office, dentist office and principal's office, all similarly evil or mischievous. Starting with the 1981 season, most episodes featured sketches with the kids eating at Barth's Burgery, a fast-food burger restaurant run by Barth (Lye), a chain-smoking, unpleasant, disgusting cook who uses unsanitary and questionable methods of cooking burgers. These included Brodie Osome, Marjorie Silcoff, and Vanessa Lindores (visibly pregnant at the time), Justin Cammy and Alasdair Gillis. 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. She was not slimed until the 1989 season. These included Brodie Osome, Marjorie Silcoff, and Vanessa Lindores (pregnant at the time), with cameos by Justin Cammy and Alasdair Gillis. In a Detention/Dungeon scene, Tim Douglas is told to not pulling on his chains by the principal. The Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament complex was used in the first season and in the original hour-long versions of the 1981 season episodes. Known for a recurring gag of being unable to remember whether his name was Nick or Ted, stemming from a real-life incident during a read-through in which he read Ted Wilson's lines by mistake. Yeah, my eyesight is so bad I can hardly see. Lindores was the show's third host, and returned to host 1989's Age episode. Top Gun Gets Put on Latrine-Cleaning Duty, "Discipline", 1986), or other pop culture icons (e.g. Especially in the later years of the show, cast members who were slimed frequently looked upward into the slime as it was falling so that it covered their faces (the same was also true of the waterings). The show's ratings declined throughout 1989 and 1990, ranking fifth on Nickelodeon. At the end of that episode, Lisa finally got her revenge by backfiring. 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. There is also one episode in which the cast member cries out to the commander: "Hurry up, hurry up, start the execution!" The mother put a little blond boy in a dress and Mary Jane strap shoes for teasing the girls. Growing up in the mid to late 1980s, one of my favorite shows was 'You Cant Do That On Television'. Christine: Well, it usually washes out with water. 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. While trying to stay healthy and exercise, the kids' efforts are halted by the adults. 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. The lockers underwent a few minor makeovers during the show's early years, but mostly remained the same for the entire run of the show. She was with the show from its very beginning as a local attraction on Ottawa, Ontario, television station CJOH-TV in 1979 until partway through the 1986 season. 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). As a result, CTV cancelled the show in December 1979 following poor ratings after only 13 episodes. 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. Unlike the slime and water, pies were not triggered by any certain word or phrase. Now Streaming. 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 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. 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). . 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. The show also benefited from several links with popular Top 40 Ottawa radio station CFGO; for example, station personality Jim Johnson emceed the disco-dance segments and shared tidbits about the artists featured in the music videos played on the show. She also appeared (then pregnant) in 2004's reunion "Project 131". Episodes of YCDTOTV included recurring gimmicks and gags. It had such wacky stuff. The pre-empted shows were parodies of current TV shows (e.g. Though the theme music stayed the same throughout the entire series run (19791990), the opening animation itself changed in different ways. This skit came on throughout every episode (along with the slime, too). Offered the chance to return for the 1989 season, but declined. 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. Used in a few episodes in the first two seasons and by 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. Inverse tropes related to Mr. Schitdler in the classroom and the principal in detention were also frequent; however, very rarely would an opposite feature the kids getting their revenge on Barth. I was luck." Yoga Instructor Renu Anand on Instagram: "Would you believe that I stayed in a boarding school at the age of 13 till I was 17? Osome appeared in Project 131 with Vanessa Lindores and Marjorie Silcoff. Wealth [5.26] . Tanya only appeared in one episode, and is one of the few cast to avoid being pied, slimed, or watered. 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). The original slapstick pie-in-the-face gag was also frequently used on YCDTOTV, although pie scenes were most common during the early years of the show. Kubusheskie became a writer and producer on the series during the 1989 and 1990 seasons, and on occasion made cameos. When Price eventually returned to Canada, he wanted to resume production of You Can't Do That on Television from the city of Toronto, but was convinced by the cast and crew to return to Ottawa and CJOH. Each episode had a specific theme normally relating to the popular culture of the time. The show was produced by and aired on Ottawa's CTV station CJOH-TV. Appeared in a total of five episodes. In January 1981, production on YCDTOTV resumed, and a new set of episodes aired locally on CJOH through May 1981. By the 1984 season, only the word "water" led to a dousing, whereas in earlier seasons, the words "wet" and "H2O" also did. However, the episodes continued to air until the end of 1987 but were not played very often. The network continues to use green slime during its annual Kids' Choice Awards and incorporated it into a live National Football League broadcast on the network in CGI form.[18]. Fourth and final host. Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando had a green slime geyser, and green slime is still dumped on the host of the annual Kids Choice Awards at the end of the ceremony, and on at least one celebrity during the ceremony. Let's see stripes. Played many of the adult female characters, and was only slimed twice. David was one of the original cast members, and hosted many of the "call in" segments. Scenes involving slimings were the final ones taped during a recording, allowing the actors to immediately rinse after the scene without causing delays. After production ended in 1990, the show continued in reruns on the Nickelodeon cable network in the United States through 1994, when it was replaced with the similar-themed domestic sketch comedy variety program All That. The boy escapes by going jogging with the firing squad. A later episode of the series was titled "You Can't Do That on Television, Peter", but contained no overt references to YCDTOTV. 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. Nickelodeon later introduced green slime shampoo, which was a frequent parting gift on its game show Double Dare, on which slime was heavily used. Hosts Christine and Alanis frequently insulted each other and each tried to outdo the other in their roles, reflecting the real-life rivalries and competition taking place among kids in everyday life.[12][13]. Unlike the slime and water, pies were not usually triggered by any certain word or trigger phrase, although in the earlier years, saying "let me have it" or "give it to me" would frequently result in a pieing. 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). Roger Price moved to France following production of the 1987 season after being informed that Nickelodeon was not planning to order more episodes, and production was suspended for 1988. Nickelodeon ordered more YCDTOTV episodes for the 1989 season. Silcoff was watered in three episodes plus Project 131, but never slimed. If you see a blank screen with a red key on the bottom of the screen, press 'Function' and 'Mute' at the same time. Each episode had a specific theme normally relating to . She is then asked how many fish are in it, to which she says "I don't know." 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.". 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. Green Slime grew to become a trademark image for Nickelodeon. This was similar to the "joke wall" segment on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. On October 5, 2015, TeenNick reran the first two 1981 episodes, "Work" and "Transportation", on the premiere broadcast of The Splat, marking the first time those episodes had aired on American television in 30 years. The ending of the introduction shows Lye's face with his mouth opening, and his face is stamped "You Can't Do That on Television." However, after continued complaints from the cast about the hazardous ingredients, the recipe was changed to a mixture of lime-green gelatin powder, oatmeal and water. 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). Also in 1982, Nickelodeon and CJOH had then become production partners on YCDTOTV. As of 2021, the second season is available to watch on Paramount+.[2]. Response was positive, and in January 1982, Nickelodeon began airing the entire edited season and YCDTOTV became the network's highest-rated show by 1983. 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. 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.". 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 over and over, comparing the stupidity of hitting oneself with a pie to the stupidity of taking drugs. 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 was aired in its entirety, including the final seasons of 198990. The show's trademark green slime hitting prank was introduced in 1979, as was the practice of using the phrase "I don't know" as a trigger for the prank. The pre-empted show announcement concept was borrowed from Saturday Night Live, which introduced their shows with similar announcements in the late 1970s. Juvenile discretion is advised". Some "opposites" features were reversals of the roles and gags related to the show's recurring characters (usually played by Les Lye or Abby Hagyard), such as the cast getting to execute El Captaino at the firing squad or torturing Nasti the dungeon keeper. They later introduced Green Slime Shampoo (marketed with the slogan "Gets you clean, won't turn you green! As part of a running joke, "INCIZOR" and "INCIZUR" are intentionally misspelled on the chalkboard under a drawing of teeth. Each episode had an "opposites" segment, introduced by a visual effect of the screen flipping upside down, shifting left to fade to the next sketch, and then righting itself. In one of the show's crueler pranks, Ross (Les Lye) tricks Christine into getting dumped with a thicker, chunkier blue slime. We see sailor suits in many "You can't do that on TV . You Can't Do That On Television was a Canadian sketch comedy that first aired on CTV on February 3rd, 1979 and then premiered in the United States on Nickelodeon on January 2nd, 1982 until its end on May 25th, 1990 for 143 episodes and two specials. Although Nickelodeon always treated the slime recipe as though it were a closely guarded secret (and a number of episodes involved plots or subplots of kids trying to figure out what slime was made of), the composition of the slime changed several times over the years. 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. 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. This prank was known as being "slimed.". On the episode "Failure", they failed to come up with an intro. 1981's "Safety First" episode, which featured white slime as part of a recurring joke in about "wearing white at night," was the first episode known to have used a slime color other than green. E5 All episodes Cast & crew Trivia IMDbPro All topics Painted Lockers & Dances Episode aired Mar 3, 1979 TV-Y 1 h YOUR RATING Rate Family Comedy The kids exercise on a stationary bike and use the TV station's special effects to create change of scenery. [11], The theme of the show's comedy centered around how kids are treated by adults and the rest of the world. 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. 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. 1979. Sometimes, the show itself was preempted (which happened three times). You Can't Do That on Television S1. 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. [citation needed] The 1981 episodes were supposed to air for the last time during a 1985 week-long promotion called "Oldies but Moldies," with contests in which viewers could win prizes such as "tasty, fresh chocolate syrup"; instead, the episodes continued to air until the end of 1987, but not very often. Unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted. Episode 007: The famous green slime show (St. Patrick's Day). 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. Five years later, one full episode was aired on June 2, 2004, as part U-Pick Live's celebration of the network's 25th anniversary, with half of another episode being aired on June 8 (the second half of the episode was instead pre-empted by a Fairly OddParents episode). Billed here as Ted Wilson, he later shared hosting duties on, There are two versions of the "Children's Television Sausage Factory" animation. A show on marketing, for instance, would also have a sketch or four of how not to market something. If a character said "I don't know" they . 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. "Episode: "Identity Crisis"). Actors to be slimed or soaked usually appeared barefoot in the scene, and several cast members who were slimed were reportedly paid extra. Sometimes some soap and they dump it all over me. Shah went on to star in another successful Nickelodeon show. Most episodes, starting in 1981, included one or more firing-squad sketches in which Lye played El Capitano, a Latin American military officer preparing to order a firing squad (whom he addressed as "the amigos") to execute one of the child actors tied up standing in front of a firing post. 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). Nasti's Dungeon: A kid shackled in a dungeon for unknown reasons would be approached by prison warden Nasti, who would make the prisoner falsely believe that he was to be set free. The person telling the joke would open their locker, sticking their head out to call another cast member to tell the joke to. YOU CAN'T DO THAT ON TELEVISION!!! 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 products featured ranged from parodies of actual products (such as the Lotachi Lugman, a parody of the. YCDTOTV has been occasionally referenced during episodes of Robot Chicken, including some of the show's trademark gags, such as locker jokes, Barth's Burgery and green slime. 53 of 53 found this interesting | Share this Les Lye is the only cast member who appeared in every single episode. 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). It was directed by David Dillehunt. Native American performer who appeared in traditional clothing; only appeared twice during the 1981 season. In the 1982 episode "Television," Christine is slimed in green, red, blue, yellow and "stripes" (green, red, blue and yellow at once) while trying to explain about green slime to newcomer Vanessa Lindores. 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