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lunarworks
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As a Canadian kid in the '80s, Nickelodeon had something of a mythical status. Like a unicorn. Something other kids talked about, and claimed having seen, but you never saw it.
Then we got YTV in '89, which was decent, but it didn't have the same mystique.
Then we got YTV in '89, which was decent, but it didn't have the same mystique.
Night_Trekker
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lunarworks said:
I felt the same way about the Disney Channel growing up. They had those free weekends where they would unscramble it and it was awesome.
Then it became a part of basic cable and all those great movies and cartoons they used to show disappeared.
I really don't wanna ruin the nickelodeonness in this thread, but I came across some old CN stuff that really brings back memories.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoiUoZc6534&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoiUoZc6534&feature=related
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AniHawk said:
Hell yes. Camp Lazlow just isn't the same thing.
JPBrowncoat
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Oh man now I'm going to be spending hours on YouTube looking at old clips from Nickelodeon.
There's a bomb in the lasagna? - Try and guess the show before clicking!
There's a bomb in the lasagna? - Try and guess the show before clicking!
bgassassin
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Great memories. The only ones I didn't like were the one with the woman who could put you to sleep. Also seeing them all together, I didn't realize how many they had that used a 50s/60s singing group style.
Anyone here old enough to remember when Nickelodeon was like four of five hours of Pinwheel and then would go off?
Anyone here old enough to remember when Nickelodeon was like four of five hours of Pinwheel and then would go off?
bgassassin said:
Yea. It was Pinwheel from like 7a-12p. Then some crap in the middle (12-3). Then 3 o'clock it was shows like Dusty's TreeHouse, Sugar and Spike (it was called Video Comics) and a few other shows I am forgetting.
Then at 6 o'clock the channel would go dead and they would show this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIiBOi-XNVM&feature=related
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:lol Yeah, that's it.
I mostly watched Nick except for Sesame Street. In fact, I recently searched and found my favorite short from Pinwheel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDpQfZqHD3A
I mostly watched Nick except for Sesame Street. In fact, I recently searched and found my favorite short from Pinwheel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDpQfZqHD3A
We first got Nickelodeon probably about 85-86 (when I was 4-5).. Besides Lassie/Dennis the Menace reruns from the 50s, they had You Can't Do That On Television, Out of Control, Mr. Wizard's World, Danger Mouse and some neat Japanese/French collaboration stuff like Mysterious Cities of Gold. Basically anything they could get their hands on but a load of international stuff.
Think they had Inspector Gadget by then as well. Pinwheel and Today's Special I remember during the day.
Special Delivery on the weekends had all kinds of random stuff. Loads of cool bumpers and shorts as well since they only ran 2-4 min of commercials per half hour back then.
It was very 80s MTV without the attitude, looking back on it. Nick at Nite had some killer bumpers too.
Kinda wanted to focus on some of the older stuff since that's been neglected and it's had some pretty bizarre stuff on back then. I did like late 80s/early 90s era better.
They still seem to put out some neat shows for kids, but it's definitely a ton more corporate now.
Think they had Inspector Gadget by then as well. Pinwheel and Today's Special I remember during the day.
Special Delivery on the weekends had all kinds of random stuff. Loads of cool bumpers and shorts as well since they only ran 2-4 min of commercials per half hour back then.
It was very 80s MTV without the attitude, looking back on it. Nick at Nite had some killer bumpers too.
Kinda wanted to focus on some of the older stuff since that's been neglected and it's had some pretty bizarre stuff on back then. I did like late 80s/early 90s era better.
They still seem to put out some neat shows for kids, but it's definitely a ton more corporate now.
My earliest memories of Nickelodeon back when Dad finally sprung for Cable was You Can't Do That on Television. They do not make shows like that anymore. Back then I didn't even know what Canada was. All I cared is that it was entertaining.
You really can't do any of that on children's television these days. Especially since the show was pretty much chaos and anarchy with pretty much nothing to learn from it. Which is why it ruled!
My earliest memory was of the famous Russian "red slime" episode. I learned that Russia was evil and gonna invade the US before I even knew Canada existed. (Doesn't help that I also saw Red Dawn as a kid. For years Russia was evil to me and something to be feared. Thankfully Tetris came along and set me straight.)
It's sad the Nick we have now isn't what we had as kids. I would NOT want to be a kid again. Not in today's world. Not if I have to put up with they pass off as kids entertainment now.
So, I have one question though. Will they still be opening the time capsule on April 30th, 2042? What did they put in the studio's place?* If the time capsule was removed or destroyed, then I have lost faith in humanity.
*Oh, I see... Blue Man Group... [Insert Arrested Development Tobias joke here]
ON YOUR MARK!
GET SET!
GOOO!!!!
Ah... memories. I grew out of Nickelodeon just in time for its downward spiral into shittiness.
You really can't do any of that on children's television these days. Especially since the show was pretty much chaos and anarchy with pretty much nothing to learn from it. Which is why it ruled!
My earliest memory was of the famous Russian "red slime" episode. I learned that Russia was evil and gonna invade the US before I even knew Canada existed. (Doesn't help that I also saw Red Dawn as a kid. For years Russia was evil to me and something to be feared. Thankfully Tetris came along and set me straight.)
It's sad the Nick we have now isn't what we had as kids. I would NOT want to be a kid again. Not in today's world. Not if I have to put up with they pass off as kids entertainment now.
So, I have one question though. Will they still be opening the time capsule on April 30th, 2042? What did they put in the studio's place?* If the time capsule was removed or destroyed, then I have lost faith in humanity.
*Oh, I see... Blue Man Group... [Insert Arrested Development Tobias joke here]
ON YOUR MARK!
GET SET!
GOOO!!!!
Ah... memories. I grew out of Nickelodeon just in time for its downward spiral into shittiness.
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