BobbyRobby
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Meier said:
And isn't the red chick from the Wizard the lead singer for RK? Damn, that is one hell of a lineup.
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Clarissa didn't explain it all, did she?
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And isn't the red chick from the Wizard the lead singer for RK? Damn, that is one hell of a lineup.
Mr. Lemming
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Ronin said:
It is my dream to have a motorized lay-z-boy while people spin on their heads around me.
'Pete and Pete' and 'Salute Your Shorts' were easily the best Nick shows.
We run, we jump, we swim, and play.
We row and go on trips
But the thing that lasts forever
Are our dear friendships
Camp Anawana
We hold you in our hearts
and when we think about you
"IT MAKES ME WANNA FART"
We run, we jump, we swim, and play.
We row and go on trips
But the thing that lasts forever
Are our dear friendships
Camp Anawana
We hold you in our hearts
and when we think about you
"IT MAKES ME WANNA FART"
BobbyRobby
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Pete & Pete was filmed in Cranford, NJ, which is about five minutes away from where I live.
My roommate saw somebody from the show working at a bagel store.
My roommate saw somebody from the show working at a bagel store.
Cerebral Palsy
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Alex Mack > Clarissa
Error Macro
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olimario said:
I want to fucking kill you.
Hey Dude is by far the best show Nickolodeon has ever produced. Though I do agree with you on all of your other choices.
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I don't think anyone's mentioned it - but there used to be a show called "15" on Nick that aired around the same time as Welcome Freshman.
Awesome Nick shows:
Are you Afraid of the dark
You Can't Do that on Television
Alex Mack
Pinwheel
Clarissa
Salute Your Shorts
Hey Dude - My personal favorite
Wild N Crazy Kids
and some others...I'm tired.
Merv-u-mentary!
Awesome Nick shows:
Are you Afraid of the dark
You Can't Do that on Television
Alex Mack
Pinwheel
Clarissa
Salute Your Shorts
Hey Dude - My personal favorite
Wild N Crazy Kids
and some others...I'm tired.
Merv-u-mentary!
As I recall the original Snick lineup was Clarissa, Ren & Stimpy, Roundhouse, and Are You Afraid..? I don't remember Pete & Pete ever being a part of the lineup.
I guess I'm in the minority when it comes to having liked Roundhouse. Looking back I guess it was very hokey (what Nick show wasn't?), but it had a lot of nice little comforting messages that helped ease you into uneasy adolescence. Every other teen-comedy-that's-actually-intended-for-preteens presented a vision of teenage years that was either totally unrealistic (Welcome Freshmen) or ridiculously over-idealized (Saved By The Bell, Clarissa Explains It All). Roundhouse had cynicism and parody tempered with heart.
Fifteen (Nick's short-lived teen soap opera) was pretty awful. I much preferred the completely over-the-top melodrama of the syndicated Swans Crossing....which had a very young Sarah Michelle Gellar in the role of the show's superbitch. It's a shame that it only lasted one season!
Are You Afraid of the Dark was cool at first, but after a year or two it just seemed kind of tiresome and formulaic. It was like a kids' Twilight Zone, except they rehashed the same stable of plot twists over and over again.
I forget what made Salute Your Shorts jump the shark. Didn't the Pinsky character leave after the first season, only to be replaced by some other camp newbie?
I think it's commonly agreed that Snick jumped the shark with the arrival of All That. The infusion of sub-UPN hip-hop humor corrupted everything, and Keenan and Kel were basically just Amos & Andy for kids.
I guess I'm in the minority when it comes to having liked Roundhouse. Looking back I guess it was very hokey (what Nick show wasn't?), but it had a lot of nice little comforting messages that helped ease you into uneasy adolescence. Every other teen-comedy-that's-actually-intended-for-preteens presented a vision of teenage years that was either totally unrealistic (Welcome Freshmen) or ridiculously over-idealized (Saved By The Bell, Clarissa Explains It All). Roundhouse had cynicism and parody tempered with heart.
Fifteen (Nick's short-lived teen soap opera) was pretty awful. I much preferred the completely over-the-top melodrama of the syndicated Swans Crossing....which had a very young Sarah Michelle Gellar in the role of the show's superbitch. It's a shame that it only lasted one season!
Are You Afraid of the Dark was cool at first, but after a year or two it just seemed kind of tiresome and formulaic. It was like a kids' Twilight Zone, except they rehashed the same stable of plot twists over and over again.
I forget what made Salute Your Shorts jump the shark. Didn't the Pinsky character leave after the first season, only to be replaced by some other camp newbie?
I think it's commonly agreed that Snick jumped the shark with the arrival of All That. The infusion of sub-UPN hip-hop humor corrupted everything, and Keenan and Kel were basically just Amos & Andy for kids.
border said:
To the best of my memory...
I think Clarissa was cancelled in 1994, and Pete and Pete eventually filled the time slot, and/or aired with the show for a year in 1993. Snick got a major retooling when Pete and Pete, Roundhouse, Ren & Stimpy, and Are You Afraid? got cancelled all around the same time and All That became the main staple in the lineup. AHH! Real Monsters also joined along with the Mystery Files of Shelby Woo and some other show.
I also remember The Tomorrow People might've been shown on Snick during the 90s, or maybe it was some weekend block. I know that there used to be a sort of scary/strange history show they used to have that would show during weekend afternoons.
I liked All That, personally. I didn't start hating it until 1998 when all the original cast members, therefore familiar skits, left.
border said:
It was. I got all mixed up since I thought Clarissa came during the mid-90s and not the early-90s.
Anyway, AYAOTD became a weekly thing for me and my sister. We used to stay up and watch Snick, and it was the last show before we went to bed. There were only three episodes I remember scaring me: The one with the clown, the one with the zombie in the school gym thing, and the one with the Nosferatu. I think it was the first show we watched on Nickelodeon religiously. It's also the show that made me feel brave enough to start watching The X-Files in 1993 (I was 7 or 8).
That's why it should be released on DVD:olimario said:
http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?45638
Spiritreaver
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Marc Summers really deserves much respect, from Nick to Unwrapped. Double Dare and What Would You Do? Were always fun to watch as a kid. Though any episodes that included a ventriloquist always gave me nightmares. What scary puppets.
:lol :lol
UG from Salute Your Shorts is a voice actor in the .hack// games
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0047663/
And check out Donkey Lips
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/hh/0100989/HH/0100989/michaelbower2.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Bower,%20Michael
UG from Salute Your Shorts is a voice actor in the .hack// games
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0047663/
And check out Donkey Lips
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/hh/0100989/HH/0100989/michaelbower2.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Bower,%20Michael
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Ha, David The Gnome.
How about some respect for The Adventures Of The Little Koala. Give it up, yo.
How about some respect for The Adventures Of The Little Koala. Give it up, yo.
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David the Gnome was awesome.
Sadly, I remember most, if not all of the entire theme.
"Trolls and wizards and fairie kings, birds that talk and fish that sing, and if your heart is pure, then you will find them too."
Sadly, I remember most, if not all of the entire theme.
"Trolls and wizards and fairie kings, birds that talk and fish that sing, and if your heart is pure, then you will find them too."
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olimario said:
OH NO YOU DIDN'T
Mister Zimbu
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olimario said:
Olmec from Legends of the Hidden Temple played... I think his name was Braska... in FFX
enjoy bell woods
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enjoy bell woods
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How DARE you call My Brother and Me BAD.olimario said:
Does Cool Dr. Money mean nothing to you?
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So was Iggy Pop! And Michael Stipe! Not to mention a bunch of people from obscure bands, like the math teacher and such. I'm going to check the N right now to see if they still air it.olimario said:
FortNinety
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Man, this thread brings back memories.
Just so everyone knows, I have a buddy at Nick, and there is a concerted effort to get Pete & Pete on DVD. Not sure if it will ever become a reality, but people on the inside do want this to happen.
Also, not sure if this is well known, but one of the major forces behind Kablam! was recently arrested for soliciting a minor online. The name escapes me...
Just so everyone knows, I have a buddy at Nick, and there is a concerted effort to get Pete & Pete on DVD. Not sure if it will ever become a reality, but people on the inside do want this to happen.
Also, not sure if this is well known, but one of the major forces behind Kablam! was recently arrested for soliciting a minor online. The name escapes me...
OG_Original Gamer
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She got a nice ass, I'll smash if she let me.
Just so you all know, Clarissa was an awful show. It was boring and even the horrible laugh track didn't seem interested, like a parent patronizing their kid as they read the newspaper.
The point Nickolodeon went down the shitter was when they fired Spumco and made their own Ren and Stimpy. Spongebob is an awful attempt to do R&S over again completely under their control, aka in a generic Nick way. Yes, this 'attempt' is working quite well, but Spongebob didn't almost single-handedly change American animation from a stagnant cesspool of toy commercials and uptight garbage to what it is now (lewd garbage).
Are You Afraid of the Dark? Not after seeing this show. If that's what's in the dark, then whew! We've got nothing to be afraid of. The show was less scary than Rugrats, which was an okay show. It was the best in the beginning until Nick realized they could drag it into a franchise and made movies, where it became rather crap. Doug was a horrible waste of animation cels. Rocko is the best Nicktoon in a post-Ren and Stimpy world, and Aaah! Real Monsters was okay, but that's it. The rest is inane nonsense. I'll admit I only saw one episode of Invader Zim, the first one, but it just didn't look interesting at all. It looked generic humor-wise.
Pete and Pete and Salute Your Shorts were the best of Nickolodeon's live action stuff, but Salute Your Shorts was more like a "good because you were just a kid" type of good. And the rest of Nick's shows are pretty rotten. I actually rarely ever gave Hey Dude the time of day, though, so I don't know about that one. It just looked so dumb.
Everything on current Nick is like the last few seasons of All That. Not all that. Actually quite awful and generic. I can't believe they have a sitcom where the kids are part of a rock band. Have we not progressed as a society beyond The Partridge Family? *Nickolodeon execs shake their heads no and produce a second rock band sitcom*
The point Nickolodeon went down the shitter was when they fired Spumco and made their own Ren and Stimpy. Spongebob is an awful attempt to do R&S over again completely under their control, aka in a generic Nick way. Yes, this 'attempt' is working quite well, but Spongebob didn't almost single-handedly change American animation from a stagnant cesspool of toy commercials and uptight garbage to what it is now (lewd garbage).
Are You Afraid of the Dark? Not after seeing this show. If that's what's in the dark, then whew! We've got nothing to be afraid of. The show was less scary than Rugrats, which was an okay show. It was the best in the beginning until Nick realized they could drag it into a franchise and made movies, where it became rather crap. Doug was a horrible waste of animation cels. Rocko is the best Nicktoon in a post-Ren and Stimpy world, and Aaah! Real Monsters was okay, but that's it. The rest is inane nonsense. I'll admit I only saw one episode of Invader Zim, the first one, but it just didn't look interesting at all. It looked generic humor-wise.
Pete and Pete and Salute Your Shorts were the best of Nickolodeon's live action stuff, but Salute Your Shorts was more like a "good because you were just a kid" type of good. And the rest of Nick's shows are pretty rotten. I actually rarely ever gave Hey Dude the time of day, though, so I don't know about that one. It just looked so dumb.
Everything on current Nick is like the last few seasons of All That. Not all that. Actually quite awful and generic. I can't believe they have a sitcom where the kids are part of a rock band. Have we not progressed as a society beyond The Partridge Family? *Nickolodeon execs shake their heads no and produce a second rock band sitcom*
mightynine
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FortNinety said:
So what's the roadblock of getting P&P on DVD? Getting permission from the bands to use the music? Problem with the actors?
I must know!
FortNinety
Member
mightynine said:
It's a combination of things really. By now, I think Nick recognizes that there is a demand out there, but it's just a logistical nightmare of sorts, like getting all the proper assets and the such. If you think that's a lame excuse, well bare in mind that Nick is a part of MTV Networks and Viacom, so it's a big company. A very big and disorganized company. Plus, people will want this done right, so if it is being worked on, everyone is taking their time on it.
This thread just gave me a flood of memories. Kids these days don't know what they are missing. I don't know how a child can survive without CN or the "N" to make up for the drop off in decent youth programming on Nick and the big networks.
And FortNintey--thanks for that little tidbit. It's good to know that people at Nick realize that there's a demand for Pete and Pete. Of all the shows that Nick could put on DVD, I can't think of one that deserves it more than P&P.
And FortNintey--thanks for that little tidbit. It's good to know that people at Nick realize that there's a demand for Pete and Pete. Of all the shows that Nick could put on DVD, I can't think of one that deserves it more than P&P.
MrPing1000
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Sam looks like Joe Pantoliano
ohh and this pic is just for fun
ohh and this pic is just for fun
Hey smilin' strange
You lookin' happily deranged
Can you settle to shoot me?
Or have you picked your target yet?
Hey Sandy
Ai ai ai ai
don't you talk back
(ai ai ai ai)
Hey Sandy
Five feet away
End of speech, it's the end of the day
But we was only funnin'
But guiltily I thought you had it comin'
Hey Sandy
Ai ai ai ai
don't you talk back
(ai ai ai ai)
Hey Sandy
Hey Sandy
Ai ai ai ai
don't you talk back
(ai ai ai ai)
Hey Sandy
Hey
Such a nostalgic song for me. In my head when it starts up, I'm 10 and lying down on the couch we used to have, watching episodes in the afternoon on the weekends.
Meeeeeeemories!
You lookin' happily deranged
Can you settle to shoot me?
Or have you picked your target yet?
Hey Sandy
Ai ai ai ai
don't you talk back
(ai ai ai ai)
Hey Sandy
Five feet away
End of speech, it's the end of the day
But we was only funnin'
But guiltily I thought you had it comin'
Hey Sandy
Ai ai ai ai
don't you talk back
(ai ai ai ai)
Hey Sandy
Hey Sandy
Ai ai ai ai
don't you talk back
(ai ai ai ai)
Hey Sandy
Hey
Such a nostalgic song for me. In my head when it starts up, I'm 10 and lying down on the couch we used to have, watching episodes in the afternoon on the weekends.
Meeeeeeemories!
mightynine
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Ryu said:
Legends of the Hidden Temple. Still gets airtime on Nick Gas.
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