Nickelodeon was definitely our most watched TV channel when we were kids. There were so many amazing shows that there are just too many to name! One show that comes to mind is Kids Court.
Kids Court is a show where a studio audience filled with kids watches two kids discuss real life grievances that were mailed in by real life kids. When the two sides are done representing their cases, the studio audience then yells and screams like wild animals trying to be the loudest. The "Judge-o-meter" would measure the decibels of the screaming and whichever side was loudest wins the case! The show ends with host Paul Provenza going around the child audience asking the kids to say what is unfair. If something was unfair they'd yell "UNFAIR!!!!!!!!". The show even had two courtroom sketch artists. We always thought they had the coolest job in the world!!!
Kids Court ran for four years from 1985 to 1989. Below is a full episode, which is in 2 parts. Enjoy the stroll down memory lane and the extremely funny looking 80s kids!
Do you know this guy? He's Ross - the "You Can't Do That On Television" guy with headphones who was always kinda bitchy towards the kids..
I love it how whenever someone would get slimed, instead of moving over several inches to avoid getting slimed, they'd lift their face up towards the direction of the slime and just take it in. I love that. I'm positive that I'd do the same thing. Wouldn't you? It's an honor to get slimed. I don't think sliming happens much anymore.
I don't know...
Like I always say: If you can't beat the slime....join the slime.
Today we are putting our Julia Child chef hats on and will teach you how to make the famous green slime from the amazing Nickelodeon show called "You Can't Do That on Television". It aired from February 3, 1979 to May 25, 1990 and was pretty damn amazing! The show featured Canadian teen actors acting out sketch comedy skits. We still remember being little and laughing at the way they said "sooory" (sorry) and "aboot" (about). Those crazy Canadians!
The way it worked in the show was if you said "I don't know", you would get slimed. It was that simple! Didn't you always wonder what was in the slime? Well, we did and we got info from our inside sources and they told us exactly what was in this slimy green mess. This is top secret information and only Bobby Budnick, Mr. Earnst, and Sam from "Today's Special" know the ingredients! OK, actually we got these recipes from YCDTOTV.com but it's still the official recipes!
INGREDIENTS: cream of wheat, cold water, shampoo, green coloring
DIRECTIONS: Mix em up!
SLIME #3 (OFFICIAL)
INGREDIENTS: cream of wheat, cold water, shampoo, green coloring, liquid latex
DIRECTIONS: Mix em up! (just don't put too much latex)
SLIME #4 (from Double Dare's "Slime Canal")
INGREDIENTS: clear corn syrup, water, green coloring DIRECTIONS: Mix water and syrup. Add coloring and dive in!
SLIME #5 (from Nickelodeon Studios circa 1992)
INGREDIENTS: apple sauce, green coloring
DIRECTIONS: Mix em up!
We're not sure why they had so many versions but we guess the scientists at Nickelodeon Studios had to take many, many years to come up with the perfect recipe! Below is the slime in action...
For those of you who already know the show, they would also have water poured on their heads if they said "water". The secret water recipe is a WHOLE different recipe that we promised to never reveal so our lips are sealed!
OK so we couldn't resist and had to post about another kid who was in an awesome TV show who was in an awesome band. Yesterday, we posted about how Pinksy from Nickelodeon's "Salute Your Shorts" would later join the band Rilo Kiley. Today, we're posting about his fellow "Shorts" castmate Bobby Budnick who also joined a radical band!
You know him. He is the red haired, mullet haired, bad assed "tough kid" from the early 90's Nickelodeon show "Salute Your Shorts". You always knew that he was into playing music on the show, but it's nice seeing the real kid, Danny Cooksey, rock it out in real life! He also happens to be little Sam McKinney (the cute little red haired kid) from "Diff'rent Strokes", which is one of our favorite shows from our youth!
Danny "Bobby Budnick" Cooksey was in a band called Bad 4 Good with three other dudez, including Brooks Wackerman who is the youngest brother of Frank Zappa drummer Chad Wackerman. Brooks now plays for Bad Religion. Who woulda known!!!
Bad 4 Good was a quartet of teens, the oldest being only 16 years old. They only released one record and it was called "Refugee", and it was released in 1992. Here is their music video for "Nineteen" (we do have to add that we LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!!! It is almost as radical as you can get without your head exploding...)
Considering their age, we think they did pretty damn good but I guess not good enough for Danny Cooksey. He is now a successful voice over artist (he has been the voice in many video games and television shows) and is in a new band called "Arbuckle". Go Bobby, go!!!!!!
Ahhhhhhhhhh Jenny Lewis! Ohh and then there's Blake Sennett who we also love! Jenny played Haley in the 1989 move "The Wizard" and Blake played Ronald "Ronnie" Foster Pinsky in the 1991-1992 Nickelodeon TV show "Salute Your Shorts".
We loved both of you as kids. Eventually, we grew up a little and then loved you both in the band Rilo Kiley. We've seen you play many times and always wanted to give Pinksy a wedgie and touch Haley's breast (see "Salute Your Shorts" and "The Wizard" to understand these harmless, pathetic jokes). Now, we are back to our little child selves and would like to blog about you! So here is Rilo Kiley's music video from 2001 called "Wires and Waves"....
Here is a Nickelodeon Flash Screen commercial from 1994. This toy looks so awesome and it's perfect for sleepovers! You basically have to stand in front of the screen which can attach to any door. Then you or your friend must hold the "zapper" and let it flash. It will leave a shadow of whatever is in front of the screen. And it gets even cooler since at the end of the zapper is a glowing pen which you can use to alter the shadow however you like! Also, it's a nice touch how the light is green - just like Nickelodeon's famous slime!
Now that's rad!!
What isn't rad is that this toy was discontinued due to the fact that it was possibly causing kids to have seizures. These toys are worth a lot of money now so go check your attics for one!!
The zapper
The zapper with screen and door hanger
Flash Screen box
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Video Title: (1994) Nickelodeon Flash Screen - 90's TV commercial Product: Nickelodeon Flash Screen (Mattel) Original Air Date: 1994
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This episode is from 1992 and it's hosted by Jessica Duarte and Scott Tunnell. Part One starts off with Jessica and Scott on stage at the San Diego Zoo with a South African Cheetah. Next, they talk about different animal colorings and camouflages and why they have them. After that, they hang out with some Rhinos and get slimed by one!
Part Two begins with Jessica and Scott at Custer State Park in South Dakota where they see a herd of Buffalo, which are actually called American Bison. Next, they visit The Prairie Edge which is a store there that sells Native American art. Then they visit Steven Kutcher aka "The Bug Man" who has thousands of insects and bugs which he keeps as pets. They include tarantulas, cockroaches, scorpions, spiders, beetles, and many more.
Did Jessica call the Arachnophobia spiders radical? Yes she did! That's RADICAL!!!
Part Three has Jessica and Scott going to the Triple Seven Buffalo Ranch in South Dakota. There Scott meets up with some boys and he wears Coyote fur while crawling alongside a herd of Buffalo. Then Jessica and Scott jump on a couple of horses and round up some Buffalo! They herd them over to stalls where they get treated with their shots.
"Wild Side Show" was a TV show for kids on Nickelodeon that was hosted by two kids and featured various wild and zoo animals with an emphasis on education and wildlife conservation.
We used to love this show and luckily recorded a couple of episodes when they originally aired. There's barely any information about Nickelodeon's Wild Side Show anywhere online. As of writing this, there's no info on Wikipedia and barely any on IMDB. But after doing extensive research and gathering clues from around the web, here is what we found:
The show definitely premiered in 1992 but there are conflicting reports of when exactly. We personally think it was on Sunday, August 23, 1992 at 8:30pm EST and after that Sundays at 5:00pm EST (other sources have premiere dates listed as February 1, April 10, and August 22, 1992). We also believe the show lasted for two seasons (each with a different set of hosts) and that reruns were shown on Nickelodeon for at least until 1995.
SEASON ONE (13 Episodes): Premiere: Sunday, August 23, 1992 at 8:30pm EST on Nickelodeon (?) Host: Jessica Duarte Host: Scott Tunnell Locations: Mostly at the San Diego Zoo & Wild Animal Park
(plus other locations throughout the US)
SEASON TWO (13 Episodes): Premiere: Saturday, November 6, 1993 at 5:30pm EST on Nickelodeon Host: Jillian Hirasawa Host: Gordon Michael Woolvett Locations: Africa and Ontario, Canada's Chapleau Crown Game Preserve
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Video Title: (1992) Wild Side Show - Nickelodeon TV show (buffalo episode, parts 1, 2 & 3)
Product: Nickelodeon's Wild Side Show
Original Air Date: 1992
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This episode is from 1992 and consists of three parts which is hosted by Jessica Duarte and Scott Tunnell. Part One starts off with Jessica and Scott at the San Diego Zoo with a bird called a Scarlet Macaw. Then they talk about all different kinds of birds and how they're related to dinosaurs. After that they play a game called "Animal Relatives" and have us guess which animals are the most closely related to each other. (Spoiler Alert! It's kinda funny how all 3 questions are the answer C and the animals are the most different from the original animal! We answered correctly, so where is our busload of 1990's tourists wearing fanny-packs, fluorescent clothing, and radical sunglasses???)
Part Two begins with Jessica at The Theater of the Sea in Islamorada, Florida talking about bottlenose dolphins. It then shows how physically handicapped people can swim with the dolphins for therapy. The next segment is Scott and Jill talking about different types of wild cats, especially Tigers and how they could soon become extinct. (It's radical how they decided to include the puking cat in this segment!)
Part Three has Jessica and Scott at the San Diego Zoo and they're talking to zookeepers and trainers about how they started their careers. Next, Jessica goes swimming and dancing with the bottlenose dolphins! After that, she goes on a boat with a Marine Biologist to look for dolphins in their natural habitat. Unfortunately, she finds a mother dolphin trying to bring her lifeless baby dolphin back to life. The poor baby drowned. It was taken to SeaWorld for an autopsy.
"Wild Side Show" was a TV show for kids on Nickelodeon that was hosted by two kids and featured various wild and zoo animals with an emphasis on education and wildlife conservation.
We used to love this show and luckily recorded a couple of episodes when they originally aired. There's barely any information about Nickelodeon's Wild Side Show anywhere online. As of writing this, there's no info on Wikipedia and barely any on IMDB. But after doing extensive research and gathering clues from around the web, here is what we found:
The show definitely premiered in 1992 but there are conflicting reports of when exactly. We personally think it was on Sunday, August 23, 1992 at 8:30pm EST and after that Sundays at 5:00pm EST (other sources have premiere dates listed as February 1, April 10, and August 22, 1992). We also believe the show lasted for two seasons (each with a different set of hosts) and that reruns were shown on Nickelodeon for at least until 1995.
SEASON ONE (13 Episodes): Premiere: Sunday, August 23, 1992 at 8:30pm EST on Nickelodeon (?) Host: Jessica Duarte Host: Scott Tunnell Locations: Mostly at the San Diego Zoo & Wild Animal Park
(plus other locations throughout the US)
SEASON TWO (13 Episodes): Premiere: Saturday, November 6, 1993 at 5:30pm EST on Nickelodeon Host: Jillian Hirasawa Host: Gordon Michael Woolvett Locations: Africa and Ontario, Canada's Chapleau Crown Game Preserve
WE WILL POST ANOTHER WILD SIDE SHOW EPISODE VERY SOON. STAY TUNED!!!
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Video Title: (1992) Wild Side Show - Nickelodeon TV show (dolphins episode, parts 1, 2 & 3)
Product: Nickelodeon's Wild Side Show
Original Air Date: 1992
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