Nick Knacks: A Show By Show Retrospective of Nickelodeon
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What he's brought up so far sound like it'll make the book a more fleshed out product: chapter illustrations, licensing photos, etc.
yeah, that's true, but those aren't official stretch goals, just what he'll spend the money on as he gets more than the 3k he asked for.
In the faq, he says there's plans for it, but nothing firm right now.
Just finished this and it was FANTASTIC.
Should have had its own thread of how good this is.
popping in to say this episode is so, so good, and is really what i needed after the shitfest of today.
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Seeing that Maple Town title card made some old memories come loose in my brain. I had completely forgotten all about that stuff but I had at least some of the toys when I was a very young child. It's weird and hazy stuff but I'm very curious in watching that episode now.
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Apparently the Bad News Bears TV Series was a thing that aired on CBS in 1979. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bad_News_Bears_(TV_series)
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As a Canadian I always thought Double Dare was similar to a kids game show we had up here called Uh-Oh! (likely due to associating Nick with slime). Boy was I wrong. there's nary a gimp Jason Vorhees in sight.
I'll ceck out the BNB ep this weekend. Gonna be honest here, I had no idea Bad News Bears was an actual thing. I always thought it was just a saying.
I'll ceck out the BNB ep this weekend. Gonna be honest here, I had no idea Bad News Bears was an actual thing. I always thought it was just a saying.
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I can see why the Bad News Bears TV series end up basically forgotten about given how much of a typical sitcom it was.
Bad News Bears looked kind of poor but something about that video made me very interested in watching it. I'll probably break down and buy that DVD set one of these days.
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I am recalling this is also why the likes of Dangermouse were pick up, nothing like it on the US airwaves.
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Nick Knacks 59-66
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Man, is it strange to say I REMEMBER that commercial of Nickelodeon saying farewell to Danger Mouse? Especially the ending line, "Goodbye Nickelodeon. I'll miss you!". It's one of those moments when you see something you haven't seen in years, hell, DECADES and it all comes back to you. I was subconsciously mouthing that final line as it was being played like I was that kid sitting cross-legged in front of the television back in 87. Wow!
I'm not sure if I very vaguely remember the theme or if the fact that the hook sounds a bit like the "Kids Incorporated" theme makes me think I do.
Definitely. Finders Keepers was a big deal for a couple years just with the Double Dare lead-in but seems to have been fairly forgotten.
Shari Lewis= Lambchop.
Sharon, Lois, & Bran are a completely different thing.
Might be big but I think this is the calm before the storm. Then again, we still have 2-3 years left before 91? Maybe Looney Tunes and Degrassi Street?
Yes, I watched both show when they aired on Nick. I'm well aware that they're different shows. They're just similar thematically, and he likes to group them together, like he did with MCOG and Spartakus.
I think these are roughly the four years after the current 1987 block:
1988
David the Gnome
Count Duckula
Doctor Snuggles
Don't Just Sit There
Kids' Court
Looney Tunes
Patty Duke Show
Heathcliff
(Possibly Kids Choice Awards/Kids Pick the President)
1989
Total Panic
Think Fast!
Hey Dude
Eureeka's Castle
Fred Penner's Place
Make the Grade
The Kids of Degrassi Street
(Possibly Pete & Pete here if he counts the shorts at as the beginning of the series)
1990
Maya the Bee
Wild & Crazy Kids
SK8-TV
Camp Runamuck
Flipper
Outta Here!
Kids World
Yogi Bear
Cartoon Kablooey
1991
Nick News
Fifteen
Welcome Freshman
Get the Picture
Clarissa Explains It All
The Littl' Bits
Launch Box
Salute Your Shorts
Doug
Rugrats
Ren & Stimpy
What Would You Do?
Suffice to say, 1991 is pretty loaded.
Hence why 91 is the big one, basically the big year for them, gonna be weird when they get to the pre CN age and how Nick ended up with some WB-HB toons.
This was a show I enjoyed that seems to have gone largely forgotten. It seemed like a successor to YCDTOT and a precursor to All That. Not sure how well it holds up now days though
the real problem is that Spongebob consumed the network, and they didn't have to live on endless reruns, so stuff got dropped. Clarissa Explains it All was hugely popular at the time, but it was off the air by 2001, and it only lasted 3 seasons.
Yeah and that was a show I was there for every Saturday night
yeah, same. Clarissa, Welcome Freshman, Roundhouse. Hey Dude. man, i can't wait for the 90's to the mid 90's.
Every time I see Mitch McConnell the "Mortise the Safety Tortoise" jingle from that plays in my head, but substitute "safety" for "racist." For whatever reason, that's the thing about the show that stuck out for me, but I'm eager to see what other half-remembered stuff is ratting around in my head.
Wonder if Nick Jr's going to be a collection of shows, or if we are going to get each show separated into their own video. We got anime such as The Noozles, Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics, and The Littl' Bits. Also, I imagine eventually they'll get to Muppet Babies in the 90s (I remember that aired on Nick for a time).
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