Who payed the critics

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Sometimes we have a series that we remember as being really well done and funny but come back disappointed. This I can say is not true of You Can't Do That On Television (YCDTOT). I recently was able to get a copy of the show on the internet and I must say that after almost 20 years absence this show still makes me laugh. Though I admit the disco driven episodes of the first season were a bit off, the rest of this series is quite funny and well worth a second or even first watch.The Series is a sketch comedy show much similar to Saturday Night live without the musical number in the middle (season one disco exception). The show stars kids instead of adults and includes many of the first uses of green slime that Nicolodeon is famus for. The acting talent is shaky at first but the actors improve remarkable as the show goes on. It is well worth the multitude of seasons that have come out of it. If you ever have a chance check it out.http://www.ycdtotv.com/ (This site is dedicated to the show for more)

Now there's another show I used to watch all the time. One thing I found REALLY funny was that the Brother and Sister tug of war, with the Michael Jackson Record. And their mother came over because she heard the complaining about the record and she said "There is only one thing to remember". And the girl handed her mother the record, and she snapped the record in half with her left leg and says "There, now you get to share the Michael Jackson record. I even thought Michael Jackson is a queer because of the clip LOL. Another clip I like was the exaggerative homework saying "from page 103 to 896,491" LOL. I used to love that show as well. Ever since I was a kid, I watched that show all the time. I wonder what's the name of the episode with the Michael Jackson record, and the episode with the exaggerative homework? Someone should find out.

This was truly one of the classic shows from my youth. This show stepped outside of the box separating itself from the ordinary shows on television. It really paved the way for many Nickelodeon shows that would come to follow. Take the slime for instance. Slime is one of the major trademarks of Nickelodeon and slime had its debut on YCDTOT. In my opinion this was a cross between "Married with Children" and a sketch show. The show wasn't timid like many shows found on Nick today. Probably because it's 2005 and not the 1980's, but still YCDTOT was allot more racy and edgy than any show I can think of that is now on Nick. Forget about the animated shows when thinking about my previous statement. I know animated entertainment seems to get away with things that other "real people" shows don't.I have good memories of this show and I wish it found its way back to the airwaves or at least DVD. I know. I have heard the reasons why it may never see the light of day again. I feel bad that I won't get to relive some off the wall humor, but more than that to think many generations won't know the joy of YCDTOT is a shame. Hopefully somehow it will be worked out and the show in some format will be seen again. Maybe just maybe someone will bring the show back with a new cast. It's about time we said,"I don't know" and got slimed.

I cannot believe that Nickelodeon has taken off "You Can't Do That on Television" (due to PC reasons of course *gags*), in fact, it was THIS show that defined the classic slime gags on the Nickelodeon from the late 70's. through the 80's and the early 90's.My favorite stetches were the "Barfy Burgers", a satire on unkept restraunts, the part where the kid gets sludged for saying "I don't know?" and anything mocking strict municipalities.Too bad this got replaced with more PC CRAP like "As Told By Ginger", "Wild Thornberries" and "Rocket Power. Shame on you Nick!