The Adventures of Pete & Pete - Nick Knacks Episode

[@ElyseExplosion]

Hey man, your interstitial vignette here capture the vibe of Pete and Pete so well it seems a shame NOT to acknowledge them. I hope things are on the upswing for you - this is an absolute treasure of a video essay.

[@CrowTRobot]

This series absolutely holds up. The world building, the bizarre character nuances, the indie rock, the quirky cameos and the narration all fit so well together. I feel like this series was a throughline for my love of Wes Anderson.

[@JeremyPeeples]

It's such a shame the third season DVD never got released officially - or even had ISOs leaked. If that happened, at least all of the series' shorts would be available

[@lainiwakura1776]

Hold up, what Polaris did then was already being known as grunge and alt, it was considered indie in the 80s when REM got started. I was thinking I should do the Paramount free trial, but I can't, so I guess once again, a big company will be forcing me to sail the seven seas.

[@patstevenswhohatesbuttermi5861]

Definitely Wes Anderson-y. I think the most fitting description I've heard was "The Wonder Years" if it were written by Marcel Duchamp and directed by David Lynch.

[@Feelthefelt]

Hope this video is a sign your life is getting easier. Thanks for the content.

[@JeremyPeeples]

Dieckmann being a music video director is probably one reason why the show looked so cinematic too - nothing else looked like it on kid's TV

[@reznor0079]

I started watching this channel back in 2018. I forget how I discovered it, but the initial draw was always getting to the 90s. I watched the few past ones and continued on with each passing video. Over the years the journey overtook the destination as this channel is one of the few “drop everything” and watch ones for me. I’m speechless on my feelings over this amazing video. Now that my initial finish line has been crossed, I’m ecstatic to see what comes next. Congrats on 101. Now we just need the season 3 dvd to finally release. I bought them when they released and still have them to this day

[@catholiccontriversy]

Mine was the interview with PieGuyRulz. That's how I discovered this channel.

[@EricGranata]

“Strongest man… in the world.” Was one of those phrases that are burned into my mind since childhood but not always attributed to Pete and Pete. Thanks for the reminder.

[@notchuckproductions5029]

As a Zoomer of the I Carly generation Pete and Pete is the greatest live action show Nick produced possibly the greatest of all time if it weren’t for Avatar. No other show caputres Nickelodeon mantra then this, nor captured the vibe of being a kids or was as Cinematic as this.

[@samhaskins127]

I know things have been tough for you but... thank you! You can really see your your love & devotion for this show shine through! It was something special to so many of us & you certainly did it justice! I certainly hope you had some fun researching this for all the joy you've brought us. As I've enjoyed the entire Knick Knack series, this is a real cherry on top. Nothing may touch this particular episode, & that's fine, but... definitely looking forward to more. Thank you again for the nostalgia feels & wishing you all the best!

[@KaiserBeamz]

Today I learned that the episodes I remember the most from Pete & Pete are mostly from the subpar 3rd Season because that was when six-year old me was watching Nickelodeon practically round the clock. I also remember "The Nightcrawlers" because they reran that episode so many times!

[@TheChrisHype]

The Adventures of Pete and Pete can be described in one single, appropriate word: GOAT. It was well acted, well written, embraced its “weird for the sake of weird” badge with honor, never EVER spoke down to its child audience, and perhaps most importantly of all, it was a kid’s comedy show that was actually, genuinely funny. Hell, it’s STILL funny, even with the nostalgia glasses off. I will always adore this show, and it will always be on my Nickelodeon Mount Rushmore. Oh, and also, as I watch Nick Knacks, I currently have a 5 year old son. My nickname for him? “My Little Viking”.

[@NAJ0202]

I still tear up when I think about the episode where Artie goes away because little Pete is growing up. Just oof, right in the heart. Dang, yo.

[@brokebassoon]

It is so strange to hear this show was a departure from contemporary Nick aesthetics and that corporate basically stayed out of the writing/directing-to me, Pete and Pete has always DEFINED that era and in many ways the entirety of Nick's output. (Now, looking back I see how untrue that is.) The show had a huge impact on my adolescence, but what's funny is I don't remember sharing my fondness for it with any of my friends. It was my older sister and I who always watched it together. Maybe that made it more meaningful to me-we were two siblings who could legitimately call ourselves best friends (like Pete and Pete) while simultaneously having someone else we'd call the same (Ellen, Artie, Nona). Still, it wasn't until I saw one of the reunions that I heard the creators talk about their checklist of "funny, sad, strange, and beautiful." Now I'm always looking for other shows and movies that check the same boxes.

[@madhat2k]

One of the great things about this show is how real it actually was. No fake sets. Everything appears to have been filmed in actual locations.

[@jonathancardello9125]

The behind the scenes stuff these videos explore are amazing. It's a glimpse into what made so many of these shows so memorable, and helps to get a better understanding of the real issue why there seems to be a decline in solid shows nowadays.

[@MSP10julia]

Gotta love the iconic theme “Hey Sandy” What an earworm! 😍

[@yoshi5I4]

In case anyone is curious the artist is Polaris and it’s unfortunately their only album since they were created for the show. The album is available on all music platforms, I’m only here for this PSA and now I’m off

[@NAJ0202]

Perhaps the most 90s song, at least on Nickelodeon.

[@Trekapedia]

One of my favorite tv theme songs ever. I remember them selling the cassettes in boxes of Frosted Mini Wheats and being like “can they put it in a different cereal please?”

[@superrusty]

@@yoshi5I4 well apparently i can't link it, but i will say that i recommend anyone who likes the music of polaris to check out miracle legion's albums drenched and portrait of a damaged family. they have a lot more songs with that 'polaris' sound (made by the same musicians from polaris) and they're all on youtube in the 'miracle legion - topic' channel. there are older miracle legion albums, but they were made with fewer or different members, although the lead guitarist and lead singer were always the core of the band.

[@superrusty]

I recommend the Miracle Legion albums Drenched and Portrait of a Damaged Family. They're made by members of Polaris and have the same sound especially Drenched, which was released just a year before Pete and Pete.

[@gmireya40]

WE ARE SO BACK

[@natethefighter]

I had the privilege of interviewing Michael Maronna and Danny Tamberelli at 2019 Nickel City Con. They were so incredibly easy to talk to, and seemed to me to be very genuine folks.

[@barbarastanwyck4288]

I don't know you, but I love you. Pete and Pete is so integral to my child brain development and it's made me a beautiful, sad and funny weirdo.

[@NineToFiveGamerUC0079]

Same.

[@jorgerosado2087]

The indie aesthetic of this show is something I truly appreciate upon rewatch. Very few shows/ films capture the vibe of living in the suburbs with eccentric people, best friends and that magical summer that feels neverending. The only things that come close to that feeling are The Way Way Back, Little Miss Sunshine, Napoleon Dynamite and Phineas and Ferb. But Pete and Pete hits different man. It hits different. Edit: forgot about Freaks and Geeks. It’s set in the 80s but I think it still applies to that description.

[@TheEman590]

Ah, Phineas and Ferb.

[@mightyfilm]

I get the feeling that Nick keeps this thing from streaming and full home video releases because it makes their chintzy little laugh track kiddy sitcoms look positively pathetic by comparison. This show isn't so much of a case of "you can't make a show like this anymore" since it's a case of "they probably couldn't have made a show like this back then." If they weren't in such an experimental mode, this thing wouldn't have existed period. We'd just get our tacky little kids that can't act and adults that over react and fall into cakes with their good clothes on, that every comedy writer thinks kids actually like.

[@47Cartoonguy]

Hope things are getting better Greg

[@ChrisG667]

Like Clarissa, I was pretty young and this is another show that kinda shaped my senses. While Clarissa was sitcom-y and funny, Pete and Pete had this weird sense of realism that I hadn’t seen in a kids show up til that point. Also theme is catchy as hell

[@supermakermatic2111]

An extremely small thing, but the mention of Artie being all over merchandising reminds me a lot of how pre-nostalgia Rocko merchandising had a lot of Spunky in it - Spunky was all over fast food toys, he had an exclusive VHS short (albeit using recycled footage), the SNES game was all about protecting Spunky, every launch ad makes some kind of mention of Spunky - and that makes perfect sense, mind you, Spunky is both gross and cute, a combination you don't see often but is basically marketing gold; is a major character; dog ownership is probably the only element of Rocko that can be marketed as relatable to kids on a superficial level (even though the show's writing is way more kid-oriented than a lot of internet people will tell you); and the "real" secondary characters so to speak in Heff and Filb weren't completely sidelined (they both got a VHS compilation each, and Heffer got a plushie) but I do find it quite fascinating that Spunky seemed to be so favoured by Nickelodeon and its licensors, especially considering that Nick execs supposedly didn't like Heffer when the show was being pitched.

[@Saintnick90]

Oh man, I've been looking forward to this for a while, and it didn't disappoint. The Adventures of Pete and Pete isn't a show I grew up with but watched later through KZbin, and I think it's a model for what kids' shows should be. It's funny, insightful and weird and doesn't talk down to kids but rather speaks to them at their own level. It really was the "'90s alternative rock" of Nickelodeon shows, capturing the attitudes of that decade perfectly. (Also, I know that any discussion of laugh tracks in sitcoms will lead to a debate about whether they were necessary or not, but I think everyone can agree that this show would not have worked with a laugh track. Just another reason why this show was one of a kind.) Also, I know those interludes are basically just a way to recreate the types of situations Big Pete would narrate about on the show, but they're strangely very relatable, even with the name parodies. Between these and your Goosebumps rewrites, you could have made a killing as a YA author, Greg. Nice work! I really need to see I Saw the TV Glow. Looks like it's coming to Max next month. I'd also like to put in a plug for the Pete and Pete reunion sketch from 2012 which features a good amount of the original cast members and is very funny, but I won't spoil too much beyond that. (Danny Tamberelli also voiced Arnold on The Magic School Bus, which blows my mind.)

[@willmistretta]

I'm now retroactively sad I didn't get to go to school with a kid named Chris Potassium.

[@RedMountainRetro]

Welcome back! I can’t tell you how happy I was to see a new Nick Knacks show up my subscribe notifications! Thanks a lot for continuing this series & I do hope that someday, you are able to start that Nick-at-Nite sister series!

[@mattkeflowers]

This show acted as an early understanding of my dad's relationship to his family growing up. He refers back to this show often as a reference. I agree that Petes' Mom didn't get the focus she deserved, but the episodes that focus on Petes' Dad are in many ways the cornerstones of my understanding of the relationship between my father his father. He is a late baby boomer, had a dad who took them on long trips with odd competitions with neighbors, and often had very different dynamics with his two boys. This might be the most anticipated entry in your series that I have. This weird little show, with great music, bizarre characters, and real heart. Thank you for helping me revisit a peculiar time and place

[@madhat2k]

This is my all-time favorite Nick show. This is the episode I've been waiting for since you started Nick Knacks.

[@willmistretta]

Truly peak Nickelodeon. Many of their other programs were entertaining and well-made, but nothing else can deliver the poignant, introspective, wistful, or melancholy like this one while still keeping it all fun and quirky. Things like the departure of Artie as metaphor for the inevitable loss of a young child's magical, anything goes worldview over time really help it hold up on a level other Nick shows don't.

[@LuisNickelodeon]

I am a life long Pete and Pete fan. I have Pete and Pete season 1 dvd. Pete and Pete is such a special show to me and it’s very binge able show.

[@SpamNapkin]

Pete and Pete was a little too sophisticated for my young mind when it originally aired on Nick but when The N came along and started showing reruns I felt a deep personal connection instantly. My love for it only grew as I got older. What really struck me about it especially as a kid was how effortlessly they described and depicted real experiences and feelings that every child has but no one ever really bothered to put into words. Like hearing your favorite song for the first time or how different everything feels to you on a sick day or those little events that signal the beginning and end of the summer. It's got beautiful cinematography and I don't think that's a sentence I can say about any other kid show. And to say the soundtrack helped shape my taste in music would be an understatement. I still listen to that Polaris album every summer. I highly recommend tracking down the original air versions of the specials because they all have completely different soundtracks that were dubbed over when the licensing ran out and the show went to series. They're out there if you know where to look. "Summer Vacation" had a MINISTRY song in it, of all things! Also a personal flex: Rick Barberette (Bill Korn) was a math teacher at my high school.

[@bryanloveseighties]

Well, Greg, apparently, you've been able to go back to your Nick Knacks series after your residential crisis. I'm glad about that. And once again, the 80s were my Nickelodeon generation, but I like some 90s Nick too. I can't wait to hear what you will say about the other game shows, Weinerville, Kablam!, and Oh Yeah! Cartoons.

[@dsb1670]

I JUST finished rewatching the show. So excited to watch this. Your stuff is always great and I’m excited you’re hitting “my” era of Nick. Thanks!

[@radd1865]

I hope things get better for you. Your videos always do a beautiful job of straddling the line between informational and deeply personal, and I definitely appreciate your voice. Thanks for keeping going.

[@lmeeken]

This was a wonderful celebration and exploration of a really special show. Thanks for investing the time and energy for such an ambitious project during such a challenging time. I'm a 40 year old college professor, in my last week of summer vacation, and being on the wistful precipice of the school year starting feels like the perfect time to reflect on this show's vibe and on childhood in general. It's been a minute since I last watched this. I need to queue it up again.

[@fsaenz0125]

Great review. It sums up my thoughts on the show. I wish the non-Schneider live action shows were given more attention, and in hindsight, they deserved it more than the shows that tarnished Nick’s reputation.

[@crystaldragonjesus2195]

I waited to watch this when I was able to enjoy it with an edible and maaaaan it was so worth it. Incredible watch. Loved how you added your own vignettes or whatever sprinkled throughout the retrospective. THEY WERE SO GOOD I have no idea how you could do a similar thing in future videos, but damn. Great writing. Loved the cartoon drawings too. Hope things pick up for you so you can keep doing brilliant stuff!!

[@crystaldragonjesus2195]

Oh and appreciate the I Saw the TV Glow call-out. Such a good film and I figured you'd like it lol

[@The-mystik-crow]

Fantastic work! Channels like yours are the true heroes of KZbin, bringing us prime fantastic content

[@carmineknight9123]

This is some of your very very best work, wow. Watched over two days. Wishing you the best.

[@tanukistrider6541]

I think this might be your best video yet. Congrats, it must have been a ton of work! Loved all your stories in between. I was thinking back to when I first heard of you, and iirc, it was when you guested on an episode of Retronauts!

[@SparkyNoMallarky]

You absolutely knocked this video out of the park! Awesome work! Let us all give a toast to Greggifer with a frosty cup of Orange Lazarus!

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

Yes!!! This show makes me so glad I was a 90s kid, it's the filter I see my childhood through. This and Daria in high school, they strike such an emotional chord for me.

[@lainiwakura1776]

How old were you? Daria premiered in like 97/98 because I remember being like 11 or 12 watching the show.

[@SaraBanartist]

Bayonne?! We, of Jersey, claim both Pete and Pete as ours!

[@stewiegriffinfan1986]

The Adventures of Pete & Pete is one of those shows I watched as a kid that's just as awesome as an adult, it's hard to explain, it feels so '90s in the right ways but also so timeless, it's like Twin Peaks meets Leave It to Beaver meets The Wonder Years with a sprinkle of Wes Anderson, which seems like a weird combo but works perfectly, plus the soundtrack & the cameos (everyone from Michael Stipe (R.E.M.) to Steve Buscemi to Debbie Harry (Blondie) to Iggy Pop) are just as memorable as the show itself. The theme song "Hey Sandy" by Polaris is a bop. Overall, Pete & Pete still holds up pretty well & is just as great now as it was back in the day. Glad it's finally getting the flowers it deserved. What a fun, weird & quirky time to be alive. (Fun fact: Rick Gomez, who played main bully Endless Mike Hellstrom, is the real life older brother of Joshua Gomez, who played Morgan Guillermo Grimes, the wisecracking best friend of the title character on the cult spy action/adventure dramedy series Chuck. I didn't really know they're related until recently. How mind-boggling. 😂)

[@1mespud]

True fans of Pete & Pete would know that according to big Pete that Ellen was meant to be a girl and a friend but not a "girlfriend". Both brothers were deliberately named "Pete" as a time saving idea for when their parents would call them in from being outside just by hollering the name Pete as little as once if not twice. ALSO: Instead of bullies, both Petes encountered villains.

[@heavysystemsinc.]

I love the artwork made for this episode. It's equal parts Fred Wofl and those health brochures you might see in a waiting room explaining in a nice way you're going to die of a terrible disease. Perfect!

[@gracefullynadine864]

I need a full series release so bad, I missed out on the DVD release and have had to make due with grainy files on my hard drive all these years. It's hands down my favorite thing that Nickelodeon ever did, and this was the episode I was looking forward to the most. I'm just glad there are people keeping the love for this series alive

[@SabreRoseTiger]

This was quite the journey for me since I didn't get to see much Pete & Pete as a kid. I saw some of the shorts and for some reason, I thought they were clips from show episodes, but the show being on Sunday was the big stumbling block because I almost never had control of a TV with cable on Sundays growing up. The only one I managed to see was the How I Spent My Summer Vacation special, so seeing clips from that brought it back to me (though I remember Mr. Tastee having a goofier voice than that and I don't know why). Hope your housing situation gets better soon. Glad Nick Knacks is back.

[@mr.tomraypaz6085]

“Hey Sandy”, the show’s theme is a real banger!

[@GalaxyUnicorn]

I cannot wait to hear your thoughts on this! I’ve never watched the show before, but everyone seems to say it’s a really unique, realistic (to a point - I've also heard it's surreal lol) show about kids' lives. That's just the kind of stories I want to write!

[@GalaxyUnicorn]

I have seen the theme song though, and that’s awesome!

[@caseyw1286]

As someone who grew up watching this show, I can tell you that it is a true masterpiece of television, and that is no exaggeration. From the characters, plots, production, design, and music, it is an amazing show all the way around! Probably my favorite show from that era of Nick! Definitely worth the watch!

[@patstevenswhohatesbuttermi5861]

I could write theses about this show. What a gift to everyone who got to enjoy it growing up, and I'm glad I snatched up the S1 and S2 DVD's when they came out. I still have them and watch them every few years. I think the show subliminally shaped my taste in music, I never gave much thought to the music on the show during the original run, other than the opening theme, as I wasn't even 10 years old. I discovered Magnetic Fields and Drop Nineteens on my own, and rewatching the show I pointed to screen like Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood when I heard their music on it.

[@escritora84]

I grew up with Pete & Pete, and even as a kid I felt like this show hit me in a way that I couldn't describe. It never talked down to kids or was condescending. It recognized kids had their own unique ecosystem and culture and norms, and I appreciate its quirkiness even more now as an adult. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (the 1st 2010s movie) gives me the same vibes.

[@marcomacias3960]

Farewell My Little Viking really is sad to me. seeing a manchild maniac leaving at the end kind of turns my waterworks on. it shows why this show is special

[@matthewhunter1193]

Incredible as always. It's impressive that another episode was able to come out, let alone one as long as this, given the dire circumstances you've been faced with. I hope things get better for you soon! Also thanks for the I Saw the TV Glow shout-out, definitely my favorite movie of the year so far.

[@cookiewhoopiepie]

The Adventures of Pete and Pete is one of the most beautiful shows - aesthetically and story-wise - of all time. (I’m really sad we never got season 3 on dvd, y’all. I would also implore you to check out the Polaris soundtrack - it’s dope as hell to this day.)

[@dirtbag1713]

Heard Miracle Legion randomly years ago and never realized they became Polaris even though it's SO obvious. Thank you. Great video on a criminally underrated show.

[@razordad7546]

I've been following your series sense 2020, I really like it and have been working on my own idea with this as one of the major ideas that influenced me. Thanks for the great vid I can't wait for another anime I've never heard of until your video drops.

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

I wonder what could have happened if the show moved to MTV instead of getting canceled? They could have done more with Big Pete in high school and still kept it weird and cool. Especially since Daria came out not long after, they would have paired well together.

[@Lynn17]

So happy to see this episode, I've missed Nick Knacks! And I enjoyed learning all the lore behind one of my favorite shows. AAAAHHHH THE LITTL' BITS IS COMING NEXT I'M SO HYPE

[@pierdeer]

Terrific work on this video! You did the show absolute justice. Also always refreshing to learn more about the show, like I had no clue about the Snow Days movie that Nickelodeon botched so poorly. They definitely didn't care about it long term, which is probably why it got panned and forgotten relatively quick. I was very lucky to have watched the show when it briefly reran on our regional Nickelodeon feed back in 2008. It just felt so different from any other show on that network. It definitely affected me long term, especially when it comes to my taste in music. It's also one of the few live action shows in my opinion that didn't treat their audience like doofuses and that aged quite well in many aspects.

[@MedTechDeck]

It is a crime that your videos have not reached a wider audience. You do an incredible job and I am blown away at the view count every time I watch. Thank you for the quality content and consistent excellence.

[@janedoe3043]

I want to say three things. First, you truly are my favorite KZbinr. You have the kind of warm empathy and love of art that speaks to me almost internally. I adore it and I wish you the best. Secondly, Pete and Pete probably is the most formative show of my life. It may not be a good thing but a lot of my sense of growing up was defined by this show. Third, it's also the show that lingers in a dog more than any other show. I have been able to enjoy a lot of my childhood over and over again through DVDs or streaming and this show is one of those weird ones that just is gone. That should be changed. I hope people will push for a proper physical media archive as a product. P.S. your through line was great. I got what you were doing there and it was charming.

[@joevampire]

Oh man, this has probably been the best episode of this series that you've done so far and probably my favorite since David the Gnome. Keep your head up and I hope things get better for you. And, as always, black lives matter.

[@Moonbeam143]

This is one of my all time favorite shows. I love it so much. It's New Jersey as a TV show.

[@carpediem4887]

The adventures of Pete and Pete was an amazing show....they really understood their target audience.....one of the best shows of all time in my humble 42 year old opinion!

[@Ryuhza]

Great insights and fantastic research. Pete and Pete was largely before my time, with even the reruns ending before I had the combination of care and control over what I watched on TV. But it's always fascinated me. One of those things from childhood that leaves a strong impression but remains just obscure enough to evade understanding through most of your life. Thank you for offering some understanding.

[@IWasLikeEmilio]

Hey smilin' strange You're lookin' happily deranged🎉

[@cheesegod1337]

Been waiting for this and was not disappointed. What a fantastic love letter to Pete and Pete. You took a lot of what I was thinking and said it better than I ever could, and I learned some new things about a show that I already knew a lot about. Pete and Pete was always a big part of my life. I literally grew up in Wellsville (season 3 Wellsville, at least - I remember a lot of the places in the last episode). I met (and have a picture with) Dad at the Slimed panel discussion in NYC and played soccer once with big Pete in Brooklyn after he was done working on a TV show nearby. Two things: Bayonne is pronounced Bay-own. NJ town names are weird, so I don’t fault you lol. Also, have you seen the music video for Water Underground by Real Estate? If you haven’t, I think you’ll like it.

[@NoraQRosa]

offering solidarity as someone who also spent a large portion of the past year homeless; i'm sorry that's happening and i wish you the utmost of good fortune in the near future and beyond

[@theshopislocal]

I started a rewatch of this a while back and didn't get too far.. dont tell my friend who loves p&p.. that said, i RESPECT this show. The writing, acting approach and visual style are like no other 90s live action show. I think im just a Cartoon Creature at heart. (i liked I Saw the TV Glow more than any of the shows it was kinda riffing on) Artie is the best. He reminds me of MCBC of the Aquabats. Whether or not im well versed in the show, i watch every Nick Knacks. I respect you poparena, i wish you the best!!

[@Uderscore]

36:12 I know folks made a fuss over a supposed societal rot that was just a vague presence of "consumerism" they couldn't quite pin down, but it's still crazy to hear a shopping mall opening up as a concern rather than another one being closed or abandoned.

[@bluebaron6858]

Crazy how times change ... Things really don't last forever...

[@kapiteinfox3142]

A new Nick Knacks is like a cold drink of water in the middle of a desert. Kudos on another nostalgically empathetic banger.

[@alohamrhnd]

My dog has 101 nicknames, one of which is Captain Scrummy...which I had no clue was from this show until right now. 🤯 There's SO MUCH random stuff from this show buried & burned into my brain. I wish they would release season 3 on DVD someday.

[@analoglightning64]

Wow, you helped me understand the why behind so much of the show's charm. This series was heavily formative for me and I really appreciate the personal understanding and love for the show which you have. It comes through. Thank you, warmly.

[@DavesToyTube]

The tooth fairy story was my favorite part. This is some pretty good content, informative, thorough, nostalgic, poignant, and on point.

[@trinaq]

I adored this show, it was quirky, in all of the best ways. Artie, the Strongest Man in the World, was tons of fun, the Petes had a sweet dynamic, and they had a plethora of guest stars.

[@sapphyreblayze]

Easily one of your best episodes yet - hoping things get better for you soon!

[@HulkieD]

The “Pete and Pete was only on SNICK for six months” is wild to me. I personally thought it was on the block a LOT earlier and a LOT longer, because that’s a show I associate with the block. Fantastic video, hope things are starting to ease up.

[@DatBeastard]

I recently rewatched Pete & Pete last year since maybe catching it a couple times on The N channel and I was still enthralled with it as much as I was back when it was originally airing. One of best shows that ever aired on Nick. And one of the best opening themes to a show!

[@Enshohma]

FUN SIDE NOTE: my youngest brother has a direct connection to the series as he played Mister Tasty in a commercial for the Polaris soundtrack re-release back in 2020.

[@cbschannel1cuba]

Nick Knacks Still lives on!

[@mattmcconnell4814]

I love it! I love your analysis and your delivery. I hope things are going well for you.

[@vgtrp]

As someone who's also odd, I can relate to Pete and Pete. I didn't know the point of your childhood stories at first, but eventually, I figured out what you were doing and ended up enjoying it, though your artwork needs some work. Keep up the good work, and hopefully, you'll get your housing situation settled soon.

[@welovemrp00]

Oh man..this video made me cry. God bless you for doing this

[@cinematographybycss]

Bay-own.

[@Enshohma]

2:24 - Hey! You leave THE MARTIAN HOP alone! That song rules and was an avantgard brightspot in the pre-Beatles and pre-Elvis hellscape of 1950s crap-music! Jokes aside, this was a fantastic retrospective and will be sharing it with my two brothers as PETE AND PETE was (and still is) one of our all time favorite programs, deserving of a proper full-series release in the hopeful future.

[@TheSc4ryDoor]

I've never watched this channel before, today i just randomly decided to look for clips of The Adventures of Pete & Pete.

[@austinornelas4806]

Stick around. This guy's great

[@patrickdoring7149]

WE HAVE FUSION!!

[@desdar100]

Love your videos man. I cannot tell you how much of an inspiration you are to me

[@sherra-sama]

Thanks for reminding me I'm still mad about that 3rd DVD set I'm pretty sure still shows on my Amazon preorders to this day. Seriously though, thanks for this documentary. We got cable in 1993 just after my dad passed away, and I remember this being one of the first, although by no means the only, Nick things I latched onto. There's something about the tone of it that meshed really well with the grief I didn't quite understand how to process at the time, being 8-9. I guess maybe the nostalgia for simpler times, although it seems funny saying that now as that's not an emotion I should have had at that age, but circumstances and whatnot. I also had a massive crush on younger Pete, haha. Gave me a long-standing thing for redheads. It was nice learning so much about the shorts that spun into the show, because I had no experience with those. Looking forward to checking out some of your other stuff.

[@user-vr8ul3fd7d]

Toby Huss voices a bunch of characters on king of the hill

[@daelen.cclark]

Casting former child actors as a symbol for aging is a really neat idea. TV Glow is gonna be a movie I work up the nerve to see, but I’m definitely using some of the ideas.

[@fabbygarza9863]

Pop, your way with words and stories continues to sweep me off my feet and leaves me hanging at tour every word, thank u for this video

[@adamnedeff3102]

So this shook a little memory dust loose. I remember Nickelodeon's promo department did ANOTHER 60-second-long sitcom series at the same time as "Pete and Pete." They did another one called "Yours Truly." The main character was a middle school-aged girl who served as the narrator, and the gimmick was that her narration was her writing in her diary. She signed all of her diary entries "Yours Truly" and in keeping with that theme, we never actually learned her name. Is Nick Knacks going to cover "Yours Truly"? (If there's even a reason to.) And did Nick do any OTHER 60-second shows?

[@nebraskajoenelson8987]

I don't think any show gives me almost a sad sense of nostalgia quite like "pete n pete". I liked it when I was a kid...but over the years have truly appreciated it for what it was.

[@turnonmyaxel]

Watching now and liking even if im months behind on nickknacks as i ont want youtube to do shenanigans. I adore this series so much each episode is so beautifully crafted and made. Thank you poparena

[@Rob-rx3jw]

I LOVED PETE AND PETE! I was only 5 or 6 when the shorts came out, but I do remember them so clearly.

[@Rahshu]

48:00: Personally, I never related to the hierarchy of the schools as depicted in movies and on TV. I went to school in the inner city and in the ghetto where most of the student body was non-white, largely poor or working class, and where a good chunk of the kids were refugees or from refugee families. In that kind of heterogeneous environment, hierarchies are much harder to establish and enforce with half a dozen languages being spoken, people just trying to learn American culture (really, there are several depending on where are you), and so many ethnic differences. 1:02:00: Remember, some of us live in northern cities in the Midwest or Northeast where snow days are practically an inevitability. I grew up in Minneapolis, and they happened every year! They were always a blessed occurrence. :D I've noticed since the '80s and '90s that actual depictions of winter have become kind of rare. So often winter was reserved for a Christmas special. For us northerners, winter is a season in which Thanksgiving and Christmas happen to occur, as well as Valentine's Day, and sometimes even Halloween and Easter. Hell, I lived through the Halloween Blizzard of 1993, so sometimes even that gets swept up into winter! Winter often doesn't look pretty, and it's often dark. I went to school before sunrise and came home only about two hours before sunset in the depths of winter. If you have a lot of snow on the ground, it makes the nights brighter. You still played outside because only true monsters would make you come in at 4:30 PM just because the sun set. The numbers on the clock meant more than the sun. The same was kind of true in summer when you could still read a book by the light outside even at 10:00 PM. Fourth of July fireworks required you to stay up late until nearly 11:00 PM so it would be dark enough to be worth it. Endless summer days...

[@nicholaspokorny5058]

Now we're entering my generation of Nick.

[@markdoublea84]

That was quite a life story that you’ve told from your childhood, Greg. I’m sure that every one in a few kids who were your age back then tried using that cry-until-you-win strategy. Just don’t be surprised if this Carly Branderpack person you mentioned sees your video and decides, “Hmm, maybe I’ll start following Greg’s channel and watch more of those Nick Knacks videos he’s been making.”

[@joncarroll2040]

There are other Nick shows of the era I would rather watch than Pete and Pete (Are You Afraid of the Dark, Clarissa Explains It All, Secret Life of Alex Mack and Hey Dude). As a kid who grew up in the 90s though, it captures the spirit of the decade better than any other. There was an absurd quality to growing up between "The End of History" and September 11th, that Pete & Pete nails flawlessly.

[@Rych3rInLyf3]

This remains as one of my favorite shows of all time. I remember 5 years ago you mentioned about doing a retrospective and damn was it worth it the wait! Theres a certain a vibe to this show that reminds me of childhood in the autumn. Mostly cause the series takes place during that season. But its incredible to think that this show was a gateway into my love of indie rock. I remember Nickelodeon hyping the Summer special cause the dude from REM was in it. And thanks to my late night viewings of MTVs 120 Minutes, I learned about Apples in Stereo and Drop Nineteens. The latter who recently reunited after 30 years, toured, and released a new album. In fact at their concert, they played one of the songs from the show and even mentioned Pete and Pete. It was such a surreal event for several reasons. My favorite episode is when Luscious Jackson performs. Anytime I hear that band it reminds me of Little Pete's school dance. But overall, it sucks that this show isnt getting the proper recognition from the rights owners. Of all TV shows, this deserves the blu-ray treatment. Im assuming it has something to do with music licensing since season 3 is full of musical guests while shows soundtrack uses other artists aside from Polaris. Anyway, fantastic review and heres hoping one day fans will finally get a proper release.

[@thejigisup4470]

Great video, I love Knick Knacks and especially now that we are hitting the shows I grew up watching. Keep up the great work! - proud Patreon subscriber