Real Mature

This was a pilot we made for ABC in the spring of 1991. It aired on the ABC Network in the FCC mandated Family Viewing Hour Sunday at 7p. Ultimately it was not picked up by ABC because the Network Ad Sales Team didn't know how to position it for the advertisers.
It's the raw copy, so the commercial breaks are included. you will have to fast forward through them. My apologies.

[@susanfit47]

Nickelodeon Gets Real Mature was an unsold pilot for a sketch comedy series that was produced and aired on May 9, 1991 by Nickelodeon, but aired on ABC.

[@eddiebarros_USA093]

D.J. Tanner meets Schemer!!! Cool!!!

[@TimothyMischka]

Wendell Craig gets a chance to shine here- it's weird how he never announced a Nick game show. And speaking of, you can hear the "out of time" buzz noise from Get the Picture at 8:09.

[@TheHauntedDriveIn]

Whistler's Mother and American Gothic as street signs is a severely underrated background gag.

[@loopdeloopandpull6334]

I noticed that the theme song for this was repurposed as the ChalkZone song "Lolipoppian Rhapsody" in 2004; that's pretty cool.

[@DreFromMaine8472]

I remember watching this, I didnt know it was a pilot for a possible series. The same year there was a kid/teen show called Way Cool that was on another network but there's not much info about it online.

[@susanfit47]

Two things I find interesting about this: 1.) It's Nickelodeon's first attempt to create its own kids sketch show (which they wouldn't succeed with until All That, a few years later) 2.) Notice the similarities to You Can't Do That on Television.

[@benjaminvlz]

Actually, "Roundhouse" was Nickelodeon's first successful sketch comedy show. It predates "All That" by two years.

[@GeoffreyDarby]

@@benjaminvlz actually you can't do that on TV was Nick's first successful sketch should. Roger Price was a creative consultant on Real Mature.

[@lostmediaandlegofanthebric3233]

Geoffrey Darby It's like YCDTOTV, except without Christine McGlade, Les Lye, or the slime 😄 It's not bad though, for being a non-greenlit pilot by Nickelodeon 👍 Also, do you have any other full episodes of Turkey TV, all that's mostly available so far is a bunch of random clips from various episodes 📼

[@retroflashbackdude]

Benjamin Velez welcome freshmen was a sketch comedy for its 1st 2 seasons before becoming a standard sitcom in season 3.

[@WRCOB]

Wish this could get a real series. I know, I could make this real!

[@JimmySand9]

Hey, it's Schemer!

[@michaelglickman1300]

Jimmy Sanders Well, you know something, Brian O'Connor isn't the only PBS personality to be involved with Nickelodeon. Long before he hosted "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?", Greg Lee was a contestant coordinator and studio audience warm up comedian on "Double Dare" and was also the voice of Bluffington Mayor Robert Bob White on "Doug." Also, before Ellen David voiced Mama Miao on "Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat", she played Detective Sharon DeLancey on "The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo."

[@retroflashbackdude]

Kevin Shinick from Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego was on Kenan and Kel. Plus Brian O’Connor was also on an episode of Weinerville.

[@KKAkuoku]

I dig the rarities, Mr Darby!

[@carolsmall5443]

oh my god schemer and dj tanner

[@annierosa5825]

Wow the adventures of Pete and Pete

[@only257]

Remember seeing this on nick when I was 7 in 1991👻

[@johnnynl]

If only this show was picked up. Real Mature would've been great especially with Brian O'Connor.

[@michaelglickman1300]

Anyone out there think that the music playing during the "Pedestrian Family" sketch sounds suspiciously similar to the music in the "Richie's Family Dinner" sketches on "Bill Nye the Science Guy"?

[@markasflood8196]

Thanks For The Upload

[@carolsmall5443]

Full house and shining time station crossover dj tanner and schemer too bad dj didn't give Brian o' Connor schemer a nickel

[@colinmulder6806]

How come I couldn't find info on this show on Wikipedia?

[@milesmorris9333]

28:07 Wait a second! Is that the same Jon Stewart I'm thinking of?

[@LogoMan7777]

Hey, is that Bill St. James on voiceover?

[@SpikeShooter92]

It's Wendell Craig

[@yesikar4149]

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[@letitbemefacilyta6218]

1991

[@yesikar4149]

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[@yesikar4149]

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[@mikejaz2]

This is Lame as Fuck. I can't believe ABC passed.

[@yesikar4149]

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