SK8-TV - Nick Knacks Episode

[@mightyfilm]

For a show that came out at the very start of the 90's, this thing is AGGRESSIVELY 90's. It's like it perfectly predicted the cultural significance of skateboarding and the X-Games, yet weirdly was so ahead of the curve, the audience for it didn't even exist yet. Quite honestly, a show that's a LOT more authentic and organic than Rocket Power ever was. or worse... Wyld Grinderz.... shudder.

[@mightyfilm]

@@defunctchannel9802 Viacom threw a LOT of influence behind Rob Dyrdek. While they didn't directly produce it themselves as a Nicktoon, they probably had some influence someway in getting the show made. Suffice to say, it's a freaking awful cartoon. Every character is a stereotype (Japanese character is a Ninja, Black guy is how a white guy writes "street" and "rap" culture, even have a white guy that's a hillbilly), the writing feels like it was made by an A.I., a malfunctioning one yet, and the dog's just a lame fart joke. I watched 2 minutes of an episode and I knew what true pain was. And it's clearly meant to be a toy line selling series, but a really REALLY bad one.

[@doryna_sira]

I always thought this show came out a little later in the decade than it actually did. It's not too far ahead of its time!

[@usernameonutube]

To me there’s two parts to the 90s. 89-94 is it’s own little era. 95-00 is a whole different vibe.

[@sugarfrosted2005]

Bea Arthur's performance in that is why I am glad the holiday special exists and that explains her being on Peewee so much.

[@VahanNisanian]

Bea Arthur was never a guest star on "Pee-wee's Playhouse".

[@CaptainBZarre]

Service Repair Skate Videos Clothing Equipment And another great upload! The history behind this show and, well, SK8-TV itself, is more interesting than I could've imagined. Thanks for doing the research!

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

Tony Hawk with a ponytail looks like the bad guy in a super low-budget martial arts movie.

[@bryanareynolds]

if he took some steroids he would be a dead ringer for the second in command henchman in Jackie Chan's "City Hunter"

[@meyerj75]

With a name like Tony Hawk. he sounds like one of the American Gladiators.

[@DeeJayEX64]

Love the unexpected history lessons you give to some of these videos. From koalas to skate boarding, you got all the facts dude.

[@heyim8552]

Maybe it’s just the clips you chose but this show looks fuckin hilarious. The humor and editing seems so ahead of its time. Although it’s super lame that only ONE woman was ever covered on the show

[@Xepscern]

The "is this a good question" bit is so corny but *exactly* the kind of humor that kids would love

[@alw1217]

I'm surprised they had any. There wasn't a lot of female skaters back then. A few could actually throw down, but most were just trying their best. Like the top 2 or 3 girls in a very contest would get coping and do tricks, while 4 thru 10 would just pump the ramp and carve. The women in skating have come a long way since my time in the mid 90s. Amazing talent now.

[@jbleichman]

Oh yeah, you _know_ we’re in the 90s now.

[@jedimastercoon31]

I want say thanks for giving me a way to relive my childhood watching Nickelodeon and Nik at Night. I’m 41 and most of the show you’ve covered I watched growing up. Nik knacks is favorite thing to binge watch. I my self have a complete set of You can’t do that on television I bought from a friend it has all the episodes including the banned episode adoption. I just love this stuff. Keep up all the great work.

[@bullmonty764]

This show could’ve only been made at a time before Tony Hawk held the absolute stranglehold of pro-skating TV representation he’s held for close to 30 years (and even here, his presence is still felt…)

[@Erykthebat]

I had no Idea this show has Mathew Lillard on it and I watched every episode the day it came out.

[@kandigloss6438]

Shame that they didn't transfer this show over to MTV, feel like if they left out the content meant for younger kids it could have been a good fit in that era. Heck, they could have even useed the show's segments to wrap around punk, hip-hop, and metal videos and stretch things out so the guys making the show didn't have to produce so much new content every season. Also interestingly enough I have no memory of this show at all yet I remember the educational interstitials pretty clearly, lol.

[@whammy850]

I was genuinely surprised at the end of the video when you said you weren't into skateboarding. I grew up skateboarding, it became one of my special interests (I'm autistic), and I couldn't have done a better video with a short history of skateboarding. Very well done.

[@weirdotzero7065]

Welp. Time to boot up a Pro Skater playlist for the most appropriate background music.

[@weirdotzero7065]

Somthing tells me this won't be the last time I say this in a Nick Knacks comment section.

[@thevhsquest4777]

Yeah, this was another show I had real vague memories of as a kid (just running over a year, it makes total sense) but as a teenager, at that point, thoroughly following skate culture and everything around it, I watched the show whenever it aired on Nick GAS and really appreciated the style of the show. It really pulled no punches and was a document of the scene at the time, I just couldn’t believe how it matched the breezy feel of the Bones Brigade videos. And having Skatemaster Tate as co-host really made it legit to the era of skateboarding. I rewatched what’s available back in 2020 and was really impressed that it held up really well as a snapshot of Skate culture in 1990. Maybe not the most important Nick show out there, but even as a niche curiosity this is a great example of how the management at the channel sought to make entertainment out of left-field spaces. And holy moly, they used a fIREHOSE song during the coming up next bumper!

[@EBTheOriginalMaster]

"We painted the shit out of that pool." I have no idea why that made me laugh.

[@OnslaughtSix]

Dude, don't skate on that shit!

[@meyerj75]

One of my brothers immediately got into skateboarding while SK8 TV was still on Nickelodeon and within a few years would collect almost a dozen skateboards and tons of VHS cassette which showed mostly skateboarding performing stunts and tricks but seldomly any bloopers. I was able to catch one of those called "Church of Skatan" in which the music was opened and closed by White Zombie and had this Grim Reaper priest praising up front during front and back camera maneuvering and twice, the Church Of Skatan bible is burned with the front cover either opened or closed respectively. Then, it was mostly 45-60 minutes of skateboarding set to 90s style music (i.e Beastie Boys, Gravediggaz) which the last song c/o Rev. Horton Head. I doubt he's still into it. We're all in are 40s and see this like we see "Grease": Pure 90s nostalgia.

[@apbuitron]

Great video. I would have been a bit bored by this as a kid, but as an adult I certainly see the value. Excellent job!

[@encountersltd]

As a music nerd I appreciate the mention of Ray Barbee and Tommy Guerrero in this ep. Tommy made a whole lot of cool beats for Toonami bumpers in the blocks early years, and Ray's album "In Full View" is incredibly smooth.

[@TheOneTrueFingal]

"And golf sucks!"🤣

[@MSP10julia]

In Memory of Gerry Hurtado “Skatemaster Tate” (September 9, 1959 - October 13, 2015) RIP 💔

[@bakomusha]

A totally radical episode my dudes!

[@Rych3rInLyf3]

From CA. Skate culture was huge on the west coast, especially growing up in the 80s and 90s. I remember a couple kids from school would talk about this show and would emulate the tricks that were shown. Ill always remember them wearing Vision Street Wear and Jimmy Z shirts. The only time I got into skating was during the rollerblade craze which I was pretty good at.

[@aestroai8012]

Ah flashback to my tweenish years. I was a lonely kid with a giant old skool skateboard in West Philly when this was on. I managed a decent Ollie before I gave it all up for video games and guitar! I could recite that informative advert for years after it aired. I liked this show. Thanks. Your show is great!!!!

[@RazorFoxDV]

This was about the point where Nick started to lose me. What brought me to the channel were shows like their 80s game shows, especially Double Dare and Finders Keepers, and shows like You Can't Do That on Television. SK8-TV was part of a new era that saw the network get away from that and into a bunch of shows that, at least for me, got dull fast, including Wild & Crazy Kids, What Would You Do, and their scripted programming like Clarissa Explains It All, Welcome Freshmen, and Salute Your Shorts. Maybe I was just outgrowing it as I was entering adolescence at the time and my tastes were changing, but it felt like the older shows were better at holding my interest even then and they were getting harder and harder to find on their lineup as they made room for their new generation of shows.

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

Those fruit crate scooters were prominently seen in the Back to the Future Trilogy, when Marty McFly borrowed the base off of one of the boys' scooters in 1955 to use as a skateboard during chase that ended with Biff cashing his Ford convertible into a truck hauling horse manure...

[@lainiwakura1776]

I don't remember this show, but I remember Wild & Crazy Kids. But yes, Tony Hawk! Sucks about the lack of girls, especially if you were one of the rare girls into skateboarding.

[@thomasstone3480]

lmao charles bukowski is a fun reference for a children's show to drop

[@alexgeorge501]

Ah yes, the old-school days of skateboarding with Peralta, Tony Alva and all the other lords of Dog-town! (at least later down the line we got Rocket Power)

[@mafeuk]

SK8-TV walked so Rocket Power could run.

[@mewRasuberii]

I am very appreciative of the content warnings but I need to mention the whiplash I just had after hearing skate announcers and the very 80's tv and then, in the bottom left corner, noticing "cw: murder" I just started the video and I am very curious where we are going to end up, I love your content!

[@samwill7259]

6:09 . Oh my god she...touched the arm of another human being! What ever will happen to our good christian society? I swear to god the past was a mistake.

[@pronkb000]

Something to keep in mind whenever anyone whines about "PC run amok." This, Elvis' scandalous hips, Jim Morrison singing "couldn't get much higher" on Sullivan, and Kirk kissing Uhura on Star Trek.

[@maieen2665]

I guess it's safe to assume SK8-TV was the Yo! MTV Raps of skateboard culture. I don't remember the show, but I think I would've liked the show.

[@ladambell]

Wouldn’t be Nick Knacks without an ominous content warning before a video about a kids’ show. That’s not a dig at your work, though! I never even knew about this show, and I appreciate what you do.

[@animefan25]

I've heard of Sk8 TV, but never watched it. The only thing I remember from this show was its ending theme song, "Justice to the Bass".

[@stephenholloway6893]

Of course this wouldn't be Tony Hawk's only Nickelodeon appearance. Since he did guest star voice wise years later on Rocket Power.

[@joeouellette7950]

Me at the beginning: Is that...Mathew Lillard? Me half way through the video: No way, it's Mathew Lillard

[@darktetsuya]

I grew up in socal so believe you me I definitely saw quite a few folks skateboarding out near the beach... I didn't really have the coordination to skateboard for real, but thankfully stuff like THPS and 'skate or die' existed so I could shred without actually knowing how (and maybe years later 'top skater' in arcades but I digress) I didn't see this one personally, but I can say I definitely appreciate what they were trying to do here.

[@PeterGriffin11]

I noticed Runnin by Pharcyde playing in the background very underrated hip hop group that's been seemingly forgotten.

[@dmancluster2631]

Really nice to see Nickelodeon showcased skateboarding subculture. I think that's neat, even if it should've showed more women

[@basehead617]

I was 10 years old and skateboarded most of the day at the time, I've probably seen this more than anyone!

[@billphillyc7184]

Please keep going with this series I'm enjoying it I found your Channel with this series about 2 to 3 months ago I'm just wrapping up the playlist and I'm looking forward to you talking about the 90s Nickelodeon!!

[@Dayglodaydreams]

This is in the category of stuff that I'm too young to remember. I was born in 1990, but I probably started watching Nick in 95 or 96.

[@adamlane6453]

Never knew Matthew Lillard used to go by a different name!

[@thedevilskind]

With Stacy Peralta at the helm, this series was really an extension of the Bones Brigade videos. Even more to say it was a weekly 30min commercial for Powell Peralta. Very little involvement with skaters from Vision, World Industries, Santa Cruz, and Schmitt Stix. Overall, great video and very informative

[@DigiRangerScott]

Matthew Lynn has some Ultra Skate Instinct I’ll tell you what. His parents are going to be so upset.

[@alw1217]

Nice video. You did a good job from someone who lived through it and loved every minute of skating back then.

[@sacrificialblood5343]

The pilot episode had Lori along with Carabeth Burnside, but it sadly seems to be lost to time. I've looked for it for years. There really weren't very many female pro skaters in those days, but a few of them were also featured in the skate vids of the era. This is among my favorite shows from my childhood, watched it every week. I was hard into skateboarding at a very young age because of this show along with the movies Gleaming The Cube and Thrashin', one of those things I am glad I was there for when it happened.

[@BlueSpiceSpace]

A show called sk8 tv kicking off the 90s is beyond parody

[@kevinalford]

Man, I thought I was a real Nick kid, but I missed so much. Also, good tie in with season 3 of Atlanta if you do a Nick-or-Treat video!

[@KristenStuffs]

17:35 has an error where you said 2021 instead of 2022. I was a little bit confused by what you said at first and thought you might have scripted it out last year so I looked it up and yeah it happened this year and not last year since you said it was 3 weeks ago as of this writing.

[@rdoino2210]

I was confused too, I was like “ wow he really has this all scripted out an year in advance.”

[@TrueGrandImperial]

9:28 Firehose fucking rocks

[@sufami4513]

I used to watch this on Nick GAS. Fun show!

[@psychbabble8960]

I had never heard of this show before. Looking at the entire thing feels like staring at a cryptid right in the face. Their very hilarious face. Fantastic work!

[@stvojay]

Solid episode as always. I watched with my cousin he was a hardcore skateboarder, me not so much but I liked it at the time. Do I remember much of it now? Not really, but it’s been nice revisiting it

[@Lordylbc]

This was great thank you

[@pokepress]

Going back to the Super Mario Bros Super Show, to keep the series fresh, at some point they replaced the live-action segments with “club Mario” segments, which as I recall had some “extreme sports” elements. You can see some of these segments on digital releases of the show for episodes where the live-action segment couldn’t be cleared. The connection to Binder probably helps explain that.

[@markdoublea84]

It was great you mentioned something about those Powell Peralta skateboarding videos. However, you didn’t mention one particular tape which came out 35 years ago. It’s entitled The Search for Animal Chin. I remember a copy of that tape my parents got from a neighbor long ago. And five years ago, ESPN did a TV special where they brought back the guys from that video for a reunion. Just thought I’d mention that before this year lets out.

[@adamdavis1648]

How do you research things so well? How do you go about looking for this info?

[@dennisscipio]

Nickelodeon would make another skateboarding show much later on with Jagger Eaton in a docuseries titled "Jagger Eaton's Mega Life". which ran from 2016-2017.

[@KarlMarkyMarxx]

A show way ahead of it's time. It's an interesting time capsule of a unique point when the counterculture of the era hadn't quite broken into the mainstream. Hell, this show aired before Nirvana had even dropped Nevermind. All the classic hallmarks of 90s culture are on display before the decade had really even kicked off in earnest.

[@technicolordreamer]

6:53 Those shows were my childhood!

[@arttismo7002]

The pairing of the clips with the classic instrumentals during voiceover was transcendent.

[@good03boy]

SK8-TV could've aired on ESPN2 when that channel first premiered because ESPN2 in it's early years aired sports targeted towards younger audiences. 🤦‍♂️

[@bluebaron6858]

Cable in the classroom! Can't wait!!

[@Furore2323]

RADICAL

[@darioshame]

Been watching your channel for a few years now! absolute huge fan of all the hard work you put into these videos, plus your consistency is insane. I have a small channel with very little subs, I would really appreciate if you could possibly just give me a few pointers on how I could make the best episodes possible? Thank you!

[@hankwatson7819]

Matt Lillard was such a good actor that he convinced everyone that he was interested in skateboarding! To mirror that fakery they went out and got Jerry "Skatemaster Tate" Hurtado to give it relevance and credibility. Either way, great show. I watched every Sunday morning and learned quite a bit myself. In closing, Rest in Peace, Skatemaster Tate!

[@Unguided]

This is one of those shows I only saw part of once and have vague memories of.

[@applebonker141]

I should start skateboarding again. Sigh.

[@Unguided]

That guy with the ponytail looks like a young Tony Hawk.

[@M644theawesome]

"Like zoinks Scoob! I'm like, shredding the gnar"

[@Tirgo69]

I'm going to be the person to say "hey man, golf doesn't suck"

[@PlatformerFan]

Thanks for the history lesson.

[@marcomacias3960]

i never realize Mathew Lillard was on this show. i know him as Stu from Scream and Shaggy from ''Scooby-Doo. wow.

[@EmperorSeth]

Interesting. I don't even remember this show existed, but I'm glad some people appreciated it. I do remember Wild and Crazy Kids, though. It's not one of the Big Shows, but I still watched it for what felt like years. I wish we could get more about On the Television. I only watched one episode, but it was a weird show.

[@capybara2671]

LIES. We all know the skateboard was invented around November 5th 1955 by Calvin Klein.

[@JetstreamGW]

Aw, I thought you were gonna do _Wild and Crazy Kids_ next :P

[@TheHeroOfTomorrow]

Honestly, this feels more respectful to skateboarding than Rocket Power was.

[@stevenlisten]

I’m a 90s kid

[@jamesmoss3424]

I remember watching SK8 TV on nick gas it's an excellent idea and it should come back one day. 😀👍

[@kandigloss6438]

I think it's a bit late for it come back now, but in the late 90s or early 00s sure.

[@jamesmoss3424]

@@kandigloss6438 we will see.

[@meyerj75]

It was doomed when it replaced Don't Just Sit There on 6-1-1991 at its 11:30 AM Est. time slot, dead panned against NBC's monster smash Saved By The Bell. Out of Control, Think Fast, and DJST all suffered from Saved By The Bell's powerhouse ratings and SK8 TV was no exception running all 13 episodes towards its last breath on 9-28-1991. So, let's get reruns of F Troop to fill in the hour against Saved By The Bell or better yet, You Can't Do That On Television the following year. It could have moved to MTV the following or merged with MTV Sports or something.

[@abiodunsulaiman2297]

​@@jamesmoss3424 it won't come back lol

[@ivane5110]

Very cool; wild to see everyone so young. Sad about the young woman; if I recall correctly she had been in a Tom Petty video just about that time, as one of two or three girls watching and cheering on a skater (who might even have been him for all I know, though I don't think I'd have forgotten that). It made it impossible to watch or even hear that video without thinking of her ever since. Well wishes and condolences to her ( to both girls', if not the same) loved ones.

[@Saintnick90]

I feel like this would have felt at home if it aired on MTV just a few years later. Of course, at the time, MTV was strictly a music channel so I’m not surprised it wasn't picked up there. Feels weird for Nickelodeon though. If it had aired on Nick at Tony Hawk’s peak in the late ‘90s/early 2000s, you just know it would have been watered down and condescending.

[@Showsni]

Agree with your summing up at the end; I'm glad this exists, but skating's not really for me.

[@VahanNisanian]

Regarding the skater who became a convicted murderer, I think the worst is yet to come with Dan Schneider. And his bestie was outed by the director of "An Open Secret" in 2014.

[@VahanNisanian]

Binder produced both the full second and short third seasons of "Pee-wee's Playhouse". Afterwards, Paul Reubens replaced him with Grosso-Jacobson for the final two seasons, both consisting of 10 episodes each for a total of 20.

[@Feelthefelt]

I have no memories of either On The Television or SK8-TV.

[@stvojay]

I watched Sk8TV but memories aren’t Vivid. I can remember seeing ads and occasionally flipping to Nick while On the Television was on but didn’t want to watch as a kid. Mildly curious to check it out now though

[@pronkb000]

I have no memory of On the Television, either. I do remember SK8-TV but never watched it--I was into mainstream sports, but not XTREEEEEEME sports, man! Kidsworld, though...I have absolutely no memory of that at all.

[@VahanNisanian]

This show was totally rad. And at 18:17 So is that where the circulating recording of the original Pilot for WACK with the "Don't Just Sit There" cast members came from?

[@JennBarny]

11:30 looks a lot like Matthew Lillard lmao Edit: Oh.

[@BM-wh5qk]

I wasn't into skateboarding, so I avoided this show. Eight year old me was just bored by it. Still interesting to see what it was all about now.

[@RetroDoneRight]

I very clearly remember watching this and someone getting his head shaved leaving 2 little horns of hair. and I swear something along the lines of "I don't worship the devil, but he's definitely cooler."

[@RetroDoneRight]

after quickly scrolling through the 12 episodes on KZbin, I'm not entirely sure this was it, but I also can't imagine what else it could have been. it definitely would have been a skate show around this time.

[@jaggerguth4391]

11:08... I think I am on drugs. Oh wait this is the side effect of sniffing Nickelodeon slime.

[@nicksullivan4994]

When are You gonna do Nickelodeon’s Most Wanted: Yogi Bear?❤️📺🎶👍🏻

[@VahanNisanian]

Should be part of the 1990 debuted episodes.

[@technicolordreamer]

Matthew Lillard?! Zoinks! I am so ready for "Wild and Crazy Kids" episode. That was one of my favorite Nick game shows. That and "What Would You Do" instantly takes me back to Saturday afternoons watching Nickelodeon.

[@pattyofurniture694]

Omg is that Matt Lillard? Is his non hollywood SAG name Matt Lynn?

[@mikesilva3868]

Saw this on Nickelodeon I was 7 in 1991 though it wasn't Nickelodeon best show but watchable though compared to Nickelodeon going down hill in 1996 with its live action programming have you seen the terrible live action promo for monster high📼

[@kandigloss6438]

you realize nick had always had live action programming right? This isn't cartoon network here...

[@i-never-look-at-replies-lol]

can't protect what is not real

[@christopherb501]

Way to participate in g3n0cide, hater. The first steps always include erasing people as much as possible from public life or acknowledgement. Grow the hell up.

[@VicHD]

I remember not being interested in this show as a kid, but after the extreme sports boom of the mid to late 90s, I'm surprised at how ahead of its time it was. I wasn't really into skateboarding until the X Games popularized it and then the Tony Hawk games exploded in popularity. I never learned how to ride a skateboard, but it was fun to watch.

[@Justinjaro]

It took me too long to realize Shaggy is in this

[@heavysystemsinc.]

I do remember SK8TV, but usually, I'd flip over to MTV instead to watch Liquid Television. :)

[@goodwinter85]

To be fair, Pee Wee's Playhouse was made as much for adults as it was for kids.