You Can't Do That On Television Water & Slime

[@kristineholcroft9163]

Loved it growing up such a fun show had to watch it with my cousin every day after school fun childhood memories 80s was great fun times

[@damin9913]

This was the best TV show to watch in 80s I miss when America got good tv shows

[@evanisovich]

The scene at 3:55 was one of the most iconic scenes of all time for You Can’t Do That On Television, or Nickelodeon as a whole. The moment Moose got the rainbow of slime!

[@kootunesscrewy]

Out of all of the slimes, the light green slime was actually Nickelodeon's favorite. In which, that one became their iconic staple over the years. (Though, sometimes, I wish it was orange. Considering that their logo is literally orange, lol.)

[@theradgegadgie6352]

Who is "Vanessa"?

[@Skippy071421]

This is the opening scene in the movie "Fatal Attraction" (1987).

[@greglemieux9809]

I freakin loved this show growing up. Bigtime nostalgia right now.

[@xanthanx]

Can't believe I'm watching this. When I was a kid, I loved this show so much! OMG! And I still have a crush for the dark curly hair gal. ❤️❤️

[@DW-nb2zc]

Same here + she gets wet

[@xanthanx]

@@DW-nb2zc Hmmmm.. 🤔🤔🤔

[@anSealgair]

Christine was my crush too!

[@randallwhalen3239]

Oh yeah, Christine was a stone fox. Lisa was cute, too. I know Christine had a website, and she was the director of children's programming at TV Ontario for some years. She has also been in digital media and currently owns a digital media company.

[@nicholasmoose6574]

@@randallwhalen3239 And I remember she posted a pic of Green Slime in her fridge that she made with her kids. I can imagine when she opened the fridge when her kids were young and she saw the Green Slime, she probably gulped nervously and had a shiver go down her spine, thinking: "They are gonna dump that on me as soon as I say ...(gulp) the words." And I'm sure they dumped her with it.

[@willgray6426]

Loved this show when I was a kid. Miss it a lot

[@gm9984]

Dude I ain't alone in having the hugest crush on Moose growing up watchin this show... right? lol

[@kevinluschak5241]

@gm9984 she was a regular on the show.

[@gm9984]

@@kevinluschak5241 nods.. Yeah

[@gm9984]

@@kevinluschak5241 nods nods. I was aware, but thank you for the heads up

[@goinsouth051]

I wished they would've made a DVD of this show. It was truly a Classic on Nickelodeon 🙂

[@RockyVegaTV]

This isn't just one of the best shows ever made. It's also one of the most important.

[@kristysuggs3282]

100%

[@angeliaballard3066]

I always watched this show when I was a kid. Love it!!!

[@crystalstewart1547]

This take me WAYYYY back. The good ol days! ❤😮😊

[@chuckchristian8816]

I use to watch this show every day after school back in the day still love the show

[@erikavaleries]

This was such a naughty pleasure as a kid in the 80’s

[@aaazzz090]

This was one of my favourite shows to watch, I really enjoyed each show and it always made me smile and laugh. It was a harmless childrens comedy show then and still is today. I believe children of today enjoy watching this show on KZbin, it was just a really fun show to watch, nothing wrong with it at all…..

[@ShyGuy83]

I always find it interesting that they did water and slimings on the link set because it was more spacious and easier to clean up

[@wallacelwiseman2968]

In the 80s I literally would never miss an episode of this

[@ToniTheMink]

KID: “I don’t know.” *gets slimed* NICK: This is mine now.

[@docthemetalfreak]

I had a crush on Christine back then

[@randallsmith2057]

Me too

[@soloarchitect9324]

I had the hots for Alanis back then, my brother thought I was crazy, and back then I didn't know why.

[@AWX_Wrestling]

I had a crush on her too back then. I only recently found out that Alanis was Alanis Morissette. I had no idea.

[@nwag17]

Fun Fact: Every time a child actor got water dumped on them during the show, they would revive a 75 roller acting bonus, and even more if they got slimed at $150 dollars

[@christopherbubb2890]

The bonus was $50 for a sliming and $25 for a watering.

[@Aaron_Scissorhands]

​@@christopherbubb2890No, it was actually $75 & $150. Not sure where you came up with $25 and $50....

[@王文-x8k]

Will there be an additional charge for clothing?

[@madkittyjoey70]

​@@christopherbubb2890Out of all the kids, I thought Alasdair was a good sport being slimed or watered.

[@randallsmith2057]

I’d be there repeatedly say I don’t know over and over and over

[@QueenNatasha_KingGibson8501]

3:58 is where Ellen Gallagher (Ellen Hamilton Latzen) from the movie fatal attraction brought me

[@tevman09]

I so loved this show growing up ... always guaranteed to make you laugh 🤣

[@madkittyjoey70]

Loved Alasdair!

[@Eminem200183]

I used to watch this show on Nickelodeon when I was young and it was the best thing on TV besides Double Dare. Of all the kids that was on there, I believe Alanis Morrisette was the most famous one

[@robbierice7442]

Loved You Can't Do That On Television, it was the best better than nickelodeon shows now

[@cectv8476]

10:23 it feels like a panda getting slime

[@diannemelnick7989]

loved this show :)

[@angeliaballard3066]

"WATER" & "I DON'T KNOW" the no no words.

[@jeffduke70]

And those were the words we always waited for someone to say during each episode. The two questions were 1) What would Moose get hit with and 2) Who was going to say the other magic word?

[@johnnytechman1224]

Tip: If one gets slimed, say "water" and get the slime washed off! 😉

[@Chitchatjf2]

40 yerars later and it is still funny

[@jasonhaynes2952]

I'm amazed at how well they act surprised at being slimed. I'm sure they know it's coming, but they act so well, their expressions don't show it! Most of us would flinch knowing that slime or water was about to be poured on us. I wonder if they ever had to do re-takes on sliming?

[@christopherbubb2890]

Sometimes they did if there was a camera shadow or something during the shot. Some kids did flinch when they were slimed but it was kept in the show anyway. For example, Vanessa in the "multi-colored" slime scene here hadn't been given the "directions" on what to do when being slimed (they were supposed to look up, even though Christine and Lisa very often didn't). They still let her have the "slime bonus" even though she wasn't technically the one getting slimed.

[@luziferschadenfreudevonhol8487]

@@christopherbubb2890 most of the time they did know, Plastic tarpaulins were laid on the floor to protect electrical cables, etc, and you can hear the water and slime landing on the tarps when they are dropped from above.

[@MikeLutton]

there is one im looking for this Blonde chick had just had her hair done and was showing off her earings when some girl with Dark hair told her she looked nice and to don't say water cause it would ruin her hair and she did and im sure you know what happens after that but i cant find that clip anywhere

[@jeffduke70]

Yeah I remember that one. Jen tells Sariya not to say water (gets watered) so as to not ruin her hairstyle. Then Sariya says she's glad Jen made the supreme sacrifice because, "If I had said water, I don't know what I would have done." It's hard to find.

[@MikeLutton]

@@jeffduke70 it use to be on you tube then it disappeared hope to find it sometime then Saiyra gets slimed and waterd

[@Benjamin_Rowley78]

I like how the show that gave Nickelodeon it slime was filmed in Canada 🇨🇦

[@houroftime973]

9:39

[@jeffduke70]

Moose to the rescue.

[@shanujackalbackup3747]

3:55 Slime recipe

[@colinmcallister3038]

Here’s to the birthplace of Nickelodeon Slime! Courtesy of Canada. 🇨🇦

[@christopherbubb2890]

Notice some of the slime splatters onto the camera lens during Lisa's sliming at about 11:19. It's also funny how her left side gets completely covered in slime while her right side stays clean.

[@Aaron_Scissorhands]

*_Sorry guys, I honestly just don't know_*

[@kevinluschak5241]

Wonder how many times they had to change clothes.

[@kevinluschak5241]

I thought that show was great entertainment.

[@retroflashbackdude]

Thankfully the slime and water scenes were the last ones filmed each day

[@felixgonzales3613]

Her name is Christine right?

[@jeffduke70]

Yes it is.

[@CatrinaDennison]

Yes

[@randallwhalen3239]

Christine McGlade she currently owns a digital strategy company.

[@interstateruler]

Cue! You just said water

[@annalisavajda252]

Lots of things we can't say in Canada now.

[@jeffduke70]

True. On television or elsewhere. That's why I'm nostalgic.

[@aaazzz090]

It’s because quite a few people in Canada 🍁 are brainwashed by the nonsense and silly propaganda, but most people such as myself,don’t buy into this because it’s a joke and two most people just want to be their own people with their own thoughts and beliefs, and don’t want any part of the Marching Sheep mentality that some people choose to follow and believe in.This was a harmless and fun show and never felt it was disrespectful in any way. I will never understand why some people get upset over a television show that isn’t real life…

[@jasonbertalotto2355]

Moose is getting drenched and getting some kicks out of it

[@DeweyGrace-y8t]

283 Quigley Via

[@johnnytechman1224]

Better to slimed and doused with water than the other way around! 😉

[@taylorchristensen9644]

my first crush

[@briancurry6602]

girl i got you

[@jasonryan1942]

Bet the kids had nightmaresabout slime

[@Hova-th1nv]

classic

[@printisdead1983]

Is it just me or does the beautiful miss Christine (moose) look just like the girl that plays cat woman on gotham....same nose and bridge and brow and eyes...almost the same face i wonder if moose is her mother

[@randallwhalen3239]

Christie has three children, including a pair of twins, but the Catwoman actress is Carmen Bicondova and is from San Diego.

[@interstateruler]

Ok if you think you're so smart, let see stripes!

[@MitchellelOfGH]

When I was little, I never noticed there were no black people on this show.. Not even a token..

[@jeffduke70]

There were only a few who were ever on the show and most of them appeared in a very limited number of episodes. Brodie Osome appeared in 19 episodes between 1981 and 1986. According to IMDB he also wrote a couple of the episodes of the show. Carlos Braithwaite appeared in 15 episodes between 1989 and 1990. Nick Belcourt appeared in 6 episodes between 1989 and 1990. Angie Coddett appeared in 6 episodes between 1981 and 1984, and Klea Scott appeared in 5 episodes between 1982 and 1984. On the whole your point is still well taken.

[@MitchellelOfGH]

I was very young, and can only remember a few faces from this show, but none of them are black.. I just watched a few episodes here on KZbin and couldn’t find any.. But that’s good to know.. Preciate the info..

[@jeffduke70]

@@MitchellelOfGH No problem. I started watching when season 4 came out and Brodie was on the first episode I ever saw, so he is part of my childhood. I think I saw full episodes for Rules and Regulations (S4, E3) , Inequality: Kids vs. Adults (S4, E7), and Classical Music (S4, E10) on KZbin at one point this year and Brodie is in them. Hope you have a good evening.

[@MitchellelOfGH]

Likewise

[@giantrobot9000]

The show is from Canada, and I don’t think the black population was very large up there. I’m from Maine and we had 1-2 black kids in my classes all through the 1980s.

[@theradgegadgie6352]

Nice to know even America had an irreverent sense of humour at one time.

[@jasondashney]

It's a Canadian show. How Canadian? Alanis Morissette was a cast member.

[@theradgegadgie6352]

@jasondashney True, yes eh. Not least because it was cross-polenated from British shows like TISWAS. However, the American network did buy it eventually.

[@tonyraffetto931]

Lol, canada

[@quentincampbell612]

Here's an idea,step out of the way of the water and slime when it's coming down. Not that hard to do!

[@shimonemissjiveandme4321]

But it might move with you…

[@ceeceebeme]

Seems creepy lol

[@chimaamanambu6067]

I don't know.