# Has Nickelodeon Lost It? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2002, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417 "2002-08-18T00:14:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417/21 "2002-08-18T13:01:31Z")
They air Rocko’s Modern Life at strange hours in the morning… Nicktoons is not the same as Nick Jr…Nick Jr. is geared toward much smaller kids than the current Nicktoons are. I miss Rocko’s Modern Life and the Angry Beavers, but is not as if I think all the new cartoons are bad. I certainly agree that they need to rotate them more and stop showing them again and again and again… ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417/22 "2002-08-18T14:23:43Z")
They start showing music videos telling the kids who they are supposed to like and what they are supposed to listen to starting at 2:00…they have more commercial tie-ins than I care to contemplate… These days I’d almost rather my kids watched MTV than that crap. It’s horrid. And **I’m** still pissed that they cancelled _Danger Mouse_. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417/23 "2002-08-18T14:27:08Z")
Since **Hama** mentioned the commercial tie-ins, another thing just came to mind. They started showing _Pinky and the Brain_ reruns. Fine, I can deal with that (narf!) But throughout the opening credits, every single scenes is disfigured by that crappy orange Nickelodeon logo! I can’t even stand to see it anymore. ---
**Author:** ![JessEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cdc98d/32.png) [@JessEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessEnigma)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417/24 "2002-08-18T15:51:59Z")
I think they air Rocko on their separate Nicktoons channel. I haven’t watched that channel much, but they have hour-long chunks of all those Nicktoons, like Ah! Real Monsters and The Angry Beavers, on there. They seem to have moved all of their programming onto separate channels. My family’s digital cable has something like 3 extra Nick channels. So silly…but at least I can watch my old game shows without having to sit through Sponge Bob. But **Eutychus** , you want your kids to watch the Disney Channel instead? It’s almost as bad as Nickelodeon. Sure, it isn’t a constant gross-out, but it’s whiny preteen angst geared towards 12 year old girls who dream of being in high school and getting to wear lipstick, with the occasional “you can do anything!”-messaged movie. Bleh. Granted, they do tend to have slightly better programming than Nickelodeon, but is that really saying much? ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417/25 "2002-08-18T15:52:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arien \* > \*\*Pete and Pete! I lwatched this show as a kid, but only while looking back do I realize how odd and funny it really was. \*\* I distinctly remember my best friend’s mom coming into the room while _Pete & Pete_ was on and saying, “Ohmigod, it’s IGGY POP!” I was but dimly aware at the time that Mr. Pop was some old rockero. It wasn’t until years later that I realized how strange and wonderful it was to have him on _Pete & Pete_ as a suburban single dad. I consider the episode where he horrified his daughter by bursting into song at her school dance to be a high point in television history. I’ll always have a warm place in my heart for you, Mr. Mecklenburg! ---
**Author:** ![DougAB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@DougAB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougAB)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417/26 "2002-08-18T16:00:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Sure, it isn’t a constant gross-out, but it’s whiny preteen angst geared towards 12 year old girls who dream of being in high school and getting to wear lipstick, with the occasional “you can do anything!”-messaged movie. _ **Si Se Puedo!** _ …Anyone? Anyone at all? ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417/27 "2002-08-18T17:01:53Z")
You’re all wrong. Sponge Bob Square Pants is one of the coolest cartoons ever (right up there with Space Ghost Coast To Coast and Dexter’s Laboratory), and whatever stuff they had to get rid of to make room for it is ok by me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417/28 "2002-08-18T17:06:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DougAB \* > \*\* > > _ **Si Se Puedo!** _ > …Anyone? Anyone at all? \*\* Cesar Chavez had a show on Nickelodeon? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417/29 "2002-08-18T17:16:14Z")
Sponge Bob is cool, as is CatDog. I hate Hey Arnold and Rugrats, though. But I do miss _Salute_, _Roundhouse_ and the rest already mentioned here. What I really miss, though, are _Mr. Wizard_, _You Can’t Do that on Television_, _Turkey TV_, and Out of Control\*. Ahh, the television of my youth. Happy ---
**Author:** ![Berserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Berserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berserker)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417/30 "2002-08-18T19:00:52Z")
I used to plan my days around airings of “Pete an Pete”. Such a wonderful and rediculous program. I would kill to have all the episodes be released on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Montezuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3be4f8/32.png) [@Montezuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montezuma)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417/31 "2002-08-18T20:39:46Z")
How about inside out boy! ---
**Author:** ![Montezuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3be4f8/32.png) [@Montezuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montezuma)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417/32 "2002-08-18T20:43:52Z")
Did the series of pete and pete get cancelled? or did it end? if it did, how? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417/33 "2002-08-18T20:50:45Z")
I checked out the episode guide at [www.tvtome.com](http://www.tvtome.com) and it just seems to end with the episode “Saturday”. ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417/34 "2002-08-18T20:51:23Z")
Ah, _You Can’t Do That On Television_. That was when Alanis Morissette was worth listening to. ---
**Author:** ![Caesar\_s\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/73ab20/32.png) [@Caesar\_s\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caesar_s_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417/35 "2002-08-18T20:52:54Z")
Nick GAS (Games and Sports) shows a lot of the old game shows. During the summer I was absolutely glued to the TV, except during Wild and Crazy Kids, which I never liked. It’s completely mindless and you can tell how small some of the shows’ budgets were, especially the first ‘Double Dare’. And Nickelodeon has been showing the older shows as well, in the afternoon and at night. I’ve seen some episodes of Pete & Pete and Clarissa Explains it All. Disney Channel is kind of annoying, too. Most of the shows completely glorify middle school/high school life; it’s nothing like I experienced. Like Lizzie McGuire. C’mon, her life is ideal! She kind of annoys me. So did that cheerleading ‘si se puedo’ movie a while ago. [I have a younger brother…so I see a lot of Disney and Nick. But I was his age in the glory days of Nickelodeon. Aaah.] ---
**Author:** ![Pink\_Lemonade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a8b319/32.png) [@Pink\_Lemonade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pink_Lemonade)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417/36 "2002-08-19T02:03:28Z")
Even earlier than some of those was “welcome freshman” and “hey Dude” (i think?) wasnt welcome freshman on nick but if you have noggin or the nicktoons channel you get most of the old shows and a couple of shows that were on MTV ---
**Author:** ![Thunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a8b319/32.png) [@Thunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thunder)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417/37 "2002-08-19T04:03:11Z")
Ok… gotta throw in “Count Duckula”. Anybody remember that, or have any memories? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417/38 "2002-08-19T06:36:20Z")
When Eric takes a bite of a banana, he becomes **BananaMan!!** ---
**Author:** ![KellyM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@KellyM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyM)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417/39 "2002-08-19T12:29:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus \* > \*\*Since **Hama** mentioned the commercial tie-ins, another thing just came to mind. > > They started showing _Pinky and the Brain_ reruns. Fine, I can deal with that (narf!) But throughout the opening credits, every single scenes is disfigured by that crappy orange Nickelodeon logo! I can’t even stand to see it anymore. \*\* It gets worse. Nickelodeon shows Animaniacs reruns too, but they replace the variable line in the intro song with “Nickeloonie” and replace the variable animation with Dot staring at a crystal ball with the Nickelodeon logo. That really pisses me off as part of the fun of watching Animaniacs is the variable line in the intro. I guess it’s not enough for them to have their logo plastered in the corner of the screen the whole time. ---
**Author:** ![DougAB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@DougAB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougAB)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417/40 "2002-08-19T16:42:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pink Lemonade \* > \*\*Even earlier than some of those was “welcome freshman” and “hey Dude” (i think?) wasnt welcome freshman on nick but if you have noggin or the nicktoons channel you get most of the old shows and a couple of shows that were on MTV \*\* Of course! **Welcome Freshman**! You know, I was young enough when that show began to think that _Freshman_ was a person they were waiting for to come and visit the school. Like a building inspector or something! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-nickelodeon-lost-it/124417.md?page=3)