# Old-School Nickelodeon Appreciation Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 5, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-nickelodeon-appreciation-thread/315808 "2005-08-05T23:00:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-nickelodeon-appreciation-thread/315808/1 "2005-08-05T23:00:24Z")
The other threads are just asking for this. Lets use this Thread to discuss any show the Nick has stopped airing. And as a Bonus… lets tout Turbo Nick… and be glad that it has flash back episodes. ---
**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 5, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-nickelodeon-appreciation-thread/315808/2 "2005-08-05T23:02:41Z")
Bananaman. Turkey TV. Out of Control. Mr. Wizard’s World. Fantastic shows, every one. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-nickelodeon-appreciation-thread/315808/3 "2005-08-05T23:06:44Z")
Shoot. I thought you were talking about [truly old school Nickelodeons.](http://thenostalgialeague.com/olmag/nickel.htm) ---
**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 5, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-nickelodeon-appreciation-thread/315808/4 "2005-08-05T23:09:58Z")
I wonder whatever happened to the man and woman who did the show bumpers for the 80’s Nick at Nite. Right before a show would start, they’d set up their living room and TV in preparation for the show. Sometimes weird stuff would happen. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-nickelodeon-appreciation-thread/315808/5 "2005-08-05T23:12:27Z")
[The Mysterious Cities Of Gold](http://mcog.bkernst.net/) I wish it was out on DVD. The old _Inspector Gadget_ cartoons were cool, unlike the movies. And _Dangermouse_…AH! ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-nickelodeon-appreciation-thread/315808/6 "2005-08-05T23:16:38Z")
The Adventures of Pete and Pete. Nickelodeon’s greatest show ever. To date not one of their other shows has even come close to being considered to be among the likes of the two redheaded brothers. Honorable mentions: 1. Invader Zim. Nickelodeon _seriously_ messed up their chance with this show, completely missing its ideal demographic. So they cancelled it, and they’re not selling it. It belongs, alive and well and with new episodes, on Adult Swim. 2. Ren and Stimpy. Pure greatness. 3. GUTS ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-nickelodeon-appreciation-thread/315808/7 "2005-08-05T23:19:10Z")
“You Can’t Do That on Television”. I think I had crushes on every female member of that cast at one point or another. One of my friends just got the entire run of ‘Dangermouse’ on DVD. _happydance!_ ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-nickelodeon-appreciation-thread/315808/8 "2005-08-05T23:26:54Z")
I miss The Third Eye, [Spartakus & the Sun Beneath the Sea](http://johnnorrisbrown.com/classic-nick/spartakus/index.htm), The [Tomorrow People](http://www.sfnc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/tp/) (I think that played on Nick, but maybe not, it ran right after The Third Eye though.) Dangermouse, Mr. Wizard, Mysterious Cities of Gold, Inspector Gadget. I sort of liked Are You Afraid of the Dark. I even miss Little Prince, and David the Gnome ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-nickelodeon-appreciation-thread/315808/9 "2005-08-05T23:27:20Z")
Nick, Nick, Nick, ah Nick, Nick, Nick, Nickeloooooodeon! ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-nickelodeon-appreciation-thread/315808/10 "2005-08-06T00:06:22Z")
> [@ArrMatey!](#): > > “You Can’t Do That on Television”. I think I had crushes on every female member of that cast at one point or another. I had a thing for Moose. She was like you’re best friend’s cool older sister—she was totally hot, and yet you looked up to her at the same time. I remember a lot of the really old-school Nick shows, the ones even the die-hards seem to forget. Anyone else recall **Standby Lights Camera Action!, What Will They Think of Next?** (starring Joseph Campanella and Tiu Leake), or the one-off Alisdair Gillis vehicle **UFO Kidnapped**? ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-nickelodeon-appreciation-thread/315808/11 "2005-08-06T01:00:25Z")
Oh…where to _start_… First of all, I’ve gotta throw in my lot for _Spartakus_. I _loved_ that show when I was little. It was better than _Thundercats_ and _Silverhawks_ combined! Also, I loved _Out of Control_ and _Mr. Wizard’s World_. Later on, there was the remake of _The Tomorrow People_, which was the first SciFi-ish stuff I realy, really liked. Also, I was a big _Space Cases_, which is notable among geeks for being one of Jewel Staite’s (Kaylee on _Firefly_) first appearances. I though she was the coolest girl, like, ever (hey, I was 13/14, cut me some slack!). I even got to talk to her on AOL once via IMs…yeah, I was a fangirl… ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-nickelodeon-appreciation-thread/315808/12 "2005-08-06T01:09:31Z")
Was anyone else a fan of _Duckula_? I loved _Hey Dude_ when I was in elementary school. _Don’t Just Sit There_ was a lot of fun, even though it only ran for a year. I still remember the segment about how to wear holes into the knees of your jeans, and the segment about the female stars going to Washington D.C. They even got to go into a special room that not all visitors to a museum got to see. (It was the women’s restroom.) When I was in junior high, I would watch _Ren and Stimpy_ and _Are You Afraid of the Dark_ on Saturday nights. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-nickelodeon-appreciation-thread/315808/13 "2005-08-06T01:18:04Z")
Anyone else remember sitting throught the seemingly endless “Pinwheel” with an enraptured younger sibling, waiting impatiently for the good stuff to start? I loved Dangermouse as well. And I remember when Nick at Night first started they got a lot of really old sitcoms–I Spy, Mr. Ed, Patty Duke–I watched them all. ---
**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 6, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-nickelodeon-appreciation-thread/315808/14 "2005-08-06T01:18:45Z")
I remember when people thought Ren & Stimpy would be the end of civilization. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-nickelodeon-appreciation-thread/315808/15 "2005-08-06T01:22:36Z")
I was a huge fan of _Dragnet_ and _Alfred Hitchcock Presents_ thanks to Nick at Nite. ---
**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 6, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-nickelodeon-appreciation-thread/315808/16 "2005-08-06T01:24:47Z")
Remember when Nick at Nite would show old B&W movies? ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-nickelodeon-appreciation-thread/315808/17 "2005-08-06T01:28:33Z")
I have a feeling that I am a bit younger than most of you 😃 I used to love Pinwheel-- I named my dog Muffy the Mouse (which was from that show, if I remember?). There was also a show…I think it may have been called the Elephant Show. It was like three adults and they had an elephant , but you wouldn’t ever see the entire elephant- just the butt or trunk. ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-nickelodeon-appreciation-thread/315808/18 "2005-08-06T01:55:30Z")
> [@ArrMatey!](#): > > “You Can’t Do That on Television”. I think I had crushes on every female member of that cast at one point or another. I seem to recall one of the YCDTOT cast becoming a bigger star later. I want to say it was Alanis Morrisett, but I’m not sure. Anyone? Anyone? ---
**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 6, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-nickelodeon-appreciation-thread/315808/19 "2005-08-06T02:00:52Z")
Yes, it was Alanis. She was a cute kid. What happened? ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-nickelodeon-appreciation-thread/315808/20 "2005-08-06T02:34:25Z")
Salute Your Shorts was the greatest show _EVAR!!!1!!!111!!!_ Or it was when I was 8. “Camp Anawanna, we hold you in our hearts, and when we think about you…it makes me wanna FART!” teehee [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-nickelodeon-appreciation-thread/315808.md?page=2)