Molly Jay You Can't Do That On Television? Well guess what, yes you can do that on television and I know you can because you did. You did that on television.What a fun show this was!I barely remember it because I was so young but we watched it a lot I think and loved every minute of it. The kids on it were great and fun, not annoying and cloying and full of themselves like most young people you see on television nowadays. And the stuff they did was actually fun and funny!This is a great example of how good television can be made on a budget in Canada.A great lesson considering how many awful comedy shows are being made here now.

lutheranchick Even as a child I never really liked this show. It was extremely repetitive and gross, with lots of jokes about rotting food, etc. The child actors were very run-of-the-mill and the adults looked like they were sitting out a spell in purgatory. I think much of people's adulation of this show comes from the fact that at the time it was on the air, cable was still quite a luxury and being able to watch it was one of the bragging rights of elementary school. Perhaps this show should have been named "This Program Is Not Up To The Standards Of Network Television" to help clear up any confusion. I am not surprised that most of the actors involved (excluding the little-seen Alanis, of course) faded into obscurity.

WrathChld This was truly one of the classic shows from my youth. This show stepped outside of the box separating itself from the ordinary shows on television. It really paved the way for many Nickelodeon shows that would come to follow. Take the slime for instance. Slime is one of the major trademarks of Nickelodeon and slime had its debut on YCDTOT. In my opinion this was a cross between "Married with Children" and a sketch show. The show wasn't timid like many shows found on Nick today. Probably because it's 2005 and not the 1980's, but still YCDTOT was allot more racy and edgy than any show I can think of that is now on Nick. Forget about the animated shows when thinking about my previous statement. I know animated entertainment seems to get away with things that other "real people" shows don't.I have good memories of this show and I wish it found its way back to the airwaves or at least DVD. I know. I have heard the reasons why it may never see the light of day again. I feel bad that I won't get to relive some off the wall humor, but more than that to think many generations won't know the joy of YCDTOT is a shame. Hopefully somehow it will be worked out and the show in some format will be seen again. Maybe just maybe someone will bring the show back with a new cast. It's about time we said,"I don't know" and got slimed.

paul51 Today, a show like this would *never* get on the air.Consider the "Paranoia" episode, the one where a Russian television show called "Don't Do That On Television, Comrade" is threatening to invade. All in all, the link segments were rather spooky (air raid sirens, the broadcast being "hijacked" by the Russian version of Ross). Though not related to the ongoing invasion plot, there's a rather twisted scene where Adam is watching an old gangster flick and gets shot by one of the mobsters from inside the TV (played by cast alumni Kevin Kubecheski, along with fellow alumni Brody Osome). Adam slowly turns toward the camera, a look of shock on his face and a trickle of blood running from his mouth. The show climaxes with the old Soviet national anthem being played and the entire cast getting a cream pie in the face.Although it was my favorite episode at the time, it pretty much sums up why they'd never do it now. It was the early 1980s, and joking about nuclear war and making fun of Russia was a great tension relief, but that would never fly in today's PC world.