You Can't Do That on Television
You Can't Do That on Television is a Canadian television program that first aired locally in 1979 before airing internationally in 1981. It featured pre-teen and teenaged actors in a sketch comedy format. Each episode had a theme. The show was notable for launching the careers of many performers, including Alanis Morissette, and writer Bill Prady, who would write and produce shows like The Big Bang Theory, Gilmore Girls and Dharma and Greg. The show was produced by and aired on Ottawa's CTV station CJOH-TV. After production ended in 1990, the show continued in reruns on Nickelodeon through 1994, when it was replaced with the similar All That. The show is synonymous with Nick, and was at that time extremely popular, with the highest ratings overall on the channel. The show is also well known for introducing the network's iconic slime. The program is the subject of the 2004 feature-length documentary, You Can't Do That on Film, directed by David Dillehunt.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Live!
03-02-197930mThe main plot for this episode is unknown, but it featured a Panasonic radio as a prize for one of the phone-in competitions, as most of the episodes from this 1979 season. This ep...
- Ep 2
2.Shoestring
10-02-197930mTim constantly tries to get a date with Cindy, but keeps looking like a fool, losing her to Jim and David. To add insult to injury, he keeps being forced into wearing a dress…and...
- Ep 3
3.Nickel and Dime
17-02-197930mThe main plot for this episode is unknown, but it featured kids' jokes and opinions filmed at the Winterloo slide at Ottawa's N.A.C.
- Ep 4
4.Peanuts
24-02-197930m - Ep 5
5.Repeat
03-03-197930m - Ep 6
6.Ottawa Director
10-03-197930mOnly one scene remains in existence from this episode. In the scene Tim is the dungeon and is told not to pull the chains. He does not listen and gets slimed.
- Ep 7
7.St. Patrick's Day
17-03-197930mLisa keeps scheming to get Bradfield slimed, but her plans keep backfiring and result in her getting slimed several times.
- Ep 8
8.Backstage
31-03-197930mThe show is back on live after spending the previous week taping a show for network television.
- Ep 9
9.Executive Washroom
07-04-197930mThe network executives have a party on the set and leave money behind. When the cast goes to pick it up, Ross quickly confiscates the cash, claiming it is useless play money. Mr. D...
- Ep 10
10.Boring
14-04-197930mFeatures kids' jokes filmed the week before at the Bayshore Shopping Mall in Ottawa.
- Ep 11
11.Straitjackets
21-04-197930m - Ep 12
12.Local Show
28-04-197930m - Ep 13
13.Sore Foot
05-05-197930mThe shows sees its last of Mr. L. Dime and all the CJOH jokes.
- Ep 14
14.End of the Life
19-05-1979
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