Nick Knacks

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Marc Summers' Mystery Magical Special
Episode overview
14, 2017
In the spirit of Halloween, we're jumping ahead to 1986 for Marc Summers' Mystery Magical Tour! Marc Summers and his friends discover a spooky castle full of magicians. It's cheesy, but in a good way.
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Nick's Thanksgiving Fest
Episode overview
27, 2017
Happy Thanksgiving! Or, okay, a few days after Thanksgiving. Sorry this one's late guys, got super duper sick. But hey, the best part about Thanksgiving is the leftovers! Here's a .. show full overview
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Christmas in Tattertown
Episode overview
21, 2017
This holiday season, we look at the very first piece of animation produced by Nickelodeon, Christmas in Tattertown! This secret pilot comes to us from Ralph Bakshi. Yes, that Ralph Bakshi! Merry Christmas!
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The Weinerville Chanukah Special
Episode overview
22, 2017
Join Boney, Dottie and Socko as they try to save a couple of latke aliens, who are almost metaphores of the Jewish people, from Shining Time Station's Schemer. It's an obnoxious Chanukah miracle! Happy Hanukkah!
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Clock Man, Press Kits & Time Machines
Episode overview
12, 2018
Several additions and corrections to the first eight episodes of Nick Knacks. Topics includes a LOST 1979 Nickelodeon show, more works by Brad Williams, the discovery a lost Pinwheel short, and one viewer's amazing eBay find!
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BET Never Aired on Nickelodeon
Episode overview
23, 2018
At some point in the last five years or so, people got it into their heads that BET used to air as a two-hour programming block in 1980. I thought it was true too, but after further .. show full overview
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U.F.O. Kidnapped
Episode overview
30, 2018
Happy Halloween! Today we look at possibly the first spooky thing Nickelodeon ever produced, 1983's U.F.O. Kidnapped! Starring the cast of You Can't Do That On Television, this pilot features aliens, black holes, and cute doggies!
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Heidi, Nesmith and Dusty
Episode overview
29, 2018
Additions and corrections to Nick Knacks episodes #9-15. Topics include episodes of Dusty's Treehouse being discovered, a misplaced show, and an attempt to appease upset Monkees fans.
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Paul Saltzman (Spread Your Wings)
Episode overview
07, 2018
A conversation with filmmaker Paul Saltzman, the man behind the show Spread Your Wings.
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Christmas at Eureeka's Castle
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21, 2018
We celebrate Christmas with Magellan, Batly, and the rest of our friends at Eureeka's Castle!
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By The Way (Part Two)
Episode overview
03, 2019
We never thought we'd find it, but here it as, actual footage of By The Way, one of Nickelodeon's premiere shows in 1979. We learn exactly what the show was, who Josie was, and just what role it filled for Nick forty years ago.
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An Off-Beats Valentine's
Episode overview
13, 2019
We jump forward to 1999, with Mo Willem's sendoff to The Off-Beats, a series of animated shorts for KaBlam! Tommy falls in love with on the Populars, August makes a dancing robot and September pines for lost kitty love.
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Oops, Missed One
Episode overview
28, 2019
So, I may have completely missed a show that aired on Nickelodeon in 1981. It's not a big deal, just a movie show called Nick's Family Picks, but my face sure is red. Also, what some of .. show full overview
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Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019)
Episode overview
31, 2019
On October 2019, Are You Afraid of the Dark came back with a three-part mini-series. Was it good? Did it do the original series justice? And just what it say about Nickelodeon's near future? It's a Nick Knacks about a new thing! Holy crap!
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A Rugrats Chanukah
Episode overview
24, 2019
There aren't many Hanukkah specials out there, but out of what there is, Rugrats just may have the gold standard. We discuss the show's relationship with Judaism, how A Rugrats Chanukah .. show full overview
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Hocus Focus (Part Two)
Episode overview
30, 2019
What once was lost, now is found. An episode of Hocus Focus has surfaced, and now we can finally see what Brad William's headline show was all about. Also, Jim Jinkins as a sleazy filmmaker!
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Sample Platter: SpongeBob SquarePants - "Shanghaied"
Episode overview
20, 2020
We break continuity for a new series, Nick Knack Sample Platter, where we look one episode of a show as requested by my Kickstarter backers! Today, it's SpongeBob SquarePants, season .. show full overview
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Sample Platter: You Can't Do That On Television - "Adoption"
Episode overview
06, 2020
Sample Platter takes a look back at the only episode of You Can't Do That On Television to be banned on Nickelodeon, "Adoption." Did it deserve to be banned? Was there a larger context .. show full overview
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Julie Weissman Markovitz (Kids in Motion)
Episode overview
20, 2020
A conversation with Julie Weissman Markovitz, the creator and on-screen instructor of Kids in Motion.
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Sample Platter: The Loud House - "Really Loud Music"
Episode overview
05, 2020
We jump way ahead in the timeline to talk about The Loud House, Nickelodeon's biggest animated hit in ages, and the episode "Really Loud Music," where we talk about how Luna Loud is the best character ever.
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Sample Platter: Are You Afraid of the Dark - "The Tales of the Dark Music"
Episode overview
16, 2020
It's October, of course Sample Platter is going to talk about Are You Afraid of the Dark. Today, we focus on a season one story that's about murdering children, and why that was important for the franchise.
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Sample Platter: Hey Arnold - "Arnold's Christmas"
Episode overview
24, 2020
A look at Hey Arnold's Christmas episode, which is about as melancholic as anything else in this show.
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Sample Platter: The Muppet Show - "Gilda Radner"
Episode overview
26, 2021
With the Muppet Show making its way to Disney+, now seemed a perfect time to look back at the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational show ever!
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Sample Platter: Are You Afraid of the Dark - "The Tale of the Thirteenth Floor"
Episode overview
17, 2021
We return to Nickelodeon's children's horror show to ask the question: Is this or is this not trying to riff on that Robin William's movie, Toys?
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Sample Platter: Maya the Bee - "Alf the Elf"
Episode overview
13, 2021
On a sweet little episode of Maya the Bee, we try and reconcile the role humans have in talking animal stories, and discover the show's connection to Gamera, friend to all children!
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Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp
Episode overview
15, 2021
In 1970, two writers from the Carol Burnett Show thought it was a great idea to quit their jobs and try to convince Chuck Jones to let them make a kid's show about chimpanzees being secret agents. Television history is weird sometimes.
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Sample Platter: Clarissa Now
Episode overview
28, 2021
We took a look at "Clarissa" or "Clarissa Now," a pilot for a Clarissa Explains It All spinoff series for CBS. Clarissa Darling has graduated high school, and is now starting an .. show full overview
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Sample Platter: Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide - "School Clubs/Video Projects"
Episode overview
07, 2021
We get a taste of one of Nickelodeon's more well-loved shows of the early aughts, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, and an episode involving Dungeons & Dragons and the Star Wars Kid.
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Sample Platter: The Ren & Stimpy Show - "Space Madness"
Episode overview
09, 2021
It's the 30th anniversary of Nicktoons! To celebrate, we take a look at, well, not the first Ren & Stimpy cartoon, but the first Ren & Stimpy cartoon the people making the show thought was any good. Don't press the history erasing button!
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Kids' Choice Awards Part Two: 2002-2021
Episode overview
27, 2021
It's the entertainment awards show where KIDS pick the winner! We look at the evolution of the Kids' Choice Awards from its shabby origins in the late 80s to the celebrity and slime stew .. show full overview
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Sample Platter: Space Cases - "A Day in the Life"
Episode overview
24, 2021
Today, we take a look at the third episode of Nickelodeon's goofy space show, Space Cases. It's okay, and hey look, Luke Skywalker! It's just, you know... ONLY okay... "okay" is tough to write about.
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Sample Platter: Danger Mouse - "Custard"
Episode overview
19, 2022
Today on Sample Platter, we take a look back at the weirdest, most absurd, and probably the best episode of Danger Mouse, Custard! It's about custard.
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Sample Platter: Big Time Rush - "Big Time Video"
Episode overview
27, 2022
Today's we're jumping ahead to 2010 with a look at Nickelodeon's official boy band, Big Time Rush. In this video, the boys make a music video, and hijinks ensue.
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Vic's Vacant Lot (Part Two)
Episode overview
23, 2022
An episode of the long-lost Vic's Vacant Lot has been uncovered! With a better idea of what the show was about, we take a look at its strengths, weaknesses, and it's place in Nickelodeon's history of sports programming.
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1 second from every episode of Hey Dude
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13, 2022
Nick Knacks episode coming soon!
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Nickelodeon's First Ten Years
Episode overview
09, 2022
Nick Knacks has finished the first decade of Nickelodeon's existence. But before we get into the 1990s, let's take a moment to reflect, cover a few minor topics we skipped over, and daydream about winning the Super Toy Run.
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Sample Platter: Out of Control - "Eskimo Pies"
Episode overview
22, 2022
We take a jump back to Out of Control, and look on an episode built around a very bad joke, both in construction and culturally.
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Sample Platter: Angry Beavers - "Born to be Beavers/Up All Night"
Episode overview
16, 2022
We take a look at the first episode of Angry Beavers, including the beloved "Up All Night" short, and talk about the different ideas the show had when it started.
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Sample Platter: Avatar: The Last Airbender - "The Blind Bandit"
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19, 2022
We take our first peak at the Avatar franchise with the introduction of my personal favorite character: Toph!
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Sample Platter: The Littl' Bits - "The Wanderbits"
Episode overview
20, 2022
Today we take a look at an episode of The Littl' Bits, a show about tiny sprites who live in the forest and promote democracy and collective action.
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Sample Platter: The Adventures of Pete & Pete - "Space, Geeks, and Johnny Unitas"
Episode overview
24, 2022
We finally touch on the weird and wonderful world of Pete & Pete, and it's third special, which is mostly about football but is also about friendship and stuff.
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Sample Platter: SpongeBob SquarePants - "Just One Bite/The Bully"
Episode overview
22, 2022
A brief discussion on what makes SpongeBob SquarePants so perfect for internet meme culture.
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Sample Platter: Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics - "Bluebeard"
Episode overview
25, 2022
We take a look of at a show that aired on Nickelodeon, but an episode that probably didn't. An adaptation of Bluebeard that goes full-blown horror mode!
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Sample Platter: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - "Owari"
Episode overview
29, 2022
To mark the 10th anniversary of Nickelodeon's first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, we take a look at the season four finale (and sort of the show finale). Spoilers ahead.
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Sample Platter: The Loud House - "A Grave Mistake/Leader of the Rack"
Episode overview
08, 2022
We return to The Loud House with a double feature on the balance between leadership and friendship. Also, Nickelodeon makes a cringe tweet.
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State of the Channel! Book progress, Nick Knacks at Nite, Sample Platter requests!
Episode overview
08, 2022
If you'd like to make a Sample Platter request, send $50 and the following information through Paypal: -Name you wish to be credited by -Show and episode you want to see a video .. show full overview
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Sample Platter: Are You Afraid of the Dark - "The Tale of the Chameleons"
Episode overview
24, 2022
Tia and Tamera step away from the twin siblings antics of Sister, Sister to give us this spooky tale of a girl replaced by an iguana, but we're just going to pretend it's a chameleon.
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Sample Platter: Nick News - "A Conversation with Magic"
Episode overview
19, 2022
On November 7th, 1991, Los Angeles Lakers star Magic Johnson told the world he was HIV positive. One of the first things he did after was to film a special for Nickelodeon and Linda Ellerbee, aiming to put a human face on the disease.
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Sample Platter: Power Rangers Super Megaforce - "The Legendary Battle"
Episode overview
27, 2022
I was going to make a video about Power Rangers Super Megaforce, but then Jason David Frank died, and what else could I make this video about?
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Sample Platter: Hey Arnold - "False Alarm/World Records"
Episode overview
19, 2022
We take a look Hey Arnold's attempt at a 12 Angry Men reference, whether or not it works, and if this kind of thing is a good idea at all.
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1 second from every Salute Your Shorts episode
Episode overview
31, 2022
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Sample Platter: Ned's Declassified - "Substitute Teachers/The New Kid"
Episode overview
31, 2022
Marc Weiner essentially plays himself as a substitute teacher at Ned's school. Is there a deeper meaning to all of this? Probably not, but it's fun to pretend there is!
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Sample Platter: Fifteen - "Coming Home"
Episode overview
09, 2023
We take our first look at children's soap opera Fifteen, with an episode about a talent show, but not the episode called Talent Show, that's the next episode.
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Sample Platter: The Ren & Stimpy Show - "Black Hole/Stimpy's Invention"
Episode overview
25, 2023
We take a look at Stimpy's Invention, arguably the best Ren & Stimpy short, and also the one that doomed the show.
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Nick Knacks Special: Rich Hall's TV Dinner Party
Episode overview
30, 2023
We take a minute to explore one of the more obscure corners of early 90s Nickelodeon. A pilot-turned-television special from Rich Hall, a man known for sniglets who was desperately hoping to not be the man known for sniglets.
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Interview - Thomas Hill (Salute Your Shorts, on-air promotions)
Episode overview
20, 2023
We have a nice chat with Thomas Hill, the co-writer of the Salute Your Shorts book, screenwriter of "The Call" episode of The Adventures of Pete & Pete, and the creative director for .. show full overview
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Sample Platter: Space Cases - "Spung at Heart"
Episode overview
24, 2023
We return to Space Cases to introduce Elmira, Warlord Shank and the Spung. It's kinda like a metaphor or something.
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Sample Platter: As Told By Ginger - "Hello Stranger"
Episode overview
28, 2023
Ginger's absent father makes contact for the first time in a long time. Strap in, because this episode is all the feels.
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Sample Platter: Rugrats - "The Way Things Work/The Way More Things Work"
Episode overview
10, 2023
We take a somewhat odd look at Rugrats, covering two related two-minute shorts, and how they shook up the format of the series.
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Sample Platter: Angry Beavers - "The Day the World Got Really Screwed Up!"
Episode overview
23, 2023
Just in time for spring, we take a dive in the Angry Beaver's Halloween special, a wild mess of sci-fi b-movie tropes, animated improvisation and broken ankles.
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Sample Platter: Avatar: The Last Airbender - "The Tales of Ba Sing Se"
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29, 2023
We take a look at my personal favorite episode of The Last Airbender, and question if the term "filler" is appropriate.
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Sample Platter: Tiny Toon Adventures - "Elephant Issues"
Episode overview
12, 2023
We take a look at the infamous beer episode of Tiny Toon Adventures, a cartoon so controversial it was banned from television!... Right? It was banned, right? Surely, the internet wouldn't lie to us about it being banned...
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Sample Platter: Invader Zim - "Germs/Dark Harvest"
Episode overview
18, 2023
We take our first dive into Invader Zim with an episode all about how being fleshy organic creatures is pretty gross, actually.
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Sample Platter: The Muppet Show - "Harry Belafonte"
Episode overview
28, 2023
We celebrate the life of Harry Belafonte through the lens of his guest appearance on The Muppet Show.
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Sample Platter: The Adventures of Pete & Pete - "Day of the Dot"
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31, 2023
We return to the world of Pete & Pete and ask, when in a series should two characters' first kiss be? Because episode two is waaaay too soon!
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Sample Platter: SpongeBob SquarePants - "The Great Snail Race/Mid-Life Crustacean"
Episode overview
09, 2023
We take another look at a banned episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, and this time it is actually is kind of banned! But is it banned for a good reason? Let's discuss.
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Sample Platter: Hey Arnold - "Tour de Pond/Teachers Strike"
Episode overview
18, 2023
Oh, to engage with the politics of your own episodes, or not to engage. That is the question. Hey Arnold talks about strikes and union actions.
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Sample Platter: Ned's Declassified - "Music Class/Class Clown"
Episode overview
09, 2023
We take a look at another episode of Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and its guest stars, a band that was trying to make a comeback and a young comedian trying to break out.
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Sample Platter: The Ren & Stimpy Show - "Sven Höek"
Episode overview
13, 2023
We take a look at another classic Ren & Stimpy cartoon, but this time, I'm not sure I agree with the consensus. I'm gonna complain about it, yeah, that's what I'm going to do.
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Sample Platter: Space Cases - "On the Road to Find Out"
Episode overview
21, 2023
We take a look at the season one finale of Space Cases, featuring the "death" of one of its main characters. It's quite dramatic, but is it as dramatic as many seem to remember it being?
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Sample Platter: My Brother and Me - "The Joke's On You"
Episode overview
27, 2023
We take out first look at My Brother and Me. Alfie and Dee-Dee are in the midst of a prank war! And... that's it, really.
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Sample Platter: The Legend of Korra - "Long Live the Queen"
Episode overview
27, 2023
We take a look at one of the most shocking and violent moments in the Avatar franchise. While Korra is off sandsurfing, Henry Rollins is killing queens!
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Sample Platter: The Adventures of Pete & Pete - "Hard Day's Pete
Episode overview
29, 2023
Little Pete discovers his favorite song, and goes on a quest to make sure he remembers it. We talk about the show's relationship to music, the band Polaris, and... wait, THAT'S what the song is about?
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Cry Baby Lane: Nick Knacks SPECIAL
Episode overview
18, 2023
We take a look at Cry Baby Lane, Nickelodeon's first horror movie, a film based on the real urban legends that the the director grew up with, a film that inspired many urban legends of .. show full overview
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Sample Platter: CatDog - "Escape from the Deep End/The Collector"
Episode overview
25, 2023
We take a look at CatDog, a show that you wouldn't think would be very political, but then you find it has an episode about how the prison-industrial complex sucks and capitalism will .. show full overview
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Nickelodeon at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Episode overview
22, 2023
Happy Thanksgiving! We take a look at the history of Nickelodeon's participation in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, from its early failures to its long absence to going all in. I wonder if there's a narrative to find OOOOO BIG BALLOON!
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Sample Platter: Kenan & Kel - "Foul Bull"
Episode overview
29, 2023
Kenan and Kel accidentally bench Ron Harper of the Chicago Bulls. Just for fun, we see how Harper slipping in some orange soda might have affected the Bull's 1996/1997 season!
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Sample Platter: "Olive, the Other Reindeer"
Episode overview
24, 2023
We take a look an almost Christmas classic, the story of a dog that thought she was a flying reindeer. Merry Christmas!
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1 second from every episode of Clarissa Explains It All
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27, 2023
This extra has no summary.
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Sample Platter: Hey Arnold - "Helga on the Couch"
Episode overview
22, 2024
We return to Hey Arnold, with perhaps the definitive Helga episode. It's the kind of cartoon that gets you talking about mental health, Robin Williams movies and Edward Hopper paintings.
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Sample Platter: The Ren & Stimpy Show - "Stimpy's Cartoon Show"
Episode overview
29, 2024
John K was out, but his backlog of ideas remained. We look at the most meta Ren & Stimpy cartoon, but perhaps its purpose became a little lost in a post-Spumco show.
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Sample Platter: The Ren & Stimpy Show - "Stimpy's Cartoon Show"
Episode overview
29, 2024
John K was out, but his backlog of ideas remained. We look at the most meta Ren & Stimpy cartoon, but perhaps its purpose became a little lost in a post-Spumco show.
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Sample Platter: The Adventures of Pete and Pete - "Yellow Fever"
Episode overview
30, 2024
Big Pete, Ellen and their class are going on a field trip to a milk museum! What follows is a tale of secret love, temptation, betrayal, and a death-defying finale! Man, this show has everything!
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Sample Platter: NFL on Nickelodeon - "Chicago Bears Vs. New Orleans Saints"
Episode overview
09, 2024
For many years, Nickelodeon just didn't know how to incorporate sports into the channel. Then, someone had the brilliant idea: why not just air a football game? We take a look at Nick's .. show full overview
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Sample Platter: Martin Mystery - "The Return of the Beasts"
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27, 2024
It only aired on Nickelodeon for a few months, but that counts for our purposes! We take a look at an episode of Martin Mystery! We learn the origins of Martin and Diana's caveman .. show full overview
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Sample Platter: Rocko's Modern Life - "Wacky Delly"
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23, 2024
We've seen Ren & Stimpy do a meta episode about making cartoons, now let's see what Rocko's Modern Life does with the idea. We take a look at one of the show's best episodes, and what might have motivated it.
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Sample Platter: Noozles - "How It All Began"
Episode overview
25, 2024
We take a step back into early Nick Jr, with the final episode of Noozles, a clip show finale. It sure... it sure is a clip show...
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Sample Platter: The Fairly OddParents - "Foul Balled/The Boy Who Would Be Queen"
Episode overview
30, 2024
Hey, it's that episode of The Fairly Oddparents that cracked all those eggs! We take look at a cartoon about gender that feels more important today than it did twenty-two years ago.
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Sample Platter: Rated K: For Kids By Kids - "Siskel & Ebert"
Episode overview
24, 2024
We take a look back at Rated K, Nickelodeon's film review show starring real kids. And in this episode, those real kids are going head-to-head with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, two of .. show full overview
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TV Obscura, Vol 1: July 29th, 1999 - Naughty Teens, Naughty Cable & Naughty Chimps
Episode overview
30, 2024
July 29th, 1999! Welcome to the first of (maybe) a new series where I pick a random date, pull up the TV listings for that date, and find three shows that failed and forgotten. Today we .. show full overview
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Sample Platter: Sam & Cat - "#SuperPsycho"
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15, 2024
Well, it's finally happened, it's time to start talking about Dan Schneider shows. And what a way to kick it off, with an episode of a spin-off show that follows multiple plot lines from .. show full overview
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Sample Platter: Star Trek: Prodigy - "Time Amok"
Episode overview
31, 2024
We take a look at Nickelodeon's Star Trek show for kids! In this episode, a little girl gets trapped in a time anomaly and spends years in isolation! For kids!
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Sample Platter: Are You Afraid of the Dark? - "The Tale of the Dream Girl"
Episode overview
13, 2024
We return to Are You Afraid of the Dark with a story that isn't very scary, but is very, very sad. A discussion of death, grief and loss, right here on Nickelodeon!
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Sample Platter: The Naked Brothers Band - "Puberty"
Episode overview
21, 2024
We take our first look at the Naked Brothers Band, a mid-2000s mockumentary about a kids band, but mostly I just talk about the... *odd* casting choices.
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Sample Platter: Doug - "Doug Door to Door/Doug Tips the Scales"
Episode overview
29, 2024
You know, sometimes it's nice to just talk about Doug for ten minutes. We take a look at two cartoons, one about honesty in salesmanship, one about negative body images.
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TV Obscure, Vol 2: January 15th, 1965 - Soap Operas, French Lessons & Political Dramas
Episode overview
24, 2024
January 15th, 1965! We jump back nearly sixty years, when there were only five channels on the TV and everyone was worried about the Commies. Today we touch on soap opera preservation .. show full overview
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Sample Platter: The Fairly OddParents - "School's Out: The Musical"
Episode overview
31, 2024
Season Four of The Fairly OddParents had some of the show's most epic specials. A multiverse-hopping crossover, a three-part ultimate battle between Timmy and Vicky... and also this one. Maybe that's mean, a couple of the songs are pretty good!
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Sample Platter: Winx Club - "The Wizard's Trap"
Episode overview
30, 2024
We take our first look at Winx Club, a show I know nothing about, so naturally it's a really important episode with a bunch of character deaths! I promise, I'm gonna try and do it justice.
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Sample Platter: You're on Nickelodeon, Charlie Brown - "Snoopy: The Musical"
Episode overview
21, 2024
We take a look at Snoopy: The Musical, the sequel to a Broadway musical turned into an animated special. We discuss its history, Cam Clarke as the voice of Snoopy, and a song that I always knew, but had no idea it was from this!
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Sample Platter: Rugrats - "Angelica's Last Stand/Clan of the Duck"
Episode overview
30, 2024
So, you don't think kids shows used to have politics, huh? Well, here's an old episode of Rugrats about baby's first labor union and how boys should be allowed to wear dressies if they want to. We've been talking about this stuff for a while now.
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Sample Platter: Beetlejuice - "Robbin Juice of Sherweird Forest"
Episode overview
21, 2024
Beetlejuice is back! And in his original, pervy Michael Keaton form! In sharp contrast, we take a quick look at the Beetlejuice cartoon, how it contrasts with the rest of the franchise, .. show full overview
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Sample Platter: Thomas & Friends - "Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure"
Episode overview
15, 2024
To celebrate Thomas & Friend's 70th anniversary in 2015, an hour-long theatrically-released special saw the little blue engine hunting for pirate treasure! Is it a worthy tribute to the Railway Series? Or is it just something to distract the kids?
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TV Obscura, Vol 3: Christmas Week 1981 - Five Forgotten Christmas Specials
Episode overview
25, 2024
The week of Christmas, 1981! Five days, five specials that have fallen out of public memory. We have classic Hollywood actors hanging out with the Mormons, two weird Canadian animated .. show full overview
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Nick Knacks at Nite #1: Route 66
Episode overview
29, 2024
We kick off Nick Knacks at Nite with Route 66, a traveling anthology-esque show about two listless youths driving across America in a Chevrolet Corvette. We take a look at the show's .. show full overview
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Sample Platter: Avatar: The Last Airbender - "Zuko Alone"
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25, 2025
We return to Avatar with an episode all about villain-turned-antihero-turned-hero, Zuko. We take a look at his past, and compare his story with some classic Westerns.
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Sample Platter: Aaahh!!! Real Monsters - "Spy Vs. Monster/Misery Date"
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24, 2025
We take our first serious look at "Aaahh!!! Real Monsters" with a very average episode. That's okay though! Finding the average is a good way to see if you'll like something!
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Sample Platter: Aaahh!!! Real Monsters - "Spy Vs. Monster/Misery Date"
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24, 2025
We take our first serious look at "Aaahh!!! Real Monsters" with a very average episode. That's okay though! Finding the average is a good way to see if you'll like something!
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Sample Platter: Fred: The Show - "Freddy and The Figglettes"
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03, 2025
We jump forward to 2012 to talk about Fred Figglehorn, Rebecca Black's Friday, and whether or not Fred: The Show was smart or not.
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Sample Platter: The Adventures of Pete & Pete - "Sick Day"
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22, 2025
We return to The Adventures of Pete & Pete with "Sick Day," where we see just what mischief Little Pete will get into now that Artie's gone. Marshmallow presidents will be going up noses.
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Sample Platter: The Wild Thornberrys - "Nigel Knows Best"
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29, 2025
We take our first look at The Wild Thornberrys, the role of parents on Nickelodeon shows. What better example to look at than the most memed Dad in all of Nicktoons, Nigel Thornberry!
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Sample Platter: ChalkZone - "Disappearing Act/Portable Portal"
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13, 2025
We take our first little look at ChalkZone! We turn magic acts into sexy fly pranks, we threaten a teacher who wants to stamp out creativity, we put some cartoons into people's mouths, .. show full overview
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Sample Platter: Rocko's Modern Life - "Zanzibar/Fatal Contraption"
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19, 2025
Once upon a time, messages about saving the environment were mainstream enough that most kids shows had an episode about recycling and telling corporations to stop polluting. Rocko's Modern Life made their episode a musical!