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You Can't Do That on Television
This Canadian sketch series pairs a young ensemble with recurring adults, authority figures, and running jokes about school, family, and television. Lockers, a dubious burger restaurant, and other familiar settings host its irreverent…
Straight from the archive
Let’s get to the good bits.
A little comedy time travel
Find your era.
From the cast & credits
The people behind the funny.
Les Lye
Christine McGladeBack by popular repetition
Some bits bear repeating.
A little more context
Behind the show.
This Canadian sketch series pairs a young ensemble with recurring adults, authority figures, and running jokes about school, family, and television. Lockers, a dubious burger restaurant, and other familiar settings host its irreverent comedy. First broadcast in Ottawa in 1979, the show became a Nickelodeon staple, with green slime falling on cast members who used the wrong phrase.
A different show.
A whole new rabbit hole.