You Can't Do That on Television on Nickelodeon

[1982, TV Show]

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Considered a `Laugh-In' for kids, this popular sketch show helped put Nickelodeon on the map with its spoofs, and it sure boosted sales of `green slime,' a glop that kids were soaked with on the program. Featured performers included a 10-year-old Alanis Morissette.

Episode Recap: "What About Blob?" | Reaper | 10/24/2007
I swear, halfway through this episode I had a You Can’t Do That on Television moment, expecting a bucketful of green slime to pour down on someone’s head. That didn't quite happen, but tonight's ooze was nevertheless pretty grody, and I felt terrible that poor Ben got swallowed up in the stuff. But at least this time he didn’t lose any eyebrows from the ordeal.The escaped soul, a corrupt tycoon who spent years polluting the environment by dumping toxic waste illegally, came back in green blob form (how appropriate) to try to wipe out all the people who stood to get his still-living son in trouble for the crimes he inherited from his dad. Our guys had to figure out how the vessel, a knitted Christmas sweater (Sock: "Maybe you use that and the soul laughs it way back to hell?") could possibly absorb a spirit. Well, I guess that’s exactly how it went down in the end, now isn’t it? Superabsorbent knitting saves the day. I especially enjoyed the Freddy Krueger... read more

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Premiered: 1982, on Nickelodeon

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Premise: Considered a `Laugh-In' for kids, this popular sketch show helped put Nickelodeon on the map with its spoofs, and it sure boosted sales of `green slime,' a glop that kids were soaked with on the program. Featured performers included a 10-year-old Alanis Morissette.

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