First Aired: February 3rd, 1979
Status: Ended
Genre: Comedy
Network: Nickelodeon
Summary: 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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Season 7
Episode 1: Fairy Tales, Myths, and Legends
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Summary: The A-Team Blows Up the Land of Oz will not be seen at this time so that we may present...
The cast does many sketches about various fairy tales.
Episode 2: Pop Music
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Summary: Bruce Springsteen Gets Laryngitis will not be seen at this time so that we may present...
Alasdair believes that he will become a great rock star.
Episode 3: Know-It-Alls
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Summary: Mr. Wizard Explains the Universe will not be seen at this time so that we may present...
Nerdy Matthew annoys the entire cast.
Episode 4: Parties
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Summary: Mr. T Goes to a Tupperware Party will not be seen at this time so that we may present...
The cast gets Ross to throw them a party. What Ross does, however, is have a cardboard cake and water.
Episode 5: Garbage
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Summary: Garbage of the Rich & Famous will not be seen at this time so that we may present...
After local garbage men go on strike, the studio becomes a storage area for the city's garbage. Christine is carried out of the studio in a garbage bag.
Episode 6: TV Commercials
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In the sketches, the cast does many parodies of TV commercials. They also try to sell some of Ross' malfunctioning products as part of another get-rich-quick scheme.
Episode 7: Country
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Summary: Walton's Mountain Becomes an Open Pit Mine will not be seen at this time so that we may present...
The cast gets back to nature and make up the set like a farm.
Episode 8: Back to School
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Summary: Lassie Flunks Obedience School will not be seen at this time so that we may present...
Ross decided to tutor the cast. He covers everything from reading to advanced chemistry.
Episode 9: Illness
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Summary: St. Elsewhere will not be seen at this time so that we may present...
Everyone who has green slime dumped on them comes down with a mysterious flu.
Episode 10: Enemies & Paranoia
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Summary: Hulk Hogan vs. Punkey Brewster in Mismatch of the Century will not be seen at this time so that we may present...
Ross gets the cast ready for the arrival of the cast of the Russian version of YCDTOTV.
Episode 12: Contests
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Summary: Miss Ugly Teen USA will not be seen at this time so that we may present...
Matthew enters a contest at the local mall where he has to count jellybeans. Alasdair, not wanting to be outdone, enters a ""slime-in"" contest.
Episode 13: Censorship
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Summary: Censored Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Boners will not be seen at this time so that we may present...
In an attempt to keep the show clean, the network censors have added bleeps and censor bars to the show.
Episode 14: Poverty and Unemployment
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Summary: Lifestyles of the Poor and Unknown will not be seen at this time so that we may present...
Naida's father hires the cast as servants after they all get fired.
Episode 16: Part-Time Jobs
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Summary: The A-Team Delivers Newspapers will not be seen at this time so that we may present...
The cast takes a look at the current job market for kids.
Episode 19: Discipline
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Summary: Top Gun Gets Put on Latrine Cleaning Duty will not be seen at this time so that we may present...
Ross becomes a drill sergeant to induce discipline in the cast.
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