You Can't Do That on Television(1979)
Comedy
First Air Date: 1979-02-03
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 7.4
Votes: 24
Seasons: 11
Episodes: 145
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 1
Episodes: 14E01
Live!
Air Date: 1979-02-03
The main plot for this episode is unknown, but it featured a Panasonic radio as a prize for one of the phone-in compe...
E02
Shoestring
Air Date: 1979-02-10
Tim constantly tries to get a date with Cindy, but keeps looking like a fool, losing her to Jim and David. To add ins...
E03
Nickel and Dime
Air Date: 1979-02-17
The main plot for this episode is unknown, but it featured kids' jokes and opinions filmed at the Winterloo slide at ...
E04
Peanuts
Air Date: 1979-02-24
No episode overview available.
E05
Repeat
Air Date: 1979-03-03
No episode overview available.
E06
Ottawa Director
Air Date: 1979-03-10
Only one scene remains in existence from this episode. In the scene Tim is the dungeon and is told not to pull the ch...
E07
St. Patrick's Day
Air Date: 1979-03-17
Lisa keeps scheming to get Bradfield slimed, but her plans keep backfiring and result in her getting slimed several t...
E08
Backstage
Air Date: 1979-03-31
The show is back on live after spending the previous week taping a show for network television.
E09
Executive Washroom
Air Date: 1979-04-07
The network executives have a party on the set and leave money behind. When the cast goes to pick it up, Ross quickly...
E10
Boring
Air Date: 1979-04-14
Features kids' jokes filmed the week before at the Bayshore Shopping Mall in Ottawa.
E11
Straitjackets
Air Date: 1979-04-21
No episode overview available.
E12
Local Show
Air Date: 1979-04-28
No episode overview available.
E13
Sore Foot
Air Date: 1979-05-05
The shows sees its last of Mr. L. Dime and all the CJOH jokes.
E14
End of the Life
Air Date: 1979-05-19
No episode overview available.
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