If you're so smart explain THIS, Clarissa!
"Clarissa", Mindless Self Indulgence
One of the earliest original sitcoms on Nickelodeon, about a teenage girl named Clarissa Darling, her geeky, conniving, conservative brother Ferguson, and her wacky parents. Usually featured Clarissa commenting on the plot directly to the camera, imitating a newscaster.
Despite its seemingly innocent reputation, in retrospect,
Clarissa probably pushed a few boundaries at the time, as the show had a habit of making subtle references to sex and teen partying, albeit in a light-hearted, contemporary fashion. Also one of the few shows on the channel that could skate by with using and at times spelling out words like "hell" and "sex" onscreen.
The show ran from 1991 to 1994, ending just before the introduction of cartoon programming that would eventually overtake the channel.
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