History Trivia / YouCantDoThatOnTelevision

** To top it off, Nickelodeon's airing of the 1986 episode "Enemies and Paranoia" in 2004 (as an "Old School Pick") was cut short and replaced with other programming. Why? Because the episode had a lot of jokes about Ronald Reagan as President of the United States and [[TooSoon the episode just happened to air shortly after Ronald Reagan's death made the news]].

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A DVD release has been imminent since at least 2003, but hasn't come to fruition due to issues with the cast members' royalties and the fire that destroyed most of the master videos.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A DVD release has been imminent since at least 2003, but hasn't come to fruition due to issues with the cast members' royalties.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A DVD release has been imminent since at least 2003, but hasn't come to fruition and, following the CJOH fire, is most likely cancelled.

*** The 1984 episode "Body Parts" was cut to remove a lot of sexual innuendo and scenes that wouldn't fly on American children's TV -- one sketch had Alasdair and Ben Schreiner reading a ''{{Playboy}}'' magazine, another sketch was an "Opposites" sketch where Mr. Schidtler shows his class a porno film, and the last thing cut was Karen Grant's line about how her favorite body part is "what's in the pants" ([[spoiler:a wallet]]). In the new cut of the episode, two dress rehearsal sketches were shown: one where Moose eats a chocolate-covered grasshopper, and another where a boy with a backwards leg goes to a doctor.

** Klea Scott, a cast member from 1982-1984, went on to star in several American network shows including "Brooklyn South."
** And Rekha Shah, a minor cast member in 1986 and 1989, starred in the Canadian teen soap opera "Hillside", which was broadcast on Nickelodeon in 1990-1991 as "Fifteen."
* HeyItsThatVoice: Vanessa Lindores (cast member from 1982 to 1987) had a bit role as "Julie" on the popular Canadian cartoon series ''TheRaccoons''. Les Lye and Abby Hagyard also worked as voice actors for a number of American cartoons that outsourced their voice talents to Canada, such as ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTeddyRuxpin''.

* MissingEpisode:
** Two episodes of the show were banned:
*** In America, the 1987 episode "Adoption" was banned due to fears that adopted children would find some of the sketches offensive (despite a very clear warning at the beginning stating that the jokes weren't meant to hurt anyone), as a lot of the sketches depicted adopted kids being used as slave labor and pets, which would rightfully make a lot of American viewers cry out, "DudeNotFunny." In Canada, this episode was allowed to air, but the part where Lance Prevert tries to give his adopted kid back to the agency, only to learn that "adoption is forever"[[note]]even though, with the way Senator Prevert treated his adopted kid, the agency still should have taken him away[[/note]] had the line "You get over here, right away, you damn bureaucrat!" cut to remove "...damn bureaucrat!".
*** In Canada, the 1984 episode "Divorce" was banned for the same reason America cut the "Adoption" episode (a lot of jokes about a subject matter that many viewers would find in bad taste), but returned to circulation for the YTV re-runs.
** For many years, only two episodes from the 1979 season, which aired live in the Ottawa area only, were known to circulate. However, when various ''YCDTOTV'' and 1980s Nickelodeon fans contacted producer Roger Price, he revealed that he had a full set of tapes of the 1979 season, [[http://www.youtube.com/user/ErnestMaples/videos several of which are now available on YouTube.]]

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The show was Nickelodeon's first huge hit in the United States. Many of the cast members have said they were treated like celebrities in the US, causing Beatles-like hysteria wherever they went, but back in Canada they were just normal kids. (the show was not seen on national TV in Canada, until the late 80s.)

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The show was Nickelodeon's first huge hit in the United States. Many of the cast members have said they were treated like celebrities in the US, causing Beatles-like hysteria wherever they went, but back in Canada they were just normal kids.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A DVD release has been imminent since at least 2003, but hasn't come to fruition and, following the CJOH fire, is most likely cancelled (see MissingEpisode as to why).

** Further, almost nothing remains of the 1979 season, which was a local production and often aired live.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/user/ErnestMaples/videos Or does there remain any of the 1979 season?]]

* The whole idea of dumping green slime on a cast member for saying "I don't know" came from Episode 7 of the 1979 Ottawa-only series. The dungeon master Nasti agreed to free his prisoner, Jim Stechyson (who only appeared in the 1979 series), if he could answer two questions, but if he failed, he would get the green slime. The first question was, "What is the largest lake in Canada," which Jim correctly answered with, "The Great Bear Lake." The second question was, "How many fish are in it," which brought forth the first "I don't know." This became a RunningGag for other "How many fish are in it" questions, and eventually the words themselves instead of just an admission of ignorance became the trigger.[[note]] The very first sliming occurred in the series' very first episode; Tim Douglas (another 1979-only cast member) was chained up in Nasti's dungeon and told not to pull on a chain. He gave in to temptation and triggered a bucket of green slime.[[/note]]

* The whole green slime concept came from a first season, only-aired-in-Ottawa episode. The dungeon master Nasti agreed to let his kid prisoner go if he could answer two questions, but if he failed, he would get the green slime. The first question was, "What is the largest lake in Canada," which the kid correctly answered with, "The Great Bear Lake." The second question was, "How many fish are in it," which brought forth the first "I don't know." This became a RunningGag for other "How many fish are in it" questions, and eventually the words themselves instead of just an admission of ignorance became the trigger.

*** In America, the 1987 episode "Adoption" was banned due to fears that adopted children would find some of the sketches offensive (despite a very clear warning at the beginning stating that the jokes weren't meant to hurt anyone), as a lot of the Lance Prevert sketches depicted Lance and his wife using adopted children as slave labor and pets, which would rightfully make a lot of people cry out, "DudeNotFunny". In Canada, this episode was allowed to air, but the part where Lance Prevert tries to give his adopted kid back to the agency, only to learn that "adoption is for life" had the line "You get over here, right away, you damn bureaucrat!" cut to remove "...damn bureaucrat!".
*** In Canada, the 1984 episode "Divorce" was banned for the same reason America cut the "Adoption" episode, but returned to circulation for the YTV re-runs.

*** In America, the 1987 episode "Adoption" was banned due to fears that adopted children would find some of the sketches offensive (despite a very clear warning at the beginning stating that the jokes weren't meant to hurt anyone). In Canada, this episode was allowed to air, but the part where Lance Prevert tries to give his adopted kid back to the agency, only to learn that "adoption is for life", had Lance's line "Damn bureaucrat!" muted out.
*** In Canada, the 1984 episode "Divorce" was banned, but returned to circulation for the YTV re-runs.

** A fire in the CJOH building in February, 2010, destroyed the master tapes of many of the episodes. Fortunately, there's always fan-tapes of those, save for the 1979 season, and YCDTOTV.com has enough of the series to rotate through everything from 1981 onward on a weekly basis.

** Several sibling pairs appeared in the series: Matthew and Amyas Godfrey (1986-87 and 1986-89, respectively), Roddy and Eugene Contreras (1982 and 1982-85, respectively), Vikram and Sidharth Sahay (1989), Jill and Amy Stanley (1989-90), and identical twins Kyle and Korbett Matthews (1984).

*** In America, the episode called "Adoption" was banned due to fears that adopted children would find some of the sketches offensive (despite a very clear warning at the beginning stating that the jokes weren't meant to hurt anyone). In Canada, this episode was allowed to air, but the part where Lance Prevert tries to give his adopted kid back to the agency, only to learn that "adoption is for life," had Lance's line "Damn bureaucrat!" muted out.
*** In Canada, the episode called "Divorce" was banned, but some Canadian viewers who remember seeing the episode on YTV beg to differ.

* MissingEpisode: Two episodes of the show were banned:
** In America, the episode called "Adoption" was banned due to fears that adopted children would find some of the sketches offensive (despite a very clear warning at the beginning stating that the jokes weren't meant to hurt anyone). In Canada, this episode was allowed to air, but the part where Lance Prevert tries to give his adopted kid back to the agency, only to learn that "adoption is for life," had Lance's line "Damn bureaucrat!" muted out.
** In Canada, the episode called "Divorce" was banned, but some Canadian viewers who remember seeing the episode on YTV beg to differ.

* WrittenByCastMember: The writers for the 1989-90 episodes included Kevin Ward, a member of the cast at the time, and Adam Reid, a member of the cast from 1984-87 who appeared in the 1989 episode .

* RealLifeRelative: Christine [=McGlade's=] father appeared as himself in the 1981 episode "Work, Work, Work". Her sister, Lisa, played a younger version of Christine in the 1982 episode "Cosmetics", while her brother, Michael, appeared as both himself and as a younger version of Ross in the same episode. Lisa [=McGlade=] also appeared as an extra in various classroom scenes.

* WrittenByCastMember: The writers for the 1989-90 episodes included Adam Reid (a cast member from 1984-87) and Kevin Ward (a cast member from 1989-90). Adam Reid made several appearances in the 1989-90 episodes in his capacity as a writer.

* Among the cast members who were never slimed, Marjorie Silcoff appeared in the most episodes, with eight appearances in 1984 and 1985.[[note]] A sketch addressing this in the 1985 episode "Revenge" was cut before filming.[[/note]] This fact was mentioned in the "Project 131" special featuring Marjorie, Brodie, and Vanessa... in which, once again, Marjorie escaped without a sliming.

** A fire in the CJOH building in February, 2010, destroyed the master tapes of many of the episodes. Fortunately, there's always fan-tapes of those, save for the 1979 season, and YCDTOTV.com has enough of the series to rotate through everything from 1981 onward on a weekly basis.

* Among the cast members who were never slimed, Marjorie Silcoff appeared in the most episodes, with eight appearances in 1984 and 1985.[[note]] A sketch addressing this in the 1985 episode "Revenge" was cut before filming.[[/note]] This fact was mentioned in the second [=SlimeCon=] special featuring Marjorie, Brodie, and Vanessa... in which, once again, Marjorie escaped without a sliming.