You Can't Do That on Television
Synopsis
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.
Season 6 Episodes
EP 1
Love Connection Short Circuits will not be seen at this time so that we may present... Doug pretends to be Cupid and tries to fix up the e…
EP 2
Mr. T Thinks He's a Girl will not be seen at this time so that we may present... Alasdair tries out different jobs to see which one is rig…
EP 3
Super Monster Theatre will not be seen at this time so that we may present... As everyone confesses what he or she is afraid of, the Locke…
EP 4
Family Ties Tied Much Too Tight will not be seen at this time so that we may present... Ross convinces Alasdair that he may be the descend…
EP 5
The Wreck of the Love Boat will not be seen at this time so that we may present... Lisa thinks that being optimistic will save her plant f…
EP 6
Rambo Shoots the Ayatollah will not be seen at this time so that we may present... Ross decides to get rich by selling Instant Revenge to …
EP 7
Wild, Wild Kingdom will not be seen at this time so that we may present... Lisa gets made-up all flashy looking. When Alasdair insults her…
EP 8
Carl Segan Meets Millions and Millions of Martians will not be seen at this time so that we may present... Doug goes into outer space to m…
EP 9
Ripley's Incredibly Amazing Believe It or Not People will not be seen at this time so that we may present... Ross plugs his new egg farm (…
EP 10
A big time Hollywood producer plans to make a major motion picture version of the show while the kids go through slime wrenching auditions …
