History Series / YouCantDoThatOnTelevision

* BankruptcyBarrel: Ross and Moose end up wearing these during the episode about theft, when their clothes (and most
of the set) have been stolen. Moose's still has water and a rubber duck in it.

* BankruptcyBarrel: Ross and Moose end up wearing these during the episode about theft, when their clothes (and most of the set) have been stolen. Moose's still has water and a rubber duck in it.

** 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.

* ActorAllusion: Of a sort. Host Christine [=McGlade=] made the mistake of mentioning her real-life nickname Moose to the producers; it was swiftly worked into the show.

** At the end, an announcer (played by Les Lye) would do a theme-relevant BroughtToYouByTheLetterS. The show would then cut to him as he made a final gag about the show.

* ShotAtDawn: A regular sketch involved one of the kids about to be shot by one. They often (but not always) escaped execution by tricking the commandant. The commandant also appeared in a recurring sketch with the kid LockedInTheDungeon (the source of the "fresh air" catchphrase above).

---> '''Mrs. Prevert''': Oh Jiffy Genie, can you get rid of all this oven grease?\\

* TheJimmyHartVersion: The ThemeTune is a sendup of "The William Tell Overture".

* ShotAtDawn: A regular sketch involved one of the kids about to be shot by one. They often (but not always) escaped execution by tricking the commandant. The commandant also appeared in a recurring sketch with the kid LockedInTheDungeon which is the source of the first catchphrase above.

* WhoEvenNeedsABrain: A sketch on had a mother getting far too enthusiastic about cleaning out her child's ears, and cleaning out everything between them as well. It had no noticeable effect on the child.

* ActorAllusion: Of a sort. Host Christine [=McGlade=] made the mistake of mentioning her real-life nickname Moose to the producers, it was swiftly worked into the show.

* BankruptcyBarrel: Ross and Moose end up wearing these during the episode about theft, when their clothes (and most of the set) have been stolen. Moose's has still has water, and a rubber duck, in it.

* FiringSquad: A regular sketch involved one of the kids about to be shot by one. They often (but not always) escaped execution by tricking the commandant. The commandant also appeared in a recurring sketch with the kid LockedInTheDungeon which is the source of the first catchphrase above.

* ShotAtDawn: A common sketch setup, believe it or not.

* VomitDiscretionShot: Whoever figures out what's in the burger in Barth's diner always chucks. Sometimes into buckets typically provided by said Barth. How else do you think he gets his "Special Sauce"?

First introduced at CJOH Ottawa as a kids' variety show, the show's [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff wild success in America]] made it one of the defining shows of {{Nickelodeon}}'s history. It would run far longer on that network than it did in Canada, and the network's trademark green slime started with this show. The show's influence went beyond Nickelodeon, as homages have popped up everywhere from the sitcom ''{{NewsRadio}}'' (in one episode, the cast was doused with buckets of green slime and water) to ''FamilyGuy'' (an episode in the 2011-12 season is titled "You Can't Do That On Television, Peter").

*** More obvious in Season One and in "Whatever Turns You On" (which were never intended to be seen outside of Canada), with a number of jokes about one guy (Marc Bailon) being French, leading to the line "You don't speak Frog, eh?" ("Frog" is somewhat offensive Canadian slang for a French Canadian.)

* EditedForSyndication: two episodes on the American Nickelodeon version had parts cut::

* AdultsAreUseless: Adults are usually portrayed as bumbling morons...at their ''best''. The one who isn't--Ross, the stage manager--is despicable for all other sorts of reasons.

*** More obvious in Season One, with a number of jokes about one guy (Marc Bailon) being French, leading to the line "You don't speak Frog, eh?" ("Frog" is somewhat offensive Canadian slang for a French Canadian.)

* PantyShot: Christine in a host segment where she's in a tennis outfit and suffers a broken leg.

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