Can you remember any SPECIFIC funny scenes??
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — You Can't Do That on Television
Noformica — 20 years ago(October 03, 2005 07:37 PM)
I must be getting old, too. I used to watch this show every day at 3:30 p.m. followed by "Nick RocksVideo Countdown" every day after school. Been such a long time since I've seen it, I can't remember any particular funny moments, just general skits like "The Opposites"when the kids are in Barth's Diner and the skit ends when one of the kids says "What do you think's in the burgers!" and Barth creeps up from behind the counter and says "D'uhhhh I heard that!"when the dad says to the kids "Don't ennnncourage your mother" One scene I do remember is when Christine went outdoors and asked kids how they would tell their friend they had body odor if they noticed the smell (sort of a "Man On the Street" skit) and everyone pretty much replied that they would tell them in a direct way. I guess I remember that because rarely did the show ever venture outdoors. Oh I did have a HUGE crush on Vanessa Lindores (sp?). That was sooo 80's!
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catgrace610 — 20 years ago(October 14, 2005 11:40 AM)
The one where Lisa is in her house with her trashy dad and someone stabs her in the backall I can remember is that they actually put a fake knife attached to her. It was so aweful now that I think of it. Really long time ago
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chips76309 — 20 years ago(October 26, 2005 05:48 PM)
The mother is serving dinner, but chicken is ruled out due to salmonella, seafood is prohibited due to mercury, vegetables and fruit are not allowed because of pesticides, so she takes off the platter cover and says, "Chocolate Bars! It was all I could think of."
My second favorite is during the episode on pets. The son is told to take the family pet for a walk and he is reluctant because "I feel stupid walking a budgie!" Then the father says "Don't forget the pooper scooper" and hands him a tiny spoon. Later, during the "Opposites," Lisa is told to take her father for his walk and the mother says "Don't forget the pooper scooper!" and hands her a big shovel. My kids and I still quote that. -
Crying_Havok — 20 years ago(October 29, 2005 07:27 PM)
The one where the guard walks into the chained up prisoner and says:
G: I hear you are complaining because there is too much meat in the bread
P: No I am complaining because there are too many maggots in the bread
G: Yes, as I said you are complaining because there is too much meat in the bread! -
Xkaliburr56 — 19 years ago(May 21, 2006 10:18 PM)
My favorite was the arcadebecause it had the corniest jokes. The one that sticks out is the "three for one special", where the kids turn in a dollar, and the owner gives them 3 quarters. They say they've been shorted and he says, "No, it's the three for one special."
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Indie_Mod — 19 years ago(May 24, 2006 11:43 AM)
There was one scene (I saw it on the website). It was the "Opposite" scenes and Moose was in her room reading a book late at night.
Her father knocks on the door and says, "Christine, have you got any boys in there with you?"
She says, "No, Dad. I'm reading."
So then he opens the door and looks around and says, "Just as I thought. Well I brought this boy incase there wasn't one in here."
And this raggety boy walks in and Moose screams. Next thing you see is him jump on her. Strange. -
spankyandourgangfan-1 — 19 years ago(May 28, 2006 10:49 AM)
Definitely the scene in the cooking episode where Alasdair is making a sculpture with his mashed potatoes (at the kitchen/kitchen table set). His mother scolds him for doing so, and Alasdair claims that one day he'll be a great artist. The mother laughs at that and tells him to eat. Just then, in a hilarious entrance, Les Lye as Peter Cockroach (Modern Museum of Art critic) barges into the kitchen, offering to buy the potato sculpture for $10,000. The mother then tells cockroach not to encourage Alasdair, and smashes the sculpture into the plate.
While Alasdair and Abby are funny in their own right, Les Lye steals the scene as always. His hilarious entrance (where did he come from?) with wide eyes, very limp wrists and animated hands, proper and lispy voice, and overall flamboyant behavior throughout the scene is one of the funniest I've seen in this classic show. I should also mention that he is wearing a shiney red shirt, coat, and pants, a scarf, a large Beatles wig, earrings, and one of those black hats with a bunch of those little balled tassles all hanging all around the brim.
And just as a precaution to an accusation that will undoubtedly come up: I am not prejudiced because I find this scene funny. This show was filled with sometimes off-color humor and obscure jokes, but it was never unentertaining. -
carpentersfan2003 — 19 years ago(May 29, 2006 06:12 AM)
One of my all time favorite scenes for this show was between Christine and Lisa. In the somewhere in the conversation Christine utters the words " I don't know.." and is immedeatly slimed with the green stuff. Lisa then asks as she flicks some of it off Christine's shoulder.. " Is it always green?"
Christine says. " Well it could be yellow" and she gets slimed again with yellow.. " Or Blue.." Once again she gets it " or red.." And a forth bucket is dumpped on her. By this time she is really starting to play up the fact that she's PO'd and looks upwards.. and says. " Alright smart guy. Let's see stripes???" she then gets hit with all four colors at once -
Kenshiro — 19 years ago(May 30, 2006 10:15 AM)
One of the few things I can remember from the show is when Doug adopted a "Crocodile Dougie" alter ego. They did a few skits on the show that were parodied from the movie. The best one was the "That's not a knife" scene. . .something like:
Bad guy #1: Give us your money.
Girl: He's got a knife!!
Doug: That's not a knife! pulls out a BIG knife That's a knife.
Bad guy #2: Yeah, well this is a gun! Now give us your money.
Give or take an adjective or two. -
jdparr — 19 years ago(June 09, 2006 07:33 PM)
I remember these:
A Christmas episode: during "the opposites," one kid got everything he could ever want (in the real world) and the other got a coaland of course, the kid who got the coal was all excited/
The line "blue skiesbarthy burgersgirls!"
I also remember someone getting slimed with slime that was some other color than green.can't remember any details tho.
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willow1014 — 19 years ago(July 21, 2006 10:05 PM)
OMG this thread is bringing back SOOOOO many memories. I'd forgotten about just about everything with the exception of the slime stuff, but to read back through these posts I remember it all so much more clear now
Thanks for the refresher everyone!!
Yeah!! Take that and stuff! er something to that effect. -
unkleduke — 19 years ago(July 23, 2006 03:46 AM)
What an excellent thread! I barely remember this series as i must have been only 8 or 9 but i certainly remember enjoying it. As a child in Australia I watched 3 Canadian tv series - Degrassi, Beachcombers and You cant do that on television.
From what i do remember there was one skit with a family who was very poor and could only afford to eat kidney and lima beans. The mother one day said to the kids "guess what, we're not having kidney and lima beans for dinner tonight!' The kids were ecstatic untill the mother explained that they were so poor they could only have lima beans for dinner, not the kidney.
The mother later told the kids they were so poor they could only use 1 square of toilet paper at a time from now on! lololol
The big question for me is - why can't they make good childrens tv like this any more?!
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