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Nick Knacks: A Show By Show Retrospective of Nickelodeon
- Thread starter Shard Shinjuku
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Sitting in quarantine still in early May, watching the Double Dare ep.
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I am think June given that PopArena plans on covering all of the Double Dare shows in one go.
This seems like great second screen material. I used to fall asleep with Nick at Night on in the 90s.
I've been watching through these, and I'm continual impressed with the amount of work and research that goes into each video. It's a shame they don't get more views, you'd think this type of nostalgic look at 80's and 90's TV is exactly the type of channel that would be a hit on YouTube.
I know, a show this well researched, and produced deserves *way* more subs. I think it's one of the most underrated channels on youtube.
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I really love his old sitcom reviews. The behind the scenes details are interesting. The My Three Sons one was awesome.
I'm assuming once it gets to Nick Toons and more of what the late 80's / early 90's kids watched it will (hopefully) gain in popularity.
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Only a few of the touchstones that made Nickelodeon the channel that it is have indeed been featured. To wit, Poparena has announced there will be a kickstarter for Nick Knacks The Book launching alongside the Double Dare episode.
As someone who was just OK with the last Nick history book, this makes me very happy.
I used to watch The Monkees when it aired on Nickelodeon back in the 80s (didn't catch 'em on MTV, though).
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I remember the bad new bears movie. Didn't know it had a tv show. I probably watched the shari show at some point, but I probably conflate it with the old lambchop show. Don't remember maple town, but I probably watched it. I know I watched the little koala, but am struggling to remember if it was different than noozles. Good old Sharon Lois and Bran. Don't remember 16 cinema, or Finders Keepers, at all. And of course, i remember Inspector Gadget. That should be a fun episode.
Come to think of it I'm definitely confusing Little Koala for Noozles lol
It's funny how nick had two koala based anime shows on at roughly the same time, isn't it? :)
For real :) I probably watched both and they exist in my memory as one show now
Yeah, i know I did, and they're basically the same show to me. (I think noozles was better, tho maybe his episode will jog my memory enough that I'll like it better)
Watched the first few and they're pretty great. I remember the Pinwheel block on Nick/Nick Jr so it was interesting to hear about that and QUBE.
The new stuff is getting to the point where I'm going to remember a lot of the shows. I definitely remember Double Dare premiering on the channel.
The new stuff is getting to the point where I'm going to remember a lot of the shows. I definitely remember Double Dare premiering on the channel.
To be honest, learning about shows I've never heard has been far more interesting. Like, I kind of feel like I know about Double Dare, but learning about Standby lights camera action, or going great has been a lot more fun. I kind of wish I had been watching nick back then, but I didn't start till the late 80's, so we're finally getting into my era (the golden age)
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It is the difference between covering a regular show and something like Donna Reed or The Monkees.
It's also possible he just likes cities of gold more, and doens't have to force himself to watch it, like the donna reed show. Also, it's one 39 epsiode series, rather than 400+ for lassie (not that I expect he watched them all, of course) or 200+ for Donna Reed (ditto)
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Almost made a thread on this.
Cities of Gold has a fascinating story behind it. It was kind of the first anime I ever watched and that theme song is just :chefs kiss:.
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I know Poppers had his issues with the cultural appropriation and pulp tropes but I am personally stunned how well Cities aged given that it is a relic of the 1980s.
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