You Can't Do That on Television Season 1

February. 03,1979      
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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.

Episode 14 : End of the Life
May. 19,1979
Episode 13 : Sore Foot
May. 05,1979
The shows sees its last of Mr. L. Dime and all the CJOH jokes.
Episode 12 : Local Show
April. 28,1979
Episode 11 : Straitjackets
April. 21,1979
Episode 10 : Boring
April. 14,1979
Features kids' jokes filmed the week before at the Bayshore Shopping Mall in Ottawa.
Episode 9 : Executive Washroom
April. 07,1979
The network executives have a party on the set and leave money behind. When the cast goes to pick it up, Ross quickly confiscates the cash, claiming it is useless play money. Mr. Dime and Seth Pool get into a battle over the Executive Bathroom, when the lock keeps being changed. Christine, Sarah, Jim, and Mike keep trying to get each other slimed or pied.
Episode 8 : Backstage
March. 31,1979
The show is back on live after spending the previous week taping a show for network television.
Episode 7 : St. Patrick's Day
March. 17,1979
Lisa keeps scheming to get Bradfield slimed, but her plans keep backfiring and result in her getting slimed several times.
Episode 6 : Ottawa Director
March. 10,1979
Only one scene remains in existence from this episode. In the scene Tim is the dungeon and is told not to pull the chains. He does not listen and gets slimed.
Episode 5 : Repeat
March. 03,1979
Episode 4 : Peanuts
February. 24,1979
Episode 3 : Nickel and Dime
February. 17,1979
The main plot for this episode is unknown, but it featured kids' jokes and opinions filmed at the Winterloo slide at Ottawa's N.A.C.
Episode 2 : Shoestring
February. 10,1979
Tim constantly tries to get a date with Cindy, but keeps looking like a fool, losing her to Jim and David. To add insult to injury, he keeps being forced into wearing a dress…and he can't seem to find his pants, forcing him to go home wearing a bright, pink dress.
Episode 1 : Live!
February. 03,1979
The main plot for this episode is unknown, but it featured a Panasonic radio as a prize for one of the phone-in competitions, as most of the episodes from this 1979 season. This episode also featured a segment on baton twirling. The episode contains the well-known scene where Ross (before a major costume revamp) teaches Jono Gebert how to do a weather forecast on an actual CJOH news/weather set.

Seasons

Season 11
Season 11 2004
Season 10
Season 10 1990
Season 9
Season 9 1900
Season 8
Season 8 1900
Season 7
Season 7 1900
Season 6
Season 6 1900
Season 5
Season 5 1900
Season 4
Season 4 1983
Season 3
Season 3 1982
Season 2
Season 2 1981
Season 1
Season 1 1979

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