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In all honesty, which Nickelodeon sketch comedy show do you prefer?
You can't do that on Television, hands down! I have looked up clips from the show on youtube. Some of the humor holds up. Some of the jokes are really corny, but the cast was still funny. That show was actually imported from Canada.
shareInterestingly, you could say that both shows had a similar path. Season 8 of YCDTOT (1987) and Season 6 of All That (2000) struggled without the "faces" of their respective series (Christine McGlade/Alasdair Gillis and Kenan and Kel). Consequently, both shows went on a brief hiatus to rebuild. And while Seasons 9-10 of YCDTOT and Seasons 7-10 of All That you could say has their fans, it was quite apparent that both shows had seen their better days.
shareWhat about Roundhouse?
shareWell, this is what TV Tropes has to say about why Roundhouse doesn't get more recognition:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AudienceAlienatingPremise/LiveActionTVshare
This is the reason Roundhouse isn't as popular as other 90's Nickelodeon shows. It's one part teen sitcom and one part Sketch Comedy, on a mainly barebones set with an ensemble cast of 12-15 actors telling a story using cardboard props (ironically, it was the most expensive of Nick's shows at the time as a lot of said cardboard props were mostly for one scene/joke). Add to that all the radar-dodging, parental bonuses and surprisingly awesome music, and few people knew what to make of it. It somehow managed to last four seasons. While many other Nickelodeon shows from the 1990s (including fellow SNICK stablemates Clarissa Explains It All, The Ren & Stimpy Show and Are You Afraid of the Dark?) remain hugely popular in The New '10s, Roundhouse has to settle for Cult Classic status.
In my opinion, which means little, roundhouse was not very good. The signing and dancing was hard for me to watch. The R&B promoted by All That is why I prefer You cantdo that on television. It was the height of the grunge movement and R&B came off as corporate music rather than art. It got better, but it was pretty bad back then.
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shareAdmittedly, All That and YCDTOTV aren't that closely similar when you get right down to it. All That is essentially "SNL for kids" where as YCDTOTV I think, owes more to Laugh-In and/or Monty Python. Meanwhile, I consider The Amanda Show to pretty much be an updated take on The Carol Burnett Show.
shareThe golden oldie You Can't Do That On Television, of course!!!
shareYou Can't Do That On Television
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