Mr. Wizard may be remembered today as the brutally honest science teacher who had absolutely no problem telling a kid they were wrong — but there was a lot more to Don Herbert than the viral clips suggest. Long before Bill Nye, Beakman’s World, or MythBusters, Herbert was already turning […]
Before Nickelodeon became the polished nostalgia machine we remember, it was still experimenting with what a kids’ sitcom was even supposed to be—and few shows capture that strange transitional era better than Welcome Freshmen. Premiering in 1991, Welcome Freshmen began as a high school sketch-comedy series filled with awkward students, […]
For four seasons, The Secret World of Alex Mack was one of Nickelodeon’s biggest shows. Kids everywhere knew the backwards cap, the glowing skin, the telekinesis, and that unforgettable silver puddle transformation. Then Alex Mack suddenly disappeared. For years, many fans assumed Nickelodeon canceled the series. But the real story […]
Roundhouse was one of the four original shows that launched SNICK in 1992 — but while Clarissa Explains It All, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, and Ren & Stimpy became Nickelodeon classics, Roundhouse slowly faded into obscurity. And that’s strange, because this show was unlike anything else on kids’ […]
The Adventures of Pete & Pete looked like a normal Nickelodeon kids’ show… but the more you look back, the stranger it gets. In this video, we’re heading back to Wellsville to revisit one of the weirdest, smartest, and most quietly emotional shows Nickelodeon ever made. From Big Pete and […]
Camp Anawanna, we hold you in our hearts… For a whole generation of Nickelodeon kids, Salute Your Shorts feels like one of the defining shows of the early ’90s. Budnick, Donkeylips, Sponge, Dina, Telly, Z.Z., Ug, the Awful Waffle, and “Zeke the Plumber” all became permanent pieces of Nickelodeon nostalgia. […]
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