One of the coolest television series ever. It had good music, and great guests who appeared in the show. Steve Buschemi, Michael Stipe, Blondie, Iggy Pop, etc. The show was incredibly creative, and I miss it a lot. I just found out that it is available on DVD. Please tell me somebody else out there appreciated this show.
Legends of the hidden temple is pretty dang sweet. That was one of my favorites. I just dont know whats happened to Nickoleaden? over the years. Now ill i see is some sponge running and screaming. Gimme the GUTS and Wild and Crazy kids.
pete and pete was the schiz. it was later on in the child/teen tv watching stage, but i remember liking it.
1. salute your shorts 2. snoozles (that's right, i said it) 3. david the gnome 4. the adventures of pete and pete 5. hey dude 6. fred penner's place 7. what would you do? 8. maya the bee 9. eureka's castle 10. double dare that's the running list of nickelodeon classics right there.
I think this was...the funniest show.........IN THE WOOOORLD!!!!!!! The older Pete is the weird guy in those Ameritrade commercials. Little Nona, the younger Pete's friend, is Michelle Trachtenberg. She's grown into quite the hottie. She's the chic in Eurotrip. I loved the characters in that show. Loved Pit Stains.
I loved that show. Definately need to pick up the DVDs. BTW, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Guts, etc. can all be seen on a Nick spinoff channel that shows all the good stuff from back in the day. I particularly like watching old Rocko's Modern Life eps every now and then if I stumble accross one. Hefer, you silly cow...
And Juliana Hatfield, mmm mmm mmm. Junior high KDizzle had quite the crush on her. She always took the less-glamorous cameos, its safe to say. A cafeteria worker in "Pete and Pete," and a homeless lady in "My So-Called Life."
in other DVD news, Clarissa Explains It All came out the same day this DVD came out. speaking of old school TV shows, this wasnt on Nickelodeon, but does anybody else wants Paker Lewis Can't Lose? I read some EW a few months back about the best TV shows on DVD and they had a section that was "Most Wanted Cult Classic" and listed Paker. Damn, I would pay loads of money to watch those again
Salute your shorts was the sh*t! I think the redheaded guy on there used to play Sam on Diff'rent Strokes. I also remember a show on Nick that had to do with the 7 cities of gold. I'm sure someone remembers it. It was animated. That show rawked!
Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Salute Your Shorts, and the Adventures of Pete and Pete raised me as a child because my parents were too busy. And I turned out allright, didn't I?
On Nickelodeon I always liked Mr. Wizard, You Can't do That on Television, Salute Your Shorts, Hey Dude (very hot women on that show), the show where they told scary stories around the campfire, Double Dare, and Ren & Stimpy. Amazing that they got away with showing Ren & Stimpy on a KIDS NETWORK!
Are You Afraid of the Dark? That show had a few episodes that were pretty scary.. mostly because of my life long phobia of clowns that eat people.. but still, scary nonethelelss.
Nickelodeon and MTV are proof that Viacom might be the most evil multimedia conglomerate ever...yes, even more evil than Clear Channel!
The thing about Pete & Pete is that the two Pete's accepted strange things for what they were and show didn't try and explain it. They let the audience either get it, or not get it. That seems like the way it was when I was a kid in the suburbs. We had strange little rules, elevated people to superhero status without their knowing it, or anyone else ever understanding why. The younger Pete has a tattoo, and that is never really explained in the series. People just have to accept the fact that an 11 year old kid has a large tattoo of a dancing lady on his arm. Typically shows always try and explain things like that, when it isn't necessary. It was incredibly creative, and as strange as it was it seemed to capture the essence of being a kid in suburbia much more than other mainstream shows.
I rarely got the opportunity to see Pete & Pete. I just remember every time Michelle Trachtenberg would do something (Harriet the Spy, Buffy), I would think back to Pete & Pete. Looking back, it is insane that they got away with Ren & Stimpy on a kid's network. I think it's partly for two reasons: 1) many cartoons fed to children historically (like Looney Tunes) often had adult jokes or setups to begin with; 2) I think Cartoon Network just sort of mistakenly assumed, well, if it's a silly cartoon, it's appropriate for kids. In the U.S., we tend to think of cartoons as kid's entertainment by default, as opposed to Japan, where cartoons/anime as a medium is much broader.
