Talk:You Can't Do That on Television

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Say, wasn't Alanis Morissette also on this show for a while, back in the day? pgdudda

Yep. --Robert Merkel

Where did the image come from? I doubt that it is in the public domain. --Stephen Gilbert

I removed it. Shame we can't use that kind of thing, though. --Robert Merkel
It was a publicity photo that CJOH sent out to anyone that requested it. my apologies for my error of judgement in uploading it --Paul Melville Austin

I removed the following personal story from this page:

Several years ago a student who will remain nameless--her name was Jen--handed in a pictoral interpretation of the essay question in place of a ten-page paper. I instantly knew that she had gleaned her air of entitlement and complete disrespect for all forms of academic propriety from being a nightly fan of "You Can't Do That On Television." Although I failed her, it was the proudest moment of my life."

Samboy 03:53, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] imaged cropped

I think it looks better this way, since the faces are easier to make out, with less background space. --rob 09:16, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] cleanup

This page really needs to be cleaned up, maybe have titles and a table of contents, or at least organize the information better, it's mostly lone sentences or patches of information in no particular order.

i gave it a shot, along with (an attempt at) rewriting for readability. if anyone feels that it was successful pls remove the cleanup tag / housekeep Dirt 20:30, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, it was greatly improved, so I removed the cleanup tag. --rob 20:51, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] additional info

In addition to being a show in its own right, in the 1980s it was used in combination with an acting-school-for-kids/talent-agency thing they had going on at Carleton Productions. They'd advertise during the show that if you wanted to get on the show, you could call this certain number. Turns out by "get on the show" it meant "take acting lessons with us and then have us represent you to CJOH (for a fee, of course)". The kids that were on it made bank, though. Along with bonuses per slime and/or watering. They tried to elaborate on their successes with the very-short-lived TV drama "Denim Blues" and the quirky E! meets Kidz Bop "High School Confidential", but neither show panned out. I know this having grown up in Ottawa at the time. I just read that Carleton Productions' building is set to be demolished, which is a great loss in and of itself. So long, Moose and Kubacheski. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.147.114.130 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Christine McGlade wet blouse incident

There was at least one occurrence of Christine "Moose" McGlade getting doused with water while wearing a thin blouse. The blouse became semi-transparent and viewers could plainly see that McGlade was not wearing a bra.

I do not know on which episode this occured. Perhaps a well informed fan of the series could research and add this to the "Water, Slime and Pies" section. And given the sensitive nature of the occurrence, it should be worded in a careful and non-exploitative manner.

72.82.173.188 00:24, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

PMA,
In response to your deletion of my Talk post, please remember that this is a "Talk Page". If you feel that I have written something in an insensitive manner, then please EDIT - rather than CENSOR.
I have even made a few changes so as to absolutely minimise the chance of any gender insensitivity on my part.
I grant you that the incident itself is cleary an example of exploitation and lack of gender awareness. It violates the feminist principle of not objectifying women, in this case pre-women (or if you prefer, "pre-womyn").
But to convey the common sense of the incident requires the use of terms that, if used by themselves, without underlying justification, could give rise to a valid allegation of insensitivity.
Thus, that is why I added the part about "..it should be worded in a careful and non-exploitative manner..".
72.82.183.118 04:33, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

I reverted it because i don't think the issue of wether McGlade was wearing a bra or not in one scene is relevant to a general article on YCDTOTV. PMA 05:13, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barry Blair's 1981 YCDTOTV Opening Animation

Previously I went to Retrojunk to find video clips that can help get back what I can remember of the past, and the strange thing is that I ran into a THIRD YCDTOTV opening intro by Barry Blair! Instead of the Children's TV Sausage Factory or the Television Network buildings, this one had the short London Parliament and a "Jail Office", and there was a different title of the Tou Can't face-stamp! Has anyone seen this before? The video clip is at http://www.videopipe.net/retro/21nyfubtykr/themes/ycdtotv2_965_lq_174.wmv --Seishirou Sakurazuka 06:15, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Are you sure it's the London Parliament and not the Canadian Parliament? This was done in Canada's capital. Ardenn 06:22, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
That building is the Canadian Parliament, and the opening is from the 1981 season of You Can't Do That on Television. --Lovelinelistener 03:59, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mr. Shitler

A passage should be added about the name of the schoolteacher played by Les Lye.

Mr. Shitler.

I am not kidding, that really is the character's name. And I still cannot figure out how they got that name past the Canadian and American censors.

72.82.194.157 11:05, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

it's "Schidler" according to the scripts. PMA 13:24, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia (Canadian references)

Although they may have tried to reduce specifically Canadian references in the show, one running gag involved Les Lye playing a slob who lost no opportunity to remind his family that he was a senator. The Canadian Senate (unlike its US counterpart) is seen by many in Canada as an object of ridicule, but the joke was totally lost on American viewers. Richwales 04:12, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tickling on the show

I added a new section that might draw fire but did it with a serious intention. I have read on newsgroups and websites that the show did have a habit of showing girl's bare feet a bit much and there were two episodes where two girls on the show were tickled (one of them pretty heavily) on the feet in front of the camera. Wonder is Les Lyle was trying to sneak some sneaky scenes in? -Husnock 20:32, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Is the implication that someone at YCDTOT is a tickling fetishist? It seems a bit far-fetched to me, unless you also believe there's a splosh fetishist behind the scenes. There's far more slime than tickling. Unless the usenet groups offered a source? --Scix 00:27, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
To the best of what I recall, an article came out that Les Lyle had been accussed by censors of being a bit too loose with some of the scenes on the show. In particular were several scenes of bare feet pointed towards the camera quite on purpose, the two tickling scenes mentioned, and at least two scenes where water was dumped on girls without bras and thier breasts/nipples could be seen through thier shirts. As stated above, I figured it would draw fire when put in the article, and one user actually blanked it within 5 minutes then proceeded to wipe out this talk page entry (for reasons unknown). If a good source can be located this material might be a worthy addition to the article. -Husnock 15:49, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Agreed. But best wait until a source can be found. --Scix 15:57, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
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