s! These were originals! Kenan and Kel, Clarissa explains it all, All That, The Amanda Show, Doug, Ren and Stimpy and many others are originals! Like if you want these shows back!
I was only one in 1983 and never had Nick as a kid anyway, so to me this isn't nostalgic, it's archeological. Late '70s/early '80s TV graphics are very compelling to me for some reason, clunky as they sometimes can be.
On another note, I get sad when I'm reminded that once upon a time, there was such a thing as a PAUSE on television. They hadn't yet started squeezing EVERY last drop of time to scream things at you. Compared to TV today, especially kids' TV, this stuff seems downright quiet.
When it first came out,cable companies were afraid that there would be riots if they removed the BET for this.The paying customers had to wait years for system rebuilds,while the leeches got to watch their programming.
get directy dish network or at&t u verse and watch teenick every night at midnight :) they r bringing back 90s nick! now i was born in 1999 but i did research on this stuff (why else would i be watching this video lol) and i love it! i agree way better than the 21st century. tv sucks and it all starte in 2007. for some reason.. i hope to know why someday...
@newkillergenius in the 80's it was the game show Double Dare with Mark Summers that saved that network. they need to bring back some of the old game shows, the green slime and everything else that made NIck the 1st network for kids.
Wow what happen to the good ol' days when kids used to be happy with a simple toy ..now they want iPods and ipads :( I wish I could go back in time one more time! :(
I'm sorry, but the show's on Nickelodeon now have absolutely zero intelligence or creativity whatsoever! It was okay for kids to use their brains back then.
I remember most of those shows and some of those commercials. Silver City I dont remember. Christopher Makepeace the host of "Going Great, but I saw on IMDB so was Keanu Reeves? Whoah.
But I defintely miss "You cant do that on television" that marathon of a show "Pinwheel" even when they showed reruns of the 'Monkees'
The Third Eye and The Tomorrow People, and the rock bands (such as the Cars) Nickelodeon had back then, puts Modern Day Nickelodeon to fucking goddamn godfucknig Holy Ghost fucking SHAME, goddammit!
all of these great shows got cancelled because all parents and everyone overeacts to a few sublminal messages SO WHAT it doesnt matter you have to trust you kids enough not to fall into any of that crap.
Stratego was the best board game! My friends and I used to play it for hours back in the 1980s when board games were popular. I also had Simon. Awesome system! Nowadays kids just wanna play with their Playstations etc. Pretty sad.
@acer3573 I was 15 that year in March. I used to watch Nickelodeon because i really liked the Tomorrow People, the rock concerts at night, and You Cant do that on Television.That was the same year that i got into USA networks Night Flight on friday nights. I started watching Nickelodeon in 1982.
@mbenzsl2000 Yeah and Saturday Night Live used to be funny in the 1980's and early to mid 1990's too.I was only 7 when NBC started SNL so i had to go to bed early. Didnt start watching it till 1982 when Eddie Murphey and Joe Piscopo were on.
You'd think in the information age I could see some complete episodes of "Standby! Lights Camera Action!" but no. One of my favorite shows growing up. I watched it nearly every time, even the re-runs. I've found some clips, but there aren't even many of those to be seen. It's even nice to see some promo spots.
What is up with Nickleodeon now a days? I grew up with shows like Pinwheel, You Can't Do That on Television, Today's Special, Special Delivery, and shows of the early nineties. Nickelodeon is crap.
@zshaw7549 I want to thank you so much for mentioning "Today's Special". Sometimes memories just fade, and unless we're reminded of them, they could be lost forever. Thank You :)
@zshaw7549 Well it appears to be a new generation now-a-daze. I guess us 70'- 80 babies should be glad we saw NICK at it's best The Little Prince, Danger Mouse, Fraggle Rock to name a few. Yeah i miss TV too! Oh and i miss PLUS & MINUS and DAHH I HEARD THAT! I DON'T KNOW? SLIMED** You know what show I'm talking about. lol
I remember all of this, and it really doesn't seem like it's been 27 years. I would gladly pay for an 80's Nick channel if it were made available. I could show my kids that TV wasn't always the garbage they are exposed to now.
"It's almost over. they should have a Nick rock 80's Block and a Nick rewind channel on a Nick Rewind channel. 6:00 The Smurfs 6:30. DangerMouse 7:00 YCDTOT 7:30 Dusty's Treehouse 8:00 Going Great 8:30 Tomorroe's People 9:00 Mr. Wizard's World 9:30 Third Eye 10:00 Out of Control 10:30 Livewire 11:00 standby."
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! I miss Old Skool Nickelodeon. Maybe it's now time (since Nick is almost 30 years old) to start a retro Nickelodeon? But cable and satellite companies cannot place it on the high end subscriptions as they have done with Boomerang.
It's almost over. they should have a Nick rock 80's Block and a Nick rewind channel on a Nick Rewind channel. 6:00 The Smurfs 6:30. DangerMouse 7:00 YCDTOT 7:30 Dusty's Treehouse 8:00 Going Great 8:30 Tomorroe's People 9:00 Mr. Wizard's World 9:30 Third Eye 10:00 Out of Control 10:30 Livewire 11:00 standby.
@1Legendsrule i'll argree i don't know what they are thinking. they need some new game shows. maybe a kids verison of the monty hall short lived show spilt second. or bring back the hidden temple. there is not even a game show on the network any more.
@NitekMuscle I would too, in fact I started collecting Classic Nickelodeon shows in 2005 and I watch them often.
Hey, how world you like to spend a day watching several of these classic shows? I'm hosting a Classic Nickelodeon fan meet in October. If you'd like more details just email me. :)
And yes I think the SyFy channel (HATE those call letters!) should show the Tomorrow People and The Third Eye too.
I would pay somebody if they could come up with some clips from Dusty's Treehouse. That's the only old Nickelodeon show that I haven't seen a hint of on youtube.
Awesome stuff, but now I officially feel old. I remember seeing most of these commercials (especially the Honey Smacks). What a sweet trip down memory lane. Being a kid in the early/mid 80's was the best!
Cable was slow in coming to my part of PA. My babysitter had Nick (I was 8 in '83), and my days were stuffed full of Pinwheel, YCDTOT, and the like. Oh, and trying to call DIAL MTV every afternoon to try and get them to play David Bowie songs. LOL
I think Nick in about 1985 was showing a power house it was becoming with getting big star celebrities at the time such as Regee Jackson and Leonardo Nimony to star on the channel. I think the high point of Nick was when they were doing Nick Toons program and Snick on Saturdays. However they made really bad choices wih programming that sucked (such as CatDog, Angry Beavers, Kennan & Kel). Well at I grow up wih good Nick
stratego is a board game featuring a 10 × 10 square board and two players with 40 pieces each. Pieces represent individual officers and soldiers in an army. The objective of the game is to either find and capture the opponent's Flag, or capture so many of the opponent's pieces that he/she cannot make any further moves. Players cannot see the ranks of each other's pieces, so disinformation and discovery are important elements of the game.
"there are lot's of ways to play with your viewmaster lightstick, that you might find some new ways yourself!" ....hmmm, wonder what that might be......
You know I bet that sega got inspiration from the pinball commercial. I mean the pinball comes out of that plad hole thats the same colors of sonic. Hell everything in that commerical looks like it was inspiration for sega
Nickelodeon looks like it had A LOT of shows back then. Now, I can literally count FIVE shows being on for the entire day. Maybe there will be six or seven if I'm lucky.
WHAT is that weird touch-tone dialing like sound at 3:15 and again at 3:53? Sorry if it's already answered down the board, but I've ALWAYS wondered what that was. It was on a lot of cable TV stations in the 80's.
Inband signaling. Of course if a show just happens to have those tones in the same order/timing as the control tones, things can get very interesting :)
Control tones used to tell equipment at a TV station or local cable system when a program begins or ends so they can put their own content (usually local commercials) in it's place.
Kind of weird to find these tones in the *middle* of a program.
Statego SO SO true my uncle taught me how to play when i was like in the 4th grade that games an absolute classic,,,that risk and off course...You sank my battleship!
I think it was a Nickelodeon cartoon show, all I got is a old country doctor in a country house paddling a bike hooked up to some machine, and he's got a cane with a goose/duck head handle. The doctor reminds me of Albert Einstein.
Statego SO SO true my uncle taught me how to play when i was like in the 4th grade that games an absolute classic,,,that risk and off course...You sank my battleship!
There's a great book called Nickelodeon Nation that's full of essays about how Nick took over and rebranded kids TV, and it talks a lot about how the whole network changed in about 1985-86 from the "eat your green vegetables" network to the slime and orange goo fest we know and love.
So do I! It was odd no one else in my family heard that back then but me. It sounds kind of like someone hitting the speed dial button on a cordless phone.
that is actually the sound of the videotape/satellite equipment used to broadcast television footage to your home. essentially, most television stations (with the exception of live programming) run on a series of videotapes, each carrying a set of commercials, promos, or an episode of a program. I always heard the sounds too in the late 80s and into the early 90s when watching TV. Essentially, those tones indicated to the system what tape to play next....
Ah, now I understand, thanks for finally clearing that all up! I used to hear that in the ealy 80s and not anymore, I guess digital broadcasting is a much different beast.
What heartandsound said is essentially correct, it is a tone signal. They are still used today actually - it is a signal to switch from local to national or from national to cross-promotion (i.e. Time Warner ads). Each of those are allotted certain slots and when the network fails to send the tone at the right time, it defaults to standard national (ie network) commercials. Likely it was meant to switch to local programming or whatnot at that moment and start running ads for the local area.
I love hwo Nickelodoen was back then. I was bor nin 1992. so I wasn';t aroudn i nthe 80's But it's still good to see How nickelodoen was when it first came out.
I was 8 in '83, and I used to watch all those shows again and again and again. I think I would have rather been a kid in the 60s. The 80s were the gayest, stupidest time in history...
I liked the classic Tomorrow People.I hated the 1990's reimagined version.I wish they would quit redoing classic TV shows with reimaginings.Leave the classics alone
s! These were originals! Kenan and Kel, Clarissa explains it all, All That, The Amanda Show, Doug, Ren and Stimpy and many others are originals! Like if you want these shows back!
Leahberg10 1 week ago
Wow!
Leahberg10 1 week ago
I completely forgot about Lights camera action...
critic2029 3 weeks ago
MrJacMac1986 i have usa night fligh disk set/ wanna trade
smokey11able 3 weeks ago
This Is 100% AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Zar26793 1 month ago
3:52 - 4:23 What it is that, A movie or something?
missy4basketball 1 month ago
this is amazing. never saw any 80s nick stuff till now
xexyz 1 month ago
I remember the Honey Smacks commercial!
What kind of grades did you get? "Bs"...LOL! FUNNY!
riceboy1701e 1 month ago
I was only one in 1983 and never had Nick as a kid anyway, so to me this isn't nostalgic, it's archeological. Late '70s/early '80s TV graphics are very compelling to me for some reason, clunky as they sometimes can be.
On another note, I get sad when I'm reminded that once upon a time, there was such a thing as a PAUSE on television. They hadn't yet started squeezing EVERY last drop of time to scream things at you. Compared to TV today, especially kids' TV, this stuff seems downright quiet.
Marbles471 1 month ago
@Marbles471 I was 13 in 1983...this is indeed very nostalgic for me! You do have good insight into early 1980's TV.
Not to worry...this is why YT was invented!
riceboy1701e 1 month ago in playlist When Nickelodeon was Watchable
When it first came out,cable companies were afraid that there would be riots if they removed the BET for this.The paying customers had to wait years for system rebuilds,while the leeches got to watch their programming.
ImDavidGurney 1 month ago
get directy dish network or at&t u verse and watch teenick every night at midnight :) they r bringing back 90s nick! now i was born in 1999 but i did research on this stuff (why else would i be watching this video lol) and i love it! i agree way better than the 21st century. tv sucks and it all starte in 2007. for some reason.. i hope to know why someday...
WizdomwitaZ 3 months ago
Man, I remember when this channel was decent. It's hard to believe how far downhill it has gone. Sign of our times, I suppose.
newkillergenius 5 months ago in playlist Classic Nickelodeon 2
@newkillergenius in the 80's it was the game show Double Dare with Mark Summers that saved that network. they need to bring back some of the old game shows, the green slime and everything else that made NIck the 1st network for kids.
tsukune007 5 months ago
WTF? Lionard nimoy was on nickelodeon .-.
SuperPlurobloxyoutub 5 months ago
smacked em' good!
MrBlalalalla 6 months ago
I wonder if there's still time to enter the name those starts sweepstakes? Maybe they'd take a late entry.
uselessman73 7 months ago
those shows sound so interesting if only i could watch them :(
sallymeow1 7 months ago
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everyone if you miss these old shows and want them back on ncik then write letters to ncikeldoeon studios in california
heres the address
231 West Olive Avenue
Burbank, CA 91502-1825
(818) 736-3000
and p.s. you could say that they can make a new channel called retornick were they just show old shows and commercials
TheRedfuturama 8 months ago
This is TV Gold
tristan01101 8 months ago
Now *this* is the Nickelodeon I knew and loved! The Tomorrow People was the best, of course.
rockhopper10r 9 months ago
Wow what happen to the good ol' days when kids used to be happy with a simple toy ..now they want iPods and ipads :( I wish I could go back in time one more time! :(
bsbgurl88 9 months ago
@bsbgurl88 so then... you've traveled in time before? i must meet you.
ScavengerInvader 7 months ago
@ScavengerInvader haha no silly. I meant to say I wish I could go back in time
bsbgurl88 7 months ago
@bsbgurl88 Me too.
RetroToledo 4 months ago
I'd love to be able to go back in time with a digital video recorder.
Banquo2 10 months ago
Im a 90s kid, but still prefer 80s nickelodeon to the nickelodeon nowdays
shthd84 10 months ago 5
Nickelodeon promoted a monty python film? And not even one of the tamer ones, but Meaning of Life of all things.
Metlhd313 11 months ago
@Metlhd313 The show itself mostly covered more recent films and I assume "Meaning of Life" fit in since it came out around that time anyway.
RetroToledo 4 months ago
Dude..Im dying for a time machine! I really miss the old days, It's not fair, the new Nickelodeon shows are terrible!
XxShadowvalkyriexX 11 months ago
The Simon commercial, Isn't that song "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" by The Police? I knew the song sounded familiar.
EvansSt83 11 months ago
I'm sorry, but the show's on Nickelodeon now have absolutely zero intelligence or creativity whatsoever! It was okay for kids to use their brains back then.
EvansSt83 11 months ago
who know nickelodeon even existed in the early 80s i thought it was a mid/late 80s phenom.
ike013 1 year ago
The only commercial I remember is that "My Great Recipes" commercial they played over and over and over. I could recite it from memory.
AnnaMayEyes 1 year ago
I remember most of those shows and some of those commercials. Silver City I dont remember. Christopher Makepeace the host of "Going Great, but I saw on IMDB so was Keanu Reeves? Whoah.
But I defintely miss "You cant do that on television" that marathon of a show "Pinwheel" even when they showed reruns of the 'Monkees'
snakeguy76 1 year ago
The Third Eye and The Tomorrow People, and the rock bands (such as the Cars) Nickelodeon had back then, puts Modern Day Nickelodeon to fucking goddamn godfucknig Holy Ghost fucking SHAME, goddammit!
wildmanchris200 1 year ago 2
nick at it's best ....ycdtotv!!!!!
fluffydolly 1 year ago
10,000 in the 80s, wow, a lot of money, a lot of money now
pattypopping 1 year ago
mmmm now i want some honey smacks lol!!!!!
MeganGarretttt 1 year ago
all of these great shows got cancelled because all parents and everyone overeacts to a few sublminal messages SO WHAT it doesnt matter you have to trust you kids enough not to fall into any of that crap.
chillscribe21 1 year ago
@chillscribe21 And the shows on don't have more subliminal message than ours did?!
chocolateman85006 1 year ago
I really miss the cable programming back then.
BrotherBearAZ 1 year ago
@BrotherBearAZ Me too, it just felt different enough not to feel it had to complete with the "Big Three" in those days.
RetroToledo 4 months ago
Stratego was the best board game! My friends and I used to play it for hours back in the 1980s when board games were popular. I also had Simon. Awesome system! Nowadays kids just wanna play with their Playstations etc. Pretty sad.
eurasian73 1 year ago
I wonder how much $10,000 back in 1983 would be worth compared to today's dollars.I wonder if anyone has ever won that contest.
chec2002 1 year ago
Wow. This is some great stuff. I grew up with Nick in the '90s, actually, but it was definitely good then, too.
Music check: 4:38 is "Energy II" by Craig Palmer, also from Network Music.
nextg 1 year ago
Based on the contest date, this was shown in December '83. I turned 10 that month.
acer3573 1 year ago
@acer3573 I was 15 that year in March. I used to watch Nickelodeon because i really liked the Tomorrow People, the rock concerts at night, and You Cant do that on Television.That was the same year that i got into USA networks Night Flight on friday nights. I started watching Nickelodeon in 1982.
MrJacMac1986 1 year ago
I remember the Honey Smacks ad! The teacher (Beverly Archer) played "Gunny" Bricker on Major Dad!
acer3573 1 year ago
Margaret Mead!
carlwinslow408 1 year ago
This channel really helped define a generation. This, along with its older sister channel mtv.......
too bad both channels have gone to pure shit
mbenzsl2000 1 year ago
@mbenzsl2000 Yeah and Saturday Night Live used to be funny in the 1980's and early to mid 1990's too.I was only 7 when NBC started SNL so i had to go to bed early. Didnt start watching it till 1982 when Eddie Murphey and Joe Piscopo were on.
MrJacMac1986 1 year ago
Memoreis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jdub14000 1 year ago
You could win $10,000 in "NOT LEGAL TENDER" !
mubd1234 1 year ago
I don't know why Nickeodeon gets gayer and gayer with each passing year. 80s>Justin Bieber 2010s bratty crap
TheTechCguy 1 year ago
my mom was 21 there and i was 9 years from being born :D
so i dont know this nickelodeon but it looks supa retro and cool (:
Hikaiyen 1 year ago
Spock talking about Star Wars? Isn't that like... a sin?
erinshorty09 1 year ago
You'd think in the information age I could see some complete episodes of "Standby! Lights Camera Action!" but no. One of my favorite shows growing up. I watched it nearly every time, even the re-runs. I've found some clips, but there aren't even many of those to be seen. It's even nice to see some promo spots.
PXLDST 1 year ago
i have a litestick
melissaraetoday 1 year ago
What is up with Nickleodeon now a days? I grew up with shows like Pinwheel, You Can't Do That on Television, Today's Special, Special Delivery, and shows of the early nineties. Nickelodeon is crap.
zshaw7549 1 year ago 20
@zshaw7549 I want to thank you so much for mentioning "Today's Special". Sometimes memories just fade, and unless we're reminded of them, they could be lost forever. Thank You :)
fourminutewarning 1 year ago
@zshaw7549 Anyone ever find out WHAT the Nickelodeon "Decisionometer" was?
Password was "Nickelodeon", never found out what te hand signal was...
wildmanchris200 1 year ago
@zshaw7549 Well it appears to be a new generation now-a-daze. I guess us 70'- 80 babies should be glad we saw NICK at it's best The Little Prince, Danger Mouse, Fraggle Rock to name a few. Yeah i miss TV too! Oh and i miss PLUS & MINUS and DAHH I HEARD THAT! I DON'T KNOW? SLIMED** You know what show I'm talking about. lol
smoothrasin 11 months ago
@smoothrasin Of course I know what show you are talking about, You Can't Do that on Television. I always wanted to say I don't know and get slimed.
zshaw7549 10 months ago
@zshaw7549 --hear hear. Nothing like early to mid-80s Nick.
hankinstein 7 months ago in playlist Classic Nickelodeon
Did anyone notice Bubba from Forrest Gump in the promo for Silver City @ 4:04 ??
disconnexions 1 year ago
1983 was an awesome year for television. nickelodeon had a great variety of kid shows, mtv played videos and the disney channel DIDN'T EVEN EXIST!!!!
RadDacey 1 year ago
I remember all of this, and it really doesn't seem like it's been 27 years. I would gladly pay for an 80's Nick channel if it were made available. I could show my kids that TV wasn't always the garbage they are exposed to now.
marioTmaggot 1 year ago 2
Ibusers1 1 year ago
@Ibusers1 Add Pinwheel, and video comics and you would be set.
marioTmaggot 1 year ago
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! I miss Old Skool Nickelodeon. Maybe it's now time (since Nick is almost 30 years old) to start a retro Nickelodeon? But cable and satellite companies cannot place it on the high end subscriptions as they have done with Boomerang.
zangazoo2007 1 year ago
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Ibusers1 1 year ago
OLD Nickelodeon needs to COME BACK!
1Legendsrule 1 year ago 16
@1Legendsrule it is July 25 :) teen nick 11P.M
BubbleGumLover18 6 months ago
@BubbleGumLover18 Seriously?
1Legendsrule 6 months ago
@1Legendsrule heck ya! check Entertainment magazine new one
BubbleGumLover18 6 months ago
@1Legendsrule i'll argree i don't know what they are thinking. they need some new game shows. maybe a kids verison of the monty hall short lived show spilt second. or bring back the hidden temple. there is not even a game show on the network any more.
tsukune007 5 months ago
What was always with that dail tone effect, I remember that now, and thought it was the coolest thing ever.
crazykidsdad 1 year ago
@crazykidsdad
It was a digital code signal thing for commercial switches. The sound is also at the start of some old VHS tapes.
Civonos 1 year ago
@crazykidsdad
It's called Dual-Tone Mult-Frequency Signal. Cable TV networks used it to signal local affiliates to insert a local ad or station ID.
CineslingerPictures 1 year ago
This is SO vague, yet so MEMORABLE. Wow, Return of the Jedi just came out!
teetertotter68 1 year ago
I always wondered, why DID Kellogg's choose a FROG as the Honey Smacks mascot?
andyjay729 1 year ago
the new nick logo resembles this old one a bit
hifidistortion27 1 year ago
If that lineup was to come on this day, I would actually sit down and watch it.
Someone (SyFy?) should relaunch the Tomorrow People and The Third Eye.
NitekMuscle 1 year ago
@NitekMuscle I would too, in fact I started collecting Classic Nickelodeon shows in 2005 and I watch them often.
Hey, how world you like to spend a day watching several of these classic shows? I'm hosting a Classic Nickelodeon fan meet in October. If you'd like more details just email me. :)
And yes I think the SyFy channel (HATE those call letters!) should show the Tomorrow People and The Third Eye too.
JellicleKat 1 year ago
Those were really weird shows.
gli7utubeo 1 year ago
Wow, Nickelodeon has totally changed since it was launched in 1979. almost 31 years in about a month
jt62786 1 year ago
Am I THAT old?
MayaMeows 1 year ago
"Mmm, you smacked 'em good!"
AviationNation787 1 year ago
man they were big on making sure you knew what time things came on in your area!
this was the year i was born, cool shit.
DeathAdder83 1 year ago
Holy shit! The Lite-Up commercial at the beginning!
jakobluke 1 year ago
makes me miss the old times =(
aceman22aceman22 2 years ago
Does anyone remember an early Nick show that basically showed comic books set to music and narration? I think it was called Video Comics.
scottyyz 2 years ago
You remember correctly. That was Video Comics.
WrestlingHeretic 1 year ago
OMG I had Simon
pandagal21 2 years ago
whats with the DTMF tones at 3:14?
mjtheman23 2 years ago
I would pay somebody if they could come up with some clips from Dusty's Treehouse. That's the only old Nickelodeon show that I haven't seen a hint of on youtube.
marioTmaggot 2 years ago
Awesome stuff, but now I officially feel old. I remember seeing most of these commercials (especially the Honey Smacks). What a sweet trip down memory lane. Being a kid in the early/mid 80's was the best!
robken0174 2 years ago
Man, this make's me wish I were born 15 years sooner.
NamelessGhostLIM 2 years ago
Cable was slow in coming to my part of PA. My babysitter had Nick (I was 8 in '83), and my days were stuffed full of Pinwheel, YCDTOT, and the like. Oh, and trying to call DIAL MTV every afternoon to try and get them to play David Bowie songs. LOL
freakshowmonkey 2 years ago 2
Ok....if you hadn't noticed, my comment was more about today's world, not about who they had or didn't have it open to back then.
dena81 2 years ago
its stuff like this that makes my wish i was around in the eighties.
OttoOverload 2 years ago
All That was good though.
OttoOverload 2 years ago
I have an older sister who was born on Oct. 21 of that year; 1983.
SuperAV21 2 years ago
I think Nick in about 1985 was showing a power house it was becoming with getting big star celebrities at the time such as Regee Jackson and Leonardo Nimony to star on the channel. I think the high point of Nick was when they were doing Nick Toons program and Snick on Saturdays. However they made really bad choices wih programming that sucked (such as CatDog, Angry Beavers, Kennan & Kel). Well at I grow up wih good Nick
animeuserone 2 years ago
When they stopped showing Pinwheel, ( the show that the station was named after for a while) it was the beginning of the end.
marioTmaggot 2 years ago
"Simon says go longer and faster. When you do, you'll be the master"
That's what she said, LMAO
callmemarc 2 years ago
I had Stratego back in tha day
JAG214 2 years ago
what was stratego?
aangels92 2 years ago
stratego is a board game featuring a 10 × 10 square board and two players with 40 pieces each. Pieces represent individual officers and soldiers in an army. The objective of the game is to either find and capture the opponent's Flag, or capture so many of the opponent's pieces that he/she cannot make any further moves. Players cannot see the ranks of each other's pieces, so disinformation and discovery are important elements of the game.
JAG214 2 years ago
i remembr simon!
catolog96 2 years ago
Wasn't the teacher broad in the "honey smacks" commercial Viola from the tv show "Mamma's Family"?
deondrenelson 2 years ago 2
@deondrenelson I was just wondering the same thing, LOL!
whitehorse43 1 year ago
The music from 3:23-3:53 was also used as the
music for commercials for the ONTV subscription
television service.
mrtelevision 2 years ago
was that Danny Bonaduchi in the Simon commercial playing the bass???
sgtpepper1138 2 years ago
They had glow sticks in the '80s?
rubinoos1 2 years ago
yup, I remember when my brother broke one, I was like 5 or so.
sgtpepper1138 2 years ago
"there are lot's of ways to play with your viewmaster lightstick, that you might find some new ways yourself!" ....hmmm, wonder what that might be......
ragazzoshitfuck409 2 years ago
oh that's real great. selling glow in the dark dildos to little kids. perverted fucks.
ragazzoshitfuck409 2 years ago
Do da do! That Simon commercial is ace. XD
moccalou 2 years ago
What is Livewire and Tomororrw's People?
jt62786 2 years ago
They sold glow in the dark dildos to kids in 1983?
gtz1975 2 years ago
3:14 is a very weird place to put DTMF control tones
plateshutoverlock 2 years ago
holy shit, that simon says commercial is The Police's DeDooDooDoo!
RushOrbit 2 years ago
I remember You Can't Do That On Television. It used to make me think I would get into trouble if I said, "I don't know."
cbsteffen 2 years ago
You know I bet that sega got inspiration from the pinball commercial. I mean the pinball comes out of that plad hole thats the same colors of sonic. Hell everything in that commerical looks like it was inspiration for sega
AlthenasGuard 2 years ago
Nickelodeon looks like it had A LOT of shows back then. Now, I can literally count FIVE shows being on for the entire day. Maybe there will be six or seven if I'm lucky.
Mishelley166 2 years ago 16
what is that at 0:57?
aangels92 2 years ago
WHAT is that weird touch-tone dialing like sound at 3:15 and again at 3:53? Sorry if it's already answered down the board, but I've ALWAYS wondered what that was. It was on a lot of cable TV stations in the 80's.
CrimsonDynasty323 2 years ago
Dial-up.
iownmyhamster 2 years ago
Inband signaling. Of course if a show just happens to have those tones in the same order/timing as the control tones, things can get very interesting :)
plateshutoverlock 2 years ago
I think it has to do with communication with local cable TV companies, so that their commercials can be inserted at the right time.
JC10255 2 years ago
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plateshutoverlock 2 years ago
Control tones used to tell equipment at a TV station or local cable system when a program begins or ends so they can put their own content (usually local commercials) in it's place.
Kind of weird to find these tones in the *middle* of a program.
plateshutoverlock 2 years ago
@plateshutoverlock CBS used to use a "Ping" signal at the top of the hour to begin there shows.
MrJacMac1986 1 year ago
O.k one more The righteous APples...WTF!LMAO thats just classic early eightys pure garbage...i love it great add!!
mindofmorrison 2 years ago
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Statego SO SO true my uncle taught me how to play when i was like in the 4th grade that games an absolute classic,,,that risk and off course...You sank my battleship!
mindofmorrison 2 years ago 2
Okay, I need some help here.
I think it was a Nickelodeon cartoon show, all I got is a old country doctor in a country house paddling a bike hooked up to some machine, and he's got a cane with a goose/duck head handle. The doctor reminds me of Albert Einstein.
soniclore 2 years ago
I think you might be thinking of Dr.Snuggles
purplemutantas 2 years ago 2
OMG Stratego!!!! I had that game!!
GVike 2 years ago
Statego SO SO true my uncle taught me how to play when i was like in the 4th grade that games an absolute classic,,,that risk and off course...You sank my battleship!
mindofmorrison 2 years ago
haha "No subscription to cable tv necessary." And now in today's world you can't avoid cable.
dena81 2 years ago
I remember some of this, but what's up with the dial tone heard every once in a while. Was somebody trying to make a phone call?
neinsudtexas10 2 years ago
wow, thanks
chicanalaundry 2 years ago
god Nickelodeon sucks now compared to the 80's and early to mid 90's.
btw i'm building a golden statue of the Dig 'Em Frog just like mayor Adam West did.
tattoodtruckr 2 years ago 2
There's a great book called Nickelodeon Nation that's full of essays about how Nick took over and rebranded kids TV, and it talks a lot about how the whole network changed in about 1985-86 from the "eat your green vegetables" network to the slime and orange goo fest we know and love.
sycoraxrock 2 years ago
what's the name of the book?
aangels92 2 years ago
I agree it was around 95-96 where it went downhill.
dena81 2 years ago
Jeez, Nick wasn't yet on Ritalin in '82.
You could actually count to 5 between scene changes.
And there was some real variety in the programming. Ah the dumbing down continues...
toolslinga 2 years ago
A show about Return Of The Jedi, The Meaning of Life, and Jackie Gleason, all hosted by Leonard Nimoy? I think I just wet myself!
freakshowmonkey 2 years ago 2
simon says go longer and faster?
forsberg2007 2 years ago
OMG! This is like being in a time warp! I remember every one of these commercials and shows. Nice job!
rcdallavia 2 years ago
now those were the days! back before miley cyrus and the jonas brothers were even born. *sigh*
slydawg221 2 years ago 18
Makes me kind of sad to watch it but then again it brings a smile and fond memories.............
ironfists06 2 years ago
I don't remember Nick until 1986...I guess we didn't get it where I lived then....I still love "you can't do that on T.V."
mgs617 2 years ago
what do you call that sound at 3:16? it was typical for nickelodeon in 1984
arlisvd 2 years ago
I remember that sound too....
mgs617 2 years ago
So do I! It was odd no one else in my family heard that back then but me. It sounds kind of like someone hitting the speed dial button on a cordless phone.
BlueKyne 2 years ago
that is actually the sound of the videotape/satellite equipment used to broadcast television footage to your home. essentially, most television stations (with the exception of live programming) run on a series of videotapes, each carrying a set of commercials, promos, or an episode of a program. I always heard the sounds too in the late 80s and into the early 90s when watching TV. Essentially, those tones indicated to the system what tape to play next....
theartandsound 2 years ago
Ah, now I understand, thanks for finally clearing that all up! I used to hear that in the ealy 80s and not anymore, I guess digital broadcasting is a much different beast.
BlueKyne 2 years ago
What heartandsound said is essentially correct, it is a tone signal. They are still used today actually - it is a signal to switch from local to national or from national to cross-promotion (i.e. Time Warner ads). Each of those are allotted certain slots and when the network fails to send the tone at the right time, it defaults to standard national (ie network) commercials. Likely it was meant to switch to local programming or whatnot at that moment and start running ads for the local area.
judybernlypleasehold 2 years ago
0:51 best high five ever :)
CornCakesBaby 2 years ago
aww good memories i was only a little kid in 83 but today is not the same anymore
collegegal79 2 years ago
did anyone else notice how the end of the mid 80s cartoon express song sounded like the end of this last bumper?
BatKeaton89 2 years ago
i'm 32, we didnt get cable til about 85 but this is great to see the very beginning of Nick that we missed only by a year or so.
Terragen 2 years ago
i had to steal cable ,at that time rerun was ok
hotpopcorncake 2 years ago
I love hwo Nickelodoen was back then. I was bor nin 1992. so I wasn';t aroudn i nthe 80's But it's still good to see How nickelodoen was when it first came out.
I'm 16 now.
aangels92 2 years ago
Even though I was born in 1989, I love these old Nickelodeon clips!
thatdudecozz89 2 years ago 3
I was 8 in '83, and I used to watch all those shows again and again and again. I think I would have rather been a kid in the 60s. The 80s were the gayest, stupidest time in history...
chunkybongo 2 years ago
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CornCakesBaby 2 years ago
The world is complety different right now. My sister was born in 1983. I use to watch Mr. Wizard's World. I love that simon Game commericals.
Eric9233 2 years ago 2
the world as changed a lot
karoloandria 2 years ago
omg, awesome! thanks for posting this!
stollensecret 2 years ago
The 80's were very fun. I was 'old enough to be aware' in 1984. And I tell you, it was strange, exciting and fun
wakingchild 2 years ago
Watching Third Eye and Tomorrow People as kid = Lifetime love of science fiction
WrestlingHeretic 3 years ago
I liked the classic Tomorrow People.I hated the 1990's reimagined version.I wish they would quit redoing classic TV shows with reimaginings.Leave the classics alone
MrJacMac1986 1 year ago
The 80's look sooo fun. I wish I was alive at that time.
17BlackRoses 3 years ago 6
Aw man, memories....kids these days just don't know what they're missing. I can't believe what losers and weirdos kids are these days.....
Thanks for posting this!
blackesteyes13 3 years ago 5
every sperm is sacred on nick????
Seaoftea 3 years ago 2