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735 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
doe's anybody remember this spin-off of yctdotv? oh man...
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    kayvee
    3672 Posts
    18 years, 1 month ago
    no. was it a variety hour?
      eep
      735 Posts
      18 years, 1 month ago
      no clue, to my knowledge it never aired in america.
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        kayvee
        3672 Posts
        18 years, 1 month ago
        well thats just dandy! got a bootleg?
          eep
          735 Posts
          18 years, 1 month ago
          how DARE you speak of bootlegs on retrojunk. GAH!

          na, i can't find any =P
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            kayvee
            3672 Posts
            18 years, 1 month ago
            I like the band-aids on the tv :)
              System
              79987 Posts
              18 years, 1 month ago
              Did my best to remember but it's not in my memory bank.
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                kayvee
                3672 Posts
                18 years, 1 month ago
                eep
                no clue, to my knowledge it never aired in america.


                this is why.
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                  rahrah4lif
                  51 Posts
                  18 years, 1 month ago
                  nope... then again i am too young to have watched YCDTOTV
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                    Cyber_Bishop
                    2440 Posts
                    18 years, 1 month ago
                    Some history about it.

                    On February 3, 1979, CJOH-TV in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, aired the first episode of a low-budget children's television series called You Can't Do That On Television.

                    Created by Roger Price, with the help of Geoffrey Darby, the show was aired live on Saturday mornings with musical guests, games, slap-stick humor and call-in segments as some of the features. It starred a cast of unknown child actors, including a very young Christine McGlade, the first host of the program. The show also starred Les Lye from Uncle Willy and Floyd fame.

                    After a successful first season, the show's creators produced a short-lived spin-off of this show called Whatever Turns You On, which was almost the same exact show as You Can't Do That On Television, only it was taped instead of broadcast live. It was shown during prime-time hours, and it featured Laugh-In veteran, Ruth Buzzi. The spin-off, unlike its sister show, had horrible ratings and was canned after one season, but thanks to Whatever Turns You On, the idea of having the show taped, having show topics and opposite sketches were introduced.


                    Some more

                    After a successful first season, a national network version of the program titled Whatever Turns You On was produced for CTV and debuted in September 1979 (having already aired an hour-long pilot episode in May). The format was shortened from an hour to a half-hour, removed the local content, added a laugh track, and replaced the music videos with live performances from popular Canadian artists at the time, including Trooper, Max Webster, Ian Thomas and disco singer Alma Faye Brooks. Ruth Buzzi of Laugh-In joined the cast as an additional adult performer alongside Les Lye. The cast of twenty-two children from the first season was whittled down to just seven: Christine "Moose" McGlade, Lisa Ruddy, Jonothan Gebert, Kevin Somers, Kevin Schenk, Rodney Helal, and Marc Baillon (another first season cast member, Elizabeth Mitchell, appeared in the pilot episode only). Perhaps due to its Tuesday night timeslot, it suffered from poor ratings and was cancelled after one season.
                    Ker click... Choom..
                      eep
                      735 Posts
                      18 years, 1 month ago
                      nice find, Cyber Bishop ;)
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                        kayvee
                        3672 Posts
                        18 years, 1 month ago
                        ah, so it had 1 successful season..should be able to find something then. I'm gonna look.
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                          18 years, 1 month ago
                          eep

                          doe's anybody remember this spin-off of yctdotv? oh man...


                          no but i sure as shit remember that use of 50-megs anti-hotlinking ownage

                          nice use of it btw :P
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