(Beat, then NC transforms himself into a superhero as adventurous music plays.)Īnnouncer: (with accompanying text) ADVENTURE HO! NC (voiceover): This was made at a more innocent time, when crawling babies were funny, men with purple hair was acceptable, and keyboard synthesizers seemed to rule the Earth. NC: So, let's move on to Nickelodeon's other biggest hit, Rugrats. But let's just say the show definitely knew how to capture the craziest side of our silliness. That's none of my business." To be honest, I already talked about this show on one of my countdowns, so I'm not gonna go into too much detail. NC (voiceover): One of the biggest controversies about the show is about whether or not Ren and Stimpy are gay. Kid!NC: (excitedly) And then I want them to take a hammer and smash themselves on the head with it! (laughs hysterically, then immediately falls asleep) Stinky Wizzletreats: I'll teach your grandmother to suck eggs! Kid!NC: (excitedly, over footage of "Happy Happy Joy Joy") I wanna see a dog and cat dancing around like Jello! Then I wanna see 'em hit their butts together, 'cause butts are funny! Then I want them to tell my grandmother to suck eggs! There is a brief close-up of him widening his eyes with a "ding!" sound.) (Candy is thrown at Kid!NC, who greedily eats it. Kid!NC: (wearing his hat backwards and hanging his head speaks in a kid voice) I don't know. Parent: (offscreen) Hey, kid, what do you wanna see on TV? NC (voiceover): And the rest, in all honesty, is pretty much like talking to a kid on the ultimate of all sugar highs. So how do I really describe what this show is like? Well, it stars a big dumb cat named Stimpy and an angry Mexican chihuahua named Ren. I mean, no other cartoon looked or acted like this. NC (voiceover): Sure, it was gross and vulgar, but on the other hand, it was gross and vulgar! Kids love that kind of stuff and this was one of the first cartoon shows to totally engross us in it. NC (voiceover): A lot of people have mixed feelings toward this cartoon, and there's a good reason: it's freakin' insane! Little made sense and half the time the humor came from just how totally out of control and psychotic it was. But we were there when it first popped up, and don't you forget it! So, let's take a look at one of their finest and certainly strangest of shows, Ren & Stimpy. NC: There were many of these cartoons and they even continued the trademark name of Nicktoons even to this day. And what was the result? Nicktoons, a series of cartoons made specifically for the Nickelodeon channel. So Nickelodeon finally made the logical choice to produce their own material. But even those were so implausible and ridiculous that we enjoyed them, too! But, let's be honest-after a while, there's only so many reruns and syndicated shows they could run. That is, until evening, when it would switch over to (footage of.) older adult shows on Nick at Nite. But we didn't care, it was on all the time. This was a ground-breaking channel with a ground-breaking notion, and what did this ground-breaking creation give us? Mostly (footage of You Can't Do That on Television, Danger Mouse, and Count Duckula) British and Canadian shows. But certainly the first network FOR kids. NC (voiceover): Nickelodeon, the first network made for kids, by kids. (Intro to Nickelodeon Month is played, using a 90s Nickelodeon station identification promo, with footage of NC dancing and other goofy things superimposed over it.) Hey, everybody, it's January! You know what that means! (beat) Probably not, 'cause I just made it up.
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