The WORST episodes of You Can't Do That on Television

Every episode of You Can't Do That on Television ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of You Can't Do That on Television!

This was a sketch comedy show for young adults that was very popular in the 1980s. It started in 1979 as a (partially) live, local show in Ottawa, Canada, with comedy, music videos (or musical guests), and local, phone-in contests. After two seasons (the latter of which was later edited into the new format when shown nationally and internationally), the show's format changed to a half hour sketch comedy. It retained this format for the rest of its 11 year run. This show had a huge impact. It was picked up in 1981 by the fledgeling US network Nickelodeon, which had only gone national a year earlier. This was the network's first big show and made the network what it is today. YCDTOTV became one of the most popular kids shows of the decade and featured a rotating cast of very talented actors and actresses. It was a very funny program that featured alot of humor that was not only aimed at kids, but at adults as well. The show gave us many great catch phrases, and memorable characters as B

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#1 - Country

Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/19/1986

Walton's Mountain Becomes an Open Pit Mine will not be seen at this time so that we may present... The cast gets back to nature and make up the set like a farm.

Directors: Brenda Mason
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#2 - World Records

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/16/1985

Ripley's Incredibly Amazing Believe It or Not People will not be seen at this time so that we may present... Ross plugs his new egg farm (at Route 12, King Side Road) by having Alasdair break the world record for number of hard boiled eggs eaten in one sitting.

Writer: Roger Price
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#3 - Movies

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/15/1985

Children of the Corn will not be seen at this time so that we may present... A great movie director had come to make a movie out of YCDTOTV. None of the cast members pass the audition, though, which is filled with slime droppings.

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#4 - Fairy Tales, Myths, and Legends

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/1986

The A-Team Blows Up the Land of Oz will not be seen at this time so that we may present... The cast does many sketches about various fairy tales.

Directors: Brenda Mason
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#5 - Pop Music

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/1/1986

Bruce Springsteen Gets Laryngitis will not be seen at this time so that we may present... Alasdair believes that he will become a great rock star.

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#6 - Know-It-Alls

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/1/1986

Mr. Wizard Explains the Universe will not be seen at this time so that we may present... Nerdy Matthew annoys the entire cast.

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#7 - Parties

Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/1/1986

Mr. T Goes to a Tupperware Party will not be seen at this time so that we may present... The cast gets Ross to throw them a party. What Ross does, however, is have a cardboard cake and water.

Directors: Brenda Mason
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#8 - Garbage

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/1/1986

Garbage of the Rich & Famous will not be seen at this time so that we may present... After local garbage men go on strike, the studio becomes a storage area for the city's garbage. Christine is carried out of the studio in a garbage bag.

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#9 - TV Commercials

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/18/1986

The Commercial Messages will not be seen at this time so that we may present... In the sketches, the cast does many parodies of TV commercials. They also try to sell some of Ross' malfunctioning products as part of another get-rich-quick scheme.

Directors: Brenda Mason
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#10 - Outer Space

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/14/1985

Carl Segan Meets Millions and Millions of Martians will not be seen at this time so that we may present... Doug goes into outer space to meet the aliens that he'd been communicating with.

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#11 - Back to School

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/20/1986

Lassie Flunks Obedience School will not be seen at this time so that we may present... Ross decided to tutor the cast. He covers everything from reading to advanced chemistry.

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#12 - Illness

Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/21/1986

St. Elsewhere will not be seen at this time so that we may present... Everyone who has green slime dumped on them comes down with a mysterious flu.

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#13 - Enemies & Paranoia

Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/22/1986

Hulk Hogan vs. Punkey Brewster in Mismatch of the Century will not be seen at this time so that we may present... Ross gets the cast ready for the arrival of the cast of the Russian version of YCDTOTV.

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#14 - Savings

Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/2/1987

J.R. Ewing Saves His Money to Buy a Skateboard will not be seen at this time so that we may present... Alasdair and Adam compete over the new girl in the cast, while at the same time trying to save money for a car.

Directors: Brenda Mason
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#15 - Contests

Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/1/1987

Miss Ugly Teen USA will not be seen at this time so that we may present... Matthew enters a contest at the local mall where he has to count jellybeans. Alasdair, not wanting to be outdone, enters a ""slime-in"" contest.

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#16 - Censorship

Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/1/1987

Censored Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Boners will not be seen at this time so that we may present... In an attempt to keep the show clean, the network censors have added bleeps and censor bars to the show.

Directors: Brenda Mason
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#17 - Poverty and Unemployment

Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/1/1987

Lifestyles of the Poor and Unknown will not be seen at this time so that we may present... Naida's father hires the cast as servants after they all get fired.

Directors: Brenda Mason
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#18 - Luck

Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/1/1987

The Wheel of Fortune Runs Over People and Flattens Them will not be seen at this time so that we may present... The cast begins to rely too heavily on good luck charms to get them through this episode.

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#19 - Seasons / Weather

Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 1/25/1985

Mr. Wizard Shows You How to Make Rain will not be seen at this time so that we may present... Alasdair makes a weather machine, but it doesn't work correctly.

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#20 - Holidays

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/1/1985

The A-Team Wreck Disneyland will not be seen at this time so that we may present... The cast tries to convince Ross to give them a holiday.

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#21 - Colleges

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/4/1985

The college football game scheduled at this time between MIT and UCLA will not be seen because ""mitucla"" is a dirty word in Arundi Barundi. Alasdair tries to get a video game scholarship to get into college.

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#22 - Christmas

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 12/8/1984

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Joins the A-Team will not be seen at this time so that we may present... Alasdair purchases a ton of mistletoe to try to get a kiss from one of the girls.

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#23 - Politics

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/8/1985

To Tell the Truth (with guest host Richard Nixon) will not be seen at this time so that we may present... Lisa is nominated by Christine to run for class president.

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#24 - Science

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/11/1985

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Wizard will not be seen at this time so that we may present... Alasdair tries to discover the formula for the green slime.

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#25 - Divorce

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 1/15/1985

Family Ties Get Untied will not be seen at this time so that we may present... The show's producer is getting divorced, and his wife takes half of the show's stuff.

Directors: Brenda Mason
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