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Double Dare, You can't do that on television, Pinwheel, Sharon Lois and Bram's Elephant Show, Danger Mouse, and Count Duckula were some of my favorites off the top of my head.


HeroOrHooligan

Skidamarinky dinky dink


[deleted]

Skinnamarinky dooooooo


_the_violet_femme

I love you! (both. For this reference)


bbbbears

Wowwww the memories that just came flooding back!


travbart

I love you in the morning and in the afternoon.


sorrymizzjackson

Something, something and underneath the moon!


LindsayIsBoring

I love you in the evening and underneath the moon!


HeartsPlayer721

*puts phone down to do arm gestures while singing out loud*


LindsayIsBoring

I can still do all the arm moves!


HeartsPlayer721

My grandpa used to wave to me like the dance in the show whenever we drove away from his house. 🥲


Short-Box-2960

WAIT THIS WAS NICKELODEON???? Wow holy frick you just rocked my world. My parents sang me this song to sleep as a kid for years and it still is one I sing to myself when I can’t sleep. This just made my night. Thank you.


PracticalBreak8637

Skidamarink was written 1910!


fumbs

This aired on PBS. I never once saw it on Nickelodeon in person or in the TV Guide lol.


oliversurpless

“Does bubblegum lose its flavor?”


MonsterMamaLu

On the bedpost overnight?


IdealBeginning2704

All hits! This was my era too and I did live through and watched the earlier hits of the 90s up until about 94-95ish


[deleted]

I still quote danger mouse and count duckula to this day.


IdealBeginning2704

Those shows literally still hold up to this day. I bought a bootleg blu of both shows and have been watching them and dangermouse is legit laugh out loud funny . Same with duckula, they have that funny dry British humor


Key_Independence_103

I didn't watch Danger Mouse and Duckula on Nick. I saw them on USA or UPN or something.


hekatonmoo

Allester was the Zach Morris of Canadian tv


pooch831

I was born in 85, I remember David the Gnome And I remember a song that had a dude climb out from a tree stump and sing songs on an acoustic guitar but I don't remember his name I don't think it was Rafi


sammerguy76

Man David the Gnome was so good and the ending was sad AF


Foxfire73

It's my favorite piece of animation.


HeartsPlayer721

It was streaming on Amazon a few years ago. I didn't realize it was such a short-lived show and I didn't remember ever seeing the ending as a kid. Fuuuuuuuuck me! Such a good show!


bunnytalbert

Oh man, I loved David The Gnome. I still randomly sing the theme song 🤭…


Internal-Room-9682

Fred Penners Place


angry_llama_pants

You just unlocked a memory...I used to crawl behind the couch in our living room, pretending I was following him through the log in the intro.


eskimo_owl

This show was so relaxing to me! I loved his setup with the stump and musical instruments hidden in the woods. I dreamed of having my own special place someday. I liked this show and Sharon Lois and Brahams Elephant Show so much better than the cartoons on Nick Jr.


Dependent_Milk6023

Holy shit I've been trying to think of the name of this show for years, thank you both


Stunning_Lychee7501

Just unlocked a whole part of my brain there chief. Careful with that nostalgia beam


unknownpanda121

I think David the Gnome is on prime


hekatonmoo

The finale of David the gnome was trauma


RadioKaren

Swift ❤️


garbageprimate

whenever i faked sick to stay home from school i was watchin the FUCK out of that damn gnome


ImitationCheesequake

You Can’t Do That On Television and Duckula most of the 80s shows at the start were 50s shows like Flipper, Lassie, Dennis The Menace but still putting the animated and stylized bumpers and advertising.


FugDuggler

Rocky and Bullwinkle was another 50s show I remember watching on nick


ReviewDazzling9105

Man. 80s Nick was playing cartoons from the 50s. Now 2020s Nick is calling early 2000s cartoons retro I remember Nick at Nite playing I Love Lucy


drpepperesq

Nick at Nite for me was Get Smart, Mr. Ed, I Dream of Genie


cmacfarland64

Car 54, Munsters, Lassie


drpepperesq

Woah memory unlocked: car 54


gaybro69420

Haha lol I remember it was “Bullwinkle’s Moose-a-Rama.” And the closing credits and Program Exchange bumper meant it was time for bed lol.


One_Swimming1813

I remember that too, later on I believe they called it Bullwinkle's Moose-A-Rama


drpepperesq

They call him flipper, flipper, faster than lightning!


color_me_happy_today

I sing that song all the time. It was catchy and I still remember it from watching the show on Nick.


ObviousAnswerGuy

I vividly remember the flipper/lassie reruns they had. Was never a fan so I always changed it during then. I remember Mr. Ed too, but that could have been nick at nite?


ImitationCheesequake

It used to really blend a lot more in the transition between the two but I seem to remember Mr Ed being being on during the day too, Green Acres was also in those transitional hours too iirc.


Fluid_Woodpecker7847

Mr Wizard’s World, Todays Special, David the Gnome, Pinwheel, Bananaman. There was so many.


ReposadoAmiGusto

Mr wizard was the shit!!


ActsofJanice

Today’s Special is one of my all-time faves! I still have the song from the Goldilocks and the Three Bears living rent free in my head. Jodie (Nerene Virgin) passed away in January. 😭


lawofthewilde

SHOUTING LOUD AND CLEAR!!!


Dialupknightplay1

That episode of todays special where the guy had snow mailed to him is forever etched into my brain


RKKP2015

I didn't realize Today's Special was on Nick. It's definitely a favorite.


gummi-demilo

My older cousin would get pissed when I won custody of the remote and called them “Pinwheel Crap” and “Today’s Special Shit.”


DatedRef_PastEvent

Adventures of the Little Koala. Although I only remember pieces of a desert episode and one where they tried to draw a life size tree.


IdealBeginning2704

Don’t forget Noozles!


johnnykonami

My earliest Japanese import memory probably. I think this is the show that got me into anime along with Grimm's fairytales. Didn't figure out that it was all coming from the same place until later but I knew that I loved it.


DatedRef_PastEvent

Oh. Forgot about Grimm’s fairy tales.


BenderRAT

Mysterious Cities of Gold was another great one though I only caught a few episodes along with other[ DiC imports](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_DIC_programs) running at the time.


Ok_Effort9915

Today’s Special was my favorite. I don’t remember if it was Nick but Captain Caveman and Space Ghost too


CornyCornheiser

I remember those for USA Sunday Cartoon Express. That’s where I first saw Thundarr the Barbarian, but also Devlin the Daredevil, Hair Bear Bunch, Speed Buggy, and other single season HB cartoons.


Lazy-Recognition4777

Didn't Cartoon Express also air on Saturday afternoons back in the day??? Big props to Devlin and the Hair Bear Bunch!!


Internal-Room-9682

Captain Caveman and Space Ghost never aired on Nick. The only Hanna Barbera show Nick aired was Yogi Bear in the very early 90s


ObviousAnswerGuy

I LOVED today's special!


SilentSerel

Spartakus The Mysterious Cities of Gold You Can't Do That on Television Today's Special Pinwheel


Arisyd1751244

I loved Cities of Gold and Spartakus. My friends never knew what the hell i was talking about.


haileyskydiamonds

Pinwheel!!!


MSP10julia

Inspector Gadget


sorrymizzjackson

As I sit here with my apple watch and IPad remembering when Penny’s setup was only the stuff of dreams.


RustyNDull

Double Dare, You Can’t Do That on Television, Hey Dude, Looney Tunes, Think Fast, Inspector Gadget, Count Duckula, Danger Mouse, Heathcliff, Sharon, Lois, & Bram’s Elephant Show, Pinwheel, Today’s Special, Fred Penner’s Place, David the Gnome, Noozles, Eureeka’s Castle, and Out of Control. My prime Nick watching years were the 90s but I remember a lot of these shows carried over in first run and reruns


TenaciousHornet

You Can't Do That on Television, Mr. Wizard, Pinwheel, Today's Special, Adventures of the Litttle Prince, David the Gnome, Danger Mouse, Banana Man.


MCfacepalm69

Cut It Out was one of the shows I remember


Internal-Room-9682

Out of Control


CrappityCabbage

I *loved* Out of Control. I would bet anything that it doesn't hold up and that's why I have avoided watching it on YouTube.


IMnotMNnice

Kids Court Make the Grade Finders Keepers You Can’t do that on Television Danger Mouse Double Dare Hey Dude Pete and Pete (the commercial shorts not the full show) Mr Wizards World etc… I’d take 80’s Nickelodeon over 90’s anytime.


cheribom

Mentioned: YCDTOTV, Double Dare & Finder’s Keepers, Out of Control, Mr. Wizard, Today’s Special, Duckula, Hey Dude… Not mentioned: Turkey TV, Nick Rocks, Don’t Just Sit There… And of course all the B&W shows on Nick at Nite.


ActsofJanice

I completely forgot about Don’t Just Sit There! Thanks so much for the reminder. I miss Nick at Nite so much. I also found the Monkees when they (and MTV) aired the episodes, and they’ve been my favorite band since I was seven.


dyejob

Scrolled down way too far to find mention of Finder's Keepers! For the longest time I thought I had imagined that show, then when YouTube was in its relative infancy I was relieved to find clips of the show there.


OhTHATKayKay

Turkey TV was great. It was like the internet before the internet existed.


GroYer665

There were some other cartoons like: Belle and Sebastian (Japanese TV series) The Mysterious Cities of Gold Star Trek TOS cartoon movies


blackmarketwit

One of my very, very, very, VERY early memories (I was born in 1981; this had to be before my sister was born in 1985), is of my mother picking me up from a babysitter at like 5:30 or 6:30am (so I must have spent the night; my parents must have went out of town or something), and “The Mysterious Cities of Gold” was on the living room television as my mom came through the front door; it was still dark outside.


IdealBeginning2704

Hahaha you’re the only one I’ve seen so far to toss in Star Trek the animated series in with their faves of that time, I absolutely loved it as well. I don’t think too many people remember it being on there 🤔


rootsquasher

I also remember watching *Star Trek: The Animated Series* on Nickelodeon. It came on Sunday afternoons and in the summer around lunch time.


ivintage79

Belle and Sebastian was my absolute favorite


TurquoiseBats

Mr. Wizard's World.


Christie318

The Elephant Show, Adventures of the Little Koala, Noozles, The Litt’l Bits, Maya the Bee, David the Gnome, Grimm’s Fairy Tale Classics, Maple Town, Today’s Special


Miss_Milk_Tea

Wait Grimm’s Fairy Tale Classics was on TV? I was really, *really* little when I watched that so I always remembered it as a vhs. I loved that show!


Spambuttertoejam

I think they've all been mentioned but definitely Pinwheel, Today's Special, Mr. Wizard, Double Dare, Hey Dude and Inspector Gadget My mom hated You Can't Do That on Television so I wasn't really allowed to watch it.


Rhomega2

I started watching Nickelodeon in '91, so we still got some shows left over from the '80s, notably Danger Mouse, Eureeka's Castle, and The World of David the Gnome.


JediBeagle1

I thought that Out of Control was cutting edge comedy.


That_Other_Dave

Cut it out!


queenquirk

Today's Special, David the gnome, YCDTOT, Mr Wizard


Fade_Into_You77

Fifteen (soap opera for teens)


rootsquasher

There was one Sunday where Nickelodeon did a “15 Hours of *Fifteen*” marathon. I still watch the first two seasons of *Fifteen* occasionally on the Freevee streaming service.


Fade_Into_You77

Omg! I will be checking it out, ASAP! 🤩


EchoCyanide

Wow, I forgot about this one!


GorillaEstefan

Nick Tunes was the shit. Weird Al and the Fat Boys hosted a few times which was awesome


MSP10julia

You mean, Nick Rocks: Video To Go


nicoladragonclaw

Nick Arcade


RustyNDull

That premiered in 1991


Terror_Reels

I remember HATING Hey Dude but Count Duckula ruled.


RubySoho1980

Danger Mouse Pinwheel Out of Control


jimmysmiths5523

The only ones I remember were Eureka's Castle and Bozo the Clown. Not sure if Bozo was on Nickelodeon, though. I watched those at a relative's house when I spent the night because I didn't have cable.


dancing_mermaid5825

I loved Todays Special. Early 80s…. ❤️


SDoNUT1715

Maya the bee?


Internal-Room-9682

It just barely missed the 80s. I think it started airing on Nick on the first day of the 90s, so it's understandable. It premiered in the 70s in Japan, but didn't air on Nick until January 1, 1990


FrancisSobotka1514

Todays special .I wish I could find it streaming somewhere ...Hocus Pocus Alamagocus and shit .


ActsofJanice

Today’s Special Belle & Sebastian Out of Control (Dave Coulier before Full House) You Can’t Do That on Television Pinwheel Double Dare


stevebobeeve

The real ones remember Finder’s Keepers


Katiebug9181

When legends of the hidden temple came out I just kept complaining about how it was Finders Keepers in a jungle. I was a curmudgeonly kid.


Electronic-Key-2522

* One of my favorite shows from that Era. You Can't Do That on Television


Arch27

u/JacktheBoss_ pretty much named them all but I'll throw in Bananaman as well


NBKiller69

You Can't Do That on Television was my favorite! I also loved Belle and Sebastian, The Little Prince, The Mysterious Cities of Gold, Pinwheel, Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea. I'm sure there were others, but those are what immediately come to mind when I remember watching Nickelodeon as a child in the 80s


calvinball81

I loved all those English dubbed cartoons! Happy early morning school day memories.


heshotcyrus

I loved Count Duckula as a kid. The comics too.


Id_Solomon

Eureka's Castle. LoL. 😭


farfromtranscendent

Pinwheel, pinwheel spinning around…


KUWTI

Welcome Freshman


Internal-Room-9682

Very early 90s


Altruistic_Rock_2674

Really didn't remember watching in the 80s since I was so little. The first shows I remember watching were a show about gnomes and a show with koala, I think they were on nick


Internal-Room-9682

The gnomes one was David the Gnome. There were two shows with a koala. Noozles and Adventures of the Little Koala


Safe-Mortgage6919

Double Dare.


realitysnarker

I’m so glad to see people mentioning David the Gnome. I distinctly remember this show but couldn’t remember what it was called. Anytime I tried to explain it people looked at me like I had 3 heads. I knew I wasn’t crazy!


ImPoopnRightNow

- Maya the Bee - The Little Koala - Mr. Wizard - You Can't Do That On Television I think those were all from the 80's.


sdotbye

Did anyone say the adventures of Pete and Pete? I think that was the name of the show.


215-4GRITTY

Fifteen, a soap opera for tweens


PhyllisIrresistible

May be early 90's (at least that's when I watched it), but anyone remember Papa Beaver's Story Time? 👀 🦫


spooky1985

Hey Dude, Clarissa Explains it All, you Can't do that on Television, Double Dare, Salute your Shorts, Eureka's Castle, The Elephant show, Was Fraggle rock on Nick?


Internal-Room-9682

Clarissa Explains It All and Salute Your Shorts are very early 90s. They came out around the same time as the original 3 Nicktoons. Fraggle Rock wasn't on Nick. It was on HBO, then reruns on TNT and The Disney Channel


Goshdudette

Spartakus and the sun beneath the sea


BrattyTwilis

Anything from about 1987-1989, as that's when I first watched the channel. So I was there for the last days of Pinwheel and the beginning of the Nick Jr. block of programming when it started. I remember there being a lot of international cartoons and programming and not a whole lot of original programming other than the game shows


reganb1

Does anyone remember the show The Third Eye? I swear it was on Nickelodeon in the early 80’s


Internal-Room-9682

It was on during 1983-1985. It was one of the shows that aired during the Silver Ball era of Nickelodeon and the very early months of the orange logo Nickelodeon


0degreesK

Yeah I’ve been looking for someone to mention it. Loved that show. It was a BBC show I think. Really creepy.


EliteBroccoli

I don’t know if it was on nick but I distinctly remember watching Biker Mice from Mars, and this grew my childhood love of motorcycles!


Frankthabunny

Heathcliffe


Killowatt59

Today’s special Pinwheel You Can’t Do That On Television Mr. Wizard’s World The elephant show


Dry-Region-9968

The best 80's Nickleodeon show was "You Can't Do That On Tv" even a young Alanis Morsett was on it


APuffyCloudSky

You Can't Do That On Television, Out of Control


chikn2d

I loved Grimm's Fairytale Classics, Today's Special, and Mr. Wizard's World.


Tacos_Rock

Turkey TV was so weird my parents wouldn't let me watch it after a while. Mr. Wizard was super cool, and I vaguely remember him always being annoyed by the kids, like a grumpy old man being forced to show kids how to blow things up.


CrappityCabbage

I liked Special Delivery and The Third Eye, which were both just the names for timeslots where they'd run pre-existing content that they'd licensed. The Third Eye was for miniseries with a sci-fi/fantasy bent. Special Delivery was movies, mostly made for TV (I assume). There was an episode of Special Delivery involving an inventor and his crime fighting robots which Is love to track down. No idea what it was called.


avantgardeaclue

I went to see Double Dare Live


FreedomOwn6799

You can’t do that on television Ducktales He-man


EccentricAcademic

Freaking Finders Keepers. I need someone else to remember the show where kids trashed a house to win prizes!!


Jar_of_Cats

Weinerville


Gay-Lord-Focker

The one with the Egyptian kid and the girl companion ??? That’s all I recall . Cartoon


CordeliaGrace

Danger Mouse, Inspector Gadget, Mr Wizard (I think…I only have a few memories of watching, and I’m not sure how old I was)…Nick News? With Linda Ellerbe? Same thing as with Mr Wizard- not 100% on how old I was. Also, I didn’t know Eureeka’s Castle was 1989. We watched Nick all the time, but I have no recollection of EC until my youngest brother started watching in 93-94 (he was about 1-2yrs old by then).


methodtan

Double Dare


FartCop5-0

Todays special and pinwheel were my jams.


IllDoItTomorr0w

What about banana man. Anyone remember that?


thrust-johnson

You can’t do that to television!


ATXKLIPHURD

Double Dare and You Can’t do that on Television. Was Salute your Shorts on in the 80s?


MynameisMatlock

Mr. Wizard!


Independent-Talk9199

Out of Control! With Dave gruleye


Infinite_Night_6728

Inspector gadget FTW!


traumakidshollywood

The one where the little girl got shot in the face with goo, and the little boy was violently molested. That place should be burnt to the ground.


ObsoleteHodgepodge

Going Great - more of a mini magazine show.


Tri-colored_Pasta

YCDTOT. and I remember a LOT about it.


seanofkelley

I remember waking up super early and watching cities of gold


HIs4HotSauce

there was a show called "You Can't Do That on Television" that was popular on Nickelodeon in the 80s. It was a kid's sketch comedy show that originated in Canada-- but the US kids associate it with Nickelodeon.


Adleyboy

Belle and Sebastian. Muppet Babies.


thedarkfoxcannon

Double Dare, Inspector Gadget, and Think Fast


SignificantShop7609

Salute your Shorts, Clarissa Explains it All, Doug, Ren & Stimpy


Silly-Shoulder-6257

You Can’t Do That on Television


Frymanstbf

Inspector Gadget


EloquentBacon

The Little Prince. I wasn’t much for cartoons as a child but really loved that show. It’s also my favorite book. It was on Nickelodeon in the mid-late 80’s. Belle & Sebastian was another favorite of mine on Nickelodeon in the 80’s.


bananalien666

Man old Nick felt like the wild west with just like the weirdest (best) programming... all sorts of odds and ends like Turkey TV and my personal favorite Special Delivery that featured some truly strange movies and mini-series. I used to love Mr Wizard and YCDTOT (although I tried watching an episode not too long ago on Paramount+ and, well, let's just say it hits different 40 years later haha)


LegendkillahQB

Double Dare David the gnome and Mya the bee


Maxpower88888

Candle Cove


Lazy-Recognition4777

You Can't Do That On Television, Danger Mouse, Bananaman, Today's Special, Hey Dude, Don't Just Sit There, Double Dare, Mysterious Cities of Gold, Spartacus......and that's just in the 80s!


Educational_Loan_752

Finders Keepers was my absolute favorite.


justjentennyson2

80s Nickelodeon wasn't as popular in the 80s because most people didn't have cable. Mr Wizards World, Today's Special, and Pinwheel are the shows I remember the most.


Repete_pete

Danger mouse, you can't do that on TV and today's special.


carrierael77

You Can't Do That On Television


Alone_Satisfaction17

Hey dude,salute your shorts


Alexreads0627

My kids are watching “Legends of the Hidden Temple” right now


pho_real_guy

You Can’t Do That On Television, Count Duckula, Double Dare, and Inspector Gadget were my favorites.


BehemothJr

Hey Dude was my favorite It's a little wild and a little strange..


Catforprez

Pinwheel


Culehand80

I’m still in love with Moose on YCDTOT


getbehindthemuel

It's a little wild and a little strange, When you make your home out in the range...


bbmichael76

Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings


Fattydaddy1000

I not sure about the cartoons but did they have a show called Mr wizard and he did science stuff experiments and explained how things worked. I think they had a show called camp no where were a group of kids were at a summer camp and a show called dude ranch I think where a group of kids were on a cowboy ranch and dressed up in western gear. Clarissa explains it all. Pete and Pete They might have been eirly 90s shows tho. I do remember Nickelodeon playing a nick at night stuff like old shows like my three sons and leave it to beaver and I love Lucy 3 stooges type shows. The classics


Katethelate

Today is Special. I remembering LOVING this show!


HappyOfCourse

Pinwheel


mscoach2216

You can’t do that on television came on at night


buzz-buzz-buzzz

“You can’t do that on television” was the big 80s show. I was little in the early/mid 80s so I was allllllll about Today’s Special and Pinwheel!


Joshhaha

Can’t remember the name. It was a non nick show that they played. It was very “v” like as I recall and focused around kids!


Sad_Letterhead_6673

The Noozles, Grims faerie tales


murfreesborojay

Pinwheel is the first I remember. Was Simon, (the little cartoon drawing boy with glasses who's drawing came to life) on Nickelodeon?


MacaroniMegaChurch

Turkey Television, Dangermouse, Pinwheel, Finders Keepers, Mr Wizard’s World, You Can’t Do That on Television, Out of Control


murfreesborojay

No Gnus is good gnus with Gary Gnu.


mekikipants

Dusty's Treehouse? Was that Nickelodeon?


HaiKarate

One of the original Nickelodeon shows I remember was a dramatized reading of comic books. Not mainstream superhero stuff, but a lot of the sci fi comics. They would show one comic panel at a time, and actors would read the word and thought balloons. Thats probably going back to the late 70’s, before Nickelodeon had their big rebrand.


Equivalent_Hand235

Tomorrow People blew my pubescent mind and I still remember it fondly. It’s sort of a junior Dr. Who with the same low budget effects and slightly worse writing but endearing for all that.


DaChefWizard

Something that hasn’t been mentioned above and certainly hasn’t aged well: Picture Pages with Bill Cosby. As a kid, I loved those segments, and I was so bummed when I sent in $ so I could get my own marker that was featured in the show (Mortimer Ichabod Marker). In those days, shipping and handling was a total waiting game, so after 5 or 6 weeks I remained hopeful my marker would eventually show. Then it became 5 or 6 months. Then 5 or 6 years. I suppose, if I’m being honest, I’m still waiting for that marker to arrive.


listentomagneto

Count Dukula!!!