SOMETHING MUST BE DONE

I was just talking about Maya the Bee and the Noozles the other day. God, those were the golden years of Nick.(I was born in '81, by the way.)

Nick At Nite. It's TV done right. Your favorite shows, your favorite stars watch Nick At Nite that's where they are. (or something like that)

I used to watch Get Smart. And Hi Honey I'm Home - that was a weird show. The Round House, Weinerville, Ren and Stimpy, Rugrats, Rocko, Guts, Clarissa Explains it All, Hey Dude, Salute Your Shorts, Nick Arcade, Adventures of Pete and Pete, The Little Koala, Danger Mouse, Count Duckula, and You Can't Do That On Television.

Remember Out of Control with Dave Coulier? "Cut It Out" lol. And I don't know if they still do this, but Nickelodeon used to have massive Earth Day celebrations.

Oh man I hear you guys. Pete and Pete was so unique and great I don't think we realized what we were being exposed to! But someone touched earlier on the original NickatNight schedule. We we got to watch classic television which helped develop my pallate for what I consider quality film and television. I remember staying up late of Fridays and watching Dobie Gillis,Patty Duke, My Three Sons and Mr Ed. How great of an experience was that to see those shows! And to be so young and fall in love with the classics was something I think the heads at Nick at that time didn't mean to do, but help inspire future cinema buffs.

Heres what I personally think Nickelodeon should do:

Resurrect Nick Rewind; make new merchandice and release more DVD's, the rest of Clarissa Explains it All and the last Pete & Pete most importantly. This time, market the DVD's by running ad's on numerous TV stations. Bring back the block and air some classic shows in it, including those on the DVD's with ad's for the DVD's playing on the network, making the current generation (who I actually feel sorry for looking at Nickelodeon now) aware that Nick was once a good station and see it's old shows, so they will be part of the audiance for the discs. On the DVD's, put in some good extra features along with classic Nickelodeon bumpers and promo's for the show (and some of the old shorts that used to air; I'm dying to see Foilman and Inside Mr. Frear's Ears again, right now they are vague memories), including intro's and such for SNICK on the shows that aired as part of the block in the good ol' days (play those and watch four shows Saturday night and I gaurantee it will take you back). Then just make sure everything is uncut, runs well, and has the Rewind banner and watch them all sell. Oh, and one more thing: DO IT NOW, NICK!!!!!

I also think they should turn Nick 2 (a useless channel; essencially Nickelodeon only 3 hours behind) into a Nick Rewind station, airing all old Nick stuff from late 80's to around 1997 or 8 (and all Kenan & Kel), with a weekly day dedicated to everything before that from the stations beginning (the silver ball logo and stuff). Saturday nights they should air all original Snick matterial with one of the original line-ups, chosen at random. Nicktoons a few years ago was a great channel because all they aired were the good old Nicktoons, had no comercials, and even played music videos from a few shows. Now, aside from a couple occasional airings of their good shows, it's just as crappy as Nick.

Well do have a few of out shows on DVD not counted the ones released under the rewind banner; all of Ren & Stimpy is out on DVD though I have yet to get them. But for some reason I don't see any reference to Nickelodeon on the boxes (from what I've seen) and the first (and best) set is edited (despite the big UNCUT lable). Also, there is a warning sign and it's treated as an adult series for whatever reason, which it is far from obviously. The Adult Party Cartoon (which is way too dirty, even for me) is one thing but whatever. Concedering it's one of the original (and best loved) Nicktoons I would hope there are some logo's in there. The first five seasons of Are You Afraid of the Dark? are on bare DVD's in Canada, but Nickelodeon has an opertunity to release them in America with a few extras and under the banner (I'd rather buy theirs rather than spend a lot importing them). The first season of Alex Mack is also out, but I have no idea why. It was clearly a Jessica Alba cash-in (I don't own this either) but even though Nick has rights to this, I don't think they were involved with the DVD. Everyone probobly knows this but I'm just putting it out there.

I wish the DVD's you drempt about were real. That would really be great. Sadly I was born rather late in the game (8/14/1991) so a lot of my memories of the 90's are kinda vague. So thats why it means a lot to me to get these shows on DVD. Yeah I am kinda obsessed about it but I do have a life (sort of); it's just that I am really agrivated about this whole ordeal and I have no idea why Nick is so reluctant to give the people what they want when it isn't hard for them them to do so. I seriously think that Nick forced the line to fail on purpose so they didn't have to bother with any of their old crap any more. I don't know why, but it's the only reason that I can think of as to why they would do this. Sorry if I am being annoying about this but like I siad, it's just annoying.

"Welcome to the Final Act"---Scream 3

Oh my god, Stick Stickly was AWESOME! I remember they had some special that involved him and his family meeting his long-lost brother or something. I saw my first episode of The Brady Bunch on his show randomly (viewer request). Not that it matters now as he hasn't been on Nick in nearly over a decade. I'd love to see a DVD compilation of a lot of his shows/matterial but there are next to no odds of that.

Just thinking about the whole situation almost brings me to tears; TV may not be the greatest or most important thing in the world, but everything on TV today is absolute garbage and we may never see these nor only classic and memorable but actually really good shows again. It also bothers me that I was born in 1991 and therefor don't rmember Classic Nick (and MTV and Disney) as well as most. I have cousins who are in love with Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers (they insist I look like one of the Jonas bros.) as well as High School Musical and it annoys the hell out of me because they are horrable and I don't see why they are seriously the most popular thing in years.

I doubt our shows will be ever be on DVD and I'll tell you why (other than that it would involve Nickelodeon aknowlaging the past):

http://youtube.com/watch?v=x39CrACq3Qo&feature=related

That is the fourth part of four vids about a Classic Nick fan discussing his experiances pitching a show for Nickelodeon. During a Q & A (discussed a minute or two into the video), it was asked to a Nick exec. why Invader ZIM (the last good show Nick had to offer) was cancelled because the DVD's and Hot Topic merchandice brought in (and still is) a lot of money for Nick. The exec said that Nickelodeon is one of the most profitable stations in the country and that their age semographic is ages 6-11 so they basicly didn't care what HS and collage kids had to say. I'm assuming that same comment applies to the Nickelodeon Rewind DVD's because 11 year olds weren't exactly rushing out to buy them. What bothers me about this is that if Nick reran the classics and advertised the DVD's simoltaniously you could bring in younger fans of the show as well as give people like us our shows, because their never just going to do this out of the kindness of their hearts (if they have hearts). I showed a few episodes of The Adventures of Pete & Pete to these kids I babysit and they loved it so I'm pretty sure that would work. I'm actually concedering buying some of those old Nick VHS tapes since I'm desperate to see more of Clarissa (sad I know). I just want these shows to be released onto DVD more than anything else; the three out are great and I would love to see old Nick shorts/pormos on them as well. What happened I don't know, but hopefully they will be released eventually.

"Welcome to the Final Act"---Scream 3