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Nick Knacks

Nick Knacks

2017 ★ 10.0 1 Seasons

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Overview

An epic 40-year journey into the history of Nickelodeon, the first cable channel for kids!

Episodes

Seasons 1

Seasons 1

QUBE

S01E01 2017-07-12

QUBE

To know the history of Nickelodeon, we must first know the history of cable television, and of QUBE...

Pinwheel

S01E02 2017-07-13

Pinwheel

This is where it all started. Pinwheel, QUBE's popular puppet show that became Nickelodeon first fl...

Nickel Flicks

S01E03 2017-08-11

Nickel Flicks

We kick off the Nickelodeon 1979 starting lineup with a tribute to film serials. Flash Gordon, Rin...

By the Way

S01E04 2017-08-12

By the Way

There isn't a whole lot to say about this show, so instead we spend most of the time talking about...

Hocus Focus (Brad Williams)

S01E05 2017-12-06

Hocus Focus (Brad Williams)

Sometimes things are forgotten. Sometimes forgotten things are found again. This is the story of Br...

Video Comics

S01E06 2017-10-13

Video Comics

Today we look at a cheap filler show where a guy reads comic books to kids, and along the way, we e...

America Goes Bananaz

S01E07 2017-11-28

America Goes Bananaz

Today we look at Nickelodeon's first variety show, it's origins with QUBE, and what it meant for th...

Star Channel/The Movie Channel

S01E08 2017-12-06

Star Channel/The Movie Channel

Being a channel for children, Nickelodeon didn't have a reason to be on after bedtime. But what sho...

Children's Classics

S01E09 2018-01-26

Children's Classics

It's Nickelodeon 1980! Warner Communications get bought by American Express, a guy in advertising b...

First Row Features

S01E10 2018-01-27

First Row Features

Nickelodeon taps into the library of the Children's Film Foundation, or CFF, an attempt in British...

What Will They Think Of Next!

S01E11 2018-02-22

What Will They Think Of Next!

Nickelodeon continues down its path of "PBS you pay for" by acquiring this Canadian technology prog...

PopClips

S01E12 2018-02-23

PopClips

This is the story of PopClips, a half hour music video show that might have been the origin of MTV....

Dusty's Treehouse

S01E13 2018-04-20

Dusty's Treehouse

In order to flesh out their lineup, Nickelodeon picked up one of the sweetest, most charming and wh...

Livewire

S01E14 2018-04-21

Livewire

America Goes Bananaz is out, Livewire is in. Just how did this children's talk show differ from its...

Special Delivery

S01E15 2018-05-23

Special Delivery

Today we look at Nickelodeon's junk drawer, Special Delivery, a programming block that aired whatev...

Adventures in Rainbow Country

S01E16 2018-06-16

Adventures in Rainbow Country

Nickelodeon had a serious lack of narrative television in its first two years, but 1981 is here to...

Matt and Jenny

S01E17 2018-06-17

Matt and Jenny

We look at Matt and Jenny, the sister show of The Adventures in Rainbow Country, both shows about t...

Studio See

S01E18 2018-07-06

Studio See

Nickelodeon embraces its early "PBS You Pay For" idea by just airing old PBS shows. Studio See is a...

Reggie Jackson's World of Sports

S01E19 2018-07-07

Reggie Jackson's World of Sports

Nickelodeon gets its first celebrity endorsement with Mr. October himself, Reggie Jackson. Kids are...

Vegetable Soup

S01E20 2018-08-07

Vegetable Soup

In 1975, a mere seven years after the Civil Rights Movement, PBS released a show about race, cultur...

Kids' Writes

S01E21 2018-08-15

Kids' Writes

Once upon a time, children would write stories and poems to Nickelodeon, and five acrobatic grown-u...

The Tomorrow People (70s)

S01E22 2018-09-10

The Tomorrow People (70s)

What do you get when you mix a children's comedy writer, a computer scientist, and David Bowie lyri...

You Can't Do That On Television

S01E23 2018-10-19

You Can't Do That On Television

Well, it's the big one, You Can't Do That On Television. A show that's already loved by millions of...

Alpha Repertory Television Service

S01E24 2018-11-02

Alpha Repertory Television Service

With Star Channel gone, Nickelodeon needed something to fill their evening hours. Before Nick at Ni...

Spread Your Wings

S01E25 2018-12-06

Spread Your Wings

We kick off Nickelodeon 1982 with Spread Your Wings, a 26 episode Canadian production profiling kid...

The Adventures of Black Beauty

S01E26 2019-01-22

The Adventures of Black Beauty

Based on the classic book (sort of), these are the adventures of Black Beauty, Vicky and the rest o...

Against the Odds

S01E27 2019-02-04

Against the Odds

And now we reach Against the Odds, the history show created by Cy Schneider himself. Is it really a...

Standby... Lights! Camera! Action!

S01E28 2019-02-14

Standby... Lights! Camera! Action!

Join Leonard Nimoy as we learn about the making of the coolest new movies, like Return of the Jedi...

Today's Special

S01E29 2019-03-21

Today's Special

It's after hours at the department store, and you know what that means? It's time for Jodie the dis...

Going Great (and 1983)

S01E30 2019-03-26

Going Great (and 1983)

Nickelodeon picks up a Canadian show about young prodigies in the fields of music, sports and teddy...

Mr. Wizard's World

S01E31 2019-04-08

Mr. Wizard's World

Nickelodeon makes it's oldest pull ever by bringing back Don Herbert, aka Mr. Wizard, television's...

The Third Eye

S01E32 2019-04-24

The Third Eye

It seems Nickelodeon had some spooky foreign serials laying around, so why not put them together an...

Ρowerhouse

S01E33 2019-05-06

Ρowerhouse

We've reached Nickelodeon 1984! Cy Schneider is out, Gerry Laybourne is in, and we see the introduc...

Vic's Vacant Lot

S01E34 2019-05-09

Vic's Vacant Lot

Borrowed from ESPN and sponsored by Honeycomb cereal, Vic's Vacant Lot was Nickelodeon's next attem...

Nick Rocks: Video To Go (and Nick Jr. Rocks)

S01E35 2019-05-17

Nick Rocks: Video To Go (and Nick Jr. Rocks)

Hey, who doesn't love music videos? With Nickelodeon now part of the MTV Networks, it might as well...

Lassie

S01E36 2019-06-11

Lassie

In 1984, Nickelodeon started airing reruns of Lassie, the story of a boy and his faithful collie do...

Out of Control

S01E37 2019-06-16

Out of Control

Dave Coulier tries to get a band of misfits to make a television show with him, with very obnoxious...

Belle and Sebastian

S01E38 2019-07-21

Belle and Sebastian

Finally, it's time to talk about animation on Nickelodeon! A Japanese anime adaptation of a French...

Danger Mouse

S01E39 2019-07-21

Danger Mouse

He's the greatest! He's fantastic! He's the first animated show to air on Nickelodeon, and one that...

Bananaman

S01E40 2019-08-21

Bananaman

We begin Nickelodeon 1985 with Bananaman, a silly superhero cartoon Nick picked up to fill a hole i...

Hangin' In

S01E41 2019-08-25

Hangin' In

Between April and May of 1985, Nickelodeon aired a Canadian sitcom that, at first glance, didn't se...

National Geographic Explorer

S01E42 2019-09-18

National Geographic Explorer

Just when you thought Nickelodeon might have been leaving the educational, green vegetable image be...

The Adventures of the Little Prince

S01E43 2019-10-11

The Adventures of the Little Prince

After the success of Belle & Sebastian, Nickelodeon went looking for another Japanese anime adaptat...

Star Trek: The Animated Series

S01E44 2019-10-23

Star Trek: The Animated Series

In 1973, Gene Roddenberry and Filmation teamed up to make an animated sequel to Star Trek. What fol...

Dennis the Menace

S01E45 2019-11-16

Dennis the Menace

In 1959, CBS looked to comic strips to come up with a competitor to Leave it to Beaver. There, they...

Turkey Television

S01E46 2019-11-19

Turkey Television

Nickelodeon's biggest original show of 1985, Turkey Television saw original shorts from the cast an...

Nick at Nite

S01E47 2019-12-09

Nick at Nite

Nickelodeon needed to find something to air during their late night/early morning hours, when the l...

Curious George

S01E48 2020-01-08

Curious George

Welcome to 1986! With Nickelodeon now a twenty-four hour channel, there were going to be time slots...

Zoo Family

S01E49 2020-01-24

Zoo Family

Straight from Australia, it's Zoo Family, a good-but-not-great show about the inner workings of the...

Rated K: For Kids By Kids (& The Big Ballot)

S01E50 2020-02-07

Rated K: For Kids By Kids (& The Big Ballot)

For episode FIFTY of Nick Knacks, we look at Rated K, a young person's film review show. Thirteen y...

The Donna Reed Show

S01E51 2020-02-25

The Donna Reed Show

For eight weeks in the summer of 1986, Nick aired Nickelodeon Summer Camp, a ninety minute weekday...

My Three Sons

S01E52 2020-03-11

My Three Sons

We continue our look into Nickelodeon Summer Camp, Nick's summer programming block to entice parent...

Mister Ed

S01E53 2020-03-26

Mister Ed

And now we look at the third and final show for Nickelodeon Summer Camp, Mister Ed. A show about a...

The Monkees

S01E54 2020-04-15

The Monkees

A band from the 60s finding a second wave of popularity in the 80s wasn't weird, the nostalgia mark...

The Mysterious Cities of Gold

S01E55 2020-04-23

The Mysterious Cities of Gold

Nickelodeon continues its trend of introducing two animated shows to their lineup. 1986's theme? Fr...

Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea

S01E56 2020-05-08

Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea

From the "was that real, or did I just make it all up" part of your brain comes Spartakus and the S...

Double Dare (A Franchise Retrospective)

S01E57 2020-05-31

Double Dare (A Franchise Retrospective)

The year was 1986, and Gerry Laybourne had done a lot to clean up Nickelodeon's image, making it a...

The Bad News Bears

S01E58 2020-06-11

The Bad News Bears

Can a movie about a foul-mouthed little league baseball team and their alcoholic coach work as a fa...

The Shari Show

S01E59 2020-06-20

The Shari Show

Shari Lewis was one of the most versatile and creative people in children's entertainment in the 20...

Maple Town

S01E60 2020-07-17

Maple Town

The year was 1987, and Nickelodeon was in the mood for cute anime shows about anthropomorphic anima...

Adventures of the Little Koala

S01E61 2020-08-15

Adventures of the Little Koala

In the late 70s and early 80s, Japan went through a bit of a koala craze, which resulted in two koa...

16 Cinema

S01E62 2020-08-28

16 Cinema

It seems somebody got the rights to a few too many afterschool specials. Well, only thing to do is...

Kids in Motion

S01E63 2020-09-20

Kids in Motion

In the 80s, fitness tapes and television programs were all the rage, so it only made since that Nic...

Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show

S01E64 2020-11-12

Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show

Just a few months shy of the premiere of Nick Jr, Nickelodeon imported their best preschool program...

Inspector Gadget

S01E65 2020-12-20

Inspector Gadget

Nickelodeon used to be very careful about what animated shows they added to their schedule. It had...

Finders Keepers

S01E66 2020-12-31

Finders Keepers

We close out 1987 with a look at Finders Keepers, Nickelodeon's attempt to make lightning strike tw...

Doctor Snuggles (and Nick Jr)

S01E67 2021-01-28

Doctor Snuggles (and Nick Jr)

We kick of 1988 with a look at Nick Jr, what it meant for the channel, as well as explore one of it...

Noozles

S01E68 2021-02-22

Noozles

What's better than one Japanese cartoon about the adventures of an anthropomorphic koala and his li...

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