vintage Canadian crack

[anotheranon]

Today I was reminded of You Can't Do That on Television, possibly my earliest exposure to Weird Canadian TV(TM), though I didn't know it was Canadian at the time - I was about 8 or 9, and my sister and I thought it was the Best Show Ever on my parents then-new cable tv subscription, and we both watched it obsessively.

I remember very little of it, and only the most obvious bits: the Gilliam-esque intro, bad burger jokes and the ubiquitous green slime.

It is a testament to my childhood obsession that we once attempted to make our own green slime, using dishwashing liquid and green food dye and I can't remember what else. I also can't remember who got slimed, but I DO remember that my mom was cool enough to let us carry out this theatrical experiment, as long as we kept it outside.

Good times...

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Tomorrow People!

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

I remember this show, but again, very dimly. I remember one episode where these aliens that looked for all the world like big rubber balloons (gotta love the low-tech special effects :P) took over humanity by transforming themselves into clothing.

I also vaguely remember one that was filmed at Avebury (http://witcombe.sbc.edu/earthmysteries/EMAvebury.html), but to be fair I remember the standing stones and nothing of the plot.