Special Delivery – Double Dare We Say It: A Nickelodeon Historical Celebration

Mathew Klickstein has written a non-fiction book titled SLIMED! An Oral History of Nickelodeon's Golden Age, which covers the early development of Nickelodeon. SLIMED! was featured on Parade's "Year’s Best Books About Movies and TV" for 2013, listed as one of the top four tell-all books of 2013 by Entertainment Weekly and picked as one of the top ten social science books by Publishers Weekly.

On September 27, 2013, Matthew moderated and produced a three-hour long series of panels with more than 40 creative members of the Nickelodeon community, including actors, producers, writers, show creators and network personnel at the 92nd Street Y in New York called Double Dare We Say It: A Nickelodeon Historical Celebration. The event was hosted by Marc Summers and included the first live performance by the Beets, a fictional band featured on the animated Nickelodeon series Doug, made up of Fred Newman and Dan Sawyer who produced the music and sound effects for the show.

Similar reunion and panel events followed at Book Soup, Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe, Iowa City's FilmScene and, in 2014, various others as part of a short Jewish Book Council tour.

Matthew Klickstein Official Website

http://www.mathewklickstein.com/

Official SLIMED! Site

http://www.slimedthebook.com/

Nickelodeon's Glory Days (Full)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfrq7ZDy6co

Nickelodeon's Marc Summers + 30 Creators, Stars, Writers + More

Classic Nickelodeon Wednesday – on Thursday

Nickelodeon's Marc Summers + 30 Creators, Stars, Writers + More
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

**My apologies, I meant to post this after church last night and I totally forgot.**

 After watching a video that Andy posted in my “A New Beginning for Classic Nickelodeon” group I stumbled on this video that was made during the launch of “Slimed: An Oral History of Nickelodeon’s Golden Age” by Matthew Klickstein.

Brought to you by 92nd Street Y and hosted by Marc Summers and Matthew Klickstein this almost three hour videos features a rotating panel of Classic Nickelodeon starts, writers, creators and more dish on the inside stories of some of favorite shows.

“Nickelodeon's Marc Summers + 30 Creators, Stars, Writers + More”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfrq7ZDy6co

Published on Oct 2, 2013

“Double Dare we say it—a Nickelodeon celebration? Network executives and creative staff who helped create the foundation of the entire channel will also be joining us to explain exactly how Nick happened at all!

Nickelodeon icon Marc Summers—with creators, stars, writers, producers and musicians from such classic 80s/90s Nick shows as "You Can't Do That on Television," "Double Dare," "Salute Your Shorts," "The Ren & Stimpy Show," "Doug," "The Adventures of Pete and Pete," "Clarissa Explains It All," "Nick Arcade," "Welcome Freshmen," "Wild & Crazy Kids" and "Hey Dude." Many of these guests haven't been together since these shows aired. Bringing it all together is master-of-ceremonies Mathew Klickstein, author of Slimed: An Oral History of Nickelodeon's Golden Age.”

 

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Classic Nick. Wed. – 

5 Things We Learned Dishing Dirt on Nickelodeon

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Fall TV Double 2013 EW.COM | 355

Stars and creators of some of your favorite ‘90s shows – Rugrats, Double Dare – spill surprising secrets about Nick’s heyday in Mathew Klickstein’s Slimed! – Stephan Lee

1) The behind-the-scenes drama at Nicktoons wasn’t kids’ stuff.

John Kricfalusl, the notoriously touchy creator of Ren & Stimpy, was allegedly fired from the show after missed deadlines, dramatic rifts among staff, and differences with the network about the show’s violence and adult themes, including ‘bl—job jokes.”

2) Nickelodeon’s iconic “slime” had truly disgusting beginnings.

Slime was eventually made of gelatin and green food coloring, but it started as actually filth. Producers of You Can’t Do That On Television planned to dump a bucket of kitchen scraps on child actors, but the garbage had been sitting out for too long and poured out as foul-smelling green sludge.

3) The Clarissa crew had to rein in a mom.

Clarissa Explains It All show-runner Mitchell Kriegman said Melissa Joan Heart’s mother---described as “difficult” and a “show mom”--- was the driving force behind Hart’s controversial 1999 Maxim cover.

4) Parents on Family Double Dare got litigious.

A mom who was pied in the face by host Marc Summers sued the network, claiming, “she can’t have sex anymore,” Viacom paid her $25,000. Lawyers’ kids were barred from participating on the show after one contestant broke his arm.

5) Censors swarmed Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Producer D.J. MacHale said the writers had to find literary antecedents for scary story lines in case of complaints, so they argue, “The is Edgar Allan Poe!…This is classic stuff!” the series was never allowed to show children lighting the campfire because they “didn’t want to teach kids how to strike matches.”