You Can't Do That on Television

You Can't Do That on Television is a variety show that aired on Nickelodeon from 1982 until 1990 (having previously aired for two seasons on local Canadian station CJOH-TV).
==References==
*Muppet Magazine issue 12 featured an inside article entitled "You Can't Do That In This Magazine" with Kermit the Frog interviewing Alasdair Gillis, one of the stars of the show. One of the show's most notable elements is colorful slime (usually green) would pour down when someone said "I don't know." Miss Piggy had this happen when she didn’t know that Kermit had saved something special for her to do in the article.
==Muppet Mentions==
*At the beginning of each episode, an announcer would state that a fictional program was being preempted for You Can't Do That on Television. These announcements were often accompanied by a drawing, several of which featured the Muppets. (This type of introduction was borrowed from the third season of Saturday Night Live.)
Image:1981 Nutrition.jpg|"Miss Piggy Eats Ham Sandwiches" (1981) 
Image:1981 Work.jpg|"The Muppets Get Stuffed" (1981)
Image:1981_Safety.jpg|"Hit and Run on Sesame Street" (1981)
Image:1982 Culture.jpg|"Big Bird Dances Swan Lake" (1982)
Image:1983 Pets.jpg|"Kermit the Frog Tries to Cross the Highway" (1983)
Image:1983 GossipsRumors.jpg|"Miss Piggy Sues the Enquirer" (1983)
Image:1984 Marketing.jpg|"Miss Piggy Gets Sold to the Sausage Factory" (1984)
Image:1990 Privileges.jpg|"Kermit Treated Like a Prince" (1990)
*In the 1982 episode "Popularity," it's time for the "Big Bird Celebrity Roast" at Barth's Burgery, the local greasy-spoon diner. Several of the kids, seated at the table, wonder aloud why the guest of honor hasn't arrived. Barth (played by Les Lye) then wheels in Big Bird, dead, tied up and with an apple in his mouth, on a cart. One of the kids, Kevin, sadly quips, "I guess it's too late to ask for an autograph." 
*In the 1986 "Pop Music" episode, Alasdair develops an illness which causes his skin to turn green, and is horrified to learn that it will last for the rest of his life. Christine McGlade (longtime host) overhears this, laughs and tells him not to despair, because "Kermit the Frog was green, and he turned out okay." She also adds teasingly that green is Alanis Morissette's (on whom Alasdair has a crush) favorite color.
==Connections==
* Ruth Buzzi was a regular on the 1980 CTV network version of You Can't Do That on Television, called Whatever Turns You On
* Alasdair Gillis was a regular from 1982 to 1986 and appeared in the 2004 reunion special Project 131
* Alanis Morissette was a regular from 1986 to 1987
* Bill Prady wrote four episodes
==External links==
*You Can't Do That On Television Fan Site
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