Slimed!: An Oral History of Nickelodeon's Golden Age

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by Mathew Klickstein


  MIKE SPELLER played Vice Principal Elliott Lippman on Welcome Freshmen.

  BRYAN SPICER was a director on Salute Your Shorts. Add. Credits Incl.: 24, Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, and Eerie, Indiana.

  MICHAEL SPILLER was the original cinematographer on The Adventures of Pete & Pete before John Inwood took over. He also directed the iconic opening sequence with Polaris. Add. Credits Incl.: Modern Family, Scrubs, and Ugly Betty.

  JACK SPILLUM was a supervising producer on Doug who was instrumental in helping to establish Jumbo Pictures, the animation studio responsible for that series.

  DAVID STENSTROM played Waldo on Out of Control.

  JOE STILLMAN was in the On-Air Promotions Department before writing for The Adventures of Pete & Pete. He also wrote two episodes of Doug. Add. Credits Incl.: Beavis and Butt-Head, King of the Hill, Shrek, and Shrek 2.

  SYD STRAW had a recurring role on The Adventures of Pete & Pete as number-obsessed math teacher Ms. Fingerwood. A highly successful singer-songwriter who has acted in various films and television series, she was an iconic fixture of the “Downtown Manhattan” scene of the eighties.

  LARRY SULKIS was the head writer on Out of Control. Sulkis later worked with John Carpenter, writing Carpenter’s Village of the Damned reboot and Ghosts of Mars, as well as producing the memorable “commercials” in They Live.

  MARC SUMMERS, considered the “Godfather of Nickelodeon,” hosted and produced Double Dare as well as its various iterations. He also developed and produced a number of other shows at Nickelodeon, including What Would You Do?, which he hosted. He later produced and developed numerous shows for the Food Network.

  RACHEL SWEET sung and wrote the theme song to Clarissa Explains It All along with producer Anthony Battaglia. Her widely diverse oeuvre includes an early career as a pop singer and acting in her own show—The Sweet Life—along with guest spots in The Critic and Seinfeld. She’s also produced and written for such series as Dharma & Greg and George Lopez.

  CHUCK SWENSON was the Creative Producer on Rugrats who helped to establish the look and tone of the show along with Gabor Csupo, Peter Chung, and other directors.

  ARON TAGER played recurring villain Dr. Vink on Are You Afraid of the Dark? He also performed as Zeebo the Clown in the episode “The Tale of Laughing in the Dark.” In addition to having appeared in numerous television series and films, he works in theater and the fine arts.

  DANNY TAMBERELLI played Little Pete on The Adventures of Pete & Pete. He performs with the band Jounce in addition to his comedy troupe ManBoobs Comedy. Add. Credits Incl.: All That and Figure It Out.

  BYRON TAYLOR was the in-house set/production designer at Nickelodeon. His designs were used for almost every show over the years, including Double Dare, Clarissa Explains It All, Roundhouse, Nick Arcade, GUTS, and Kenan & Kel.

  CHRISTINE TAYLOR played Melody Hanson on Hey Dude. Thereafter, she skyrocketed with such credits as Marcia Brady in The Brady Bunch movies and—with husband Ben Stiller—featured roles in Zoolander, Dodgeball, and Tropic Thunder.

  KENAN THOMPSON was a cast member on All That who also starred in Kenan & Kel with Kel Mitchell, whom he played against in their film Good Burger. Add. Credits Incl.: The Mighty Ducks franchise, Heavy Weights, Fat Albert, and Saturday Night Live (series regular).

  JACOB TIERNEY played Midnight Society member Eric on Are You Afraid of the Dark?

  CURT TOUMANIAN programmed many of the original video games and graphics on Nick Arcade.

  MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG played Nona Mecklenberg on The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Add. Credits Incl.: Clarissa Explains It All, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Mysterious Skin, Harriet the Spy, and Eurotrip.

  STEVE VIKSTEN was a writer on Rugrats. He also wrote for and cocreated Hey Arnold! with fellow Rugrats writer Craig Bartlett.

  CHUCK VINSON was a director on Clarissa Explains It All. He has a long history of directing award shows and comedy presentations for the likes of Sinbad and Steve Harvey. Add. Credits Incl.: The Cosby Show, Martin, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo.

  NORTON VIRGIEN was a director on Rugrats who also directed The Rugrats Movie. Add. Credits Incl.: Duckman.

  CHRIS VISCARDI worked in Nick’s On-Air Promotions Department, where Will McRobb and he helped to develop Nick at Nite before the duo cocreated The Adventures of Pete & Pete with Katherine Dieckmann. He wrote and produced a number of the episodes, interstitials, and specials, and later worked with Will McRobb on Snow Day.

  DAN VITCO worked closely with Nickelodeon Senior Audio Designer Mark Schultz on the majority of series during this era, composing songs for such shows as Nick Arcade and Clarissa Explains It All, for which he devised the iconic “Sam chord.”

  SCOTT WEBB “bled orange.” He was Nickelodeon’s first creative director and worked under Debby Beece to run the On-Air Promotions Department after being brought in by Fred/Alan to help rebrand the network. He was a well-respected mentor to many Nick show creators who came out of the promo department, and possibly embodied the “kidlike” spirit of Nick better than any other network executive.

  ADAM WEISSMAN began his extensive TV directing career on Welcome Freshmen. Add. Credits Incl.: The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, All That, Hannah Montana, and iCarly.

  BILLY WEST voiced such characters on Doug as Doug Funnie and Roger Klotz. He concurrently voiced Stimpy and—after show creator John Kricfalusi was fired—Ren, along with other characters, on The Ren & Stimpy Show. In addition to having worked on The Howard Stern Show and on Futurama as such characters as Fry, he has voiced innumerable characters over the years, including those that had originally been performed by the late Mel Blanc, to whom he is often compared as a living paragon.

  BILL WRAY was involved with the earliest development of The Ren & Stimpy Show and later headed the background painting division during series production. As with many of the other creatives on that show, he also worked in a multitude of additional areas.

  GRAHAM YOST was a writer on Hey Dude who would go on to become successful in both television and film with such projects as Justified and Speed.

  DAMIAN YOUNG played recurring role Bus Driver Stu Benedict on The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Add. Credits Incl.: Californication.

  JEFF ZAHN was the Music Supervisor on Are You Afraid of the Dark? who originally composed the theme song to the show, which was performed by Jeff Fisher. Add. Credits Incl.: Arthur (animation series).

  RAYMOND ZIBACH was a background painter on The Ren & Stimpy Show. Add. Credits Incl.: Rocko’s Modern Life and the Kung Fu Panda franchise.

  JASON ZIMBLER played Ferguson Darling on Clarissa Explains It All.

  The page numbers in this index refer to the printed version of this book. To find the corresponding locations in the text of this digital version, please use the “search” function on your e-reader. Note that not all terms may be searchable.The page numbers in this index refer to the printed version of this book. To find the corresponding locations in the text of this digital version, please use the “search” function on your e-reader. Note that not all terms may be searchable.

  Adler, Charlie, 77, 216, 263

  Adventures of Pete & Pete, The, 1, 5, 6, 8, 16, 31–33, 39, 43, 47, 49, 78, 82–84, 90, 92, 106, 115, 117–19, 122–23, 139, 141, 198, 199, 227, 235–36, 243, 245, 265, 268–71, 273, 274, 277–80, 283–87

  diversity and, 146–47, 151, 152

  “King of the Road,” 116

  opening sequence of, 126–28

  “Range Boy,” 115

  “What We Did on Our Summer Vacation,” 3

  “Yellow Fever,” 192

  Ahlbum, Joey, 89, 263

  Alisharan, Jason, 148, 193, 243, 263

  All That, 5, 207, 208, 222, 272, 285

  Alton, Ed, 134, 136, 143, 263

  Ansolabehere, Joe, 110, 184, 185, 194, 208–9, 211–16, 263
r />   Are You Afraid of the Dark?, 4, 9, 34, 65, 79, 83, 116, 132, 192–93, 195, 204, 239, 263, 268–70, 273, 277, 279, 280, 285, 287

  diversity and, 147, 148, 157, 158, 163

  “The Tale of the Mystical Mirror,” 78–79

  “The Tale of the Super Specs,” 26, 107

  theme to, 133–34

  Bagwell, Ross, Jr., 95, 274

  Bagwell, Ross, Sr., 116

  Baily, Kirk, 18, 25, 27, 30, 79, 189, 198, 264

  Baker, Howard, 68, 110, 162, 171, 172, 215, 244, 264

  Baldwin, Peter, 40

  Ballantine, Jim, 170, 171, 173, 175, 177, 178, 264

  Bamberger, Andy, 60, 67, 103, 125, 203, 221–23, 228, 264

  Bartell, Tim, 97, 102–3, 264

  Bartlett, Craig, 68, 108, 110, 132, 161, 185, 194, 213–16, 223, 264, 286

  Battaglia, Anthony, 134, 284

  Beck, Jerry, 224, 264–65

  Beece, Debby, 37, 39, 67, 91, 95, 123, 124, 146, 229, 237, 249, 265, 286

  Bell, Michael, 77, 150, 154, 155, 212, 265

  Benson, Howard, 208

  Berwick, Megan, 7, 10, 11, 19–21, 26, 40, 49–50, 265

  Bethea, James, 79, 97–98, 103, 104, 143, 150, 164, 241, 265, 278

  Binkley, John, 46, 80–81, 265

  Black, Bob, 14, 15, 17–18, 36, 48–49, 54, 58, 83, 265

  Blanc, Mel, 287

  Blanchard, Rachel, 204

  Blechman, R. O., 114

  Bonet, Lisa, 44

  Bower, Michael, 10, 11, 18–20, 25, 27, 39–41, 51, 74, 136–38, 189, 198, 202, 246, 265

  Brisbin, Dave, 71, 74, 189

  Brown, Kelly, 70, 74, 95, 96, 156, 204, 205, 265

  Bryant, Janie, 118, 119, 265

  Budnick, Bobby, 40–41

  Buzzi, Ruth, 58

  Calderwood, Dana, 69, 73, 93, 96–97, 104, 188, 196, 200, 220, 230, 265

  Cammy, Justin, 3, 4, 28, 29–31, 45, 49, 53, 54, 56, 57, 59, 107, 119, 153, 154, 158, 240, 265

  Camp, Bob, 70, 76, 167, 170, 173, 174, 177–81, 264, 266

  Campbell, David, 152, 153, 183, 184, 186, 232–33, 266, 271

  Carpenter, John, 284

  Cavanaugh, Christine, 198

  Chaino, 135

  challenges, 167–218

  Chartoff, Melanie, 32, 66–67, 76, 77, 109, 138, 154, 155, 161, 194, 209, 266

  Chase, Cheryl, 162, 169, 175–76, 209, 210, 214, 266

  Chung, Peter, 108–12, 216, 217, 266, 284

  Clampett, Bob, 113

  Clapton, Eric, 194

  Clarissa Explains It All, 1, 5, 17, 32, 36–37, 43–44, 51, 64, 72, 99–101, 104–5, 121–22, 166, 185, 192, 198, 201, 221, 227, 233–34, 237, 238, 242, 245, 247–50, 266, 269–72, 274–76, 279, 280, 282, 285–87

  diversity and, 146, 157, 160

  laugh track on, 142

  theme song for, 129, 134, 244, 284

  Cleghorn, Ellen, 152

  Coffey, Vanessa, 69–70, 75, 81, 108, 109, 162, 168–70, 172–78, 181, 183, 186, 210–12, 219, 231, 266, 271, 283

  Collins, Suzanne, 72

  Condon, Sarah, 26, 38, 43, 105, 121, 135, 166, 266

  Conte, Courtney, 115–17, 137, 159, 189, 190, 202–3, 239, 267

  Cooksey, Danny, 5, 11, 20, 21, 40, 74, 251, 267

  Corey, Tom, 88

  Coulier, Dave, 239, 267

  Crane, John, 23, 42, 78, 119, 153, 207, 208, 249, 267

  Crosby, David, 136

  Cruise, Tom, 86

  Crystal, Billy, 61

  Crystal, Richard, 61

  Csupo, Gabor, 70, 108, 131–33, 209, 211, 212, 214–17, 267, 270, 284

  Daily, E. G. (Elizabeth), 66, 214, 248, 267

  Danzo, Christine, 135, 162, 176, 218, 267

  Darby, Geoffrey, 11, 12, 13, 37, 38, 54–61, 66, 67, 69–71, 84, 88, 91, 94, 95, 100, 101, 107, 116, 123, 142, 154, 165, 166, 174, 178–79, 181, 187, 188, 203, 204, 209, 215, 216, 237–38, 240, 251, 267–68, 277, 280

  David, Mark, 42

  Daywalt-Lutz, Shawn, 22–24, 42, 206, 268

  DeMilo, Venus, 11, 21, 24, 27, 42, 62, 75, 117, 136–37, 160, 239, 268

  design, fashion, and technology, 87–125

  Dezaki, Osamu, 108

  Dieckmann, Katherine, 32, 88, 106, 115, 127, 139, 165, 241, 245, 268, 273, 278, 286

  diversity, 145–66

  Double Dare, xi, xii, xiii, 60–63, 77, 82, 92–97, 104, 122, 139, 187–88, 193, 195–97, 201, 203, 228, 230, 234, 235, 240, 242–43, 248–49, 264, 265, 271, 274, 275, 278, 281–85

  Doug, 72, 77, 114, 168, 173, 182–87, 232–33, 251, 266, 268, 271, 273–77, 279–84, 287

  diversity and, 152–53, 158

  show opening and music on, 130, 138, 140

  Douglas, Tim, 55–56

  Dudynsky, ivan, 42

  Dumont, Richard M., 26, 79, 245, 268

  Duran, Micki, 23, 42, 268

  Dutton, Charles S., 83, 116, 147, 268

  Eastman, Phil, 268–69

  Eastman, Tony, 114, 140, 268–69

  Eastwood, Clint, 210

  Ellis, David, 37, 92, 99, 101, 269

  Evelyn, George, 88, 89, 235, 269

  Eyster, Trevor (Tim), 7, 10, 11, 19–21, 24, 27, 136, 189, 202, 246, 247, 250, 269

  Fabi, Ray, 133

  Fallon, Joe, 233

  Fanelli, Alison, 2, 3, 6, 8, 15, 39, 43, 46–47, 49, 74, 117, 122, 139, 141, 164–65, 192, 198, 238, 241, 243, 269

  fashion, design, and technology, 87–125

  Fenhagen, Jim, 93, 94

  Fifteen, 265

  Fisher, Jeff, 35, 133–34, 269, 287

  Fitzgerald, Eddie, 70, 114, 162–63, 172, 173, 176–77, 179, 180, 217, 269

  Fleischer, Charles, 229

  Fontanelli, Mike, 170, 176–78, 180, 269

  Galloway, Rick, 8, 21–22, 24, 48, 240, 269

  Galt, John, 98–99

  Garcia, JoAnna, 4, 34, 52, 63, 193, 247, 270

  Garofalo, Janeane, 82–83, 270

  Gaynes, Jessica, 3, 14, 151, 270

  Gerbner, George, 60

  Germain, Paul, 84, 110–12, 132, 133, 150, 155, 161, 184, 185, 194, 209, 211–17, 263, 270

  Gibson, Mel, 230

  Gifford, Chris, 72

  Gillis, Alasdair, 2, 10, 13–15, 17, 24–25, 28, 29, 42, 47–48, 53, 54, 58, 149, 247, 270

  Gomez, Jim, 33, 113–14, 118, 151, 243, 245, 270

  Gomez, Rick, 82, 270

  Gooding, Cuba, Jr., 270

  Gooding, Omar, 10, 14, 24, 63, 147, 270

  Goodman, Alan, 16, 29, 64, 69, 72, 74, 77, 85–86, 87, 89, 91–92, 104–5, 129–30, 147, 189, 219, 227–28, 237, 271, 282

  Gowers, Bruce, 74, 104, 271, 272

  Grafe, Judy, 1–2, 5, 31, 146, 271

  Green, Seymour, 151, 153, 271

  green slime, 39, 53–86, 100, 187–88, 219

  Grisanti, Melanie, 140, 266, 271

  GUTS, 95, 102–3, 234, 264, 272, 285

  Hagyard, Abby, 10, 13, 28–31, 56, 64, 107, 154, 158, 159, 195, 201, 234, 240, 271

  Hannigan, Denis, 131–33, 161, 271, 278

  Harrington, Mary, 66, 75, 111, 172, 176–80, 184, 185, 194, 209–10, 215, 271, 283

  Hart, Melissa Joan, 1, 5, 8, 11, 16–17, 35, 36, 38, 42–45, 121–22, 166, 192, 201, 233, 242, 245, 271

  Harvey (John Harvey), 60, 62, 73, 77–78, 93, 94, 104, 124–25, 187, 197, 199, 201, 234, 271, 281

  Hauser, Gus, 145, 252, 272

  Hay, Carole, 13, 28, 36

  Hecht, Albie, 57, 86, 93, 103, 206, 207, 223–25, 228–30, 235, 236, 272

  Herbert, Don (Mr. Wizard), 242, 279

  Hess, Elizabeth, 1, 16, 31, 32, 36, 37, 44, 64, 142, 157, 238, 249–50, 272

  He
ster, Benny, 81, 136, 205–8, 272, 282

  Hester, Rita, 30, 80, 151, 205–8, 272, 282

  Hey Arnold!, 68, 264, 286

  Hey Dude, 7, 29, 70, 74, 95, 116, 141, 142, 187, 188, 204, 238–41, 265, 271, 274, 275, 278, 285, 287

  diversity and, 155–56, 163

  Hill, Tom, 283

  Hilton, Paris, 241

  Houston, Whitney, 230

  Hughes, Bob, 63–64, 239, 272

  Hull, Ross, 9, 34, 122, 158, 239, 273

  Huss, Toby, 16, 31, 47, 84, 122, 147, 256, 273

  Inwood, John, 115, 123, 273, 283

  Jackson, Michael, 205

  Jaques, Bob, 169, 273

  Jeffcoat, Donnie, 10, 63, 95, 151, 197–98, 273

  Jinkins, Jim, 70, 114, 130, 138, 152, 158, 182, 184, 186, 232, 233, 266, 271, 273

  Johansen, David, 16, 273

  Johnson, Ollie, 109

  Jones, James Earl, 86

  Kalehoff, Edd, 131, 274

  Kaplan, Yvette, 114, 274

  Katzenberg, Jeffrey, 230

  Kavanaugh, Sandy, 248, 265, 274

  Kawajiri, Yoshiaki, 108

  Keller, Fred, 11, 36, 41, 70, 95, 96, 116, 141, 156–57, 204, 238–39, 274

  Kelly, Jack, 136

  Klasky, Arlene, 69–70, 73, 75, 108, 194, 209–17, 267, 270

  Klein, Bob, 85, 272, 274

  Klinghoffer, Mike, 30, 60, 63, 67–68, 73, 81, 87, 89, 129, 139, 145, 188, 196, 199, 228, 230, 237, 274

  Koch, Chris, 115

  Koegel, Michael, 122, 148, 156, 157, 201, 202, 222, 225, 229, 274

  Kricfalusi, John, 33–34, 70, 112–14, 134–35, 163, 167–82, 186, 203, 216–18, 235, 251, 266, 270, 275, 278, 280, 287

  Kriegman, Mitchell, 11, 16–17, 32, 35–38, 44, 60, 83, 99, 100–101, 105, 112, 121, 134, 135, 164–66, 168, 183–85, 192, 194, 233, 234, 236–37, 242, 252, 275

  Kubusheskie, Kevin, 9, 28, 47, 53, 54, 98, 153, 159, 190, 275

  LaDuke, Dee, 29–30, 68, 155–56, 187, 220, 275

  Lagasse, Tim, 76–77, 192, 202, 222, 275

  Lascher, David, 41, 95, 240, 275

  Lather, Barry, 80, 276

  Lawrence, Sheila, 206, 276

 

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