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Due to an overwhelming response from the public, TeenNick has brought back '90s Nickelodeon shows. Airing weekdays at midnight, '90s Are All That brings back the joy of being a kid in the '90s.
We asked our Facebook fans, “What was your favorite '90s Nickelodeon show?†Rugrats came in first, with Doug and Hey Arnold close behind. Thanks for voting!
This week’s premiere block kicked off with All That. With a SNL feel in a kid friendly format, All That started off the careers of Kenan Thompson, Kel Mitchell, Amanda Bynes and Jamie Lynn Spears.
This week on All That, they brought out popular sketches like Cooking with Randy and Mandy, Detective Dan, and Coach Creeton. They brought in the culture with Everyday French with Pierre Escargot. Kenan Thompson soaked in a bubbled bath while badly pronouncing silly sentences in French. For example: “May I take a nap in your nose?â€
What would All That be without the Good Burger? Kel Mitchell played the dim-witted fast food cashier in the sketch that would later become a movie. This week, the Good Burger restaurant recorded their first commercial and Kel got in the way, a normal occurrence for his character, driving everyone insane.
Check out this sketch, Vital Information with Lori Beth Denberg.
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Kenan and Kel’s antics continued the '90s block with Kenan & Kel. Kenan continued his scheming ways, while faithful best friend Kel sat back and drank orange soda. Each episode revolved around a plan Kenan would come up with, such as suing a tuna company for finding a screw in his can of tuna. Kel had a talent for foiling the plan and annoying everyone with his dimwitted ways.
But the real joy of rewatching Kenan & Kel has to be the theme song, sung by Coolio. Today, theme songs are notoriously short, or sometimes completely absent. In the '90s, theme songs were thought out and elaborately put together.
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Clarissa Explains It All was Melissa Joan Hart’s (Melissa & Joey) first headlining role. Clarissa helped kids explain the strange things in life, like little pesky brothers, making it through the school play and your first crush.
Clarissa’s family was truly eccentric. Instead of the perfect Leave It to Beaver family plan, the Darling family was more of a modern family type. Her mom was obsessed with tofu and her dad was a little nerdy. Her brother, Ferguson (affectionately known as Fergus), may have seemed perfect, but was always coming up with a new way to torture Clarissa. Even her best friend was far from traditional. Every episode, Sam props a large ladder to Clarissa’s window and climbs up to add something unexpected to the story.
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Rounding out the block is Doug, a classic '90s cartoon about a boy just trying to fit in. After Doug moves to Bluffington with his parents, sister Judy and dog Porkchop, he finds his life turned upside down. He has to deal with the school bully, Roger, and his gang, his crush on Patty Mayonaise and the fictional swamp monsters, the nematodes.
But that’s not all, '90s TV junkies! In the coming weeks, look for more Nickelodeon classics. Ren & Stimpy, The Amanda Show, Rocket Power, Salute Your Shorts, Hey Arnold, Legends of the Hidden Temple and more will return to TeenNick soon. So sit back, pour yourself a tall glass of orange soda and enjoy reliving your childhood.
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