You Can't Do That on Television: Difference between revisions

* [[Bankruptcy Barrel]]: Ross and Moose end up wearing these during the episode about theft, when their clothes (and most of the set) have been stolen. Moose's still has water and a rubber duck in it.

* [[Broken Aesop]]: In one scene, Senator Prevert (Les Lye) in one sketch yelled at Alasdair for having been caught smoking cigarettes in school, and then proceeded to light up a cigar in the same sketch.

'''Sen. Prevert''': No, what I said was, smoking is bad for ''your'' health. I never said anything about ''mine''. }}

** There were a couple of these also in the "Addictions" episode from 1982, notably a link set skit where Lisa reprimands Christine for being "addicted" to video games, but then it turns out Lisa has her own "unhealthy" addiction - to soap operas.

**** In another scene, one girl (Cyndi) talked about her first crush being "a frog." Thinking Cyndi was using the offensive slang term, Christine scolded her. It turned out Cyndi was talking about an ACTUAL frog, which she then had to dissect for school, but didn't feel bad about it because she said, "Frogs aren't human." Upon hearing this, Marc came up and announced (referring to the Quebecois separatist movement), "Any more of that, and we WILL separate!"

* [[Catch Phrase]]: And how. Some of the more repeated ones:

"That means... this is [[Just the Introduction to The Opposites]]!" }}

* [[Couch Gag]]: Before the opening, there was a graphic announcing that a regularly-scheduled show parody (i.e., ''Mr. Rogers: Neighborhood Pusher'', ''George Bush Shoots The Wrong Quayle'', ''The Cosby Kids Get Put Up For Adoption'', etc) will not be seen tonight and will be replaced by an episode of ''You Can't Do That On Television''.

* [[Jackass Genie]]: "My work here is done." Happened on at least three occasions:

** "Not-So-Fair Show" (1982), with the "Unfairy Godmother" (played by Les Lye)

'''Unfairy Godmother''': Thinner! And so you shall be! ''(transforms Christine into a can of paint thinner)'' }}

** "TV Commercials" (1986), Doug Ptolemy as the "Jiffy Genie"

'''Jiffy Genie''': ''(to camera)'' You'll never have an oven, period. }}

** "Fitness" (1989) - Amyas Godfrey as the "Fitness Genie" grants Rekha her wish of being "lighter" by making her glow. He also gives Rekha the chance to lose more weight by making her fatter, so she ''can'' lose "more weight."

* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: A DVD release has been imminent since at least 2003, but hasn't come to fruition and, following the CJOH fire, is most likely cancelled (see [[Missing Episode]] as to why).

* [[Lethal Chef]]: Barth, unabashedly. Yet for some reason the kids keep eating at his diner.

* [[Literal Genie]]: See Jackass Genie above.

* [[Loads and Loads of Roles]]: Les Lye played all the adult male characters (including the disgusting and possibly drunken diner chef, Barth), sporting enough distinct looks that this fact wasn't immediately obvious.