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Acceptable Political Targets: The slobbish father, Lance Prevert, is a Senator. Specifically, a Canadian Senator[1] (an even more acceptable target).
The Cast Showoff: Averted with Alanis Morissette. Roger Price knew Alanis could sing, as did her castmates, but he did not let her sing on YCDTOTV, not wanting the hassles with record labels, agents, etc. that had resulted when some of the kids he'd worked with in England formed a band (Flintlock) and became pop stars.
Ear Worm: The opening theme, a Dixieland rendition of the William Tell overture.
Germans Love David Hasselhoff: While the show was a success in Canada (its ratings among kids reached the 30-share range in Ottawa during its first season), it was a cultural phenomenon when it started running in the U.S., to the point where Nickelodeon took over the production of the show to ensure it would keep going. And it was Nickelodeon's loss of interest due to dropping ratings that ultimately led to the series' cancellation, despite it still doing well in Canada on YTV.
The show itself is a complicated case of one. The 1979 season is almost entirely unrecognizable as what American viewers know as You Can't, lacking most of its defining characteristics as well as its layout. Whatever Turns You On, which aired for the 1979-80 season only, gave You Can't most of its cast (all of whom except Ruth Buzzi had been regulars on YCDTOTV season one), layout and running gags as well as its style of humor. But it technically came second. Make of that what you will.
Unfortunate Implications: Boys being put into girls' clothing as a form of comedy and humiliation. Pop Arena goes heavily into that aspect of the show here.
Viewer Gender Confusion: The age of the kids and then-popular unisex haircuts, fashions and names in younger children leads to many viewers with no awareness of the show getting thrown for a loop.
↑Unelected, appointed for life, notoriously prone to chronic absenteeism, and even more notoriously just a rubber stamp on nearly all government actions — Canadians frequently have serious debates about either eliminating the senate, or reforming it radically.
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