You Can't Do That on Television

Season 1

1979 · 14 episodes · 6h 30m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Live!

   3 Feb 1979 · 30 min

   The main plot for this episode is unknown, but it featured a Panasonic radio as a prize for one of the phone-in competitions, as most of the episodes from this 1979 season. This episode also featured a segment on baton twirling. The episode contains the well-known scene where Ross (before a major costume revamp) teaches Jono Gebert how to do a weather forecast on an actual CJOH news/weather set.

2. 2

   2. Shoestring

   10 Feb 1979 · 30 min

   Tim constantly tries to get a date with Cindy, but keeps looking like a fool, losing her to Jim and David. To add insult to injury, he keeps being forced into wearing a dress…and he can't seem to find his pants, forcing him to go home wearing a bright, pink dress.

3. 3

   3. Nickel and Dime

   17 Feb 1979 · 30 min

   The main plot for this episode is unknown, but it featured kids' jokes and opinions filmed at the Winterloo slide at Ottawa's N.A.C.

4. 4

   4. Peanuts

   24 Feb 1979 · 30 min

5. 5

   5. Repeat

   3 Mar 1979 · 30 min

6. 6

   6. Ottawa Director

   10 Mar 1979 · 30 min

   Only one scene remains in existence from this episode. In the scene Tim is the dungeon and is told not to pull the chains. He does not listen and gets slimed.

7. 7

   7. St. Patrick's Day

   17 Mar 1979 · 30 min

   Lisa keeps scheming to get Bradfield slimed, but her plans keep backfiring and result in her getting slimed several times.

8. 8

   8. Backstage

   31 Mar 1979 · 30 min

   The show is back on live after spending the previous week taping a show for network television.

9. 9

   9. Executive Washroom

   7 Apr 1979 · 30 min

   The network executives have a party on the set and leave money behind. When the cast goes to pick it up, Ross quickly confiscates the cash, claiming it is useless play money. Mr. Dime and Seth Pool get into a battle over the Executive Bathroom, when the lock keeps being changed. Christine, Sarah, Jim, and Mike keep trying to get each other slimed or pied.

10. 10

    10. Boring

    14 Apr 1979 · 30 min

    Features kids' jokes filmed the week before at the Bayshore Shopping Mall in Ottawa.

11. 11

    11. Straitjackets

    21 Apr 1979 · 30 min

12. 12

    12. Local Show

    28 Apr 1979 · 30 min

13. 13

    13. Sore Foot

    5 May 1979 · 30 min

    The shows sees its last of Mr. L. Dime and all the CJOH jokes.

14. 14

    14. End of the Life

    19 May 1979