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Sick of the crap that kids are expected to watch on television now? Feeling nostalgic for the good ol\u2019 days of Nickelodeon, the golden age when cartoons were still hand-drawn, and your favorite characters were wearing spandex, over-sized T-shirts, and mullets? Well, dig out your Walkmans and Gak, because here are the 15 best shows that Nickelodeon brought to the 90?s.<\/p>\n

Are You Afraid of the Dark?<\/h3>\n

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\u201cOne thing gathers us together:\u00a0the dark.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Who didn\u2019t want to be a member of the Midnight Society? The arc of this show revolved around a group of stereotypical 90?s kids that met one night a week at a secret location in the woods, to share PG-rated scary stories.<\/p>\n

The stories were usually adaptations of fairy tales, urban legends, and scary stories that were in the public domain. Seen now, most of the tales aren\u2019t so scary, and they probably weren\u2019t at the time either. But\u00a0Are You Afraid of the Dark<\/em> was still the highlight of each SNICK lineup. Even with the cheese factor, they\u2019re still worth watching as an adult.<\/p>\n

Salute Your Shorts<\/h3>\n

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Donkey Lips. Budnik. Sponge. Ug. Summer camp was never nearly as interesting as Camp Anawanna was, and nobody ever had such awesome nicknames.\u00a0Salute Your Shorts<\/a><\/em> is to this day the only American television show to include the word \u201cfart\u201d in its opening theme, which automatically elevates it to \u201cfreaking awesome\u201d status to most 9-year-olds. Despite the terrible child actors,\u00a0Salute Your Shorts<\/em> actually manages to retain a portion of its humor for grown-ups, so long as they aren\u2019t looking for anything highbrow.<\/p>\n

Ren & Stimpy<\/h3>\n

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Ren and Stimpy.<\/em> The very words conjure up memories of anthropomorphic farts, nose goblins, and terrifying Star Trek spoofs. Is there anyone between the ages of 18-35 who can\u2019t recite \u201cThe Log Song\u201d or \u201cHappy Happy Joy Joy?\u201d Love it or hate it,\u00a0Ren and Stimpy<\/em> had a serious impact on American television and animation.<\/p>\n

Starring Ren H\u00f6ek, a psychotic chihuahua, and Stimpson \u201cStimpy\u201d J. Cat, the show was a parade of gross-out humor tinged with the bizarre. The show quickly became a target for censorship, due to the extreme violence and out-and-out nastiness. Nickelodeon fired the creator and original director, John Kricfalusi, after two seasons.<\/p>\n

Kricfalusi later teamed up with Spike TV to reboot the series for an adult audience, but production halted after three episodes. Everyone was unsettled by the new series, audiences and critics alike.\u00a0 When Spike TV \u2013 the network that airs\u00a01001 Ways to Die<\/em> \u2013 says your show is too crazy, your show is seriously crazy.<\/p>\n

Rocko\u2019s Modern Life<\/h3>\n

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Rocko\u2019s Modern Life<\/em> rode in on the same wave of bizarre gross-out humor that Ren & Stimpy did. Starring a pant-less wallaby named Rocko, his dog Spunky, and a supporting cast of various kinds of animals, it was the kind of show that wrung the potty humor from every possible situation. We\u2019re not particularly squeamish, but watching a frog shave its tongue kind of loses its appeal after puberty. It doesn\u2019t have the edginess of\u00a0Ren and Stimpy,<\/em> or the snappy dialogue of\u00a0Angry Beavers<\/em>, but It\u2019s gross and weird and\u2026\u00a0why is there a moose in that refrigerator?<\/em><\/p>\n

Okay,\u00a0Rocko\u2019s Modern Life<\/em> is worth watching just for the sheer WTF factor.<\/p>\n

Wild and Crazy Kids<\/h3>\n

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Wild and Crazy Kids<\/em> functioned on two guiding principles: 1.) Kids want to watch other kids doing things they dream of doing, and 2.) Pies to the face are always, always funny. It was a winning formula. It\u2019s still a winning formula, with the added bonus of being able to make fun of the terrible shirts that Omar Gooding and Donnie Jeffcoat wore.<\/p>\n

Double Dare<\/h3>\n

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Now that we think about, Nickelodeon implemented their Pie = Awesome and Wacky Stunts = Ratings formula elsewhere.\u00a0Double Dare,<\/em> hosted by Marc Summers, was one of the longer running Nickelodeon shows, beginning in 1986 and sticking around until 1993, and was even revamped as in January of 2000. Besides the requisite pies-in-the-face, contestants regularly got soaked with water, milk, and Nickelodeon\u2019s trademarked slime, and \u2014 best of all \u2014 go through an obstacle course.<\/p>\n

The show put Nickelodeon \u2013 still a fledgling network at that point \u2013 on the map.<\/p>\n

Legends of the Hidden Temple<\/h3>\n

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Legends of the Hidden Temple<\/em> was another of Nickelodeon\u2019s game shows. Competing teams of kids took orders from a giant, animatronic head named Olmec, answered questions about half-bogus legend, and then ran through an obstacle course.<\/p>\n

(Seriously, why are there no more obstacle courses on television anymore? Why are we only stuck with shows like Survivor for nine million seasons?)<\/p>\n

The show was part\u00a0Indiana Jones<\/em> and part\u00a0American Gladiator<\/em>, with all the historical inaccuracies of the first mixed with the hilarious physical challenges of the second. A seriously winning combination.<\/p>\n

Angry Beavers<\/h3>\n

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Though not as creepy as\u00a0Rocko\u2019s Modern Life<\/em> or straight-up weird as\u00a0Ren and Stimpy, Angry Beavers<\/em> was memorable for having the best dialogue in a kid\u2019s show ever. Much of it, of course, is a hell of a lot funnier if you\u2019re an adult. Here are some examples from theAngry Beavers<\/em> IMDB<\/a> page.<\/p>\n