Nick Yearly Recap 1993

Nickelodeon Yearly Recap 1993

Weinerville (3/10)

Once a upon time, there was a guy named Marc Wiener. He created a sketch comedy for Nickelodeon appropriately named Weinerville. Its format is an audience-participation comedy series that focuses on Weiner and his puppets making a show. I tried watching some of it online and what can I say? It's such an unpleasant watch I had to endure while doing my marathon that I almost abandoned due to me being busy watching non-Nick shows. I personally find the show unfunny. It's just a bunch of random humor crammed in for 30 minutes. Normally when I do these reviews, I tried to make it through a whole series as much as possible, but this show has sealed my decision. I can't even remember what I liked and hated about Weinerville. I did liked the animated skits that show up due to their creative artistic style, and some jokes do provide a chuckle here and there, but it's not enough to wow me entirely. I like puppets, but even these type of characters aren't enough to keep my attention watching a show. It lasted 68 episodes, and I only lasted 10 episodes. Sorry if this isn't an actual review, but you know a show doesn't win me over when I don't have much to talk about. Watch Weinerville at your risk if you want to know where the voice of Swiper the Fox and the map from Dora the Explorer came from. This show really put a pamper for 1993, because thankfully the rest of the new shows Nick premiered during that year were actually some of their finest works yet.

Legends of the Hidden Temple (9/10)

The only new game show to come out of Nick in 1993, it was all about adventures at a hidden temple. Hosted by Kirk Fogg, and starring Dee Bradley Baker as the voice of a talking rock, it features kids participating in quizzes as they explore a temple. It was a very popular game show and by that point, Double Dare was slowly becoming an afterthought.

The Adventures of Pete & Pete (10/10)

I honestly don't know what year to put this show in. I thought it either came out in 1989 (shorts) or 1991 (standalone specials), but it turns out it didn't become a full series until 1993. Anyways, the show revolves around two brothers with the exact same name (to distinguish from each other, they are referred as Big Pete and Small Pete). They both go on their own adventures and encounter in comedic situations. Before it became a series, there were 26 shorts produced in 1989, and between 1991-1993, there were a handful of special episodes. What I loved about this show is how laid back it was. And while it was a comedy, it stands out for being filmed on location (in New Jersey), therefore they did away with the laugh track. Pete and Pete was a show that wasn't afraid to take risks and have fun with its premise.

Rocko’s Modern Life (9/10)
I will review the whole show here due to its importance on animation: