If you watched Nickelodeon in 1993.....

[Cry Havoc]

You probably know me, even if you don't KNOW me.

-NBSq03SAtw

Sorry for the self-promotion, I just thought this was too cool.

And YES, before the doubt starts, it IS me. haha, I have any proof required. =P

[SpursStalker]

I think you like posting pics of yourself on the internet ...

:lol

[Dex]

Had to go for the Barbie's, huh? :lol

[Cry Havoc]

I think you like posting pics of yourself on the internet ...

:lol

Shush you!


Had to go for the Barbie's, huh? :lol

Dad told me to. :lol

[JudynTX]

Wow, just wow. No Easy Bake Oven? :lol

[jman3000]

Die.

Die and go to hell.

[Blake]

anyone watch nickelodeon back in the 80s?

one of the shows I always liked to watch was 'you can't do that on television'. It was pretty funny.

[Cry Havoc]

Die.

Die and go to hell.

:wow

:toast


anyone watch nickelodeon back in the 80s?

one of the shows I always liked to watch was 'you can't do that on television'. It was pretty funny.


I don't know! *Cue green slime*

[SpursStalker]

Shush you!

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

:lol

[jacobdrj]

Die.

Die and go to hell.

I kind of echo this sentiment...

I was just talking about the Super Toy Run with a buddy of mine last week. That contest alone made Nick THE coolest station ever.

It was kind of funny how every year the STR got worse and worse. 1st it was a trip to Hawaii, than to California, than a local toy store. Then they just axed it. How sad.

If that is really you, than I hate you, you lucky bastard.

[Cry Havoc]

I kind of echo this sentiment...

I was just talking about the Super Toy Run with a buddy of mine last week. That contest alone made Nick THE coolest station ever.

It was kind of funny how every year the STR got worse and worse. 1st it was a trip to Hawaii, than to California, than a local toy store. Then they just axed it. How sad.

If that is really you, than I hate you, you lucky bastard.

Actually it was in progress for several years before 93. I think 1988 or 89 was the first annual Toy Run, which ran until at least 1994, but I think they had a contest in 95 and 96 as well.

The first several years, they sent the winner to the Mall of America, another to a mall in D.C., and one went to California as well.

[td4mvp21]

HOLY SHIT!!!! I always wanted to go on that show!!! Lucky!!! That is awesome.

[jman3000]

This is the worst thread in the history of ST.

[Cry Havoc]

This is the worst thread in the history of ST.

:lol

[leemajors]

L.A. Gear baby

[SpursStalker]

This is the worst thread in the history of ST.


:lol

He's jealous ...

:lol

[Cry Havoc]

I always thought the best strategery would have been to go exclusively video games

One of the agreements that I made with Nickelodeon was that I would actually move throughout the store and pick up stuff.

I had 5 minutes... I probably spent 1/5th of that in the games section. :lol

There were other big prizes throughout the store... the Domino Rally sets were like $70 a piece! I got a HUUUUUGE stuffed Barney that was worth $500.

[Duff McCartney]

Nice LA Gear pumps. I had a pair of those myself. They were the shit back in the day..as well as LA Lights. I had some of those too.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Wow, just wow. No Easy Bake Oven? :lol

:lol

[DPG21920]

Sweet. I was on an episode of Double Dare. You know at the end of the show when the credits were rolling and they would pull people out of the crowd to compete for prizes in a quick game? I was in this pie passing contest. I elbowed the kid on my team in the nose on accident and we lost.

[BlackSwordsMan]

what a fag you grabbed a genesis instead of a nintendo
wow

[BlackSwordsMan]

probably the same reasoning you choose a ps3 over an xbox

[koriwhat]

lucky. damn you CH!

[LnGrrrR]

One of the agreements that I made with Nickelodeon was that I would actually move throughout the store and pick up stuff.

I had 5 minutes... I probably spent 1/5th of that in the games section. :lol

There were other big prizes throughout the store... the Domino Rally sets were like $70 a piece! I got a HUUUUUGE stuffed Barney that was worth $500.

How old were you again? :lol

[manufan10]

Nice LA Gear pumps. I had a pair of those myself. They were the shit back in the day..as well as LA Lights. I had some of those too.

+1

That's all we could afford anyway. :depressed

[Cry Havoc]

what a fag you grabbed a genesis instead of a nintendo
wow

Congrats on not seeing the entire Toy Run. Some of the video there was not even footage from the actual run.

I already owned a SNES, and ended up with 2 more + 3 Segas.


probably the same reasoning you choose a ps3 over an xbox

Nice way to attempt to douche up the thread. I "bought" a Ps3 because a guy traded it to me (the 60GB fully backwards compatible version) for my Wii straight up. I didn't trade for a 360 because I like products that don't fail every three months of use. :toast


How old were you again? :lol

11. :lmao My voice is sooooo Barry White, I know.

[BlackSwordsMan]

not my fault your barney toy covered up half of the toys you got

[JudynTX]

So..................what happened to most of those toys? :lol

[Cry Havoc]

not my fault your barney toy covered up half of the toys you got

:whine

It's worth $500. You wouldn't have grabbed it? They made it really easy, just rip the price tag off it, and toss it in the cart.


So..................what happened to most of those toys? :lol

Lots are still in my basement. Some were lost when the train bringing them home from California derailed. I gave a bunch to charity (the Christmas for impoverished children thing). Most of the games I traded in for others.

[JudynTX]

Lots are still in my basement.

Cool! So when is the game night party? :toast

[Slydragon]

You were the kid I hated when watching that and would make me think, Oh great another white kid guess they will never pick me.

I would have been sporting my Pony high tops

[JoeChalupa]

What the..........

[BlackSwordsMan]

I would grabbed a nintendo and a bunch of zelda games and be like I'm out

[Cry Havoc]

I would grabbed a nintendo and a bunch of zelda games and be like I'm out

I ended up with over 80 games, but as I said, I agreed to not stay very long in one section. Understandably, Nick wanted footage from several parts of the store.

The Barbie-grab though, was very real, as my dad suggested I get some for our neighbors. It's kind of stupid looking back, but oh well, it gave them some good footage.

[BlackSwordsMan]

I ended up with over 80 games, but as I said, I agreed to not stay very long in one section. Understandably, Nick wanted footage from several parts of the store.

The Barbie-grab though, was very real, as my dad suggested I get some for our neighbors. It's kind of stupid looking back, but oh well, it gave them some good footage.

still own them? I still own all my games but no system =[

[ploto]

I didn't realize you are that young. :depressed

[Cry Havoc]

I didn't realize you are that young. :depressed

How old did you think I was?

[Phenomanul]

Cool... The funny thing is I actually remember watching it when it aired...

[MannyIsGod]

:lmao

Awesome - you luck bastard.

:lol @ the barbie, but that was really nice of you.

[Sense]

DAMN YOU! I always hated those "lucky" white kids.

[ehz33satx]

This is the worst thread in the history of ST.

Exactly what I was thinking. It must be the slowest day ever for ST when people start threads about Nickleodeon.

[ehz33satx]

..as well as LA Lights. I had some of those too.

British Knights you numbnut.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

BS
Why the hell would you just bring this up now?

And it's pretty funny how other kids besides me always knew they would never get picked because they were not white. Even at age 10 I was a cynical pup.
Lucky bullios.

[Cry Havoc]

BS
Why the hell would you just bring this up now?

And it's pretty funny how other kids besides me always knew they would never get picked because they were not white. Even at age 10 I was a cynical pup.
Lucky bullios.

You're right. Those random postcards that they draw out, they just know which ones are from white people and which aren't! :lol

If you'd actually bothered to read the video description, this is a video that I had converted to DVD format about a year ago -- however when I put it on my computer it did not play well. Fast forward to today, for whatever reason I was sorting some old junk on my other hard drive on backup, and came across the file. Double-clicked it and it played perfectly. Even uploaded to youtube without a hitch or need of a file conversion.

You can call BS all you want. I think it's pretty humorous, actually.

[jaffies]

I remember that exact commercial.
I thought you were an actor. Nobody actually wins that shit.


..as well as LA Lights. I had some of those too.


British Knights you numbnut.

L.A. Lights you numbnut.

[Cry Havoc]

I remember that exact commercial.
I thought you were an actor. Nobody actually wins that shit.





L.A. Lights you numbnut.

L.A. Lights were the shoes that lit up whenever you stepped. I remember thinking they were annoying, but oh man, pumps were sweet back in the day!

My whole family was of that line of thinking (no one wins). Apparently they do. Bizarre world. :wakeup


Exactly what I was thinking. It must be the slowest day ever for ST when people start threads about Nickleodeon.

The most humorous thing about this is that you click on it KNOWING it's a thread about Nickelodeon and still felt the need to share your opinion about how stupid of a thread it is, despite the fact that several other members seem to enjoy this little bit of nostalgia.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

You were a pretty doucher-looking kid. Did you at least rack up popularity points at school for this one?

[Cry Havoc]

You were a pretty doucher-looking kid. Did you rack up popularity points at school for this one?

Before I went, I was probably the most popular kid the school had ever seen.

When I got back, after the initial questions and "wow" of the trip had subsided, I quickly became the most despised kid in the school. It almost ruined the entire experience. The kids became pretty vicious, to the point of ridiculing my parents and my family. I guess I shouldn't be surprised by that, and I'm certainly not now in retrospect, but at the time, it was extremely upsetting. What good is a trip and thousands of toys if (nearly) every kid you see on a daily basis hates you for being lucky?

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Before I went, I was probably the most popular kid the school had ever seen.

When I got back, after the initial questions and "wow" of the trip had subsided, I quickly became the most despised kid in the school. It almost ruined the entire experience. The kids became pretty vicious, to the point of ridiculing my parents and my family. I guess I shouldn't be surprised by that, and I'm certainly not now in retrospect, but at the time, it was extremely upsetting. What good is a trip and thousands of toys if (nearly) every kid you see on a daily basis hates you for being lucky?

Newton and I would say you deserved it.

[Cry Havoc]

Newton and I would say you deserved it.

Newton?

[timvp]

That's pretty cool. I think every kid who lived through that era planned on what they'd do if they won that.


BS
Why the hell would you just bring this up now?

:lmao

That's the sentence of the day. What did you want him to do? When he registered be like, "hi I'm Cry Havoc you may remember me from my appearance on Nickelodeon in 1993" ... and have the YouTube video in his sig. WTF :lol

[MannyIsGod]

bs
why the hell would you just bring this up now?

And it's pretty funny how other kids besides me always knew they would never get picked because they were not white. even at age 10 i was a cynical pup.
lucky bullios.

so suprised

[Cant_Be_Faded]

That's pretty cool. I think every kid who lived through that era planned on what they'd do if they won that.



:lmao

That's the sentence of the day. What did you want him to do? When he registered be like, "hi I'm Cry Havoc you may remember me from my appearance on Nickelodeon in 1993" ... and have the YouTube video in his sig. WTF :lol

lol, pretty much. Just seems like he could have done it earlier.


so suprised

Bite me, batmanuel

[MannyIsGod]

Bite me, batmanuel


:lol

[JoeChalupa]

Nickelodeon came way past my youth but I did get to watch the Bozo the Clown show back in the late 60's. I didn't win anything though.

[JudynTX]

Nickelodeon came way past my youth but I did get to watch the Bozo the Clown show back in the late 60's. I didn't win anything though.

:tu The game with the ping pong balls and the buckets. :lmao

[JoeChalupa]

:tu The game with the ping pong balls and the buckets. :lmao

You got it!! I even used that game at my girl's early BD parties. It was a hit!!

[Bozo]

Nickelodeon came way past my youth but I did get to watch the Bozo the Clown show back in the late 60's. I didn't win anything though.

Every kid received a parting gift.

[JudynTX]

You got it!! I even used that game at my girl's early BD parties. It was a hit!!

Most of the kids ended up with that 5 lb of Hershey's chocolate bar as a prize. :lol

[DarkReign]

Thats awesome, I remember the toy runs.

I cant raise the volume here at work, but how old were you in that video? Im sure they say it on the broadcast...

Anyway, pretty friggin sweet. I remember LA Lights, too bad we couldnt afford them. I was full of myself when I was like 5 or 6 years old when I got a pair of those Kangaroo shoes (iirc, that is....they had the coin pouch or whatever). Too bad they were out of style by then.

Ahhh, lower middle class, the days of "skitchin" during the winter, wall walking, trash pickin, parachuting and street crashing.

[Cry Havoc]

lol, pretty much. Just seems like he could have done it earlier.

From the first time you said this:


If you'd actually bothered to read the video description, this is a video that I had converted to DVD format about a year ago -- however when I put it on my computer it did not play well. Fast forward to today, for whatever reason I was sorting some old junk on my other hard drive on backup, and came across the file. Double-clicked it and it played perfectly. Even uploaded to youtube without a hitch or need of a file conversion.

From the freaking video, since I advised you once to read the description already:


This is a very personal video for me... it's the commercial -I- made for Nickelodeon in 1993! I actually found this on an old hard drive, as I thought it was junk because my old media player wouldn't play it very well.

The video was uploaded to YouTube yesterday. How much more clearly would you like me to spell it out for you?


Thats awesome, I remember the toy runs.

I cant raise the volume here at work, but how old were you in that video? Im sure they say it on the broadcast...

Anyway, pretty friggin sweet. I remember LA Lights, too bad we couldnt afford them. I was full of myself when I was like 5 or 6 years old when I got a pair of those Kangaroo shoes (iirc, that is....they had the coin pouch or whatever). Too bad they were out of style by then.

Ahhh, lower middle class, the days of "skitchin" during the winter, wall walking, trash pickin, parachuting and street crashing.

Sorry to hear that DR. =\ We were pretty poor when I was really young too, but my dad got hurt on the railroad and got a large settlement out of it which changed a lot. Before that though, it was rough.

[easjer]

Holy cow. I remember those and remember how much I wanted to win one. And timvp is right - my brother and I had the strategy all laid out if either of us won. Very cool.

I bet it was rough coming back.

[sabar]

Kids always picked out the crappy toys. I always knew I could do it better if I won.

[angel_luv]

I remember that show. It is awesome that you were on it. :tu

[mrcoon29]

Nickelodeon came way past my youth but I did get to watch the Bozo the Clown show back in the late 60's. I didn't win anything though.

Well, in my 'youth' I watched that friggin Captain show here in SA and was green-eyed over not being the damned audience! How did those kids get so lucky, I always thought! :lol

What the hell was the name of that guy/show, anyway?

[pkbpkb81]

i loved that show and always wanted to go on it


lucky son of a bitch




that is really fucking cool

[Cry Havoc]

i loved that show and always wanted to go on it


lucky son of a bitch




that is really fucking cool

Thanks. :toast