Don't Just Sit There (1988)

Country

United States

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This show gives kids ideas for activities to do instead of watching TV. It has comedy sketches, interviews with celebrities, and segments where they make food or take apart things like a Nintendo. A house band plays and joins in the sketches.

upbeatplayfulwhimsicalnostalgiclightheartededucationalenergeticinteractive

What happens

Don't Just Sit There! is a television show that first aired in 1988 and lasted for three seasons on Nickelodeon. It was a variety talk show comedy show. Segments included making food or taking things apart such as a Nintendo, interviews with celebrity guests, or straight comedy sketches. The basic concept of the show was to give kids ideas for different things they could do rather than just sitting and watching TV, hence the title. Out of Order was the house band on the series; the band’s members would later get to sing on the show as well as participate in sketches. The show's guests included Davy Jones, Mayim Bialik, Lou Diamond Phillips, Tami Erin, Downtown Julie Brown, Michael Palin, William Shatner, Jerry O'Connell, Yahoo Serious,"Weird Al" Yankovic, Michael Richards, Marc Summers, New Kids on the Block, and Robert Englund wearing his Freddy Krueger make-up and costume. One of the first musical guests on the show was the ska band Fishbone. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Kids' Writes (1981)
• Encyclopedia (1988)
• biz KID$ (2008)
• HBO Storybook Musicals (1987)
• The Electric Company (1971)
• The Banana Splits (1968)
• Freetime (1981)
• Swap Shop (1988)