Nickelodeon in the 90s was way more than just a TV network – it was a community.

Being a kid could be confusing and scary and lonely and sad at times. It could also be totally boring and filled with entertainment that felt toned-down or even pandering. Adults ran the world, and kids had to live by their rules. But not with Nickelodeon. In the 90s, the kids owned Nickelodeon. It was a community where they could do what they wanted and totally be themselves – their true outrageous, goofy, normal, imaginative, and oftentimes gross kid selves. Some of what aired on the channel might have freaked your parents out a little, but that was the point, right?

This week we are joined by Scott Barber, the co-director of the newly-released documentary The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story, to talk all about the documentary, the shows, the characters, the brilliant executives and creators, and what it meant to be a Nick kid in the 90s – and what it means to be a (dare we say grown-up?) 90s Nick kid today. Because in our minds, once a Nick kid – always a Nick kid.

The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqjb18BVz8c

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