This morning, I was having trouble getting to sleep since I inexplicably slept about 8 hours yesterday morning and afternoon combined. That translated into a long phone call that started around 12:50 a.m. and being wide awake after that. So what's the logical thing to do when you're wide awake very early on a Sunday morning? It's to find the worst TV programming possible! That's where the channel Teen Nick comes into play.
Teen Nick is not a channel dedicated to this guy. It is a channel that shows teen-related programming and apparently Nickelodeon programming from the 1980s and 90s. At 3 a.m., the show that came on was the legendary "Hey Dude." This show was a staple for my sister and I back in the day. Back then, I thought the show was sort of dumb. After watching it this morning, I felt like anybody who watches this show will become dumber for watching it. Honestly, finding South Africa, the Iraq, and the Asian countries on a map makes more sense than episodes of "Hey Dude."
For those who don't know about "Hey Dude" or never watched it, it is a show about teenagers who work at Bar None Ranch, a dude ranch run by a nerdy Dirty Harry named Benjamin Ernst. Working for him are Lucy (asexual, middle-aged woman), Ted McGriff (who went to big things in the GHB industry), Melody Hanson (yes, that's Mrs. Ben Stiller, who may or may not have aborted a child she and Ted conceived in Season 5), Bradley Taylor (female named Bradley, who had gender confusion issues after being born a hermaphrodite), Danny Lightfoot (fits every racist stereotype of American Indians, mocked by Ted continuously for being an Indian), and Buddy (Mr. Ernst's son who really brought nothing to the show, ever). There were other characters that were semi-regular, but that core essentially did different things to get into mischief and had all sorts of wacky ways to get out of mischief.
Mischief and wacky solutions was the key to Nickelodeon shows back in the day. The shows were entertaining enough. The only one I can think of that was more mindless than "Hey Dude" was "Fifteen" (pay close attention to Billy in the intro to "Fifteen"). Teen Nick is a good trip down memory lane. I'll have to check out their schedule to see if they will be showing other classic shows at times more reasonable than 3 a.m.
Teen Nick is not a channel dedicated to this guy. It is a channel that shows teen-related programming and apparently Nickelodeon programming from the 1980s and 90s. At 3 a.m., the show that came on was the legendary "Hey Dude." This show was a staple for my sister and I back in the day. Back then, I thought the show was sort of dumb. After watching it this morning, I felt like anybody who watches this show will become dumber for watching it. Honestly, finding South Africa, the Iraq, and the Asian countries on a map makes more sense than episodes of "Hey Dude."
For those who don't know about "Hey Dude" or never watched it, it is a show about teenagers who work at Bar None Ranch, a dude ranch run by a nerdy Dirty Harry named Benjamin Ernst. Working for him are Lucy (asexual, middle-aged woman), Ted McGriff (who went to big things in the GHB industry), Melody Hanson (yes, that's Mrs. Ben Stiller, who may or may not have aborted a child she and Ted conceived in Season 5), Bradley Taylor (female named Bradley, who had gender confusion issues after being born a hermaphrodite), Danny Lightfoot (fits every racist stereotype of American Indians, mocked by Ted continuously for being an Indian), and Buddy (Mr. Ernst's son who really brought nothing to the show, ever). There were other characters that were semi-regular, but that core essentially did different things to get into mischief and had all sorts of wacky ways to get out of mischief.
Mischief and wacky solutions was the key to Nickelodeon shows back in the day. The shows were entertaining enough. The only one I can think of that was more mindless than "Hey Dude" was "Fifteen" (pay close attention to Billy in the intro to "Fifteen"). Teen Nick is a good trip down memory lane. I'll have to check out their schedule to see if they will be showing other classic shows at times more reasonable than 3 a.m.
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