We have 37 TV shows that originally aired in our prime years. I've divided them up into 4 brackets. Those brackets are Nick Toons, Saturday Morning, Nickelodeon Shows, and TGIF/TNBC (with a few others mixed in there).
Today, we start with the Play In Rounds. As you'll see the play in matches include some legit shows. This tournament is pretty damn meaty.
First up: (8) SCOOBY DOO vs. (8) LAND OF THE LOST
Scooby Doo
We all know Scooby Doo. The lovable great dane with a love for solving crimes and Scooby Snacks. The prime of the show was a before our time but we've all caught re-runs. The show was pretty formulaic. The gang would go on adventures that would take a drastic turn to the horrific and they would find themselves having to solve a mystery. In the end, it was always Scooby Doo and his stoner friend Shaggy that would save the day and solve the mystery.
Land of the Lost
I used to love Land of the Lost. It kind of disappeared into oblivion after it got cancelled though. From what I gather it was a remake of the 1970's show of the same name. The idea of the show is actually kind of tragic. It's about a family of 3 that falls into this hole while on vacation and ends up in pre-historic times, where they have to learn to fend for themselves living in a land of dinosaurs. I honestly don't remember how the show played out. I don't think they ever made it home. That's kind of fucked up.
Gotta say, this next one, is a doozy....
(3) Guts/Global Guts vs. Legends of the Hidden Temple
Guts
I might get some shit for making Guts and Legends of the Hidden Temple play in games. My reasoning is that I feel we should only have one "game show" in that bracket plus the winner gets a 3 seed. So it's not like they're playing for an 8 seed here.
Guts was the epitome of athletic competition. No brain required to compete in Guts. Just gotta show strength, agility and awareness. Little known fact, Donovan McNabb never competed in Guts (or Global Guts). He also never won a Super Bowl. Coincidence? Probably. Didn't we all, at some point, just dream of climbing that Agro-Crag, slamming that button at the top and raising a piece of that awesome rock as our trophy? Better yet, didn't we all have a crush on Moira Quirk? That's 90's hot, brotha.
Legends of the Hidden Temple
Now this was a game show. You couldn't get by on just brawn here. You had to earn it with your mind too. I think there were a total of 8 teams each episode. First you have to beat out 4 of them in a physical challenge to advance to the Q&A round where the talking head of Olmek would deliver us with a completely made up historical story. He'd follow that up by asking the easiest god damn questions you can think of. Most of the kids had it figured out, but only two teams could win. Then of course there was always that retard team that never got one right. Once we were down to two teams we got a series of games they would have to play in order to move on to the Hidden Temple, where they would have to run through and grab puzzle pieces and if they could complete the puzzle they'd win a trip to space camp. Most of them failed but the real losers were the idiots that couldn't put the final puzzle together. It was 3 pieces. Youth today.
(7) CLARISSA EXPLAINS IT ALL VS. (7) ALL THAT
Clarissa Explains It All
A SNICK mainstay, Clarissa Explains It All was how we all typically started our Saturday night TV. Clarissa was about a hipster 15 year old chick trying to balance her family and her hate for her brother. A few things always caught me off guard about this one. First, I never understood why she had such a deep hatred for her brother. Second, why was said brother a dirty ginger? Third, how come Sam never got any? Home boy would climb up to her window 3 times a day and not once did anything happen. I can't classify Clarissa as a bitch for any of those things though. Just wait till I get to Laura Winslow.
All That
The SNL for grade schoolers. As much as I tried I was never an All That fan. Sure it had it's moments, but they always revolved around Good Burger. The show was always a highlight for a lot of us and I respect that. Keenan killed it with his how to speak French bits and that one fat chick was really popular. The show also introduced us to Amanda Bynes, before her DUI that is.
(6) FULL HOUSE vs. (6) SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH
Full House
Sure Full House was chock full of cheesiness but as kids we ate it all up. I honestly don't have much to say about this one. It really speaks for itself. We all know about. We all say all the episodes. My only problem was with how cool they tried to make Uncle Jesse. Am I the only one that saw a failed musician who opened up a night club that didn't serve booze that lived in a house that his brother in law owned. That ain't cool man.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
The second Melissa Joan Hart TV show to make the cut. Sabrina was about well.. a Teenage Witch. Show had some cool moments and I'm going to hang on the fact that Salem the cat carried the show. That little furball was hilarious.
Ok last one of the day:
(7) Dinosaurs vs. (7) Hang Time
Dinosaurs
This show was the shit. I don't know how big an audience it had but it was easily one of my favorites. It was about a family of dinosaurs just living their lives. Sadly the show ended pretty tragically... with a freaking meteor coming and killing everyone.
Hang Time
A TNBC show that most of us caught on Saturday Mornings. Hang Time was about a high school basketball team that was coached by Dick Butkus. Why was it Dick Butkus? No clue. I guess the guy just knows his basketball.
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