equally as important as the shows we watched growing up were the programming blocks that
would set the mood for the moments in between these shows and the commercials that for some
reason we can still recite perfectly decades later while there are many iconic blocks of
content for different times of the day different channels as well as different age levels today I
wanted to focus on one in particular Nickelodeon's you pick live so my goal today is to revisit this
era with you all we experience a normal you pick live programming block and learn about
what made this block so memorable and how it all came to be if you enjoyed the video you
better subscribe as we're going to travel back in time to the early 2000s we'll take
it from here we've got two amazing hours of picking in store for you guys today foreign
blocks we all know them heck we love so many of them dearly some we remember fondly and
have lasted for a long time and others live on as this tiny little member Barry that once you
eat it boom you are hit with the most intense wave of nostalgia you've ever had it really
just brings you back I've been feeling really nostalgic lately well when am I not and I have
two channels dedicated to why I was bullied I mean to the really cool things that made me so
cool for liking them regardless one thing I have been finding enjoyment in revisiting is
older programming blocks from my childhood that I truly miss while there are plenty more that I
would like to cover here on the channel throughout the year today we're going to take a look at one
of my favorites and personally one of my most memorable you pick live a programming block
for Nickelodeon that ran from October 14 2002 until May 27 2005. for over 400 episodes this
shows would run every single day of the week except for these two and would start
at 5 PM Eastern and end after two hours at 7 pm Eastern it had this fully unique Vibe as the show
itself would be handled and broadcast from the Nickelodeon headquarters in New York City with
the show being full of fun bits gags segments and the occasional musical guest performance the whole
point of the program was to give you the audience watching the power to control the television kind
of it allowed you to go online and vote for the shows you'd want to see air during that specific
time block it just made you feel like you were in control of the network just picture a little
eight-year-old me I just got back home from school I'd go on and use the family computer
click on my favorite shows and not too long later I would turn on Nickelodeon to see if
what I had chosen would actually show up on TV listen before you make fun of me this was before
DVRs and on-demand whatever if there were things like that or stuff like TiVo we couldn't afford
it and plus the TiVo mascot is the scariest thing I ever saw as a single digit aged Earthling also
who knows if my vote really mattered or if it would truly affect today's shows or tomorrow's
shows but the illusion of choice was there and that was cool to me because my only other choice
at the time I really could make was do I want pink milk or chocolate milk yes I call it pink
milk no I don't care if you hate that I call it that I will not be bullied about this anymore but
you pick technically wasn't a Brand New Concept but it did offer a bunch of new things so let's
dive into what you'd see in a typical episode of the program and learn about the first you pick
programming block that inspired this one well I didn't even get to the chorus let's pick someone
out thanks Gomes thank you very much all right we'll be right back with a SpongeBob shout out
spread the word we're coming to you pick this Thursday and Friday yeah we can't wait to hang
out with you guys so yeah before we get to you pick live we have to give credit to
another Nickelodeon programming block that came before it you pick Friday which was basically
the same concept at its core viewers could vote on what they'd want to watch during the program
block which would air on Fridays from 7 to 9 pm Eastern but what made it stand out on its own
was the fact that the hosts of the show were the cartoon hosts with the most there's too many s's
there Henry and June who were famously the faces of kablam another Nickelodeon show that featured
segmented one-off or ongoing Bits And if you want to learn more there's a whole video for that here
on my channel while the programming block only lasted from November of 1999 to October of 2000.
it did eventually lead us into U-Pick live only for it to carry on The Branding and deliver it to
us in a new way but if you really want to get a little bit technical here you pick live and you
pick Friday wouldn't be here without the original National Nickelodeon programming block that was
hosted by a literal popsicle stick everything I just said there was true Nick in the afternoon a
four year long summer-based block that featured a segment called you pick where yeah view the
viewers would pick the show that you wanted to watch but there was also you dip where you the
viewer got to publicly torture stick stickly in various liquids we as a society have problems but
now that we've paid our respects to what has come before let's check out U-Pick live of course we
have our two main hosts of the program Brent popolicio and Candace Bailey Brendan Candace
were your average quirked up live show hosts that always have a high energy personality and stare
directly into the camera just waiting for the show to be over for the day and the endless despair
of being fake happy washes away they promise that's not projection for real though those
two do a good job to present a fun environment for things of the random and wacky variety to happen
Antonio is cool always making sure that things are getting done and always bringing an equally Goofy
food as The Two Hosts there were various other used cast members that made the show fun with
different bits that they would be a part of but then there's this specialty costume crew there's
Cal who is played by a guy named Tom inside of a cow costume and would just be doing cow
things and why was this a character who honestly knows do I like that cow is here yes cow makes me
feel loved something you wouldn't know about so it's a little harsh garbaggio was a great
character as well he would just come in and wrestle no not people things just random things
I watched him lose to Santa's sneaky midnight snacks okay he was just an eccentric dude that
amped up the energy of the show when he would appear and obviously there is someone that is very
important who we haven't mentioned yet someone who has probably made this more memorable for you and
the sheer side of him brings back so many memories if you were a Nickelodeon kid in the 2000s pick
boy this essentially became the superhero mascot for the network not just the show and yeah the
show also had a cow and this became the mascot the person who played the character is Jeff Sutphin
a segment producer for the show originally but once he was pitched the superhero idea for the
show he essentially took up the mantle of the character and became synonymous with the show
as a whole for its branding and listen there was no better feeling than the show you voted
for actually winning in an episode of that show would start playing right here right now it is
that's a great choice would have been happy with ChalkZone as well though this was the whole bread
and butter to get people involved with the show but what else would you find to fill in all of
the segments before and after these shows well you would first have the host style presentation
with both Candace and Brent as if you were sitting in the live audience hanging out in the New York
Nickelodeon offices if there was some sort of guest celebrity they'd be introduced and take
part in all the festivities for the day which was cool to see them also participating in everything
going on yes that is Randy Jackson no Miss Briggs isn't allowed anywhere within 500 feet of them
would you like to see how toned my glutes are is there something you'd like to say to me I'm
sorry about that what's happening here we'll take care of it right now I feel better you would have
a bunch of bits that would happen constantly like Antonio bringing in the VHS of the winning cartoon
pick in a really fun way pick boy running through things and a panting controversy but Nickelodeon
would admit that we would have different moments on the shows like the prize wall where someone who
was in the audience could pick one of the doors to open with various prizes inside hence the
name there was 10 seconds with Brent who would give us 10 seconds with Brent throws Candace's
corner where she would talk with viewers directly and you could even tell these two what to go do
outside in Times Square that's why the New York Vibes just hit So Different Here sometimes the
show would be more than your regularly expected broadcast like when The Wild Thornberrys movie
was coming out they had a whole wild animal themed show set up as part of the promotion
it was stuff like this that make tuning in each day that much more exciting it feels like now I
tune into my favorite channels and streamers online to really scratch that itch as I can
leave a comment or talk in the chat to feel a part of the whole thing always something new every day
with the people I enjoy seeing also there was a Survivor based episode with Jeff Probst himself
hosting it so that's pretty cool it was only literally like the biggest show ever heck it's
still still pretty popular should I make a 10 plus hour video essay going through all 44 seasons of
Survivor I don't know I might I'm that's the thing I might do that don't don't tempt me I'll do it
anyway this programming block did a lot to have fun for its several year run in the
front half of the 2000s so with how interactive and successful it was what happened to it that
is just absolutely not true and I plan to prove it wrong come on double time oh
yeah roll the clip foreign
it was really windy though
[Music] all good things come to an end and of course that means so did you pick live after 401
episodes on May 27 2005 The Last Broadcast would hit that Friday afternoon and would feature a nice
look back at all the fun the crew had working on the show all right we're gonna miss you guys have
an awesome summer break thank you for letting us hang out with you every day and it's been an
amazing 401 episodes as well as a final goodbye before you pick would no longer run between shows
it's been an unbelievable three years and from the bottom of our hearts thank you next time everybody
thank you Candace did not end up renewing her contract which had already ran past its original
ending date while Brent still had another gear on his contract beyond that point because the
Chemistry Between the hosts and the fact that they both together were the face of the show
Nickelodeon didn't see a future for this show without one of the main hosts no longer being
there this is all speculated to be the main reason for the production not to carry on
this iteration of the block gave the network three years of weird zany and fun breaks that guided you
through an afternoon of shows that you were able to vote for as you got home from school which was
a place where you felt that you didn't have many choices and had to just listen to Authority you
pick live gave you that choice your voice there mattered or maybe it really all wasn't that deep
but to a younger version of me that's a lot of new responsibility that feels nice to have now
I just paid taxes and my back is always hurting for some reason Jeff would carry on to be a bit
of an icon for the network living beyond you pick live like I said his pick boy character is kind of
a nostal logic realization that rips you right back in time this character was so integral to
the show and it always felt nice seeing pickboy appear outside of you pick when it would come to
other Nickelodeon events coverage of Sports and More Jeff also would stay in the Wheelhouse of
Nick becoming the host of several game shows like brain surge family brain surge and the
newer version of my personal favorite Nickelodeon game show specifically the original figure it out
I did a whole video on that as well a while back so check that thing out if you want to
but Jeff got to continue such a cool Legacy that stemmed from one of the best afternoon
programming blocks at the time it's pretty funny when we look back on the things that we love that
we often forget the other things surrounding them while all the cartoons and shows that would come
on during this program block would all be super memorable and have their own level of nostalgia
built in for you it feels easy to forget the programming block itself it wasn't just a few
minutes of commercials and then back to the show there was a fun cast of hosts that made
you feel involved in the shows you're watching I want to take some time this year to bring up
some programming blocks like this some really important ones to me especially and look into
them now with a new adult perspective so if you like this video I definitely would like to do
more like this let me know some programming blocks that you fondly remember and which
ones you think would be really cool for me to take a look back at here on the channel thanks
so much for watching like And subscribe later you're all right I don't know where this myth
started okay you've heard it here for cooties are okay we'll see in a little bit [Music]
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