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#1 - Shoestring
Season 1 Episode 2
Aired 2/10/1979
Tim constantly tries to get a date with Cindy, but keeps looking like a fool, losing her to Jim and David. To add insult to injury, he keeps being forced into wearing a dress…and he can't seem to find his pants, forcing him to go home wearing a bright, pink dress.
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#2 - Live!
Season 1 Episode 1
Aired 2/3/1979
The main plot for this episode is unknown, but it featured a Panasonic radio as a prize for one of the phone-in competitions, as most of the episodes from this 1979 season. This episode also featured a segment on baton twirling. The episode contains the well-known scene where Ross (before a major costume revamp) teaches Jono Gebert how to do a weather forecast on an actual CJOH news/weather set.
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#3 - Nickel and Dime
Season 1 Episode 3
Aired 2/17/1979
The main plot for this episode is unknown, but it featured kids' jokes and opinions filmed at the Winterloo slide at Ottawa's N.A.C.
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#4 - Peanuts
Season 1 Episode 4
Aired 2/24/1979
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#5 - Repeat
Season 1 Episode 5
Aired 3/3/1979
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#6 - Ottawa Director
Season 1 Episode 6
Aired 3/10/1979
Only one scene remains in existence from this episode. In the scene Tim is the dungeon and is told not to pull the chains. He does not listen and gets slimed.
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#7 - St. Patrick's Day
Season 1 Episode 7
Aired 3/17/1979
Lisa keeps scheming to get Bradfield slimed, but her plans keep backfiring and result in her getting slimed several times.
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#8 - Backstage
Season 1 Episode 8
Aired 3/31/1979
The show is back on live after spending the previous week taping a show for network television.
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#9 - Executive Washroom
Season 1 Episode 9
Aired 4/7/1979
The network executives have a party on the set and leave money behind. When the cast goes to pick it up, Ross quickly confiscates the cash, claiming it is useless play money. Mr. Dime and Seth Pool get into a battle over the Executive Bathroom, when the lock keeps being changed. Christine, Sarah, Jim, and Mike keep trying to get each other slimed or pied.
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#10 - Boring
Season 1 Episode 10
Aired 4/14/1979
Features kids' jokes filmed the week before at the Bayshore Shopping Mall in Ottawa.
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#11 - Straitjackets
Season 1 Episode 11
Aired 4/21/1979
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#12 - Local Show
Season 1 Episode 12
Aired 4/28/1979
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#13 - Sore Foot
Season 1 Episode 13
Aired 5/5/1979
The shows sees its last of Mr. L. Dime and all the CJOH jokes.
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#14 - End of the Life
Season 1 Episode 14
Aired 5/19/1979
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Shoestring" is the best rated episode of "You Can't Do That on Television" season 1. It scored 6.8/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/10/1979. This episode is rated 1.5 points higher than the second-best, "Live!".