Television programming block
Nick in the Afternoon
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Network
| Nickelodeon
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Launched
| May 16, 1994
; 30 years ago
(
May 16, 1994
)
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Closed
| August 28, 1998
; 25 years ago
(
August 28, 1998
)
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Country of origin
| United States
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Format
| Summer block
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Running time
| Varies
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Nick in the Afternoon
was a
programming block
on
Nickelodeon
that aired from 1994 to 1998 on weekday afternoons during the summer. It was hosted by
Stick Stickly
,
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a
Mr. Bill
-like
popsicle
stick
puppeteered
by
Rick Lyon
and voiced by
New Yorker
Paul Christie
(who would later voice
Noggin
mascot,
Moose A. Moose
until 2012). The 1998 stint ran from July until August.
Henry and June's Summer
replaced this Nickelodeon summer block a year later. Stick Stickly was later revived for the
TeenNick
1990s' block
The '90s Are All That
.
Regular segments
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During its first summer, the programming consisted of normal Nickelodeon shows that would have aired regardless, but come its second summer,
Nick in the Afternoon
made some key changes. Instead, it showed preselected
Nicktoons
with added segments such as "U-Pick" (viewers pick what show and episode they want to see) and U-Dip (viewers pick which substance Stick Stickly is dipped in or any substance at all using their bare feet). Viewers occasionally chose a program that had not been aired on Nick in many years, for example
You Can't Do That on Television
, or from time to time would select a
Nick at Nite
program such as
I Love Lucy
,
The Munsters
, or
The Brady Bunch
. The preselected segments were indicated by a dial using Stickly as the spinner, so as to keep the cartoons a surprise.
Stick Stickly's address
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When giving viewers the address at which they could write him, Stick Stickly would sing a little (and easily memorized) jingle: "Write to me/Stick Stickly/PO Box 963/New York City/New York State/10108." After the
Internet
became mainstream, a note stating "...or e-mail me at nick.com" was added to the end.
Stick Stickly on The '90s Are All That
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Stick Stickly segments from the block have been used in promotions for
The '90s Are All That
, and on September 6, 2011, during The '90s Are All That block, a commercial announced that Stick Stickly would be returning to television on Friday October 7, 2011 at midnight. The character has been updated for modern times, with a vocabulary that not only makes frequent reference to modern amenities such as
Facebook
,
flat screen
TVs and
Jersey Shore
, but also has been updated with a more adult sense of humor to reflect the older
late-night
audience. Stickly hosts "
U-Pick
with Stick" each Friday, where users on The '90s Are All That website can request up to four shows to be seen. The winning "pick," which is decided by an online vote (another sign of modern times), is announced by Stick Stickly. Stickly is also taking questions by use of a
Twitter
hash tag
, #POBox963, a reference to his old 1990s era jingle from Nick in the Afternoon.
It was later announced in December 2011 that U-Dip would also make a return, joining a long
list of objects dropped on New Year's Eve
at midnight.
Stick Stickly made an on-air appearance on
The '90s Are All That
from August 5?8, 2013, in which he hosted the "'90s Game Show Week" on the block, and returned to doing U-Picks in June 2015 as part of "Stick's Summer Down Adventures" which aired on Wednesday nights from June 17?July 15, 2015 (the last week being Stick's Picks). This was the result of the re-branding of '90s Are All That with The Splat.
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