You Can't Do That on Television

You Can't Do That on Television1979

Genre: Comedy
You Can't Do That on Television is a Canadian sketch comedy television series that first aired locally in 1979 before airing in the United States in 1981. It featured preteen and teenage actors in a sketch comedy format similar to that of American s… more »



Valerie Prevort:
VAL [to Adam and Alasdair as they mop the bedroom floor] And after you finish in here, I want you to wash the kitchen floor and vacuum the living room, then I want the garbage painted. Now hurry up.

[she exits]

Alasdair Gillis:
Boy, Adam, your mom sure is strict.

Adam Kalbfleisch:
MY mom! I thought she was YOUR mom.

Alasdair Gillis:
You mean, you don't live here?

Adam Kalbfleisch:
No, I just came to deliver the paper.

Alasdair Gillis:
Then why'd we stay?

Adam Kalbfleisch:
Hm. I guess it's because we never get a chance to clean up like this at home.

Alasdair Gillis:
Yeah, isn't it great?

Adam Kalbfleisch:
Yeah.

Alasdair Gillis:
Well, by the way, how do you paint garbage?

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