It was anarchistic, recalls writer-director Geoffrey Darby, who developed the show with creator Roger Price.
It was basically a live-action cartoon.
Despite the duos unconventional ethos, the 10-season series did abide by three particular rules.
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In fact, the opposite was often the case, according to Darby.
Usually the adults won, if you actually [kept track].
It was important that these kids who were on a television show had their comeuppance, he recalls.
Otherwise, the audience says, I dont like that kid because hes arrogant.
So you have to bring them down a peg, which is what we did.
And thats also where the signature green slime came in.
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Its a minefield, explains Darby.
I think there were two kisses on the whole show.
There were lots of date-y jokes and things like that.
That was [actor] Kevin Kubusheskie with Lisa Ruddy and Christine Moose McGlade sitting on the set.
And [the girls] go, Ive never seen you drool.
Thats about as close as we got to that kind of stuff.
Not between the adults, not anywhere.
We went, Oh my God!
Its too real, and therefore its not really a cartoon.
So we made him a slob instead.
