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|imagecaption=One complete episode exists on YouTube, along with four short clips. | |imagecaption=One complete episode exists on YouTube, along with four short clips. | ||
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''U to U'' was an interactive TV series that ran on Nickelodeon from 1994-1996. | '''''U to U''''' (also labeled as '''''U-2-U''''') was an interactive TV series that ran on Nickelodeon from 1994-1996. | ||
Hosted by Ali Rivera and Sertrone Starks, the show solicited viewer generated content, showcasing short films, animation, video games, music, and other media submitted by viewers through phone, mail, fax, or email, which was then a fairly new technology.<ref>[https://ew.com/article/1994/11/25/behind-nickelodeons-u-u/]</ref> The show took advantage of the Prodigy Internet, where viewers could post on an on-line bulletin board.<ref name="R1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1JWYBmL4jc]</ref> | |||
It | ''U to U'' was a magazine-style show, featuring different segments and multiple user submissions per episode. It featured segments as diverse as video letters from pen pals to asking questions with celebrities on air, such as Ben Savage, Bronson Pinchot, Dean Cain, and Fran Drescher, among others.<ref name="R1"/><ref name="R2">[https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1994/11/27/hard-work-leads-to-dream-job-on-tv/]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQVGREKOuWY/]</ref> | ||
It appears that twenty episodes were produced in total,<ref>[http://oldschoollane.blogspot.com/2012/08/old-school-lanes-nickelodeon-tribute-u.html]</ref> although only one complete episode is available on YouTube,<ref name="R1"/> along with four brief clips (one of which is a segment from the available complete episode). | |||
= | In 1996, there was a short lived spin-off called ''U to U: On The Road''. It ran for four episodes and was hosted by ''Roundhouse'' cast member David Sidoni.<ref>[http://www.easychair-exp.com/cast_pages/david_sidoni_main.html]</ref> A commercial for ''U to U: On The Road'' can be found on YouTube.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py3ITReGu94]</ref> | ||
==Horror Episode== | |||
A user on Reddit named misterfalc0n posted a very detailed memory of a horror themed episode of ''U to U'', which featured a short horror film created by a group of children. The film features the children sitting around a campfire, telling scary stories about a furry monster with pointy teeth that lived in the woods and ate children at the camp.<ref name="R3">[https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/comments/xkzod/tomt_kids_show_so_i_posted_this_in_nosleep_to_see/]</ref> | A user on Reddit named misterfalc0n posted a very detailed memory of a horror themed episode of ''U to U'', which featured a short horror film created by a group of children. The film features the children sitting around a campfire, telling scary stories about a furry monster with pointy teeth that lived in the woods and ate children at the camp.<ref name="R3">[https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/comments/xkzod/tomt_kids_show_so_i_posted_this_in_nosleep_to_see/]</ref> | ||
To quote misterfalc0n's post: | To quote misterfalc0n's post: | ||
<blockquote>"After the last child tells his story about the monster, the children began to bicker about which one of the stories they told was the “real” legend of the monster. Suddenly, a deep voice off to the side of the children interrupts them, and says, “You want to know the real story of the monster?” (or something to that effect). The camera pans, showing the shocked faces of the children briefly, before cutting to the left of the screen. There, on a log, seated next to one of the children, was a hairy, brown creature. It was very small, no bigger than a foot tall, and seemed to consist of nothing but a head with limbs attached. For some reason, the sight of that creature’s face immediately paralyzed me. It had a red, human nose and large white eyes with small black pupils. It also had a huge smile, full of large, white, human teeth. I remember its smiling face, very clearly. I honestly don’t remember if the creatures face was claymation, or puppetry, or just actual human features layered on the screen, but something about it horrified me."<ref name="R3"/></blockquote> | |||
The horror short appears to be confirmed in an article about host Ali Rivera, but no footage of it is known to exist on-line.<ref name="R2"/> | The horror short appears to be confirmed in an article about host Ali Rivera, but no footage of it is known to exist on-line.<ref name="R2"/> | ||
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One complete episode exists on-line, along with four short clips (one of which is from the complete episode). | One complete episode exists on-line, along with four short clips (one of which is from the complete episode). | ||
==Gallery== | |||
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|description1 =The opening theme | |description1 =The opening theme. | ||
|service2 =youtube | |service2 =youtube | ||
|id2 = | |id2 =v=ASkJzTu-vZA&feature=emb_title | ||
|description2 =A child game designer | |description2 =A child game designer, | ||
|service3 =youtube | |service3 =youtube | ||
|id3 = | |id3 =v=uQVGREKOuWY | ||
|description3 =An interview with Bronson Pinchot. | |description3 =An interview with Bronson Pinchot. | ||
|service4 =youtube | |service4 =youtube | ||
|id4 = | |id4 =v=CgC6e2KZQ3s&feature=emb_title | ||
|description4 =From the complete episode featuring game designer Paul Hubans | |description4 =From the complete episode featuring game designer, Paul Hubans. | ||
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|id1 =v=s1JWYBmL4jc | |||
|description1 =A complete episode of ''U to U''. | |||
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Revision as of 19:46, 24 June 2020
One complete episode exists on YouTube, along with four short clips.
Status: Partially Found
U to U (also labeled as U-2-U) was an interactive TV series that ran on Nickelodeon from 1994-1996.
Hosted by Ali Rivera and Sertrone Starks, the show solicited viewer generated content, showcasing short films, animation, video games, music, and other media submitted by viewers through phone, mail, fax, or email, which was then a fairly new technology.[1] The show took advantage of the Prodigy Internet, where viewers could post on an on-line bulletin board.[2]
U to U was a magazine-style show, featuring different segments and multiple user submissions per episode. It featured segments as diverse as video letters from pen pals to asking questions with celebrities on air, such as Ben Savage, Bronson Pinchot, Dean Cain, and Fran Drescher, among others.[2][3][4]
It appears that twenty episodes were produced in total,[5] although only one complete episode is available on YouTube,[2] along with four brief clips (one of which is a segment from the available complete episode).
In 1996, there was a short lived spin-off called U to U: On The Road. It ran for four episodes and was hosted by Roundhouse cast member David Sidoni.[6] A commercial for U to U: On The Road can be found on YouTube.[7]
Horror Episode
A user on Reddit named misterfalc0n posted a very detailed memory of a horror themed episode of U to U, which featured a short horror film created by a group of children. The film features the children sitting around a campfire, telling scary stories about a furry monster with pointy teeth that lived in the woods and ate children at the camp.[8]
To quote misterfalc0n's post:
"After the last child tells his story about the monster, the children began to bicker about which one of the stories they told was the “real” legend of the monster. Suddenly, a deep voice off to the side of the children interrupts them, and says, “You want to know the real story of the monster?” (or something to that effect). The camera pans, showing the shocked faces of the children briefly, before cutting to the left of the screen. There, on a log, seated next to one of the children, was a hairy, brown creature. It was very small, no bigger than a foot tall, and seemed to consist of nothing but a head with limbs attached. For some reason, the sight of that creature’s face immediately paralyzed me. It had a red, human nose and large white eyes with small black pupils. It also had a huge smile, full of large, white, human teeth. I remember its smiling face, very clearly. I honestly don’t remember if the creatures face was claymation, or puppetry, or just actual human features layered on the screen, but something about it horrified me."[8]
The horror short appears to be confirmed in an article about host Ali Rivera, but no footage of it is known to exist on-line.[3]
One complete episode exists on-line, along with four short clips (one of which is from the complete episode).