Weinerville (partially lost Nickelodeon variety puppet series; 1993-1997)
Weinerville was a variety series/puppet show that originally aired on Nickelodeon from July 11th, 1993 to February 17th, 1996.[1] It was filmed at Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando, FL and was created by Marc Weiner.
Despite receiving numerous award nominations, drawing the attention of Entertainment Tonight and Good Morning America, and receiving acclaim from multiple news sources, the series ended after just 2 seasons.[2] Due to the decrease in popularity and copyright issues with the cartoons that would air alongside the sketches, Nickelodeon has only aired 4 episodes since 1997, thus making episodes very hard to come by.
Overview
The series is based around the fictional town of Weinerville. There are many recurring characters, including Dottie, Zip, Boney, Socko, Louie, Pops, and many others. It was hosted, and the majority of the characters were performed by Marc Weiner [with the exception of Zip and Louie, who were voiced by writer Scott Fellows, and Pops, who was voiced by head writer Ray Abruzzo].
The show is notable for its unique style of puppetry, where the puppeteer would place their head into a hole above a miniature puppet body. There was also a Double Dare styled segment called "Playland" where audience members would be Weinerized (Become puppets) and compete in games. The losing contestant would get the Silver Hot Dog, and the winner would be given the Golden Hot Dog, as well as get slimed.
Much of the episodes' running time was taken up by classic cartoons such as Mr. Magoo, Popeye the Sailor, Betty Boop, and The Alvin Show. Marc Weiner said in an interview that had there been a Season 3; there would have been no cartoons.[3]
The show is also known for having many running gags and sketches. The number 1350 was used many times, but it was most commonly used as the price for every item in "The Weinerville General Store." Another sketch/character is Captain Bob, a sea captain who constantly makes jokes. He first appeared on Saturday Night Live in 1981. There is also a sketch called "That's Not Fair!" where a child and an adult would try to win points by answering questions. This was pitched to Comedy Central on its own in 1991, but after testing, they said it was good for kids, and it was greenlit by Nickelodeon as Weinerville instead.
Lost Episode Guide
Of Weinerville's 62-episode run, 24 episodes have yet to be unearthed.
*Please note that the only episodes listed are the ones that have been lost or found since this article's creation.
# | Episode Title | Status |
---|---|---|
101 | Marc's Mother Visits | Found |
102 | Toothy Hurty | Found |
103 | Humidity | Found |
104 | Spring Cleaning | Found |
105 | Zip in Space | Found |
106 | Missing Cartoon | Found |
107 | Giant Spider | Found |
108 | Haunted | Found |
109 | Weight Loss | Found |
110 | Football | Found |
111 | Stuck in VCR | Found |
112 | Magic | Found |
113 | Bubblegum | Found |
114 | Talent Show | Found |
115 | Dottie's Birthday | Found |
116 | Spaghetti | Found |
117 | Bake Off | Found |
118 | Balloon Zip | Found |
119 | Baseball | Found |
120 | Budget Cutbacks | Found |
121 | Popcorn | Found |
122 | Recycling | Found |
123 | Snow Day | Found |
124 | Train Ride | Found |
125 | Zip's Family Treasure | Found |
126 | Ziggy Zag Concert | Found |
127 | Camp Idontwanna | Found |
128 | Auxiliary Satellite System | Found |
129 | Show #29 | Lost |
201 | Ratville | Lost |
202 | Viva Las Weinerville | Found |
203 | Weinerville for Sale | Lost |
204 | Eric Von Firstenseconds' Spell | Partially Found |
205 | 60 Second News | Lost |
206 | Fire Safety | Lost |
207 | Magic Lamp | Lost |
208 | The Puppet's Court | Lost |
209 | Broken Weinerizer | Lost |
210 | Network Censors | Lost |
211 | Louie Becomes a Citizen | Partially Found |
212 | Louie's Crush | Found |
213 | S.G. Dottie's Cousin | Lost |
214 | Brain Switch | Partially Found |
215 | Parallel Universe | Partially Found |
216 | Boney's Spell | Lost |
217 | The Time-Slot War | Found |
218 | Dottie's High School Reunion | Found |
219 | Loca Cola | Found |
220 | Weinervilla | Partially Found |
222 | Marc's Errands | Found |
223 | Variety Show or Sitcom | Found |
225 | DTV | Found |
226 | Royal Dottie | Lost |
227 | Zip Runs Away | Found |
228 | Dottie's Dating Game | Lost |
229 | Weinerville: The Movie | Lost |
231 | Marc's Lost Memory | Partially Found |
233 | Pollution | Found |
SP01 | The Weinerville New Year's Eve Special: Lost in the Big Apple | Found |
SP02 | The Weinerville Chanukah Special | Found |
SP04 | Election Special: From Washington D.C. | Found |
Availability
Weinerville, like many of Nickelodeon's early programs, has rarely aired since its creation. It last aired reruns in 1997, making episodes extremely scarce. For 3 years, it only aired on Sundays in 2-hour marathons and on weekdays during 3:00 PM or 3:30 PM. Near 1997, it only aired at 7:00 AM until it vanished entirely.
In 2008, 24 episodes appeared on a private torrent tracker and were eventually uploaded to YouTube alongside 2 other episodes (1x12 and 1x16). The Chanukah Special was originally uploaded to YouTube on April 19th, 2012 and Lost in the Big Apple appeared on YouTube on May 8th, 2012. The Election Special was available online for a short time, but it appears no one downloaded a copy as it hasn't been available since MegaUpload was taken down in 2011. A copy was found on Dailymotion in 2018.
The '90s Are All That was supposed to air it in 2011, as it was seen in many promos; however, it wasn't aired until April 2nd, 2015, when four season 2 episodes made their premiere on the block. Two episodes also aired as part of the premiere week of The Splat (however, these episodes have been online for years).
See Also
Anthology and Short Series
- Astrology with Squidward (found series of "SpongeBob SquarePants" Nickelodeon animated shorts; early 2000s)
- Attack of the Giant Vulture (found Nickelodeon short film; 1998)
- Balinese Slapping Fish (found Nickelodeon Australia animated short series; 1998)
- Bobby the Lizard Boy (found Nickelodeon animated short; 2000)
- Eddie Retractorhead (partially lost Nickelodeon UK animated short series; 2008)
- Gordon Bleugh! (found Nickelodeon animated short series; early 2000s)
- The Hopkins (lost Nickelodeon Australia animated short series; 2005)
- ICarly at the 2008 Kids Choice Awards (found Nickelodeon promotional short web series; 2008)
- Leader Dog (partially lost Nickelodeon animated short series; 2004)
- Making Fiends (partially lost promotional shorts for Nickelodeon animated series based on web series; 2008)
- Meet The Moores (partially found Nicktoons UK animated short series; 2002-2003)
- Nick Studio 10 (partially found Nickelodeon channel block; 2013)
- Nickelodeon Addicting Games Showdown (partially found interstitial TV event of online game website; 2009-2010)
- Nickelodeon Blimp (found Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards animated short; 2005-2007)
- Oh Yeah! Cartoons (found Nickelodeon animated anthology series; 1998-2001)
- Schoolyard Safari (found Nickelodeon short series; 2002-2003)
- SpongeBob: Re-Hydrated (partially lost "SpongeBob SquarePants" animated short; 2003)
- Tortellini Western (partially lost Nickelodeon animated short series; 2004)
- A Very Aggressive Vegetable (partially lost Nickelodeon Australia animated short series; 1998)
Bumpers and Promos
- 101% Whizbang! with Henry & June (partially found Nickelodeon channel block; 1999)
- Blood and Guts (partially found Nickelodeon bumpers; 2000s)
- Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (partially lost TV promos for Nickelodeon animated film and TV series; 2001–2002)
- HaHa Nick (lost Chinese block of Nickelodeon shows; 2005-2007)
- Nickelodeon (partially found idents and bumpers from TV channel; 1979-present)
- Nickelodeon's Historical Firsts (partially lost animated promos from TV channel; 1997)
- SpongeBob's Nicktoon Summer Splash (partially lost bumpers from Nickelodeon channel block; 2000-2001)
Films
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (non-existent Nickelodeon TV film; 1998)
- Cry Baby Lane (found Nickelodeon TV horror film; 2000)
- A Day With SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie (unproduced unauthorized direct-to-DVD mockumentary film; 2011)
- The Electric Piper (found Nickelodeon animated TV film; 2003)
- Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie (partially found production material of cancelled original adaptation of Nickelodeon animated series film; 2002)
- Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus (lost/unreleased deleted Tak scenes of film based on Nickelodeon animated series; 2018-2019)
- Prometheus and Bob (lost production material of cancelled film adaptation of "KaBlam!" Nickelodeon stop-motion animated series; late 1990s)
- Rugrats Go Wild (partially found original 90 minute cut of Nickelodeon animated crossover film; 2003)
Game Shows
- BrainSurge (partially lost Nickelodeon game show; 2009-2014)
- Double Dare (partially found Australian adaptation of Nickelodeon game show; 1989-1992)
- Double Dare (partially lost Nickelodeon game show; 1986-1993)
- Family Double Dare (partially found spin-off of Australian adaptation of Nickelodeon game show; 1989)
- Figure It Out (partially found episode of Nickelodeon game show; 1998)
- Friday Night Slimetime (partially found Nickelodeon game show; 2005-2006)
- Gamefarm (partially lost Nickelodeon GAS game show; 2003)
- Legends of the Hidden Temple (lost Pit of Despair incident footage from unaired final round/episode of Nickelodeon game show; 1994)
- Legends of the Hidden Temple (partially found original consolation plugs from Nickelodeon game show; 1993-1995)
- Nick Arcade (found Nickelodeon game show; 1992)
- Nick Arcade (partially found original consolation prize plugs from Nickelodeon game show; 1992)
- Nickelodeon Splat! (partially found Nickelodeon game show; 2004)
- Slime Time Live (partially found Nickelodeon game show; 2000-2004)
- SuperNick (partially found Nickelodeon Netherlands game show; 2007-2011)
- SuperNick op De Stoep Bij... (partially found Nickelodeon Netherlands sports show; 2007-2008)
- Webheads (partially found second season of Nickelodeon game show; 2015)
Inaugural Series
- By The Way (partially found inaugural Nickelodeon series; 1979-1980)
- Hocus Focus (partially found inaugural Nickelodeon series; 1979-1981)
- Nickel Flicks (lost inaugural Nickelodeon series; 1979)
- Pinwheel (partially found Nickelodeon educational puppet series; 1977-1990)
- Pocket Money (non-existent inaugural Nickelodeon series; 1979)
- Video Comics (partially found inaugural Nickelodeon series; 1979-1981)
Live Action
- The Adventures of Pete & Pete (partially found original versions of episodes of Nickelodeon live-action comedy series; 1991-1993)
- All That (partially lost Nickelodeon sketch comedy series; 1994-2005)
- Bing! The Sound of Something New (partially found Nickelodeon magazine TV series; 1995)
- Cousin Skeeter (partially lost Nickelodeon live-action/puppet series; 1998-2001)
- Drake & Josh (partially found widescreen version of episodes of Nickelodeon sitcom; 2004-2007)
- Innie & Outie (found live-action Nickelodeon short film; 1996)
- Just For Kicks (found Nickelodeon live-action comedy-drama series; 2006)
- Kids' Court (partially found Nickelodeon non-traditional court series and other media; 1988-1994)
- Mcjuniorclub TV (partially found Nickelodeon Netherlands/McDonald's live-action short series; 2008)
- Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (partially found Nickelodeon educational news series; 1992-2015)
- Noah Knows Best (partially found English audio of Nickelodeon sitcom; 2000-2001)
- Reggie Jackson's World of Sports (partially found Nickelodeon sports series; 1981-1982)
- U to U (partially found Nickelodeon interactive series; 1994-1996)
- Vic's Vacant Lot (partially found ESPN/Nickelodeon sports series; 1982-1985)
Pilots
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (partially found unaired pilot of Nickelodeon animated series; early 1990s)
- The Adventures of Johnny Quasar (found prototype "Jimmy Neutron" animated shorts; 1995-1997)
- The Angry Beavers "Cuffed Together" (non-existent pilot episode of Nickelodeon animated series; early-mid 1990s)
- Back at the Barnyard (partially found original test pitch of Nickelodeon CGI animated series; 2000)
- Bad Seeds (found pilot of "Harvey Beaks" Nickelodeon animated series; 2013)
- Big Beast Quintet (lost Nickelodeon animated pilot; 1990)
- Camp Nick (partially found Nickelodeon game show pilot; mid-1990s)
- Catscratch (found animated pitch of Nickelodeon animated series; 2004)
- The Crowville Chronicles (partially found Nickelodeon animated pilot; 1990)
- Drake & Josh (partially found unaired pilot of Nickelodeon sitcom; 2002)
- Figure it Out (partially found unaired pilot of Nickelodeon game show; 1990s)
- Fresh Beat Band of Spies (found unaired pilot of Nickelodeon animated spin-off of "The Fresh Beat Band" musical series; 2013)
- Generation Gap (partially found Nickelodeon game show pilot; early 1990s)
- Gibby! (partially found unaired pilot of cancelled spin-off of "iCarly" Nickelodeon teen sitcom; 2012)
- Go For It (lost Nickelodeon game show pilot; early 1990s)
- Hey Arnold! (found unaired pilot of Nickelodeon animated series; 1994)
- Humongous (lost pilot of Nickelodeon game show; early 1990s)
- I Don't Think So (partially found Nickelodeon game show pilot; 1994)
- Invader Zim (lost 3D animation test sequence from pilot of Nickelodeon animated series; 1999)
- KaBlam! "The Henry and June Show" (found spinoff pilot of Nickelodeon animated series; 2000)
- Kappa Mikey (found original MTV pitch and Nicktoons pilots of animated series; 2004)
- Morph Sports (partially found Nickelodeon game show pilot; 1995-1996)
- Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (partially found pilots of Nickelodeon sitcom; 2003)
- Ned's Declassified High School Survival Guide (lost pilot of rejected spin-off series of Nickelodeon sitcom; 2008)
- Pudding Toast (lost Nickelodeon animated pitch pilots; 2012)
- Rocket Beach (found unaired pilot of "Rocket Power" Nickelodeon animated series; 1998)
- Roundhouse (partially found unaired pilot of Nickelodeon comedy series; 1991)
- Slime Survivor (partially found Nickelodeon game show pilot; 2000)
- The Thundermans (partially lost unaired pilot of Nickelodeon live-action comedy series; 2012)
- Tooned In! (partially found Nickelodeon game show pilot; 1998)
- Trash (lost Nickelodeon stop-motion animated pilot; 1990)
- The Weasel Patrol (lost Nickelodeon animated pilot; 1990)
- Who Knew? (partially found Nickelodeon game show pilot; 1998)
- The Wild Thornberrys (found pilot of Nickelodeon animated series; 1998)
Other
- Action League Now!: The Series "Monster Mashed" (found episode of "Kablam!" spinoff animated series; 2002)
- Action League Now!: The Series "Thunder Girl: Tracking The Storm" (found episode of "Kablam!" spinoff series; 2001-2002)
- The Angry Beavers "A Tail of Two Rangers/Bye Bye Beavers" (partially found finale episode of Nickelodeon animated series; 2001)
- The Butcher (lost Nickelodeon puppet short film; existence unconfirmed; 2001)
- Crash Nebula (lost production material of cancelled spinoff of" The Fairly OddParents" Nickelodeon animated series; 2004-2006)
- Danny Phantom (partially found original opening title sequence of Nickelodeon animated series; 2003)
- Got Chocolate Milk? (found "SpongeBob SquarePants" animated tie-in commercial; 2001)
- Gruff's Groove Box (lost Nickelodeon music series; 2001)
- ICarly "How To" (found bonus content DVD from Nickelodeon sitcom "Web Show Set"; 2011)
- Invader Zim (partially found production material of cancelled episodes of Nickelodeon animated series; 2001-2002)
- KaBlam! "Episode 29" (non-existent episode of Nickelodeon animated series; 1998)
- KaBlam! "Just Chillin" (found final episode of Nickelodeon animated series; 2000)
- KaBlam! "KaFun!" (found episode of Nickelodeon animated series; 1999)
- KaBlam! "An Off-Beats Valentine's" (found spinoff special of Nickelodeon animated series; 1998)
- The Loud House (partially lost deleted scenes of Nickelodeon animated series; 2016-present)
- Nickelodeon Japan (partially found various final sign-off footage of Japanese TV channel; 2009)
- Nickelodeon Launch Box (partially found educational series; 1991-1994)
- Nickelodeon Magazine's Big 10 Birthday Bash (found Nickelodeon TV special; 2003)
- Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration (found live broadcast of Nickelodeon event; 1990)
- The Ren & Stimpy Show (non-existent unused Kurt Cobain song for Nickelodeon animated series; 1990)
- The Ren & Stimpy Show "Man's Best Friend" (found banned episode of Nickelodeon animated series; 1992)
- Robot and Monster (partially found unaired/unfinished episodes of Nickelodeon animated series; 2012-2013)
- Rugrats: A Live Adventure (partially found footage of musical adaptation of Nickelodeon animated series; 1998-2000)
- Rugrats "Incredible" (partially lost storyboard jam comic of Nickelodeon animated series; 1998)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (partially lost deleted scenes of Nickelodeon animated series; 1999-present)
- SpongeBob SquarePants "Sailor Mouth" (lost uncensored version of Nickelodeon animated series episode; 2001)
- SpongeBob SquarePants "Shanghaied/You Wish" (lost English audio from alternate "Patchy the Pirate" segments of Nickelodeon animated series episode; 2001)
- SpongeBob SquarePants "SpaceBob InvaderPants/Krabs' Army" (lost production material of cancelled Nickelodeon animated series episodes; 2015)
- War Blowers (found full version of "SpongeBob SquarePants" production music; 1999)