Slime Time Live

''Slime Time Live'' is a television show that aired on Nickelodeon from 2000–2004, lasting 8 seasons. During its run it was hosted by Dave Aizer, Jonah Travick, and Jessica Holmes and produced/directed by Jason Harper. It was located outside (inside if either weather did not permit, or the outdoor area had become too messy from earlier in the day) of the former Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios Florida (the third-to-last show to do so). It mainly aired as filler during regular commercial time. One little girl was slimed during her family vacation, and won a pair of shoes.

The show holds two Guinness World Records – most people pied in three minutes (1,000 in 2001), and most people slimed (762 on the finale). The sliming was done outdoors, in front of the studios.

Premise

The show's hosts were known for "sliming" their audience. When this would occur, they would choose someone, sit them in a chair, and ask them a question. If they answered correctly, they would get a bucket of slime (eventually changed to two buckets, then three) poured on top of them.

The show was also known to have their audience members, contestants, hosts, celebrity guests, and staff caught on-camera pied in the face. When it was cancelled, Nick's pieing trademark was forgotten. It was later revived through the Nick-themed resort and cruise line.

Interactive games

During the show, viewers would phone in to play interactive games with players on the show. The most common game was to make a match of Nicktoons from off of a Tic-tac-toe grid. The board was scrambled before game play and if a match was made, the home player would win a prize and the contestant would be slimed and often pied as well.

If they did not make a match, host Dave Aizer would receive a whipped cream pie in the face. Later when the mystery bucket was introduced, if no match was made, only the mystery bucket would drop on the player.

In addition to Nicktoons, the board included a pie tile (the contestant would shove the pie they are holding in their face), a "cream blaster" tile (where the contestant would be blasted with whipped cream by the two side cannons), a bonus tile (where the home player gets another try) and an "instant slime" tile or a wild card (which triggered an automatic match, an instant sliming and an instant win).

On some occasions, an overload of slime is used. And slime-u-lator 2.0 where they have to hand pedal and slime in the red blue bins can travel upward through the yellow tubes into those two bins and filling the plastic tubes with slime and one bins with high point will fall down to which team and which team gets slime from one those bins is filled they will win and move on to big shaboozie showdown round.

More interactive games would be played as the run progressed. Many celebrities from other Nick shows appeared often.

Broadcast history

2000

Slime Time Live initially aired from 4-5pm, leading up to new episodes of Double Dare 2000. On May 2, 2000, the show was expanded into a 2.5-hour programming block, airing between shows and commercials from 4-6:30 pm weekdays. This initial season lasted until June 30, 2000. The second season premiered on September 4, 2000 and lasted until November 22nd, 2000. Longstanding traditions like the birthday pie in the face became cemented in place this season.

First known as "Super Sloppy Slime-Off," The Big Shaboozie was the show's end game. In it, two out of three teams (each team had three contestants), Jessica led one team and Jonah led the other, would stand under a trough filled with slime. Dave would ask a Nick-related question, if one of the in-house players answered the question, one of the contestants from the home player's team would be pied by their team leader, if they answered wrong, a contestant from the opposing team would be pied by their team leader. The team to have all three of their members pied would be slimed and (along with the home player) receive a grand prize.

2001

The third season premiered on January 1, 2001 and lasted until June 15th, 2001. Starting on February 5, 2001, BubbleCast would be aggressively promoted. This was an online interactive platform, which prompted viewers to constantly engage with the Nick.com website while watching shows. BubbleCast was phased out on March 30, 2001 but returned on Sunday nights in August 2001 during Taina. Jonah and Jessica assume more prominent roles this season. It also aired special editions like Slime Time SNICK Live which aired on March 10th, 2001 and March 17th, 2001.

The fourth season premiered on September 3rd, 2001 and lasted until December 21st, 2001. There was no Slime Time Live the week during the 9/11 attacks. This season saw a number of changes. In Mondays throughout November 2001, ''STL'' would visit different schools, where they hosted ''Slime Time Takes Over Your School''. Also in 2001, a feature called ''Head-to-Head Friday'' was played, which involved competitions to determine which of two shows would air, with the audience divided into two teams, and often taking part in competitions.

2002

The fifth season premiered on January 7th, 2002 and lasted until May 24, 2002. Starting on January 21st, 2002, the Slime-U-Lator was revamped to include three barrels: two containing slime, and a third as the "mystery bucket," containing a mystery mess that was often voted for online.  If the player won the game, their studio teammate would be slimed with all three buckets. If they lost, their teammate would only get the mystery bucket dumped on them. The NickVentures segment was introduced, which involved Jonah traveling across the country to find out what kids liked to do after school. This segment would usually introduce the mystery mess for the upcoming Slime-U-Lator round.

Also in 2002, the finale of the show was renamed ''The Big Shaboozie''. Changes to the game included Dave asking Nick-related questions on the given topic (instead of random questions); all players would now wear goggles during the game—whether it was getting pied, slimed, etc. -- in addition to getting slimed (they often got slimed with other substances besides that), the members of the winning team would be blasted (front and back) with whipped cream. The Big Shaboozie finale involved a large tic tac toe-style game board with nine numbers.  In turn, teams could use their accrued points to pick numbers on the game board, in hopes of finding the winning square, ''The Big Shaboozie''. If players found ''The Whammy'' square, then the opposing team automatically won the game.

The sixth season premiered on September 2, 2002 and lasted until November 27th, 2002. This season saw some radical changes to the show and its format, starting with the schedule, which now became a three-hour block from 2-5 p.m. It also aired special editions like Slime Time Live in Hypertime which aired on April 6, 2002 and a Hey, I Wanna Be Arnold! Slime Time Movie Special which aired on June 15, 2002 and June 22, 2002.

2003

The seventh season premiered on January 6, 2003 and lasted until May 23rd, 2003. In this season, the show has been cut down to two hours, now airing from 3-5pm.

This time, there are only two players on each team. Each team takes turns deciding which number to pick on a Tic-Tac-Toe board, if one team finds "The Big Shaboozie" they will win the game, but if they find "The Whammy," the opposing team wins. The ''Splat Vat'' was introduced, which was a kind of dunk tank, used for various games with audience members and hosts. There was a call-in segment that ran similarly to the Slime-U-Lator rounds of previous series. Teams for The Big Shaboozie now wore orange and light blue, a change from the red and blue of the previous seasons. The Big Shaboozie was played in a similar way to the first few seasons, home players on the phone competing for their team in studio. This season, questions are asked in a "this-or-that" format. E.g., players might have to decide whether an item is "Desert" or "Dessert." Hosts would alternate each show. At the start of The Big Shaboozie, the host would bank on a team they thought would win. If they chose the wrong team, they would be dropped into the Splat Vat after the winning team was slimed.

From August 4, 2003 through August 29, 2003, Nickelodeon aired a summer edition of Slime Time Live titled Summer Slime Live, hosted by Dave Aizer, Jonah Travick, Jessica Holmes, Brent Popolizio and Candace Bailey. Nickelodeon stars often appeared as co-hosts.

Final season

The final season premiered on September 22, 2003 and lasted until July 2nd, 2004. The final year saw a number of significant changes to format and scheduling. Starting October 20, 2003, the show began recording prior to the days it was set to air, and aired in a 7am morning slot. Nickelodeon had tried to gain young viewers in that time through this, but ratings declined shortly thereafter. The show would often "connect" (Florida to New York) with ''U-Pick Live'', which would replace it later in the year. On November 26, 2003, the show broke the world record for most people slimed at one time.

''Friday Night Slimetime''

One year after the show's cancellation, ''Friday Night Slimetime'' premiered on Nickelodeon, but unlike the original version, its segments were prerecorded. It lasted for two back to back seasons and was hosted by Lil' JJ and Chloe Dolandis (who had previously hosted Splat!). Nickelodeon had a talent hold on Lil' JJ and was forced to give him a show to finish out his contract. Because of this, Dave Aizer was brought on board as a writer and also occasionally announced the prizes. The most common prizes on it were either a bicycle or athletic balls. This ran from September 23, 2005 to March 24, 2006.

Changes unrelated to the game

* The logo has been changed.
* An audience member introducing the game would be pied.

Celebrity guest appearances

* Aaron Carter
* A-Teens
* B*Witched
* Jason Harris
* The Spy Kids ( Alexa PenaVega and Daryl Sabara)
* LFO
* O Town
* Michelle Branch
* Amanda Bynes
* Anthony Anderson
* Gary Dell'Abate
* Mick Foley
* Nick Cannon
* David Lynch
* Frankie Muniz
* Kenan Thompson
* Kel Mitchell
* Lil Romeo
* Dana Carvey
* David Arquette
* Drake Bell
* Josh Peck
* Miranda Cosgrove
* Christina Vidal
* Lil Bow Wow
* Jason Acuña
* Howie Dorough
* Randy Savage
* Jamie Lynn Spears
* Lemony Snicket
* Billy Gilman
* 3LW
* Dream
* Lance Bass
* Chris Kirkpatrick
* Jump5
* American Juniors
* No Secrets
* Dream Street
* Play
* Tom Kenny (As Patchy the Pirate)

References

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2000s American children's game shows
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Interactive television