Editing You Can't Do That on Television (section)

=== Parody ===
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''YCDTOTV'' has been occasionally referenced during episodes of ''[[Robot Chicken]]'', including some of the show's trademark gags, such as locker jokes, Barth's Burgery and green slime.

In the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "[[Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High]]", [[Peter Griffin]] is slimed after saying "I don't know'". It was followed immediately by a still shot that is a direct reference to ''YCDTOTV'''s opening sequence, with the words "You Can't Do That on Television" written in red over a man's face. A later episode of the series was titled "[[You Can't Do That on Television, Peter]]", but contained no overt references to ''YCDTOTV''.

In the ''[[NewsRadio]]'' episode "The Song Remains the Same", Mr. James celebrates [[April Fools' Day]] (in February) by having Joe install the "trigger machines" from ''YCDTOTV'', and then tricks the cast into getting slimed and doused with water.

The "1981" episode of [[VH1|VH1's]] ''[[I Love the '80s 3-D]]'' features a segment on ''YCDTOTV'' that features [[Hal Sparks]], [[Alyson Hannigan]] and [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] all getting slimed after being tricked into saying "I don't know." [[Wil Wheaton]] is also slimed during the opening credits.

''YCDTOTV'' is also loosely parodied in the 2010 ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' episode "Glitter", with [[Cobie Smulders]]' character on the Canadian television show "Space Teens" making several references to the show. In reality, Smulders grew up a fan of the show.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Movie References |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078714/movieconnections?ref_=tt_ql_trv_6 |website=IMDB}}{{unreliable source?|date=November 2021}}</ref>

The ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' [[Saturday Night Live (season 47)|season 47]] episode hosted by [[John Mulaney]] features a humorous account of how green slime came to be introduced to ''YCDTOTV'' and ultimately Nickelodeon.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Saturday Night Live' Review: The Best and Worst of John Mulaney's Hosting Return |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2022/02/saturday-night-live-review-john-mulaney-1234702655/ |website=IndieWire|date=February 27, 2022 }}</ref>