Project
131 will go down in YCDTOTV lore as one last production
inside Studio D at CJOH-TV in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The reunion
production featured some original YCDTOTV set pieces, along with
virtual sets that helped create sets of seasons past -- thanks
to the help of a chroma-key green screen. The majority of the
project was filmed on July 13, 2004 -- just prior to SlimeCon
2004.
ABOUT
PROJECT 131
Project
131 was a You Can't Do That On Television
reunion episode. Filmed at CJOH-TV in Ottawa, Canada, Project
131 features five of the original cast members in
the first new episode in more than 14 years! Premiering to an
eager audience on Sunday, July 18 in Ottawa, Project
131 included rarely-seen bloopers, 1979 footage,
scenes from the banned Adoption
episode, new scenes and much more!
. You Can't Do That On Television never
had an official "series finale." Project
131 provided some closure to one of the most popular
children's programs in television history, and was the final production
ever made in Studio D at CJOH -TV.
THE
PLOT
Project
131 follows three returning cast members -- Vanessa
Lindores, Marjorie
Silcoff and Brodie
Osome -- as they fulfill the wishes of producers
and produce one final episode before finally being let go.
As the plot
goes, YCDTOTV was still being produced, yet it was so bad that
no network would air it. Ross has retired, leaving the "kids"
to direct themselves. Barth opened a fine dining establishment
and left it for Brodie to manage, while he returned to his diner
... yet food is still served from unknown sources. The library
was to be torn down to make way for a new mini-mall, but, while
cleaning up the place in hopes of preventing demolition, Brodie
gets slimed and Marjorie gets watered. Les Lye's grandson, Josh
Dunn, begins his announcing career -- only to have it end as a
result of the series finale. The three hosts leave the studio
one last time, and Vanessa turns out the lights, while cast members
Alasdair Gillis
and Justin Cammy
are upset that they weren't included in the new episode ... even
though they were.
