Despite probably not being this show's target demographic, being a young black male, I honestly I really enjoyed Clarissa Explains It All. The way she broke the 4th wall and talked to the audience made it seem like she was my friend. And I definitely thought she was very cool. It never felt like it was a "girls show" to me, it was just another show for kids, and I was a kid, so I thought it was for me.

@kablah777

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. I am 3 years younger than MJH and I remember watching the show for all 5 years. I really enjoyed it.

@jsloanhpi

3 жыл бұрын

Ditto, friend, was one of my favorites as a young, white dude. It was just clever and fun and masculine/feminine never occurred to me. Though I was geeky and into stories - I’ll admit my football-loving social circle may have been a tough sell on the show.

@YMasterS

3 жыл бұрын

Omg, she was effectively Youtubing. How did I never notice that?

@sketchjunior7072

3 жыл бұрын

Well if you benefit from it, it is for you!

@dudepool7530

3 жыл бұрын

My mom called me gay for liking it. Yeah, my "history" says otherwise lmao.

It's almost like.... They treated her as a human with complex emotions and styles

@technopoptart

3 жыл бұрын

perish the thought!

@Grim_Sister

3 жыл бұрын

BITE YOUR TONGUE, HIERATIC!

@admiralsquatbar127

3 жыл бұрын

Who knew that would be a good idea.

@wmdkitty

3 жыл бұрын

Crazy concept, eh?

@davitakirkland348

3 жыл бұрын

Shocking, I know! I mean who knew females were more than animated objects!

I loved how the best friend came in through the window and everyone one was like, 'Hey Sam.' and went with it. Sure the parents would have preferred he came in through the front door. But it was never a big issue that a boy was alone in their daughters room. This kind of Platonic relationship between boys and girls wasn't shown very often in tv shows.

@kenirainseeker539

5 ай бұрын

As a girl who had male friends growing up, it's exhausting when everyone assumes there's a romantic thing going on just because you're opposite gender

Hey I was on Clarissa as the friend "Olivia Dupris" and had a great time filming it. I'm glad to here your spin on it. I was definitely thinking recently that Clarissa was the "original influencer"!!!

@bonotbeagle

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Olivia, Clifford here! 😉

@huntingfashiondolls3307

8 ай бұрын

cool, you are right she was

@goldbrooks

7 ай бұрын

I wonder how Rudy takes Your Spin 👀

Mitchell Kriegman : "NO PURPLE" Roses: Uses a purple background

@moisesmontecillo7570

3 жыл бұрын

On set?

@woolzem

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I noticed that too lol

@pushinguproses

3 жыл бұрын

Ain't I a stinker?

@ke6nber

3 жыл бұрын

@@pushinguproses Yes, yes you are. Which is pretty stinking awesome. Stinker? Stinking awesome? Did you catch that? Did you see what I did there? Did you see how stinking clever I am? Stinking clever! See? I did it again! Ok...I'm done now.

@LadyEowyn

3 жыл бұрын

I approve of this choice.

The thing with the bedroom set makes sense. Its originally decorated when she's about 10 (pink, floral, mostly picked by the parents). By the time she's 13/14 she's going to want to personalise it (black checkers, hubcaps). Also a really lovely hint to the parents being cool with their teenager expressing their personality.

@lauramarschmallow2922

3 жыл бұрын

Also the checkers look like they were painted by hand, in story maybe by Clarissa herself?

@inspiredby624

3 жыл бұрын

And it's very realistic that's she's working with what she already has (e.g. drawing checkers on the wallpaper) instead of her parents paying for a complete room renovation. Other teenagers on TV always seem to have huge rooms that are perfectly furnished and decorated in the current style and I always wonder how they can afford that lol

@swanpride

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah...my parents were smarter than that, when it was time to replace the bunk beds, they convinced me and my sister to pick furniture we would be cool with as teens, too, plus, they are fans of white walls, because they can be decorated however you want easily. But a lot of parents, they don't like the idea that their little girl will grow up eventually.

@Radien

3 жыл бұрын

While watching the show I never noticed that the checkers were painted by hand over pink and floral. I totally feel her there. My childhood room was decorated in white and rainbows, and when I was a teen my parents never listened to my pleas to redecorate it.

@JamesChessman

3 жыл бұрын

@@Radien I don't really remember seeing that earlier... it's possible that the background details (like the floral pattern) didn't really show up on our box TV's of the time, lol.

Ah, this was one of the shows I really really liked. "Look it's a girl, who is a lead character, is smart, has a computer, and expresses what's her mind!" discovering that the actress was actually only four years older than I was also put the show into that head space of "I can do that!"

The checkers really is such a simple yet perfect addition. Looks exactly like an alt girl finding her own style in her space. Made her room even more realistic while being stylized for tv aesthetic.

Sometimes when I see shows that I've watched as a kid I'm freaked out about how young the actors look because apparently I was aging them up in my head as I age. That said I'm really glad to hear this show held up and actually broke some molds back in the day.

@FrenkTheJoy

3 жыл бұрын

Seeing her so young on Clarissa startles me, because I'm used to seeing Melissa Joan Hart as a teenager on Sabrina, so she looks too young when she's an actual teenager on Clarissa!

@MegaOctobot

3 жыл бұрын

I'm always surprised when I look up ages of people from old shows and find they're like a year or two from mine. They seemed so much older when I was younger.

@hiimizuru7765

3 жыл бұрын

Lost in Nostal-tation

@songindarkness

3 жыл бұрын

Loved Clarissa! I think it's true that there are very few good shows that show realistic teenage girls, especially as a lead. Even now. I might have liked Blossom just as much but it wasn't as available in the UK. I loved Clarissa's wardrobe too. It's interesting how groundbreaking the character was at the time, and how to execs thought it was so shocking how her family interacted. I thought they were amazingly nice to each other! It's nice to see a breakdown about it and that others have fond memories so thanks for the happy wave of nostalgia!

@skyllalafey

3 жыл бұрын

That, and actually have teens played by teens, not 23 to 30 year-olds; it seems to set the tone a bit better and not feel as hokey.

I remember seeing this show as a kid and thinking, “wow, girls can be cool too?” It’s so weird that girls in sitcoms were portrayed as so boring and one-dimensional, like they were springboards to incite situations rather than being people situations happen to. I imagine seeing Clarissa educated boys like me as much as it helped girls like Roses.

@bezoticallyyours83

2 жыл бұрын

The chick from Family Matters was also fairly sarcastic and long-suffering come to think of it. And there was Sister Sister. I never watched Beverly Hills 90210.

I think this show is the reason why I cannot to this day understand why kids shows can’t seem to find grounding in reality. This was such a good show. I didn’t remember a single episode until you started talking about them and they all came back.

@bezoticallyyours83

2 жыл бұрын

It's not like we didn't have sitcoms not grounded in reality. The kids from Salute Your Shorts would have probably been kicked back home and told not to come back. Family Matters had some weird Dr. Jekyl/Mr. Hyde plot at one point. Pete and Pete was just a wacky and zany show all around. (Plus Little Pete was a menace to all.)

I’m surprised she didn’t mention one notable member of the writing staff: Suzanne Collins of Hunger Games fame. When I learned that it blew my mind.

@littlemisspipebomb4723

3 жыл бұрын

somehow, that explains possibly too much

@3333218

3 жыл бұрын

WAIT.... WHAT?!!!

@wvu05

3 жыл бұрын

I just found that out, and my mind is blown, too.

@peternewturkey

2 жыл бұрын

When this show aired, I was such a nerd and used to write down in a notebook all of the credits that flashed at the beginning of the episode - so I knew Mitchell Kriegman’s name as well as I knew Melissa Joan Hart. Another name I knew very well was Suzanne Collins. So when The Hunger Games came out, I was like “OH MY GOD I KNOW HER.”

How did we not get the"Sam's ladder" guitar riff even once in this episode???

@millerhxc

3 жыл бұрын

That still plays in my head every time I or someone else says "Hi Sam." Haha

@ericovalle8737

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@initial_C

3 жыл бұрын

@@millerhxc Someone needs to edit a cut of Lord of the Rings with the Sam's ladder guitar riff

@pushinguproses

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you took away such an important thought from this video.

@joseherrera8489

3 жыл бұрын

@@pushinguproses OMG, you were actually trying to push an agenda with this vid.

"Apparent, haha A PARENT GET IT!!" Never change Roses, never change

@holyballswappfalls1158

3 жыл бұрын

your parents got it on

I recall showing my mom an episode of this where Clarissa's mom admitted she was wrong about something. I asked my mom why she couldn't be respectful to me the same way. it worked, my mom changed her attitude towards me for the better after that. it still wasn't perfect.

PushingUpRoses: "Clarissa was sarcastic and snarky." Daria: "Hold my coffee..."

@nix2747

3 жыл бұрын

Clarissa walked so that Daria could run... both girls were fundamental to my childhood.

@wefinnasee7067

3 жыл бұрын

@@nix2747 🤣👍🏾

@LilyoftheLake14

3 жыл бұрын

@Dave Smiling Coyote I read that last part in Daria's monotone voice in my head, while visualizing Jane next to her, reaching out and grabbing her coffee. Just perfect.

@goldilox369

3 жыл бұрын

Yay! I loved both these shows.

@ThexDynastxQueen

3 жыл бұрын

I just recently binged Daria as I was still a bit too young to understand her when it aired and just lol I read it in her voice.

I spent this whole video staring at Clarissa’s outfits and wanting to copy them

As someone that grew up in a tiny bedroom with mostly bare walls, clarissa's room was a dream, maybe 2nd best room, number 1 being arnold's from hey arnold, that's a tough one to beat

@naranciaisbestboi125

3 жыл бұрын

I always wanted Arnold's room, honestly I still do.

@alienalibi2382

3 жыл бұрын

Canal 5?

@alienalibi2382

3 жыл бұрын

And same Arnolds room was amazing

@BWMagus

3 жыл бұрын

That's hardly a fair comparison; one room is actually realistic and one is a dream room for grown adults. May as well include the Bat Cave.

@azadalamiq

3 жыл бұрын

@@BWMagus not really... everything he had in the room was a possibility. just very expensive.

Are you gonna do "the secret World of Alex Mac"? I watched a ton of all those shows as a kid

@astridjl85

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes please!

@cellgames808

3 жыл бұрын

I had such a crush on Alex back then

@Jasondirt

3 жыл бұрын

@@cellgames808 🤣 I did too 😆

@gSlover4reel

3 жыл бұрын

I believe we all had a crush on Alex Mack. Larisa Oleynick was an absolute doll

@MegatronYES

3 жыл бұрын

That show was amazing to me, never missed it yet BARELY remember it

Just one tiny remark: Technically, an architect doesn't build a house. He merely designs it. A contracter builds it.

@liengandriod55

3 жыл бұрын

Thank

Boys loved Clarissa too. I just wanted to be her friend, I wasn't even dating yet. I vote for Sam's window ladder being 100% innocent. Their friendship also helped me understand and form platonic female friendships at that age. But she was smart and funny. Is the no purple rule why you put this on a purple background? Punk rock forever, break those rules! Clarissa is very white, but Doug tried to subtly convey that it didn't matter what color you were, even green or blue, people just were their characters.

@MLBlue30

3 жыл бұрын

Great attitude, need more guys like you.

@chocobosage

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't notice at the time how white it was, but you don't see it when you're 10. But I lvoe dthis show and also Sister Sister which was on around the same time. I kinda wish there was a crossover haha, just to see the dads interact haha

@brittneytown8294

3 жыл бұрын

Just fyi, I know you have the right idea but the “green or blue” comment makes me, as a black person, feel belittled. I don’t want to be included with the impossible and/or alien, I am a person of color but of realistic color. Not to be mocked, although I believe that was not your intention.

@fusionspace175

3 жыл бұрын

@@brittneytown8294 It's not my place to tell you how to react, but no, that was not the intention,and Star Trek is way ahead of me there, we have been using fill in colors to deal with issues society might otherwise ignore for decades, it is a time honored tradition I am sorry you find offensive.

@nickspeelman9174

3 жыл бұрын

Another Clarissa-loving-boy checking in. I think I'm probably a little bit older because I had a major crush on her., though. In hindsight, I think it was probably good for me to have such an early crush on such fierce young woman. It imprinted a model of desire that involved agency and independence for the woman early on.

*Me, a person who's favorite color is purple:* "So, he's chosen death"

@muticere

3 жыл бұрын

I might have quit the production right then and there had I been working at Nickelodeon. well, not really, but I would have been salty about it.

@redforest9269

3 жыл бұрын

Your favorite color is green.

@otaking3582

3 жыл бұрын

@ran ran Yes, Nabeshin is the awesome sauce

@Aster_Risk

3 жыл бұрын

@ran ran Excel Saga fan checking in!

For reference, I'm 35. Clarissa Explains It All was one of my favorite shows as a kid. I loved the episode where she wanted to go to a Pearl Jam concert. Oh, you just mentioned that in the video, lol.

@missbeans

2 жыл бұрын

I'm turning 40 in 2 weeks and I LOVED Clarissa!!

"I was easy to babysit before, and now I am impossible to babysit." - I can relate to that _so_ much.

My dad used to call it "Melissa Explains it All" just to drive me crazy. Then when she was on an episode of Nick Arcade and we learned her name actually was Melissa, my 4 year old mind was blown.

@CuteCuteJames

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, wow, my mom did the same thing. Annoying parents on the same vibe.

@LadyEowyn

3 жыл бұрын

My mom used to say, Clarissa the teenage know-it-all. I hated it.

I see a lot of Clarissa in Roses. It's hard for me to explain it.

@UltraDTA

3 жыл бұрын

Lots of 90s 'tude lol

@Grim_Sister

3 жыл бұрын

I can: there is a certain “I like this stuff and I refuse to apologize about it” kind of vibe with the both of them. Up until I found Roses channel, I barely knew about old Sierra games or about some of these older Nick shows, as I’m not a US citizen. But I do enjoy hearing her tell me about what kids in other countries watched while I was in Israel, eating paste and watching Moomintrolls

@avosmash2121

3 жыл бұрын

@@Grim_Sister As an American with an Israeli dad, I love the way my childhood included both these and Rose's experiences💜

@xenos_n.

3 жыл бұрын

You might have been able to explain it if you were Clarissa.

I loved Clarissa Explains It All. She felt like a real person since she had feminine traits as well as masculine. Her relationship with Sam is also a big reason why I love platonic female/male relationships. They can and do exist!

@jennifermoriarty2188

Жыл бұрын

Yes!

Man the 90s, what a weird time. Still doesn't feel like it was almost 30 years ago.

@CommodoreFan64

3 жыл бұрын

It truly does not feel like 30 years later for sure, I can still remember watching Nick in my old childhood home on a 13in Sharp CRT with a Commodore 128 hooked to it, just being jealous of the Amiga Clarissa had i her bedroom.

@SirChubbyBunny

3 жыл бұрын

That's for sure. I'm pushing 27 and it doesn't feel like that much time has passed at all. :/

@Aster_Risk

3 жыл бұрын

I'm turning 30 in January. How?!

@C4nn15

3 жыл бұрын

@@Aster_Risk time :( I'm 39 this year.

@C4nn15

3 жыл бұрын

@@CommodoreFan64 I had a little black and white TV in my room at the time, the thing would be the size of today's tablets :). Still had NES hooked up to that, would nag to use the lounge TV which was a 27"

When i was a kid clarissa and sean seemed so much older. now looking back they look like children. LOL.

@athena8794

3 жыл бұрын

I know, right? I had to pause the vid to take a moment to reconcile my memory of the show and the reality.

@MuffinHunterX

3 жыл бұрын

Can't remember where I saw the quote but: "When I was twelve all the eighteen-year-olds looked thirty. Now that I'm thirty all the eighteen-year-olds look twelve."

@theinfamousjellybean467

3 жыл бұрын

@@MuffinHunterX Maybe because all the "teen" movies and sitcoms typically cast 30 year olds.

@JosephDavies

3 жыл бұрын

I had the same moment with that clip of Punky Brewster.

@denisenova7494

3 жыл бұрын

same

I went out with a girl called Clarissa once, and on one occasion a ladder appeared at my window when we were in my room. It was only the window cleaner, but sadly, she didn't know the reference. Still, best moment of my life so far.

@bezoticallyyours83

2 жыл бұрын

XD

Carissa’s room is like the ultimate Generation X’s bedroom. Some kind of 20 something Generation X or probably be doing.

I wanted her room so bad as a child. Clarissa was everything.

@takkycat

3 жыл бұрын

Including a creeper who crawls through her window!

@ruaoneill9050

3 жыл бұрын

I STILL want her phone! It is so cool. I also remember thinking that having your own phone in your ROOM was just the most amazing thing ever!!!

@SirChubbyBunny

3 жыл бұрын

I don't have many strong memories about the show, but I thought her room was awesome as a kid and would have loved it - including her collection of rims.

@Whackadoo1

3 жыл бұрын

Either her's or Arnold's from Hey Arnold

YES! she was SO influential to me growing up. I emulated so much about Clarissa and it really influenced how I approached life as I grew up.

I remember my girls watching this program while I worked from my home office at my drafting table. They have children now. Years turn into decades amazingly fast...

As a person named Jade I fell even harder in love with Clarissa during that first monologue of her’s in the pilot. This show was so representative of actual 1990s pre-teen/teen life - as crazy as that seems looking at it now.

"What is she? Possessed by the devil?" It's a sure bet that the cameraman didn't have daughters...

@BrandonTWills

3 жыл бұрын

But he probably knew about the Illuminati/Masonic use of the checker board pattern.

@StealthMarmot_

3 жыл бұрын

Or he did and thought his were possessed by the devil. Given teenagers in general, it's ENTIRELY unbelievable.

@williamjameslehy1341

3 жыл бұрын

The devil is into ska, apparently.

@BrandonTWills

3 жыл бұрын

Chris Lauderdale - Guess that’s why he killed Bradley Nowell. Damn you satan!

@DoctorEw220

3 жыл бұрын

Well she did dream about making her brother spontaneously combust.

What is your opinion of “The Secret World of Alex Mack”? I remember seeing a teenage girl accidentally gaining superpowers and the stress that is teenage-life enjoyable and quite dramatic. If you’re going to make a video about it in the future, check it out and share your opinions as well...!

@DelvingAngel

3 жыл бұрын

I loved SW of Alex Mack! I was really into the shows they intended for young ladies, should’ve been a hint I suppose.

@ReverieNightengale

3 жыл бұрын

Oh man, Alex Mack! I always enjoyed how shamelessly cheesy but fun that show was and that was the series that made me realize telekinesis was my favorite superpower. I'd love to see it covered on Pushing Up Roses.

@pompe221

3 жыл бұрын

"Secret World of Alex Mack" was the first show that addressed why a business might choose to not be so eco-friendly and the reasons were actually valid: the materials are harder to come by, they're more expensive, and they don't always do as good a job as "polluting" materials ('90s, remember). I'd never seen the other side of the argument presented as anything besides "cuz they hatz de Erth!" I really felt for Alex in her dilemma between saving the planet and supporting her friend's business.

@Xxx_EvilSmurf_xxX

3 жыл бұрын

I have the dvds

@JustinG85

3 жыл бұрын

I used to love that show too. I think Roses is right about the formative years thing...all these years later and still have celebrity crushes on both Larisa Oleynik and Melissa Joan Hart

"Exweeze-me? Baking powder?" aight, you cool

I’m psyched that I happened to run into this channel! I was a 90’s kid, born in 1987 (Male). “Clarissa Explains It All” was one of my favorite shows growing up. I don’t remember feeling any type of way that the main character was female. Another one of my fav shows that had a female main character was “The Secret World of Alex Mack”. I was OBSESSED with Nickelodeon! The Orlando Studio with the live audience was amazing! Shows like “Guts”, “Wild & Crazy Kids”, “All That”, “What Would You Do?”, “Nick Arcade”, “Legends of the Hidden Temple”, “Are You Afraid of the Dark?”, “Pete & Pete”, “Salute Your Shorts”, “Hey Dude”, “Keenan & Kel”, “Double Dare”, “Hey Arnold”, “Doug”, “Rugrats”, “Rocko’s Modern Life”, “Ahhhh Real Monsters”, “CatDog”, “Angry Beavers”, “Rocket Power”, “The Wild Thornberry’s”, “Allegra’s Window”, “My Brother & Me”, “The Amanda Show”. Every Saturday, I couldn’t wait for “Snick”! Weekdays after school, I had my boy “Stick Stickly”! Kids today have no idea!!! My Father would always come in the room & jokingly make slick remarks making fun of whatever Nickelodeon show I was watching at the time, but I always noticed him sit down & watch “Clarissa Explains It All” anytime I had it on. He was interested & liked that show on the low lol.. I don’t know why this specific night sticks out to me so much, but I had a great childhood growing up. One of my favorite nights was a random night when I was about 7 or 8 in 1994-1995. It was snowing in early December, my family was decorating the house & the tree for Christmas, obviously. A marathon of “Clarissa Explains It All” happened to be on Nickelodeon. I’ll never forget how happy I was that night.. I know it’s random, but this video reminded me of that night lol..

@m56214

2 жыл бұрын

No Ren and Stimpy the disrespect

“I just build your house!” That tone sounds familiar Old vine: “I didn’t get no sleep cause of Y’all! Y’all not gonna get some sleep cause of me!” Hmmm...

@davincent98

3 жыл бұрын

It was the early 90s, so it would have most likely been "Mama Said Knock You Out" by L. L. Cool J

Hey Roses. This time you hit me from a soft spot. As a geeky male teen who had trouble interacting with the females of my age, I wished that I had a friendship like Clarissa & Sam. I had to wait until senior year of high school for something like that and I believe Clarissa taught me a lot about how to empathize with other people and form strong friendships and relationships.

Nickelodeon really needs to create a streaming service, they had all the best kid shows

@kaiser1963

2 жыл бұрын

Paramount plus has this show among many other nick sitcoms and there classic cartoons

@adagiobreeze8493

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaiser1963 do they have Are you afraid of the Dark?

@tarantinoish

2 жыл бұрын

@@adagiobreeze8493 This is a little late, so in the past three weeks you probably figured out the answer to this, but what the hey. The answer to that question is yes. Are You Afraid of the Dark is on Paramount Plus.

When I was in third grade , we had to hand out Valentines cards. My mom bought Clarissa themed cards for me, because I was a fan of the show. As a boy, i was embarrassed to admit I was fond of a “girl show,” so, I didn’t sign them. Oh, the 90’s

"Of course girls aren't sweet little angels that don't burb or get into fu-" *ad plays* Wait what!? *ad ends* "-nto fights." Oh.

@scottygilmer691

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, same.

@pushinguproses

3 жыл бұрын

I time my ads so well.

@davidwilson6577

3 жыл бұрын

Wait, what does 'get into fucks' mean?

@alakani

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidwilson6577 No way you're getting into fucks with that attitude. Have you considered getting into bucks or sucks first? The prereqs are lower there and you can transfer most of your credits

Man I had a crush on Clarissa when i was a kid, got to meet her, Sam, and her parents at Nickelodeon Studios in Florida back when the show was at its peak, one of the biggest highlights of my life.

@EpicKate

3 жыл бұрын

Very cool! I'd love to hear more about that experience.

@ThexDynastxQueen

3 жыл бұрын

So lucky >__ My family was poor like many who work the tourist areas of Orlando/Kissimmee so I'm not upset at them, just at the reality of continuing economic situation. Please always remember to kind to low wage workers. They are truly essential to keeping society fun and functioning.

I was always so impressed by Clarissa's mad programming skills as a kid. I've been a professional software engineer for well over a decade now I still can't whip up a sick video game with the speed of Clarissa. She would have made a killing in the early days of the app store!

This is barely connected to the video sorry but is it weird that I thought BOTH Sabrina's aunts were hot? O_O I was a weird kid.

@BrandonTWills

3 жыл бұрын

Most actresses are attractive. But I don’t remember the aunts so it could be both.

@aedwynn6474

3 жыл бұрын

I was right there with you on that score.

I remember being so impressed that Clarissa knew how to make her own video games! In fact, seeing that as a kid may have been the first time I realized that video games don't just appear out of nowhere, but are actually created by people. I wonder how many kids were inspired to become game designers because of her?

"Miniature shrubbery. I love this!" Alright, Clarissa's Dad is basically the best.

@Aster_Risk

3 жыл бұрын

I loved him. He actually felt like a real dad.

@hayleyh23

3 жыл бұрын

My reaction when he said that was, “Me too!”

@loverrlee

3 жыл бұрын

Space Coyote Same!!! 😂

Clarissa was my jam! I loved her style and everything about her. She was my icon which didn't always sit well with my parents. They wanted me to be what the studio wanted Clarissa to be. Great video. It really makes me want to go back and rewatch and share it with my kids. P.S. She used to go to the restaurant my husband worked at when she would visit her husband's family. She was very nice and a good tipper.

Melissa Joan Hart also has this radiance that’s like impossible to look away from...like Daniel Radcliffe in the first HP, Culkin in Home Alone, Gosling in Goosebumps or even a young Billie Eilish, it’s like angelic energy or something. I cannot put my finger on it and never have been able to.

I knew in my heart as a kid that Clarissa was giving me something closer to how girls really we were than the rest of television was. So I didn't care when I got s*** for watching a "girls show". Carissa was giving me the MF goods.

I'm a guy and I really enjoyed this show as a kid. As an adult I don't remember too much about the show but I do remember Clarissa's mom bringing up gingko trees a lot.

@CommodoreFan64

3 жыл бұрын

Most of my friends who had cable like me at the time seemed to like it as well. I think it's because it was overly girl power thrown in your face such as a show as Blossom.

@technopoptart

3 жыл бұрын

same. of course it probably helped my middle-school teacher would sometimes play it instead of us doing coursework. it didn't matter she was a year or two older and a girl; the show was good!

@denisenova7494

3 жыл бұрын

Her mother also put Tofu in everything and I thought: "Ugh. What is Tofu?" back then^^

I'll never forget Clarissa Explains It All in my life. When I was a kid, that's what I was watching when my family came into the living room for the first ever family meeting we had ( And last ). I was told to turn off the TV and my parents informed us they were getting a divorce.

The Keith Haring art in this show still warms my heart.

Cool fact: The kitchen and living room set for Clarissa Explains It All ended up being redesigned as the indoor set for Gullah Gullah Island. If you watch both TV shows back to back, you will see it. 🤯😲🤯😲

@SirChubbyBunny

3 жыл бұрын

I only really remember one episode of Gullah Gullah Island, and I can see it now. That's really cool!

@moonprincesst.s.h.4ever115

3 жыл бұрын

@@SirChubbyBunny I know right. When I was it blew my mind. Once you see it, you can't unsee it! 😲🤯😲🤯😁

@16050390

3 жыл бұрын

That's why it looked so familiar

@kasuraga

3 жыл бұрын

i didnt even watch gullah gullah island but saw just enough of it to go "holy shit youre right" didnt even need to look it up lol

@moonprincesst.s.h.4ever115

3 жыл бұрын

@@kasuraga I guess that Nickelodeon thought that nobody is going to watch both TV shows, so they could get away with it. Either that or they were being extremely CHEAP! 📺🛋😁😂🤑

Clarrisa: The Proto Daria On a more serious note, I do agree about the "girls don't fight boys" thing. Mainly cause my own sister actually got into a few fights with other boys back in school. lol

@TedSeeber

3 жыл бұрын

You shocked me, I could have sworn Daria was on earlier. You are correct, sir. The only appearance of Daria in that era was as a bit character on Beavis and Butthead

@lazyhomebody1356

3 жыл бұрын

I loved fistfights with boys when I was 8,9,10

@Philemaphobia

3 жыл бұрын

Clarissa was like Jane and Daria in one person :D

@Aster_Risk

3 жыл бұрын

@@Philemaphobia Yes! The perfect mixture!

“Whose favorite band is Vanilla Fudge?” _slowly raises hand_

@BrandonTWills

3 жыл бұрын

The use of the Illuminati checker board pattern & the band famous for the song “Season of the Witch” is a little disturbing. But you got use the Fudge where you can.

I never appreciated how spot on the casting of Clarissa's mother was

Weird. I remember thinking that clarissa “wore weird clothes” but I never really thought of it as being a style. I never really thought of her as being typical either. I always kind of assumed she was meant to be “weird”. But I’m not sure the concept of a style even occurred to me as a concept until 4 or 5 years later.

@cmdrfunk

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah i just thought she was supposed to be a weirdo that dressed funny

@MistyWarden

3 жыл бұрын

Same. No one in my area growing up had “style” like that unless they were one of the weird kids who were using clothes to be deliberately strange. I still don’t understand fashion, even couture fashion stuff still just looks strange to me.

@gcooper642

3 жыл бұрын

At that time everyone was wearing Adidas tracksuit bottoms and Sweater Shop jumpers at my high school in the UK. Clarrisa looked far out to me.

I loved watching this show when I was a kid. This, Rugrats (pre-movies and baby Dill), and Pete & Pete were some of my absolute Nickelodeon favorites that helped me form the basis of understanding the human condition.

@dildonius

3 жыл бұрын

What aboot _Snizz & Fondue?_

I think the actors who played Clarissa's parents cameod in the first season of Sabrina as a married couple with a son who steals Salem "a Girl and Her Cat" or something like that. It wasn't shown in the UK until 1993/1994. A BBC Saturday morning kids variety show (live & kicking) showed it during intermissions of live action stuff. Nickelodeon didn't really take off in the UK until the late 90s. Prior to that is was really low budget neverending reruns of a very small library of programs on a loop, augmented with old Viacom owned non Nickelodeon cartoons. Clarissa definitely was a unique show. Although the UK had shows with teenage girls who were ambitious, opinionated before.. "press gang" amongst others. She was perhaps a refreshing anomaly in the USA however considering the things you mentioned.

I have had that "who's gonna build your house?" Thing stuck in my head for nearly 25 years.

For her getting the awesome name of Clarissa, Ferguson really got the short end of the stick on the name game. lol and her parents were incredibly open to a boy just going up a ladder to her room all the time.

@avantikashaha7959

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, they could see the ladder from the kitchen window so they knew when he was visiting (I think there is an episode where the ladder is removed and you see Sam fall in the kitchen window.)

@lazyhomebody1356

3 жыл бұрын

@@avantikashaha7959 Because her folks are always in the kitchen?

@avantikashaha7959

3 жыл бұрын

@@lazyhomebody1356 they are frequently in the kitchen.

@lazyhomebody1356

3 жыл бұрын

@@avantikashaha7959 And I guess they would spot the ladder

@Philemaphobia

3 жыл бұрын

@@lazyhomebody1356 Janet really is in the kitchen a LOT. It’s a clever trick tbh by the writers of the show to allow Sam to intercept at any time.

*Network:* Clarissa is rude for speaking up against her mom! And girls would NEVER pick up a fight with a boy. *Me:* You’ve never even met a teenage girl before, have you? Edit: (Discovers what you’ve said about formative years.) (Remembers I spent half of mine isolated in the middle of nowhere with no friends, in an unfamiliar country) This explains way too much

@Grim_Sister

3 жыл бұрын

ThatLongHairedCreepyGuy Have they never had to deal with one at home? I remember when I was in third grade and hit my bully across the face. My moms response was: “Oh, FINALLY!” Best mom moment of the year. But yeah, I was a horror as a teen and preteen, having horrible fits of rage and sadness. It wasn’t pretty. I’m sure seeing Clarissa back then would’ve helped me, but we had no cable and didn’t live in the US

@adamvancleave9200

3 жыл бұрын

@ThatLongHairedCreepyGuy Executives do not know the realm called reality. Well they also don't know what innovation or creativity is so they kind of suck at their jobs.

@DianaGohan

3 жыл бұрын

NETWORK: I don't know. *slime is dropped on their head* GRIMSISTER: Oh right this would of been in 1990.

@randomwerewolf1099

3 жыл бұрын

They aren't talking about real teenage girls, they're talking about their fantasy teenage girls

@AgentSteffi

3 жыл бұрын

I think producers said the same shit about Juno, because she was so sassy

This was a good overview but idk if the tgif lineup had “cookie cutter” fams. Maybe the family from Family Matters but they were a family of color and showing that united family was important. Full House had children being raised with no mom & 3 male parents and Step by Step was a pretty modern blended family of divorced and remarried parents and a live in cousin who was there so he wasn’t homeless. I guess the Dinosaur family was kinda cookie cutter but they were talking dinos sooo yeah .

@1WEareBUFO1

2 жыл бұрын

I think they just meant as far as style choices the families were presented as pretty standard. But to be fair, Kimmy was dressing like a full crackhead throughout all of Full House

THANK YOU for doing this. such a great flash back! :)

I still get that song stuck in my head on a routine basis

@kultur-vultur

3 жыл бұрын

hey cool

Clarissa Explains it all and Adventures of Pete and Pete were two of my favorite shows of that era. Both have the best themes too

I just want to say that I absolutely love your channel. Your videos are amazing. I love looking back at my childhood with most of your videos. Keep up the amazing work looking forward to your next video. Peace and good vibes from Michigan

oh my god the architect song! i haven't thought of that in years. my mom and i used to sing the "da house da house" part even way after i became an adult. thanks for the walk down memory lane :)

Mellisa Joan Hart, the first girl I thought was "cute".

@1handedtyper

3 жыл бұрын

Mine was the girl who worked at the comicbook shop in the episode of "Are You Afraid of the Dark", "The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner". Grrrr! 😍

@ozmarichardson6524

3 жыл бұрын

Now she's in Pureflix propaganda like God's Not Dead 2

@00Clank

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t think it was ever a crush or romantic but I always liked her aunts more. And of course Salem.

@Waldimart

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, she was my first TV girl crush, so adorable!

@Animefreakess

3 жыл бұрын

@@ozmarichardson6524 They probably offered her quite a paycheck...

LOL my little sister's name is Paisley, and I agree.

Oh, I have been waiting for this one. Very well done! Thank you so much for this nostalgia. Cheers!

I appreciate all the research you put into this video! Thanks!

I really liked the personal monologue. Most KZread essayists try to remove themselves from the material as much as possible.

@Grayvorn

3 жыл бұрын

Adds a special touch to the material huh?

I posted this video on Melissa Joan Hart's Facebook page. Hopefully she will watch it.

@c7261

3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully she'll also apologize for indoctrinating people through fear mongering right wing propaganda pieces😂

@excessmaterial

3 жыл бұрын

@@c7261 That'd be pretty cool too, yeah.

@Aster_Risk

3 жыл бұрын

@@c7261 That'd be great!

Your videos are so phenomenal. Keep up the great work! Love this channel. Your taste in pop culture is top notch!

This was a great video that hit me right in the nostalgia button! Thanks for all the awesome content and keep up the excellent work! :)

This week on PushingUpRoses, at least 25% of every crush I had as a kid.

@Frellyouall

3 жыл бұрын

When's the Alex Mack episode and Sister Sister?

@Aster_Risk

3 жыл бұрын

I had a crush on Sam. Ha ha ha.

Born in 89, watched Nickelodeon almost exclusively. This one hit.

That simple yet catchy theme song. I'd hear that from the kitchen and would appropriately find a bowl of cereal and the couch.

I love this 90s fashion style and want it to come back 😂😂😂😂😂

Clarissa's dad was SURPRISINGLY cool with a boy entering and leaving his daughter's room via a ladder.

@Celicagame13

3 жыл бұрын

ChesuMori maybe he thought Sam was gay

@technopoptart

3 жыл бұрын

if you respect your kids and you don't ignore them then what is there to be concerned about? she didn't hide it and would have told him if there was an issue

@FFKonoko

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly the overprotective and nigh murderous "no boys near my daughter" trope deserves to die. It exists, but it isn't healthy, and usually counterproductive.

@Aster_Risk

3 жыл бұрын

@@technopoptart Yeah. Her dad actually respected her. Another strange concept even 30 years later.

@technopoptart

3 жыл бұрын

@@Aster_Risk which is incredibly depressing

Clarissa was the first thing I ever watched on Nickelodeon. It was the "No TV" episode and it rated highly with me at the time as I'd never before seen anything like it. I ended up watching all the episodes and enjoying them. and then i moved on to Sabrina The Teenage Witch and my family enjoyed watching that as well.

thank you for making this one!!! love your videos

In the book Slimed: An Oral History of Nickelodeon's Golden Age, Mitchell Kriegman explained the concept of Sam climbing in Clarissa's window removed the need for him to interact with Clarissa's parents downstairs and "was a way to get him in her bedroom and start interacting faster. And it was also a way to show that they had this real friendship that wasn't about anything sexual. They were friends, and I wanted to keep it pre-sexual."

"miniature shrubbery... I love this stuff." As someone whose choices where 'create tiny bushes from scratch' or 'buy tiny bushes premade', I can respect this mindset.

Technically architects design your house not build it.

@BradyPostma

3 жыл бұрын

"Architects draw your house" isn't as clear about how that's a job.

@tokeburns

3 жыл бұрын

my father is an architect and often does oversee the building along with the engineers and such. Pretty sure its fairly common for them to act as construction coordinators on certain smaller jobs.

I was so obsessed with this show back in the day. Thank you for making this video.

I fell in love with this channel, talking about shows I either never heard of, like this one, or hearing more about the ones I had interests in but never grew up with, like the Golden Girls. I was never big on live action or sitcom shows but talking about all of these interesting shows did spark an interest to get into some of these or just to hear what made the show good or wonderful to watch for the time they were made in. I can't wait to see more of your videos.

I'm a straight, cis-gendered male and grew up loving this show.

@playererror4044

3 жыл бұрын

Weird that some people might think that was weird; like... 'Good show was entertaining' is somehow a weird sentiment if the show was made for girls. Like I lot of stuff aimed at girls and somehow thats odd.

@Aster_Risk

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah! My dad loved this show and watched it with me and my two sisters growing up.

@loverrlee

3 жыл бұрын

In the same way I can enjoy shows like Boy Meets World without being a boy myself. Go figure!

@HelloNewMoon

3 жыл бұрын

Remember when they did an episode of Ferguson Explains it All???? My cousin Mike was so excited he taped it on VHS 😂

@lucyhannah1227

3 жыл бұрын

what does your gender identity and sexual orientation have to do with liking a kids show?

I remember liking this show as a kid, even though I would have rather watched cartoons. Still would in fact.

I used to watch this show all the goddamn time. Lol. Your analysis is awesome! Thank you for taking the time to edit and put together this video! :-)

Oh my gaddd, I haven't thought about this show in like.. a couple decades+ hahah. That is so great, thank you for making a video about it and bringing back funny memories I forgot about. Cheers, girl!

Blossom’s hats were accurate though. So many terrible 90’s childhood photos of me in dumb hats.

I had never heard of Punky Brewster, but it looks like the 8 year old actress is now returning as the mom in a new show. I like that they went full circle.

@CuteCuteJames

3 жыл бұрын

Punky was an excellent character on a good show. She had a great relationship with her (uncle? grandfather?), and the show looked at issues like adult illiteracy. Also, a delightful theme song.

@Animefreakess

3 жыл бұрын

Also didn't she go onto Sabrina?

@kerriethompson2073

3 жыл бұрын

@@Animefreakess yes! I was just going to say that! She was on Sabrina for about two or three seasons. I also adored Punky when I was growing up.

@CommodoreFan64

3 жыл бұрын

@@CuteCuteJames Punky was adopted in the show, her father walked out on her family, then her mother left her at a Chicago shopping center, and drove off, she is then adopted by an old man named George after she was found in his apartment building playing with the neighbor's kid. That's the live action version, they even did an entire episode on the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster, which was really bold thing for kid's sitcom. The cartoon version called It's Punky Brewster had her going on adventures with a "leprechaun gopher". 🤷‍♂️

@CuteCuteJames

3 жыл бұрын

@@CommodoreFan64 Wild.

I too was a little girl when this show first came out and it was one of my favorites. Thanks to my job, I have a free Paramount+ subscription and I can rewatch my old favorite Nick shows. My father also passed away when I was little...when I got older I got more aloof and quiet. Listening to you feels like I am listening to an old friend, you have a new sub from me :)

Awesome video, Loved this show back in the day.

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