Slime Time Live is an American television program that aired on Nickelodeon from 2000 to 2004, lasting for eight seasons. During its run, it was hosted by Dave Aizer, Jonah Travick, and Jessica Holmes, and was produced and directed by Jason Harper. The show was taped both outdoors and indoors at Nickelodeon Studios in Universal Studios Florida; indoor tapings were used when weather conditions did not permit outdoor filming or when the outdoor area was occupied earlier in the day. It was one of the last programs to be produced at Nickelodeon Studios and primarily aired as filler during regular commercial breaks. The show holds two Guinness World Records: one for the most people pied in three minutes (1,000 in 2001) and another for the most people slimed (762 during the series finale). The sliming event took place outdoors in front of the studios.
Premise The show's hosts were known for "sliming" members of the audience. During these segments, a participant would be selected, seated in a chair, and asked a question. If the participant answered correctly, a bucket of slime would be poured over them. The segment later evolved to include two and eventually three buckets of slime. The show was also known for featuring audience members, contestants, hosts, celebrity guests, and staff being caught on camera getting pied in the face. Following the show's cancellation, Nickelodeon largely retired the pieing gimmick from its programming. It was later revived through the Nickelodeon Suites Resort and Nickelodeon-themed cruise lines.
Interactive games During the show, viewers would call in to play interactive games with contestants on the program. The most common game involved matching Nicktoons characters on a tic-tac-toe grid. The board was scrambled before gameplay, and if a match was made, the home player won a prize while the contestant was slimed and often pied as well. If no match was made, host Dave Aizer would receive a whipped cream pie in the face. Later, when the mystery bucket was introduced, only the mystery bucket would drop on the player if no match was made. In addition to Nicktoons, the board included a pie tile (where the contestant would shove the pie they were holding into their own face), a "cream blaster" tile (where the contestant would be blasted with whipped cream from two side cannons), a bonus tile (which gave the home player another turn), and an "instant slime" tile or wild card (which triggered an automatic match, an instant sliming, and an instant win). Additional interactive games were introduced as the series progressed. Celebrities from other Nickelodeon shows also made frequent appearances.
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 22, 2000. Longstanding traditions like the birthday pie in the face became cemented in place this season. The Super Sloppy Slime-Off was the last game played at the end of some episodes. 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 Nickelodeon-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 15, 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 removed from the broadcast on March 30, 2001, but BubbleCast would promote themselves during Taina and the TEENick block starting in August 2001. Jonah and Jessica assume more prominent roles this season. It also aired special editions like Slime Time SNICK Live which aired on March 10, 2001 and March 17, 2001. The fourth season premiered on September 3, 2001 and lasted until December 21, 2001. There was no Slime Time Live during the following week due to 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.
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