U-Pick Live
Encyclopedia
U-Pick Live was a program that aired on Nickelodeon from October 14, 2002 to May 27, 2005 on weekday afternoons from Nickelodeon Headquarters in New York City's Times Square
. Starting at 5:00 p.m. EST
to 7:00 p.m. EST. The show allowed viewers to pick via internet
voting the Nickelodeon shows, usually cartoons, that would air. The hosts of the show also took part in sketches and gags, often including members of the studio
audience
and celebrity guests. Interviews with celebrity guests and musical performances were also frequent features.
It originally was U-Pick Friday from 1999 to late 2000, hosted by Henry and June of KaBlam!
. The concept of U-Pick originated with the Nick in the Afternoon
block in 1994.
it was overall a very good tv show.
5:00PM SpongeBob SquarePants
5:30PM UPICK the Shows (3 choices)
6:00PM UPICK (Head2Head, 2 choices)
6:30PM Hey Arnold!
Big June 2004 (Started: Monday, June 7, 2004)
U-Pick Live Big June
5:00PM SpongeBob SquarePants
5:30PM UPICK Old School (3 choices, Nick classics), lasted one week then replaced by Danny Phantom
on 6/14/04
6:00PM UPICK School's Out Pick (school's choice)
6:30PM Nicktoon Premiere (each day)
Season 3 Launch Schedule (Started: Monday, October 4, 2004)
5:00PM SpongeBob SquarePants
5:30PM UPICK the Shows (3 choices)
6:00PM Hey Arnold!
6:30PM Rugrats
Final Day Schedule (Friday, May 27, 2005)
5:00PM SpongeBob SquarePants
5:30PM Martin Mystery
6:00PM Jimmy Neutron (New episode)
6:30PM UPICK the Shows (Choices were: Neutron, SpongeBob and Rugrats—SpongeBob won)
Times Square
Times Square is a major commercial intersection in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets...
. Starting at 5:00 p.m. EST
North American Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...
to 7:00 p.m. EST. The show allowed viewers to pick via internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
voting the Nickelodeon shows, usually cartoons, that would air. The hosts of the show also took part in sketches and gags, often including members of the studio
Television studio
A television studio is an installation in which a video productions take place, either for the recording of live television to video tape, or for the acquisition of raw footage for post-production. The design of a studio is similar to, and derived from, movie studios, with a few amendments for the...
audience
Audience
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and celebrity guests. Interviews with celebrity guests and musical performances were also frequent features.
It originally was U-Pick Friday from 1999 to late 2000, hosted by Henry and June of KaBlam!
KaBlam!
KaBlam! is an American animated television series that ran on Nickelodeon from 1996 to 2000. Then it moved to The N on April 15, 2002 as part of its The N's Saturday Nights block...
. The concept of U-Pick originated with the Nick in the Afternoon
Nick in the Afternoon
Nick in the Afternoon is a programming block on Nickelodeon that aired from 1995 to 1998 on weekday afternoons during the summer, hosted by Stick Stickly, a popsicle stick voiced by New York City native Paul Christie . The 1998 stint ran from the summer until December...
block in 1994.
Cast
- Brent Popolizio as himself
- Candace BaileyCandace BaileyCandace Bailey is an American actress known for roles on Nickelodeon, the TV series Jericho, and as of January 2011 is a co-host to Attack of the Show!.-Background:...
as herself - Jeff SutphenJeff SutphenJeffrey "Jeff" Sutphen is an American actor, producer, and game show host who works with Nickelodeon. After graduating from Marist College, Sutphen began his career in entertainment working for MTV....
as Pick Boy, a "Super Hero" that "picks" people from the audience. Pick Boy is egotistic yet naïve. Pick Boy became a target to many polls at nick.com such as "What kind of hairstyle should Pick Boy Have?". Despite his popularity, Pick Boy was kicked-off the show literally when he was voted the most in a poll asking "Who should be kicked off from the show forever?". Pick Boy was brought back to the show next season. After U-Pick Live ended, Pick Boy made many appearances in ads, 2006-2007 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice AwardsNickelodeon Kids' Choice AwardsThe Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, also known as the KCAs or Kids Choice Awards, is an annual awards show that airs on the Nickelodeon cable channel, which airs live and is usually held and telecast live on a...
, and ME:TV. He made an appearance at the Democratic National Convention in August 2008 for Nickelodeon's Kids Pick the PresidentKids Pick the PresidentKids Pick the President is a series of "campaign" specials produced by the Nickelodeon TV network, organized around a mock election to determine children's choice for the President of the United States.-History:...
campaign and at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con. - Antonio Neves as himself (2002–2004), best known by fans on the show for playing the Nicktoon tapes and using extreme stunts to deliver the tape. He also appears as Antonio's Floating Head.
- Garbagio as himself (2002–2004), best known by fans on the show for wrestling random objects (most notably, in a special episode entitled: "Milk and Cookies"). Wears a modified Mil MascarasMil MáscarasAaron Rodríguez , best known as Mil Máscaras , is a semi-retired Mexican professional wrestler and actor, who has starred in several films with fellow luchadores...
wrestling mask. - Tom Lamberth as Cow, a guy in a cow suit that might just stand there and moo, or do various strange things. There was also another cow, more realistic.
- Kenneth Harton as Professor Pickens, usually made inventions such as Pick-Bot 2000.
- Logan Sekulow played "Logan the Intern" on a number of the final season programs. He was best known for his dance off with Brent and he also sung with Brent on a number of skits. He has since starred in his own Christian-oriented talk show, The Logan Show.
- Other random characters
it was overall a very good tv show.
Activities and sketches
- The Prize Wall -- A member of the studio audience picks one of 14 and 5/8 doors to try to get the Bucket of Bucks. All the other doors have other possible prizes behind them. Prizes could be anything from electronics to random junk such as a plunger.
- Candace's Corner -- Candace talks to the viewers about various subjects, though she is frequently interrupted by other members of the cast.
- Brent and Candace go outside to Times Square to do various things picked online by viewers.
- Boys vs. Girls - Brent and boys from the audience compete against Candace and girls from the audience in various, often messy, games.
- Celebrity guests engage in a lightning-round style barrage of silly questions and commands from audience members. Acting silly with kids frequently takes celebrities off guard and brings out a side of them we do not typically see.
- Ten Seconds with Brent -- What the title suggests. Normally, Brent would be cut off in the middle of an important sentence. Once, he got a "cookie-on-a-string" to distract the stagehand who managed the timer, successfully preventing him from starting it for about thirty seconds. On one occasion, he was given only three seconds.
Gags
- Antonio delivering a tape of the chosen Nickelodeon show to where it apparently will be played.
- Garbagio "wrestling" various objects.
- Pick-Bot 2000, robotic co-host
- Obstacle course races in the hallways of the studio.
- Pick Boy runs through walls of shaving cream, bricks, etc.
- Mr. Chi Chi, chimpanzee attorney at law
- Pantsing Candice. On one episode they had to cut to break as Candice's shorts came off revealing a red thong.
- Sometimes during a cut-in after a commercial break, it would feature Brent in front of the camera talking with Candice behind him. While he was talking, his arms were wrapped behind Candice. Candice put her arms through his arm pits and she moved her arms to correspond to what he was saying. This is revealed after Brent is done explaining. Candice backs away quickly, revealing the illusion. This happened 5 or 6 times during the run of U pick. The First occurred on the thanksgiving special.
Other
- Best of U-Pick Live episodes aired occasionally, featuring highlights of previous shows.
- Producers: Jonathan Judge, Mitchell Goldstein, Jeremy Slutskin
- The series was directed by Joe Perota
- Slime Time Live would often transfer viewers from STL to U-Pick Live near Slime Time Lives end.
- Once there was a blizzard that came to New York and Slime Time Live was in charge of U-Pick Live for that particular day.
- The Executive Producers of U-Pick Live were Richard Barry and Kevin Weist.
- In the premier of the new Fairly Odd Parents episode "Timmy's Big Super Hero Wish", they hosted a contest where the child who wins would become Pick Boy's new sidekick and added to the show. Despite this no such character was ever added.
Former Schedule
Season 2 Launch Schedule (Started: Monday, October 6, 2003)5:00PM SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series, created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. Much of the series centers on the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of "Bikini Bottom"...
5:30PM UPICK the Shows (3 choices)
6:00PM UPICK (Head2Head, 2 choices)
6:30PM Hey Arnold!
Hey Arnold!
Hey Arnold! is an American animated television series created by Craig Bartlett for Nickelodeon. The show's premise focuses on a fourth grader named Arnold who lives with his grandparents. Episodes center on his experiences navigating big city life while dealing with the problems he and his friends...
Big June 2004 (Started: Monday, June 7, 2004)
U-Pick Live Big June
5:00PM SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series, created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. Much of the series centers on the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of "Bikini Bottom"...
5:30PM UPICK Old School (3 choices, Nick classics), lasted one week then replaced by Danny Phantom
Danny Phantom
Danny Phantom is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon, produced by Billionfold Studios. The show was about a teenage half-ghost boy, who frequently saves his town and the world from ghost attacks, while attempting to keep his ghost half a secret...
on 6/14/04
6:00PM UPICK School's Out Pick (school's choice)
6:30PM Nicktoon Premiere (each day)
Season 3 Launch Schedule (Started: Monday, October 4, 2004)
5:00PM SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series, created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. Much of the series centers on the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of "Bikini Bottom"...
5:30PM UPICK the Shows (3 choices)
6:00PM Hey Arnold!
Hey Arnold!
Hey Arnold! is an American animated television series created by Craig Bartlett for Nickelodeon. The show's premise focuses on a fourth grader named Arnold who lives with his grandparents. Episodes center on his experiences navigating big city life while dealing with the problems he and his friends...
6:30PM Rugrats
Rugrats
Rugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The series premiered on August 11, 1991, and aired its last episode on June 8, 2004....
Final Day Schedule (Friday, May 27, 2005)
5:00PM SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series, created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. Much of the series centers on the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of "Bikini Bottom"...
5:30PM Martin Mystery
Martin Mystery
Martin Mystery may refer to:*Martin Mystère, an Italian comic book published in the U.S. as Martin Mystery*Martin Mystery, a television animation series inspired by the comic character...
6:00PM Jimmy Neutron (New episode)
6:30PM UPICK the Shows (Choices were: Neutron, SpongeBob and Rugrats—SpongeBob won)
Notable episodes
- (October 14, 2002) Series Premiere.
- (February 21, 2003) Garbagio wrestles cookies and milk and loses.
- (February 28, 2003) A rematch was done to see if Garbagio could beat the cookies and milk then.
- (June 2004) An episode focusing on fictional band The Pickles, made up of the cast members, and their history in documentaryTelevision documentaryDocumentary television is a genre of television programming that broadcasts documentaries.* Documentary television series, a television series which is made up of documentary episodes....
form. - (June 2004) Jeff ProbstJeff ProbstJeffrey Lee "Jeff" Probst is an American game show host, executive producer and a reporter. He is best known as the host of the U.S. version of the reality show Survivor.-Biography:...
of the reality show Survivor presides over a U-Pick Survivor episode. Pick Boy is voted off the show, but is later voted back on. - (April 2005) U-Pick debuts its virtual lounger, a new segment in which a viewer attends the show via internet video conferencing
- (April 2005) Instagram debuts. A new segment in which one home viewer gets to determine the outcome of a live segment on air.
- (April 2005) Sheldon Shellstein from the Shiny Shoop Shoop Show makes a famed guest appearance in which he launches the catch phrase "I'm not your sister."
- (May 27, 2005) The U-Pick gang celebrates their 401st episode. This was the last episode.