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It's the shizNICK:
Los Angeles' iam8bit Art Gallery Features Nickelodeon-Themed Artwork

April 2013
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Stick Stickly's schtick is the shizNICK!
What.a.fun.night. With the resurgence of 90's Nickelodeon culture and fandom, Los Angeles art gallery iam8bit capitalized on the nostalgia and threw a slimetastic Opening Night party for its temporary collection "It's the shizNICK!", inspired by the kid-friendly cable network. Some of our favorite Nickelodeon personalities showed up in support of the evening, including dear friends of WaldenPonders, Michael Bower, Trevor Eyster, Steve Slavkin, and Venus DeMilo Thomas of "Salute Your Shorts" as well as "Wild & Crazy Kids" Annette Lesure and Jessica Gaynes.
Oh, and even Damian from Mean Girls showed up. So fetch! Take a look at my photo diary from the event!
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These are some of the art pieces that were on display, featuring classics like "Ren & Stimpy", "Legends of the Hidden Temple",
"Rocko's Modern Life", "Rugrats", "GUTS", "Double Dare", and more! So cool, right?
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The show drew a packed house all night, and DJ Lance from "Yo Gabba Gabba!" saluted some shorts while he spun.
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Every 30 minutes, one lucky raffle winner's lifelong dream of getting SLIMED came true! This is photographic "Happy Happy Joy Joy," is it not?
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Look who I found! Here's "Salute Your Shorts" buddies Steve Slavkin (Triple threat: Dr. Kahn, Creator, & Executive Producer)
and Michael Bower (Donkeylips), Danny Tamberelli ("The Adventures of Pete & Pete") and the man who gave us
"Glenn Coco? Four for you, Glenn Coco! You go, Glenn Coco!", Daniel Franzese!
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Undoubtedly my favorite aspect of the evening (or any evening, for that matter) was the epic photo op, inspired by one of Nick's highest-rated shows ever, "You Can't Do That on Television". Step one: Zone in on your props of choice, and tackle anyone who stands between them and you. Kidding! Aside from the perfect color coordination with my Blue Barracudas team spirit, I went straight for the "Double Dare" helmet, because DUH.
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Annette brought her own adorable "Wild & Crazy Kid" Preston, 
who as you can see, takes photo ops as seriously as I do. Can you believe we're already into 2nd generation Nick?!
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Hey, Ug! The campers are out of their bunks!
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Can we take a moment to talk about how there was a Patty Mayonnaise shirt?!
There was a Doug costume, too, and had I discovered that pre-pose, you can bet I would've made
Trevor my cartoon counterpart. Though I can't go wrong with Sponge and Stick at my side ;)
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The gang's all here: We couldn't do this on television, but we did it anyway thanks to iam8bit!
So much fun with Michael, Venus, Trevor, Jessica, and fellow Nick lovers!
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I was not brave enough to try for the chair this time,
but clearly I HAD to experience the slime for myself.
The verdict? Give me a "Double Dare" or
"What Would You Do?" challenge stat,
because my dream is still very much alive.
You hear me, Marc Summers?

Look over to your right, and you'll see a list of other rights, ones declared to us by Nickelodeon so many years ago. Like these inalienable (and awesome) doctrines, our nostalgia for Nickelodeon will stand the test of
slime. Er...time.

Thanks, iam8bit for being a great host!
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