All That

All That is a live-action comedy-variety show on Nickelodeon, that features sketches in a manner somewhat reminiscent of Saturday Night Live and an earlier Nick show You Can't Do That on Television. The show has guest actors and musical performances each episode. The theme song for All That is performed by TLC.

The "100th Episode"

On March 13, 1999, All That celebrated its "100th episode" (even though in reality, it was the 85th episode to be produced) with a live, one hour special. Reportedly, they did it early because it couldn't clash with dates for the ALL THAT MUSIC AND MORE FESTIVAL. The actual 100th episode came in the fifth episode of the sixth season with Hoku as the musical guest.

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March 13 - 1999 - Hoku

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The special was essentially, a precursor or companion piece to the 10th Anniversary Reunion Special. Besides a slate of brand new sketches (along with a backstage tour), the live special also featured clips from memorable characters like Randy & Mandy, Coach Kreeton, the Loud Librarian, Leroy & Fuzz, Miss Pidlin, Detective Dan, and Superdude.

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Special guest stars on the special included Melissa Joan Hart, who had starred on Nick's Clarissa Explains It All, Larisa Oleynik, who starred on Nick's The Secret World of Alex Mack, and musical guests Lauryn Hill, who performed "Doo-Wop (That Thing)" and Busta Rhymes, who performed "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See" and "Gimme Some Mo'."

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Melissa Joan Hart - Clarissa Explains It All - Larisa Oleynik - The Secret World of Alex Mack - Lauryn Hill - Busta Rhymes

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Original cast members (all of whom had since left All That) Angelique Bates, Katrina Johnson, Alisa Reyes, and Lori Beth Denberg all appeared. Denberg even reprised her Vital Information role when her successor Danny Tamberelli was unavailable. The running gag of the entire special was Tamberelli's struggle to make it to the special in time.

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Angelique Bates - Katrina Johnson - Alisa Reyes - Lori Beth Denberg - Danny Tamberelli - Running gag

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To date, this was the only time that All That has produced a live episode. Incidentally, Kenan Thompson would eventually become a cast member on Saturday Night Live. Nickelodeon has subsequently cut the special down to 30 minutes for rebroadcasts.

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Around the same period that Lori Beth Denberg was leaving All That (much to the chagrin to many fans, who felt that she was the strongest cast member besides Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell) to do The Steve Harvey Show, All That quickly tried to compensate. In 1997, All That recruited Tricia Dixon, Josh LaBove, and Zachary McLemore (who came in the following year). Unfortunately, all three of these cast members had an extremely unremarkable, and very brief run. These three are generally regarded as the most obscure All That regular performers ever.

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The Steve Harvey Show - 1997 - Tricia Dixon - Josh LaBove - Zachary McLemore

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