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 10th Anniversary

In 2005, Nickelodeon celebrated the 10th anniversary of All That debuting by airing "classic episodes" in the week leading up to a "reunion special" hosted by Frankie Muniz on April 23.

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2005 - Frankie Muniz - April 23

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Even though popular past cast members like Kel Mitchell, Kenan Thompson, Josh Server, and Danny Tamberelli reprised some of their most memorable characters on the special, many older fans were disappointed that past cast members like Katrina Johnson, Alisa Reyes, Mark Saul, Angelique Bates, and Leon Frierson were in attendance but had no speaking parts. In addition, Nick Cannon, who started off as a stand-up to warm up the audience of All That before becoming a cast member, appeared on the special but only via satellite. Television promos for the special said or hinted that Amanda Bynes (arguably the most recognizable cast member in All That history besides Kenan and Kel) was going to be there only to prove to be a no show (Bynes was busy filming a movie at the time); Bynes only appeared via archive footage of her playing her Ask Ashley character.

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Kel Mitchell - Kenan Thompson - Josh Server - Danny Tamberelli - Katrina Johnson - Alisa Reyes - Mark Saul - Angelique Bates - Leon Frierson - Nick Cannon - Stand-up - Satellite - Amanda Bynes

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The reunion special was criticized by some for giving too much airtime to the current (and supposedly vastly inferior) cast. Older viewers were also outraged that a sketch from the new cast (i.e. The Unreal World) was voted the funniest moment in All That history. The Unreal World sketch went up against the likes of Kenan Thompson's Ishboo character and a classic "Good Burger" sketch.

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In conjunction to the start of the tenth season, a rumor began floating around that original cast members Lori Beth Denberg and Josh Server would return in the form of writers. This rumor would prove to be false by the time of the tenth season premiere on April 30.

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Lori Beth Denberg - April 30

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After a three season hiatus, All That decided to bring back the Vital Information segment with BET's Coming to the Stage winner Lil' JJ succeeding Lori Beth Denberg and Danny Tamberelli respectively. Unfortunately, Lil' JJ quickly came under fire by many fans, who feel that his decidingly shrill and confrontational demeanor isn't calm or serious enough for Vital Information (especially in stark contrast to Lori Beth Denberg's deadpan delivery).

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BET's - Lil' JJ

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In the first few episodes of the tenth season, All That seemingly started to rely more on dark humor as opposed to gross-out comedy (or even the considerably more absurdist and irreverent humor from the golden age episodes). A perfect example is a recurring sketch about the alien restaunteurs, the Zortogs (which has been sighted by many as a rehash of the Coneheads sketch on Saturday Night Live). The viewers are always led to believe that the Zortogs kill their customers and then serve them as entres. The supposed sudden case of dark humor on All That was kind of weird and off-putting to some.

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Dark humor - Gross-out comedy - Coneheads

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