Les Lye

Les Lye

Born: November 18, 1924
Died: July 21, 2008

Movies for Les Lye...

You Can't Do That on Film
Title: You Can't Do That on Film
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
What happens when you travel to the birthplace of green slime? For an entire generation of classic Nickelodeon fans, it's like finding the Holy Grail.
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Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!
Title: Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!
Released: June 7, 1990
Type: Movie
Hosted by Marc Summers of Super Sloppy Double Dare.
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Title: The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
Released: September 14, 1987
Type: TV
The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin is an American animated television series based on Teddy Ruxpin, an animatronic teddy bear created by Ken Forsse and distributed by toy manufacturer Worlds of Wonder. While some of the stories used in the TV series were adapted from the books, many were original and greatly expanded upon the world established there.
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Meerkats
Title: Meerkats
Character: (voice)
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
On the wedding day, a group of boys kidnap the bride. Her husband moves to the rescue.
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Babar and Father Christmas
Title: Babar and Father Christmas
Character: Rataxes / Father Christmas (voice)
Released: December 5, 1986
Type: Movie
After writing to Santa, Arthur, Pom, Flora and Alexander carefully monitor the mailbox, but in vain. Finding their excellent idea of wanting to bring Santa home, Babar sets out on a long journey to find him and convince him to include elephant country on his gift giving tour.
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Rumpelstiltskin
Title: Rumpelstiltskin
Character: Miller (voice)
Released: December 14, 1985
Type: Movie
Rumpelstiltskin is a twenty-four minute animated feature depicting the famous Brothers Grimm story of a miller's daughter and a little man who can spin straw into gold. Family Home Entertainment was the distributor, in association with several Canadian animation firms. The film is making its first trip to DVD on October 30, 2007 coupled with "The Tin Man" in a Holiday two-pack.
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Title: The Raccoons
Character: Samaritan "Sammy" Sneer (voice)
Released: November 11, 1985
Type: TV
The Raccoons is a Canadian animated television series which was originally broadcast from 1985 to 1991 with three preceding television specials from its inception in 1980 and one direct to video special in 1984. The franchise was created by Kevin Gillis with the co-operation of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine
Title: The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine
Character: Voice
Released: April 1, 1984
Type: Movie
The special, a follow-up to the previous installment The Land Without Feelings (from 1983), sees the return of the ten original Bears and the rarely-seen Cloud Keeper, as well as the villain Professor Coldheart. In addition, the special introduces Baby Hugs, Baby Tugs, Grams Bear, and Professor Coldheart's sidekick, Frostbite.
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UFO Kidnapped
Title: UFO Kidnapped
Character: Sam Smythe
Released: January 14, 1984
Type: Movie
Two teenage boys, Alasdair and Kevin, out camping in the Ontario woods are abducted by a spaceship and are held with two other captives, a cat burglar and a teenage intellectual, by two aliens who take them on a trip through space and time while Alasdair and Kevin and their two other captives try to figure out the aliens agenda for them.
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The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings
Title: The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings
Character: voice
Released: April 22, 1983
Type: Movie
Kevin, an angry boy on Earth, is mad because he has to move away from his friend Donna. Declaring that he doesn't care, he decides to run away and ends up in The Land Without Feelings, which is ruled by Professeur Coldheart. The Care Bears, along with Donna, go into the Land Without Feelings to save Kevin.
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Title: Whatever Turns You On
Released: September 18, 1979
Type: TV
A kid-based sketch comedy, aimed at 9-16 year olds. It was a national spinoff of the already popular local show You Can't Do That on Television (YCDTOTV), which had debuted a few months earlier. Whatever Turns You On (WTYO) featured seven of the 22 kids used on the first season of YCDTOTV and was shot on the same sets. Essentially they were the same show, only WTYO had comedy and musical guests, and YCDTOTV had those plus local, call-in features, and local contests. Unfortunately, WTYO did not earn high network ratings and was cancelled after only one season. After WTYO's cancellation, YCDTOTV returned to it's local, live format in January, 1981.
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Title: You Can't Do That on Television
Released: February 3, 1979
Type: TV
You Can't Do That on Television is a Canadian television program that first aired locally in 1979 before airing internationally in 1981. It featured pre-teen and teenaged actors in a sketch comedy format. Each episode had a theme. The show was notable for launching the careers of many performers, including Alanis Morissette, and writer Bill Prady, who would write and produce shows like The Big Bang Theory, Gilmore Girls and Dharma and Greg. The show was produced by and aired on Ottawa's CTV station CJOH-TV. After production ended in 1990, the show continued in reruns on Nickelodeon through 1994, when it was replaced with the similar All That. The show is synonymous with Nick, and was at that time extremely popular, with the highest ratings overall on the channel. The show is also well known for introducing the network's iconic slime. The program is the subject of the 2004 feature-length documentary, You Can't Do That on Film, directed by David Dillehunt.