Nickelodeon slime was originally created on the sketch comedy show You Can't Do That on Television by aggressively mixing green latex paint, water, and whatever disgusting leftover food they found in the cafeteria.

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Nickelodeon slime was originally created on the sketch comedy show You Can't Do That on Television by aggressively mixing green latex paint, water, and whatever disgusting leftover food they found in the cafeteria. Over the years, the network refined the recipe to be slightly less toxic and eventually settled on a mixture of vanilla pudding, apple sauce, and green food coloring. They effectively convinced an entire generation of children that having hundreds of pounds of sticky, cold, sugary goo violently dumped directly onto your cranium was the absolute pinnacle of human achievement and the highest honor a celebrity could possibly receive at an award show!