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You Can't Do That on Television debuted in 1979 on CJOH-TV in Ottawa as a low-budget variety program with some segments performed live.

The show consisted of comedy skits, music videos ( usually three per episode ) and live phone-in contests in which the viewer could win a variety of prizes ( transistor radios, record albums, model kits, etc .).

The format also included performances by local disco dancers and special guests such as Ottawa-based cartoonist Jim Unger.

Every week the show took its " Roving Camera " to hangouts around town, recording kids ' jokes or complaints about life, which would be played on the following week's broadcast.

The show's disco dance segments were emceed by Jim Johnson, a DJ on Ottawa's leading pop music radio station, CFGO ( which at the time was co-owned with CJOH ).

Also, after a music video aired, Johnson would tell the viewers interesting facts about the artist featured in the video.