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welcome to the cotkey ride home for for Thursday, August 12th, 2021.

I'm Jackson Bird.

Today, how does a kids network establish their brand identity?

Apparently, riff on a highbrow architectural style and add heaping amounts of radioactive green slime.

On the 30th anniversary of the first Nick Toons, a look back at Nickelodeon's iconic aesthetic.

Plus, a new, huge study that upends a lot of what we thought we knew about metabolism.

And a fake website about fake movies.

Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

Exactly 30 years ago yesterday, Nickelonian, a then 12-year-old TV channel very much still in its infancy,

launched its very first original animated shows.

Branded as Nicktoons, Doug, Rugrats, and Renan Stimpy paved the way for a whole new direction in kids' animation.

To reflect on this auspicious milestone, the Ringer has been pumping out a deluge of articles on every possible topic related to Nickelonian as part of their Nick Week,

even running a best Nickelonian character bracket, which is currently in the Elite 8,

with among other matchups, Kenan Thompson currently duking it out with Tommy Pickles.

Link in the show notes if you want to vote.

If you grew up with Nickelonian, I definitely recommend

heading over to The Ringer for some excellent articles on topics like, an oral history of

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