Yup! I loved the wild stories the books had, especially the ones about Mrs. Gorf, her son Mr. Gorf, the elusive Miss Zarves and the author’s self-insert Louis.
I was a fan of the show specifically because of the books. I was a bit above the shows target audience when it premiered (also i pretty much never watched Teletoon when i was younger), but i was just flipping through the TV guide, saw the name Wayside, and was overwhelmed with Nostalgia
I remember finding it so frustrating whenever Todd got in trouble for trying to help or be good but was misunderstood I think this struck a nerve with me more than others because my greatest fear since I was little was being accused or framed for something I didn't do and no one believes me
I am 24 and i still am very pissed off when people get accused for things they did not do. At the point I cannot see any of those films where that thing is a major plot point
Fun Fact: Louis Sachar worked at a school as the yard teacher and was inspired to write the wayside school books. Many of the kids are named after the students he knew. And the character Louis is of course supposed to be him!
I remember reading the books as a kid and some of the stories were DARK! Like this kid being told to take off jacket after jacket and after like 100 layers of jackets it was just a dead rat at the center.
I think Wayside was really the last "new" Nicktoon that I really got into before I hit that "Cartoons are for little kids" phase of my teenage years. LOL thank goodness I grew out of that. The character design and overall concept was really fun for me, and I remember my cousins and I sitting around and watching it and making up theories about how the school worked.
it’s insane you say that bro i think it’s really a generational thing because for me it was after the adventure time / reg show era that i grew out of cartoons🥲🥲
I’m so glad you came to you senses and realized “no cartoons are for people” there is no age limit. 😅 I’m in school for electrical engineering and I’ll sit down and watch avengers assemble 😂 my dads in his 50s and still watches cartoons. Don’t ever let your imagination dye so much that your can’t find amusement in some silly animations. down and watch avengers assemble 😂 my dads in his 50s and still watches cartoons. Don’t ever let your imagination dye so much that your can’t find amusement in some silly animations. Always hold onto your inner child, life is very dull with out it. 😅
I really liked the chapter when Todd was given a letter by the teacher, to take to the 19th floor, to give Ms. Zarves, but the 19th floor didn't exist, because the guy building it forgot to make a 19th floor and Ms. Zarves doesn't exist either. (He said sorry). And then on the 19th chapter it said "There is no 19th chapter. There is no story, and there is no Ms. Zarves" and that had me laughing for over a week. Edit: It was Allison!! Not Todd, my bad!! Edit2: Not Allison, it was Calvin!!
I’ll never forget the chapter in the book where a guy was going to get a tattoo and everyone kept pressuring him to get different things. Naturally he got a potato on his ankle, making everyone but him unhappy. What a baller.
I just always remember hating Maricia constantly hitting Todd because she liked him. Since I was a kid who was constantly bullied, and a few of my bullies were girls who hit me, and I knew for a FACT that they didn't like me. So I wish she would've just told Todd she liked him instead of hitting him.
I think it might play into the stigma of "boys will be boys" and that boys picking on girls in elementary school is a sign that they like them. To me, it seems like social commentary hoping that people would see that both are bad.
I was obsessed with the Wayside School books as a kid so seeing it get a show was like a dream come true for me! I think I can appreciate how different the characters in the show were versus the books, especially Maurecia. That said, that theme song was a bop to me. Wish the show’s airing schedule wasn’t so weird but I guess that’s par for the course with Nickelodeon shows that weren’t doing SpongeBob, Fairly OddParents or Avatar numbers.
Man, that show was just the perfect blend of random and clever. I still love the aesthetic of the building, and now I finally know why some parts of the stanley parable felt weirdly nostalgic to me. I should rewatch this show sometime.
They got all the episodes on RUclips ^u^ I love the beginning movie which is basically just the 1 hour pilot episode (also Maurecia's hair is pink in that)
This show was so much fun. The awesome theme song, Kidswatter only calling Todd by his address, Sammy the dead rat and Ms. Mush, and all the other weird and wacky jokes, always made it fun to watch!
I loved the books in middle school and didn’t know there was a cartoon! I’m so excited to see the episode with Sammy. That was always one of my favorite stories from the book.
It’s actually thanks to this show I went and read the books. And yes while there is a big difference between the books and the show, I think they’re both amazing in their own special way! Maybe someday there’ll be a reboot show, or a live-action movie adaptation!
I loved the Wayside School books back when I was in elementary school. The first chapter of one of the books (Falling Down I believe) was Louis, the custodian (named after Louis Sachar, the author), had to carry a heavy computer up all 30 stories to Mrs. Jewls' class. When he finally brought it to her, she dropped it out of a window to demonstrate gravity to the students. There was a character named Jason, and obviously, since I have that same name, I thought that was really cool. I was pretty sad that he was completely missing from the show. Lol
I don't remember any chapters but I remember my class in like third grade had a book in the series called "Sideways Stories from Wayside School" I think?
as a canadian, i grew up with all of the nelvana classics, and had completely forgotten about this show until now. god i loved this show. gonna rewatch the pilot, thank you for making me remember this legendary piece of media
Dude this show was such a fever dream for me. For the longest time I was just convinced this show was made up in my head and I found this video! Haha glad to know that I'm not crazy.
The books and shows were such a treasure for me and my little sisters growing up, I can’t believe that I haven’t thought about them in years, but I was such a huge fan
As a fan of the books and show, I basically have to imagine the show being a completely unique idea that happens to share some similarities to a book series and not as an adaptation. Like, the series is dragon ball evolution levels of "not faithful," but unlike other bad adaptations it can stand on it's own and so I do my best to keep them in separate parts of my brain.
I remember reading the one where the students believe the school will fall down so they evacuate only for Ms Jewel to ring her cowbell and atract thousands of cows so the school almost falls down. That same book had a mistery about a missing/ non existing class and I think its adressed in an episode of the series and my personal favorite is when one of the characters (i forgot her name) is mad that her teeth grew in so she doesnt sound funny anymore and she convinces a bully to punch them out, only do dodge it last second because the others convinced her that having the teeth made her more special or something like that
I had no idea this became a show! My teacher in 2nd grade read this book to us every week, and replaced the names of the kids' in the book with the names of her students. One of my favorite school memories. Side note - I was very overweight as a child, and my teacher gave me the story of the girl who ate a ton of ice cream and let ice cream melt in her desk or something? I never realized until I was an adult but I don't think it was coincidence that she gave me that story lol
This was easily one of my favourite shows growing up. I loved how absurd it got. One of my favourite episodes was the one where Todd and Mr Kidswater were stuck in an elevator together and they had a ton of cutaway synonyms for "needing to pee", like a waterfall or a tap running.
Every episode this man got sent home early, I always saw it as a punishment but seeing this again COMPLETELY changed my mind. That dude got to go home early, I say that’s a win in my book 👍
Man, even back then Shari was a mood. I used to love this series so much (somehow didn't find out about the books until a few years after the show ended, tho). Glad to see it still holds up after all these years; it really is a gem.
I remember the book series. Each chapter centered around a different kid in the same class and acted as their own stories. So many of the running jokes made it into the show and i was very satisfied with it.
I absolutely loved Wayside! I have very vivid memories of this show, and I got super super excited seeing it being talked about on here! Thank you Jordan! :D
The part at 5:38 could easily be written as one of those memes. Principal: "..STUPID MIC!!" *The kid named Mike:* 🤣🤣🤣 But seriously, I'm so glad you exist to help me never forget my childhood. I just wish I could watch all these shows all over again...
Wayside was created by Louis Sachar, who wrote the book (and movie) Holes, the story of Stanley Yelnats and his family curse. I love his works because they never talk down to kids. I hope one day you can talk about The adventures of Pete & Pete, which is another Nickelodeon show nobody on RUclips talks about.
I think I have watched that movie before, every man in his family is named Stanley because his last name spells that backwards so he's Stanley Yelnats III.
The Janitor is actually a good trope: The happy-go-lucky, Somewhat suspiciously calm and relaxed with a certain look in the eye that indicates they had a fun time in the 70's. That is one of the few good character tropes. the guy who literally doesn't care and does his job despite the hard days that pass by without a real thought of quitting.
This show always put me on edge as a kid because I am deathly afraid of heights, and the thought of having to go to school there was terrifying. I remember enjoying it overall though, from what little I actually did watch. It's interesting to learn that it was a book series first. Another great video!
I had read the books a lot when I was a kid, and when the show came out I couldn't help but compare the differences between the two. I didn't dislike the changes, it was just fun to pick them out.
man you've brought up so many good memories from the inner vaults of my mind with this series...just thanks. cartoons have always been such a big part of my life, and seeing some of the old ones ive completely forgot have just brought me to tears at points. keep it up player i know your gonna be big :)
Wayside was incredibly important to me as a kid, and later when I revisited it in my teen years. It just had a special vibe to it that I feel wasn't necessarily found in other nicktoons at the time (or really any shows during this era). It's good memories.
I loved Wayside a lot, and I thought it was a fun, silly show, except for one thing- Ms Jewel. It sucks because she’s also a fun character for the most part, but as someone who was bullied relentlessly by a teacher in 5th grade, I cannot reconcile with her treatment of Todd. If she’d gotten onto the other kids too throughout the show to balance it out it would have been fine, but it’s like she purposefully singles him out, and since I know first hand what that kind of thing can do to a developing child’s psyche, it’s far more painful than funny to watch :( Theme song is a bop tho
I used to love the books and remember walking into the public library one day with my father and they had the tv to series check out for a few days! I remember loving the show and loving how it embodied the books.
I always liked Ms jewels design but I often remembered thinking she's very malicious to Todd (like the episode he had to grade her and make her "sympathetic" and Todd "the antagonistic one" reminds me of how some people feel about that one SpongeBob episode where Squidward got zapped by a electric fence) Like maybe because I went through alot in school and yet wanted to be a teacher have me hyper critical of her, but I just feel like Ms. Jewels is somehow the teacher that needs the chill pill the most, even more so than the one that turns kids into apples(atleast she was like that with everyone 😅). I'm pretty sure Todd's the first and only kid to be written up to any serious degree in the school. That being said... I actually quite like the show (my favorite ep I remember off the top of my head was the "aquarium" episode)
Oh, now this is a trip. Remember staying up late at my aunts' house watching nicktoons network like a hawk waiting for wayside to come on. For...reasons, my favorite episodes when I was younger were the ones involving crushes. Different times, dude.
I just hope Wayside gets a reboot. There's not much problems with the show, it's just that characters in the show aren't introduced much. I was really hoping that we get to know more about each wacky characters but sadly, most of the time it's just Todd, Maricia, Myron, and Dana and the rest just act like bg characters. Also is Caroline (green hair girl) in Mrs Jewls class or not? I keep seeing her in other classes wth
I hope to be a cartoon writer in the next few years and a Wayside Reboot is something I've considered. One of my proudest fanfics on the internet is New Standards. It's a Wayside fanfic my friends tell me still holds up to this day.
one of the best intro song , wayside will forever have a place in my heart. i grew up off the show AND books i loved it so much lol i would like to add that the show was good but the books are wayyyy better T-T
I remember whenever I was sick home from school Wayside would be on in the afternoon, and I’d always get so pumped because aside from one or two shows TV always felt like it sucked during school.
No way!! I completely forgot this existed! I absolutely loved this, I keep realizing I should have been too old to enjoy these as much as I did, this was a nice memory to bring back though, it was just a fun and goofy show, loved the animation style also
I've always really loved Sideways Stories (I never read the sequels though) and I think I heard somewhere once before that there was a TV show, but this video is the first time I learned anything about the show. I went into this video expecting to spend most of it indignant over something that was changed from the book, but that happened... well, it happened, but a lot less than I thought it would. I have mixed impressions on what they did with the characters, who were so much the highlight of the book that each chapter was basically a profile of each classmate and what made them unique, and as I got older I noticed how while a lot of them were just silly, others had interesting messages about human nature in the form of these exaggerated characters. I get the impression that a lot of that was lost in the show, but the characters seem fun enough on their own (I'm sure I'd still prefer the book though). On the other hand, I really love what the show did with the school building! Weird and impossible architecture is so cool to me, I think I would have watched the show just for that.
When I was in 3rd grade, my teacher would always read us chapters of the Wayside books when we came back in from lunch, and she'd let us doodle and such while she did so. Those were good times, man
I used to read the books all the time as a youngster. I even wrote to Louis Sachar and got a letter back! That made me the envy of my class that year lol. That same year I discovered the show Wayside and became obsessed!
In 4th grade, looking back at it, our teacher basically made us write a Wayside fanfiction by inserting ourselves as characters and compiling a class narrative 😭
As a Canadian kid I remember watching this show all the time. Gotta love CanCon laws. It was pretty good though. I went and rewatched the pilot + a couple episodes recently and I really did enjoy them. I love the visual style of Wayside though it’s very different from the stuff I usually like; the bright colors and exagerrated facial expressions are super fun. Also I love how there are cows just. chilling in the halls.
I remember one of the stories in the books where they got two elevators for the school, but only one elevator went up and the other went down. And they only used it once because once it reached the top and bottom of the school respectively they couldn't use them after that.
Also, it happens to appear that the schools outside looks noticably different in pretty much every scene it is in. But the 3D-model in the first seconds of the intro; the first time todd looks at the school, and a few of the in-episode scenes show the building as it truly is.
I have never felt something so deep in the subconscious of my brain be forced upon me like this, I COMPLETELY forgot this existed but watched it a lot growing up! Cool!
This was my SHIT back in the day. Love this channel been binging it for hours now waiting for a call. Insane I have to go back and rewatch all these shows
Fun fact: Toby fox likes the wayside books and he based his tea item from chapter 2 from the ice cream from the one of the books. Now, I dunno if he likes the show but Lancer does the same hand pose as Todd (see the thumbnail).
@@bread-bz3zh I wonder if Susie and Ralsei are based of Maurecia and Dana. Dana isnt a complete welcome mat like Ralsei, but they both like instructional books... And Berdly is the erics in cocaine lmao
I feel like it would have stood out more if they had a consistent design of the school, they spent more time in other classrooms, and if the animation quality was better. This does look like a very creative idea. I'd say it was a missed opportunity.
I oddly have memories of watching this show a lot when I was sick as a kid. My mom worked on taking care of the elderly, and they were often sick and she took it with her to us at home. I’d just sit on the couch watching this show all day basically.
Honestly this channel for me now is basically: "Oh yeah, I remember that show too!" Not complaining though, it's pretty cool remembering all these more obscure cartoons that still has it's share of fans.
I started watching it around 2 years ago, quoincidentally around when you uploaded this video, but then stopped. I cant remember how much i liked it, i should give it another go.
I got into this show through the books my fourth grade teacher read all 3 books to us back to back and i really enjoyed them.wayside school gets a little stranger was my favorite it had so many subplots with a lot of payoffs
Teletoon (or YTV i can't remember which one was it) used to play reruns of this show so much that when I got my hands on the Wayside books, I expected all the characters to look, talk, and feel the exact same way they did in the show. Needless to say, 7 yr old me was disappointed, but the books were still pretty awesome.
I LOVE THIS SHOW it only has 2 seasons but it’s definitely of my favorite shows of all time but not only that *THE SHOW IS UNDERRATED AS HELL* LITERALLY NO-ONE EVER TALKS ABOUT THIS SHOW i hope this video can make people who never seen it watch this show and who knows maybe this magnificent show can get a season 3 or a new movie
I liked the books and the TV show. I remember getting defensive when TheMysteriousMrEnter did one of his typically scathing critiques on one of the old episodes, but to be fair to him, that was way back in the day. It's not a great show, by any means, as it's a bit simple and juvenile...but inoffensive. I think kids would still get a kick out of it today.
I had no idea this was a show, but I remember reading the book in school. It was one of my favorite books cause of how interesting the stories were. The story that sticks out the most is the one where the story was written backwards, and in order to understand what's happening you had to start from the end of the story and read towards the front. I really wanna watch this show now
I remember when I was in first or second grade, my teacher read us a book of Sideways Stories from Wayside School and I remember enjoying it. I had no earthly idea that it had been made into a cartoon
Principle Kidswater has got to be one of the most chaotic characters in cartoons. For example, he hates children, yet he acts childish himself. How is that even possible?
As a young autistic kid, I absolutely loved this show because it felt like it understood how fucking weird the world and social interactions are to me.
All I remember from this show is the ending of an episode where the cafeteria lady asks Tod: "Pickle?" With a weird inflection. That is literally all I remember despite watching this show all the time as a kid.
I loved the books before I even watched the show. When I was a kid, I was obsessed with Miss Mush and her accent. Looking back on the show, she's still easily my favorite character and I really liked how they changed her from the books.
It was the most cartooniest cartoon that Canada has ever made. And who knew that Scott Pilgrim and Hank Hill's Wife was actually a student and Teacher duo in the pilot!?
for a while, i honestly thought this story was just a fever dream i had by mixing up memories from elementary school. i remember reading a kid's book about Wayside School in elementary, and we even went to see a stageplay of it in Portland as a field trip. that was a strange experience that i don't remember a single thing about.
This is so funny. I like vaguely remember watching this on Nick as a kid, but when I was in middle school I used to watch this series on the keep it weird channel. It’s been years, I’m 19 now but randomly remembered this show. Thanks for this video, since this video was really underrated but kind of a decent show!!!
I had a very intimidate childhood experience with the books. Although, I can't remember much. I do remember this one, where one of those little kids wanted to experience freedom from their mundane life in school. And did that by retreating to the schools cellar, talking to the rats, and then somehow transfiguring into a bird. Best thing ever, loved it.
Wow, is this ever a blast from the past for me. Okay, being a Canadian growing watching Teletoon, I loved Wayside. The fact that most of the characters aside from Todd and Louis being inept and absolutely insane was hilarious. By far my favourite characters was Principal Kidswatter. He just had the best moments in the series out of all the other characters. Thanks for reminding me about this series.
I never got why they made Todd, of all the classmates the Main Character, wasn’t he the kid who always get sent home early? They could’ve made Allison the main character, since she was already the straight woman to everyone else’s Silliness, even her Best Friend Rondi
I remember reading on of the wayside books and loving it. It was one of the only book series I actually wanted to read. Watching the series was just as fun. I'm really happy to hear someone cover this show
I remember only seeing a single ad for this show on a Nicktoons DVD I had got as kid and that was honestly the only time I had ever seen anything related to Wayside during my life. It's funny because out of nowhere last month, I suddenly remembered parts of that ad (specifically the whole stacked building concept) and was like "Dang, I wonder what that show or movie even was" and now here you are making a video on it.. Life works in mysterious ways 🤣
The pilot basically amounts to everyone gaslighting Todd that he's the crazy one. Really sick shit with an awful message when you think about it at all.
There is SO much potential with Wayside School, they were my favorite books as a kid, and I still wish we could get a Netflix series or trilogy of films to do it justice.
Thank you so much for watching! Were you a fan of the Wayside School books before the show?
Yup! I loved the wild stories the books had, especially the ones about Mrs. Gorf, her son Mr. Gorf, the elusive Miss Zarves and the author’s self-insert Louis.
I forgot the show even existed, but *loved* the books!
My mom used to get me the books on tape from the local library
I was a fan of the show specifically because of the books. I was a bit above the shows target audience when it premiered (also i pretty much never watched Teletoon when i was younger), but i was just flipping through the TV guide, saw the name Wayside, and was overwhelmed with Nostalgia
Yes
I remember finding it so frustrating whenever Todd got in trouble for trying to help or be good but was misunderstood
I think this struck a nerve with me more than others because my greatest fear since I was little was being accused or framed for something I didn't do and no one believes me
I guess we all had that fear. And we did end up going through it lel.
@@okjeffy6581 I’m almost 25 and I constantly go through this. Well at least once monthly.
Ms jewels ticked me off so bad every damn time😂
Me too
I am 24 and i still am very pissed off when people get accused for things they did not do. At the point I cannot see any of those films where that thing is a major plot point
Fun Fact: Louis Sachar worked at a school as the yard teacher and was inspired to write the wayside school books. Many of the kids are named after the students he knew. And the character Louis is of course supposed to be him!
Louis Sachar said he wasn't really a fan of the show, but he LOVED the surfer hippie version of himself the show had.
I remember reading the books as a kid and some of the stories were DARK! Like this kid being told to take off jacket after jacket and after like 100 layers of jackets it was just a dead rat at the center.
And the one where they made ice cream of themselves??
@@Darenz-cg9zg I remember
@@Darenz-cg9zg sus
Oh yeah, that was just Sam
okay but that was also peak funny
Not gonna lie that "Stupid mic" joke legitimately made me laugh. Not sure why but I found it utterly hilarious
I was making a silly Wayside shitpost because of an injoke with a pal, and when I saw that bit, it made me laugh a little too hard
@@EsmeMarion I guess it's the way the joke is delievered?
kid named mic:
I think Wayside was really the last "new" Nicktoon that I really got into before I hit that "Cartoons are for little kids" phase of my teenage years. LOL thank goodness I grew out of that. The character design and overall concept was really fun for me, and I remember my cousins and I sitting around and watching it and making up theories about how the school worked.
it’s insane you say that bro i think it’s really a generational thing because for me it was after the adventure time / reg show era that i grew out of cartoons🥲🥲
I so thankful that I never when though that phase
I’m so glad you came to you senses and realized “no cartoons are for people” there is no age limit. 😅 I’m in school for electrical engineering and I’ll sit down and watch avengers assemble 😂 my dads in his 50s and still watches cartoons. Don’t ever let your imagination dye so much that your can’t find amusement in some silly animations. down and watch avengers assemble 😂 my dads in his 50s and still watches cartoons. Don’t ever let your imagination dye so much that your can’t find amusement in some silly animations. Always hold onto your inner child, life is very dull with out it. 😅
@ShinyDenz that's pretty much what adulthood is like
I'm 23 and I still love cartoons lmao. I honestly never had that phase. I loved watching Tom and Jerry early in the morning even when I was 16-17
I really liked the chapter when Todd was given a letter by the teacher, to take to the 19th floor, to give Ms. Zarves, but the 19th floor didn't exist, because the guy building it forgot to make a 19th floor and Ms. Zarves doesn't exist either. (He said sorry). And then on the 19th chapter it said "There is no 19th chapter. There is no story, and there is no Ms. Zarves" and that had me laughing for over a week.
Edit: It was Allison!! Not Todd, my bad!!
Edit2: Not Allison, it was Calvin!!
OH MY GOD I REMEMBER READING THAT AS A KID AND BEING LIKE "wait what""
I remember that! I couldn't remember what floor- but I remember that chapter
There is no 19th classroom, there is no Ms. Zarves, and there is no queen of England
I don't want to be that guy but that wasn't todd
@@mememaster1315 oh sorry mb
I’ll never forget the chapter in the book where a guy was going to get a tattoo and everyone kept pressuring him to get different things.
Naturally he got a potato on his ankle, making everyone but him unhappy. What a baller.
Calvin's Big Decision.
Beautiful
We stan the potato
Which book, the only one I read was “sideways stories from wayside school”
Sigma male
I just always remember hating Maricia constantly hitting Todd because she liked him.
Since I was a kid who was constantly bullied, and a few of my bullies were girls who hit me, and I knew for a FACT that they didn't like me.
So I wish she would've just told Todd she liked him instead of hitting him.
I think it might play into the stigma of "boys will be boys" and that boys picking on girls in elementary school is a sign that they like them. To me, it seems like social commentary hoping that people would see that both are bad.
why didnt you beat them up?
@@Sassy_Witch I was a weak and chubby kid who was horrible at defending myself.
@@Sassy_Witch usually girls beating on boys is ignored but if he fought back he would have been given detention. Or worse.
@@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257 just sit on them
I was obsessed with the Wayside School books as a kid so seeing it get a show was like a dream come true for me! I think I can appreciate how different the characters in the show were versus the books, especially Maurecia.
That said, that theme song was a bop to me. Wish the show’s airing schedule wasn’t so weird but I guess that’s par for the course with Nickelodeon shows that weren’t doing SpongeBob, Fairly OddParents or Avatar numbers.
its pretty sad the way that works
@@dennisjohnson8729 It really is.
Funny I only remember the Book; Sideways Sorties of Wayside School. ( Teacher'd read one chapter before let out
You’re definitely right about the airing thing smh I remember having to keep my eyes super peeled for episodes of wayside as a kid
The theme song is honestly why I tuned in
It slapped way harder than it needed to, would sell my kidney for a full release
Man, that show was just the perfect blend of random and clever. I still love the aesthetic of the building, and now I finally know why some parts of the stanley parable felt weirdly nostalgic to me.
I should rewatch this show sometime.
I’m kinda doing that rn😅 there’s full episodes on RUclips so you’re in luck bud🎉💀
@@anonymousqueen7179 Thanks for letting me know, I'll be sure to look them up!
They got all the episodes on RUclips ^u^ I love the beginning movie which is basically just the 1 hour pilot episode (also Maurecia's hair is pink in that)
It felt liminal
This show was so much fun. The awesome theme song, Kidswatter only calling Todd by his address, Sammy the dead rat and Ms. Mush, and all the other weird and wacky jokes, always made it fun to watch!
I loved the books in middle school and didn’t know there was a cartoon! I’m so excited to see the episode with Sammy. That was always one of my favorite stories from the book.
*344 South Fairview*
One of my favourite shows as a kid i swear
Sammy was the realest ngl
all my homies love Sammy
It’s actually thanks to this show I went and read the books. And yes while there is a big difference between the books and the show, I think they’re both amazing in their own special way! Maybe someday there’ll be a reboot show, or a live-action movie adaptation!
I loved the Wayside School books back when I was in elementary school. The first chapter of one of the books (Falling Down I believe) was Louis, the custodian (named after Louis Sachar, the author), had to carry a heavy computer up all 30 stories to Mrs. Jewls' class. When he finally brought it to her, she dropped it out of a window to demonstrate gravity to the students.
There was a character named Jason, and obviously, since I have that same name, I thought that was really cool. I was pretty sad that he was completely missing from the show. Lol
I REMEMBER THAT CHAPTER TOO
@@ieatalgae SO DO I. SUCH A GOOD BOOK SERIES
I read the books and never watched the show. This unlocked so many memories.
I don't remember any chapters but I remember my class in like third grade had a book in the series called "Sideways Stories from Wayside School" I think?
"This is gravity"
as a canadian, i grew up with all of the nelvana classics, and had completely forgotten about this show until now. god i loved this show. gonna rewatch the pilot, thank you for making me remember this legendary piece of media
Was on teletoon for over 10 years with reruns wouldn't doubt it if it's still on
Dude this show was such a fever dream for me. For the longest time I was just convinced this show was made up in my head and I found this video! Haha glad to know that I'm not crazy.
I also though this show was just the creation of a little kids mind.
me fucking too
Same
HOLY SHIT HOW HAVE ALL US WAYSIDE KIDS JUST NEVER REMEMBERED IT LMAOO.
SAME
The books and shows were such a treasure for me and my little sisters growing up, I can’t believe that I haven’t thought about them in years, but I was such a huge fan
As a fan of the books and show, I basically have to imagine the show being a completely unique idea that happens to share some similarities to a book series and not as an adaptation. Like, the series is dragon ball evolution levels of "not faithful," but unlike other bad adaptations it can stand on it's own and so I do my best to keep them in separate parts of my brain.
The show is chaotic, the books are DERANGED
I remember reading the one where the students believe the school will fall down so they evacuate only for Ms Jewel to ring her cowbell and atract thousands of cows so the school almost falls down.
That same book had a mistery about a missing/ non existing class and I think its adressed in an episode of the series and my personal favorite is when one of the characters (i forgot her name) is mad that her teeth grew in so she doesnt sound funny anymore and she convinces a bully to punch them out, only do dodge it last second because the others convinced her that having the teeth made her more special or something like that
I had no idea this became a show! My teacher in 2nd grade read this book to us every week, and replaced the names of the kids' in the book with the names of her students. One of my favorite school memories.
Side note - I was very overweight as a child, and my teacher gave me the story of the girl who ate a ton of ice cream and let ice cream melt in her desk or something? I never realized until I was an adult but I don't think it was coincidence that she gave me that story lol
This was easily one of my favourite shows growing up. I loved how absurd it got. One of my favourite episodes was the one where Todd and Mr Kidswater were stuck in an elevator together and they had a ton of cutaway synonyms for "needing to pee", like a waterfall or a tap running.
Every episode this man got sent home early, I always saw it as a punishment but seeing this again COMPLETELY changed my mind. That dude got to go home early, I say that’s a win in my book 👍
Right! He was winning
but it is very VERY mean to me. todd is a good kid and yet this is how he's treated
i hate it.
The one thing that used to annoy me is because Todd always had to get sent on the kindergarten bus, for no reason
@@Justme-np3di ditto
Oh I absolutely loved this show, it was one of the few shows that got that “wacky random” humor right, where it was really enjoyable
Man, even back then Shari was a mood. I used to love this series so much (somehow didn't find out about the books until a few years after the show ended, tho). Glad to see it still holds up after all these years; it really is a gem.
I remember the book series. Each chapter centered around a different kid in the same class and acted as their own stories. So many of the running jokes made it into the show and i was very satisfied with it.
I absolutely loved Wayside! I have very vivid memories of this show, and I got super super excited seeing it being talked about on here! Thank you Jordan! :D
Thanks so much for watching!
The part at 5:38 could easily be written as one of those memes.
Principal: "..STUPID MIC!!"
*The kid named Mike:*
🤣🤣🤣 But seriously, I'm so glad you exist to help me never forget my childhood. I just wish I could watch all these shows all over again...
Wayside was created by Louis Sachar, who wrote the book (and movie) Holes, the story of Stanley Yelnats and his family curse. I love his works because they never talk down to kids. I hope one day you can talk about The adventures of Pete & Pete, which is another Nickelodeon show nobody on RUclips talks about.
I think I have watched that movie before, every man in his family is named Stanley because his last name spells that backwards so he's Stanley Yelnats III.
@@aikou2886 Stanley Yelnats IV actually.
I think Nostalgia Critic did!
The Janitor is actually a good trope: The happy-go-lucky, Somewhat suspiciously calm and relaxed with a certain look in the eye that indicates they had a fun time in the 70's. That is one of the few good character tropes. the guy who literally doesn't care and does his job despite the hard days that pass by without a real thought of quitting.
This show always put me on edge as a kid because I am deathly afraid of heights, and the thought of having to go to school there was terrifying. I remember enjoying it overall though, from what little I actually did watch. It's interesting to learn that it was a book series first. Another great video!
Thanks so much!
There's no fear of heights to be had when inside a building if u don't look outside
It scared me but more cause the inside was so uncanny, like it made me nauseous
Wayside was a GEM a quote my friends and I still use to this day are "Turn the square Mr. K!"
I had read the books a lot when I was a kid, and when the show came out I couldn't help but compare the differences between the two. I didn't dislike the changes, it was just fun to pick them out.
Me too!
man you've brought up so many good memories from the inner vaults of my mind with this series...just thanks. cartoons have always been such a big part of my life, and seeing some of the old ones ive completely forgot have just brought me to tears at points. keep it up player i know your gonna be big :)
Loved the books as a kid. If I remember right the author later went on to write "Holes". And Louis was his self-insert in the books.
Wayside was incredibly important to me as a kid, and later when I revisited it in my teen years. It just had a special vibe to it that I feel wasn't necessarily found in other nicktoons at the time (or really any shows during this era). It's good memories.
Wayside was always that show I watched when I was home sick from school. And honestly, I loved it 😂
I loved Wayside a lot, and I thought it was a fun, silly show, except for one thing- Ms Jewel.
It sucks because she’s also a fun character for the most part, but as someone who was bullied relentlessly by a teacher in 5th grade, I cannot reconcile with her treatment of Todd. If she’d gotten onto the other kids too throughout the show to balance it out it would have been fine, but it’s like she purposefully singles him out, and since I know first hand what that kind of thing can do to a developing child’s psyche, it’s far more painful than funny to watch :(
Theme song is a bop tho
I used to love the books and remember walking into the public library one day with my father and they had the tv to series check out for a few days! I remember loving the show and loving how it embodied the books.
I always liked Ms jewels design but I often remembered thinking she's very malicious to Todd (like the episode he had to grade her and make her "sympathetic" and Todd "the antagonistic one" reminds me of how some people feel about that one SpongeBob episode where Squidward got zapped by a electric fence)
Like maybe because I went through alot in school and yet wanted to be a teacher have me hyper critical of her, but I just feel like Ms. Jewels is somehow the teacher that needs the chill pill the most, even more so than the one that turns kids into apples(atleast she was like that with everyone 😅). I'm pretty sure Todd's the first and only kid to be written up to any serious degree in the school.
That being said... I actually quite like the show (my favorite ep I remember off the top of my head was the "aquarium" episode)
Oh, now this is a trip.
Remember staying up late at my aunts' house watching nicktoons network like a hawk waiting for wayside to come on.
For...reasons, my favorite episodes when I was younger were the ones involving crushes. Different times, dude.
I just hope Wayside gets a reboot. There's not much problems with the show, it's just that characters in the show aren't introduced much. I was really hoping that we get to know more about each wacky characters but sadly, most of the time it's just Todd, Maricia, Myron, and Dana and the rest just act like bg characters.
Also is Caroline (green hair girl) in Mrs Jewls class or not? I keep seeing her in other classes wth
The show is so silly and wacky and I loved it, I agree
I hope to be a cartoon writer in the next few years and a Wayside Reboot is something I've considered. One of my proudest fanfics on the internet is New Standards. It's a Wayside fanfic my friends tell me still holds up to this day.
@@lordkinesis4432Yo anywhere I could check out this fanfic?
one of the best intro song , wayside will forever have a place in my heart. i grew up off the show AND books i loved it so much lol i would like to add that the show was good but the books are wayyyy better T-T
I remember whenever I was sick home from school Wayside would be on in the afternoon, and I’d always get so pumped because aside from one or two shows TV always felt like it sucked during school.
I love wayside it's such a cute cartoon and the characters and the stories behind it are so fun! I also love the books!
No way!! I completely forgot this existed! I absolutely loved this, I keep realizing I should have been too old to enjoy these as much as I did, this was a nice memory to bring back though, it was just a fun and goofy show, loved the animation style also
Even though I didn’t read the books. I really love the show for its animation, characters and offbeat sense of humour.
Same here and I like Wayside and who’s is your Favorite character makes you Smile.
I've always really loved Sideways Stories (I never read the sequels though) and I think I heard somewhere once before that there was a TV show, but this video is the first time I learned anything about the show. I went into this video expecting to spend most of it indignant over something that was changed from the book, but that happened... well, it happened, but a lot less than I thought it would. I have mixed impressions on what they did with the characters, who were so much the highlight of the book that each chapter was basically a profile of each classmate and what made them unique, and as I got older I noticed how while a lot of them were just silly, others had interesting messages about human nature in the form of these exaggerated characters. I get the impression that a lot of that was lost in the show, but the characters seem fun enough on their own (I'm sure I'd still prefer the book though). On the other hand, I really love what the show did with the school building! Weird and impossible architecture is so cool to me, I think I would have watched the show just for that.
When I was in 3rd grade, my teacher would always read us chapters of the Wayside books when we came back in from lunch, and she'd let us doodle and such while she did so. Those were good times, man
Honestly I enjoyed the show, but always found sending Todd home at the end of the episode to be incredibly frustrating after a few episodes.
He doesn’t even do anything
fr and the other kids do obnoxious things but the teacher just excused them and that made me furious when i watched this show 😭😭😭
yeah i think this show was definitely a bit wacky.
I used to read the books all the time as a youngster. I even wrote to Louis Sachar and got a letter back! That made me the envy of my class that year lol. That same year I discovered the show Wayside and became obsessed!
In 4th grade, looking back at it, our teacher basically made us write a Wayside fanfiction by inserting ourselves as characters and compiling a class narrative 😭
Ah yes, the dante method
@@katzea.a7880 My street reference?
@@meepo-6193 Divine comedy reference
Sierra?
wtf my 5th grade teacher did the exact same thing
As a Canadian kid I remember watching this show all the time. Gotta love CanCon laws.
It was pretty good though. I went and rewatched the pilot + a couple episodes recently and I really did enjoy them. I love the visual style of Wayside though it’s very different from the stuff I usually like; the bright colors and exagerrated facial expressions are super fun. Also I love how there are cows just. chilling in the halls.
I never knew there was a show & i was obsessed with the books. This is so neat!
Same here! I read the books in the mid 90's, but I was an adult by the time this show aired and I completely missed it
7:20 "Did you put your name in the Goblet of Fire?" Dumbledore asked calmly while shaking Harry and screaming at him.
I remember one of the stories in the books where they got two elevators for the school, but only one elevator went up and the other went down. And they only used it once because once it reached the top and bottom of the school respectively they couldn't use them after that.
Also, it happens to appear that the schools outside looks noticably different in pretty much every scene it is in.
But the 3D-model in the first seconds of the intro; the first time todd looks at the school, and a few of the in-episode scenes show the building as it truly is.
I have never felt something so deep in the subconscious of my brain be forced upon me like this, I COMPLETELY forgot this existed but watched it a lot growing up! Cool!
Fire drills in this school would be a nightmare
This was my SHIT back in the day. Love this channel been binging it for hours now waiting for a call. Insane I have to go back and rewatch all these shows
YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!! Another show I was HOPING you'd cover. I LOVED the theme song
DUDE I USED TO BE OBSESSED WITH THIS SHOW. I would always get mad when Todd got sent home on the kindergarten bus LIKE FREE MY MAN.
Fun fact: Toby fox likes the wayside books and he based his tea item from chapter 2 from the ice cream from the one of the books.
Now, I dunno if he likes the show but Lancer does the same hand pose as Todd (see the thumbnail).
That’s actually extremely cool as both a fan of Wayside and Deltarune
@@Daisy_Plus ikr?
@@Daisy_Plus yeah
@@bread-bz3zh I wonder if Susie and Ralsei are based of Maurecia and Dana.
Dana isnt a complete welcome mat like Ralsei, but they both like instructional books...
And Berdly is the erics in cocaine lmao
I loved it. Me and my brother quoted "pick up phone" and "soktay!" all the time as kids because of this show
I feel like it would have stood out more if they had a consistent design of the school, they spent more time in other classrooms, and if the animation quality was better. This does look like a very creative idea. I'd say it was a missed opportunity.
I oddly have memories of watching this show a lot when I was sick as a kid. My mom worked on taking care of the elderly, and they were often sick and she took it with her to us at home. I’d just sit on the couch watching this show all day basically.
Honestly this channel for me now is basically: "Oh yeah, I remember that show too!" Not complaining though, it's pretty cool remembering all these more obscure cartoons that still has it's share of fans.
I started watching it around 2 years ago, quoincidentally around when you uploaded this video, but then stopped. I cant remember how much i liked it, i should give it another go.
I got into this show through the books my fourth grade teacher read all 3 books to us back to back and i really enjoyed them.wayside school gets a little stranger was my favorite it had so many subplots with a lot of payoffs
Teletoon (or YTV i can't remember which one was it) used to play reruns of this show so much that when I got my hands on the Wayside books, I expected all the characters to look, talk, and feel the exact same way they did in the show. Needless to say, 7 yr old me was disappointed, but the books were still pretty awesome.
I LOVE THIS SHOW it only has 2 seasons but it’s definitely of my favorite shows of all time but not only that *THE SHOW IS UNDERRATED AS HELL* LITERALLY NO-ONE EVER TALKS ABOUT THIS SHOW i hope this video can make people who never seen it watch this show and who knows maybe this magnificent show can get a season 3 or a new movie
Agreeeee
The openingsong is such a banger
I liked the books and the TV show. I remember getting defensive when TheMysteriousMrEnter did one of his typically scathing critiques on one of the old episodes, but to be fair to him, that was way back in the day. It's not a great show, by any means, as it's a bit simple and juvenile...but inoffensive. I think kids would still get a kick out of it today.
I had no idea this was a show, but I remember reading the book in school. It was one of my favorite books cause of how interesting the stories were. The story that sticks out the most is the one where the story was written backwards, and in order to understand what's happening you had to start from the end of the story and read towards the front. I really wanna watch this show now
I remember when I was in first or second grade, my teacher read us a book of Sideways Stories from Wayside School and I remember enjoying it. I had no earthly idea that it had been made into a cartoon
i remember reading all three books and immensely enjoying the creativity and originality shown in each chapter. same goes for the show
Principle Kidswater has got to be one of the most chaotic characters in cartoons. For example, he hates children, yet he acts childish himself. How is that even possible?
Thank you so much! This has been a piece of a memory in the back of my head for AGES & no one, not even my sister, remembered this feverdream
I still remember Wayside even the book series.
As a young autistic kid, I absolutely loved this show because it felt like it understood how fucking weird the world and social interactions are to me.
I guess that explains why I like this series so much.
The "stupid Mike" joke always gets me😂
We should get this cartoon trending and have Teletoon reboot and broadcast this again!!! #bringwaysideback #wayside #waysideschool #teletoon #reboot
"WAIT... Remember Wayside?"
Me: Yes, have a good day sir
i saw only saw one episode, but i read ALL of the books, it was awesome! i miss this series, there was a new book released not so long ago!
All I remember from this show is the ending of an episode where the cafeteria lady asks Tod: "Pickle?" With a weird inflection. That is literally all I remember despite watching this show all the time as a kid.
As a kid that moved around a lot I’ve become and was obsessed with seeing how other schools functioned. And loved wayside the books and the series
I loved the books before I even watched the show. When I was a kid, I was obsessed with Miss Mush and her accent. Looking back on the show, she's still easily my favorite character and I really liked how they changed her from the books.
Wayside was one of those shows I convinced I dreamt up because I have so few memories of it. I did read the books though.
It was the most cartooniest cartoon that Canada has ever made. And who knew that Scott Pilgrim and Hank Hill's Wife was actually a student and Teacher duo in the pilot!?
for a while, i honestly thought this story was just a fever dream i had by mixing up memories from elementary school. i remember reading a kid's book about Wayside School in elementary, and we even went to see a stageplay of it in Portland as a field trip. that was a strange experience that i don't remember a single thing about.
This is so funny. I like vaguely remember watching this on Nick as a kid, but when I was in middle school I used to watch this series on the keep it weird channel. It’s been years, I’m 19 now but randomly remembered this show. Thanks for this video, since this video was really underrated but kind of a decent show!!!
I had a very intimidate childhood experience with the books. Although, I can't remember much. I do remember this one, where one of those little kids wanted to experience freedom from their mundane life in school. And did that by retreating to the schools cellar, talking to the rats, and then somehow transfiguring into a bird. Best thing ever, loved it.
Wow, is this ever a blast from the past for me. Okay, being a Canadian growing watching Teletoon, I loved Wayside. The fact that most of the characters aside from Todd and Louis being inept and absolutely insane was hilarious. By far my favourite characters was Principal Kidswatter. He just had the best moments in the series out of all the other characters. Thanks for reminding me about this series.
Wayside was like the only thing I knew other than spongebob, robotboy and gumball and I appreciate it for that
I never got why they made Todd, of all the classmates the Main Character, wasn’t he the kid who always get sent home early? They could’ve made Allison the main character, since she was already the straight woman to everyone else’s Silliness, even her Best Friend Rondi
I remember reading on of the wayside books and loving it. It was one of the only book series I actually wanted to read. Watching the series was just as fun. I'm really happy to hear someone cover this show
I remember only seeing a single ad for this show on a Nicktoons DVD I had got as kid and that was honestly the only time I had ever seen anything related to Wayside during my life. It's funny because out of nowhere last month, I suddenly remembered parts of that ad (specifically the whole stacked building concept) and was like "Dang, I wonder what that show or movie even was" and now here you are making a video on it.. Life works in mysterious ways 🤣
My first introduction to Wayside was a book about a teacher who turned students into apples
The pilot basically amounts to everyone gaslighting Todd that he's the crazy one. Really sick shit with an awful message when you think about it at all.
my favourite quote
principal:STUPID MIC!(microphone0
kid named mike:*cries*
There is SO much potential with Wayside School, they were my favorite books as a kid, and I still wish we could get a Netflix series or trilogy of films to do it justice.