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You've seen what these actors have been up to these days, now check out some of their interviews as they discuss their experience on the TV show. Some have vague memories but some have described some of the events very well.
 

 


 
 

 



Les Lye played all the male adult roles in the series and was indeed a versatile actor as he was creative by doing many different voices for the series. He was most notably for his parts as the technical program director Ross for the dome skits, Senator Prevort in the dungeon skits with his German accent, Mr. Shidtler the high strung school teacher in the classroom and the low belching beer guzzling father in the living room skits all of which he played in the sister show You Can't Do That On Television.
He also had his own children's series titled Uncle Willy & Floyd that he started in the 60's and was still running when this show aired on CJOH TV considered the longest running TV series in Canada.
He was seen in the TV pilot UFO Kidnapped as well as Gramps in the Nickelodeon produced series Turkey Television plus did many voice over work in cartoons which lied his true craft of acting as he went to radio school with Leslie Neilson and participated in some Christmas shows for YTV titled Santa Calls which he dressed up as Santa and was taking live phone calls from kids.
Today he lives in Ottawa still and is working on his autobiography and has permanently retired from acting.


Ruth Buzzi is no virtual unknown for sure! She played all the female adult characters such as the mother of the kids Valerie, the nasty abusive school teacher Miss Fit, the very nasal script girl Miss Time, Mr. Dime's southern talking secretary Miss Take, the crazy old lady in the movie theatre and other roles too. Ruth was born at Westerly, Rhode Island and she had a degree in theatre school and performed in musical revue stage productions in NYC. She also did a multitude of national television and radio commercials and also won an award for one of them.
She guested in TV shows afterwards as well as doing voice work and then became a regular in the late night show The Steve Allen Comedy Hour. Then she auditioned for a TV special called Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In which then became a successful TV series replacing the show as Ruth proved her talents as a comedy actress as she played roles like an old lady beating people with her purse, roles very much like in WTYO and because of that show she guest starred on just about every musical variety and sketch show that aired.
She appeared in many films and other TV shows throughout her career too and continues to do voice over's for animated series as well as still being a regular for other TV shows including Sesame Street.
 


Well Christine McGlade who was nicknamed Moose was the host of WTYO as she had a knack for comedy and was a natural ham. She was also the oldest kid on the show to top it off. She came to the very first audition of the sister show You Can't Do That On Television as her friend was nervous of auditioning alone as Christine herself wasn't planning to audition but the producer Roger Price told her she had to audition or leave so she won the main part of the show but her friend never spoke to her again. Afterwards she hosted YCDTOTV till 1986, a regular for a game show series strictly for CJOH-TV in which she also produced titled Something Else along with a handful of other people from YCDTOTV in 1981 but the series was short-lived and starred in a TV pilot with Kevin Somers and Jono Gebert (They were also school buddies with her) titled Bear Rapids.
She then starred in another series based on the fame of YCDTOTV called Turkey Television in 1988, went to art school and made a couple of short films there and then in 1995 worked as a director for TVOntario for 9 years and now has returned to children's television as the producer for CBC Playground, the block of children's programming on CBC She also participated in the SlimeCon 2002 TV special. She is married with a family. She also attended the SlimeCon 2004 Reunion


Kevin Somers was the airhead of the cast and was naturally a character and one of the best male actors in the show.
He guested in the pilot episode of the sister show You Can't Do That On Television along with highschool friend Jono Gebert and then became a regular in WTYO and after the plug was pulled on this show he returned to YCDTOTV when it revived in 1981 with Jono but they only appeared in the dungeon and execution scenes due to their age as they wanted younger kids on the show this time and both of them were 16 years of age and never returned for the next season.
CJOH-TV did produce a short-lived spinoff game show strictly for their local station titled Something Else as most of the cast were used for the series including Kevin himself.
Then Kevin, Jon and Christine McGlade starred in a TV pilot titled Bear Rapids but apparently the show never aired on TV. Although Kevin was quite a character, he never stuck to acting like most of the other kids.
He is teaching at a University. He also writes from time to time and hopes to have a novel published and is a writer for the Womens Post. Plus is married with a family.
Kevin was at the SlimeCon 2004 Reunion.
Jono Gebert was our local forecast guy at the studio who usually had a bucket of water dumped on his head by some of the people there. Plus he was usually tricked into getting green slimed during the dungeon skits (Most notably during the Superstition epsiode).
Well Jono was good friends with Kevin Somers and Christine McGlade as they all went to school together and were a regular in the sister show You Can't Do That On Television and when it revived in 1981 he was only in the dungeon and execution skits due to his age and got booted off after the season was finished.
He also starred in the CJOH short-lived game show Something Else (Although he has no recollection of the series) and the TV pilot with Christine and Kevin afterwards called Bear Rapids but decided to walk away from acting.
He worked as a tax accountant between 1989-90.
Today Jono is currently living in Alberta and the province is richer for him as he is an executive director at the University in Calgary for the faculties of Kinesilogy Study of Movement.
Jono was also at the Slimecon 2004 Reunion


Marc Baillon was the one who tried to get a date with Moose and was always trying to be avoided getting kissed by his Aunt Agatha.
Marc was in a few episodes of the sister show You Can't Do That On Television in 1979 and then this show WTYO but never returned to YCDTOTV when it re-aired in 1981 because it was getting in the way with his schooling and his parents told him to quit.
He used to be a member of a scout troop that attended a jamboree in Scotland the summer before both shows began and had been recruited for show because of his involvement in a musical troop.
Marc has been busy after his part in both shows. He joined the Air Force with his military college and was all over Canada, Greenland, Italy and served a tour in Somalia too.
He then retired from it and travelled through Asia and taught English in Korea.
Then he started a family of his own with two kids and have also been working on Public Relations as a writer for the last 2 years. So this was a different leap for him.
He was at both of the reunions at SlimeCon. The 2002 and 2003.


Rodney Helal was the little kid who was fighting with Lisa Ruddy, always getting pied in the face by people like Somers and Gebert but one time he got to be boss cause his uncle was in charge of the show in Boss Helal and decided to fire almost everyone and cut down their payments.
He along with everyone else was in the sister show You Can't Do That On Television until 1981 as he was one of the first cast members on the show and he was cast on the pilot UFO Kidnapped as a Horned Boy in 1983.
At a reunion convention in 2000 he said he one time stayed at Ruth Buzzi's house with Kevin Schenk during the Christmas week of 1979 when the plug was pulled on WTYO as he found it a great experience as he was only 11 at the time.
He kept acting as a sideline and in 1992 he played a terrorist/kidnapper in Rescue 911 as well as doing some TV commercials and industrial videos. He now works as as Information Technology Consultant specialising in Microsoft Networking.
He too was at both of the reunions at SlimeCon. The 2002 and 2004.
He most recently got married.


Kevin Schenk was one of the youngest cast members on the show and he was in some episodes of the sister show You Can't Do that On Television beforehand and was always in trouble for not taking his work seriously.
He was well remembered for his role as the little kid in the pilot episode of WTYO as his desperate mother (Played by Ruth Buzzi) was trying to get him in the show doing everything she can in order to do so.
After the plug was pulled on the show he returned to YCDTOTV with the rest of the cast in 1981 but after that season was finished he got the boot as he was getting too old like Somers and Gebert were.
But since then he used his talents in different ways as he graduated from ad and design school and worked at local design firms and National Arts Centre.
The he graduated from Carleton University with Mass Comm Honours Degree and from 1988 till present day he heads an Ottawa based graphic design, marketing and website development firm.
He did attend some YCDTOTV reunion conventions but never participated in the SlimeCon 2002 TV special.
 


Lisa Ruddy was another remembered character in the show even if she was only in about a half of the episodes during it's 12 episode run always fighting with Rodney Helal and one time trying to get him slimed but she always fell for it on the Superstitions episode.
She was also a regular in the sister show You Can't Do That On Television until 1985 as she was dismissed along with Christine McGlade since the two of them were the key members to the series.
Some of the skits she did on YCDTOTV were re-used and shot in some eps of WTYO too.
Lisa also participated in the short-lived game show Something Else with Somers, Gebert and McGlade.
She did however attend the reunions and was one of the people who participated in the SlimeCon 2002 TV special.
She is happily married with two kids and also runs a funeral home.