‘The A.V. Club’ Celebrates ‘All That’ as ‘the ‘SNL’ for Kids’

“All That’s attempt at giving children of the ‘90s their own SNL began with the masterstroke Lorne Michaels hit upon nearly two decades earlier: If your comedy show is supposed to reach a certain generation, let that generation tell the jokes themselves. … If Roundhouse was a community-theater production parents dragged their kids to, All That was like those kids keeping themselves entertained in the darkened playhouse: Passing private jokes, engaging in light slapstick with siblings, generally ridiculing the stuffiness of grown-up life.”

- The A.V. Club examines the impact of Nickelodeon’s All That as the SNL for kids of the ‘90s.