The Adventures of Pete & Pete: The Quirky, Sometimes Dark Side of Wellsville

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The Adventures of Pete & Pete looked like a normal Nickelodeon kids’ show… but the more you look back, the stranger it gets.

In this video, we’re heading back to Wellsville to revisit one of the weirdest, smartest, and most quietly emotional shows Nickelodeon ever made. From Big Pete and Little Pete to Artie, Petunia, “Hey Sandy,” the unforgettable guest stars, and the show’s strange indie-movie energy, Pete & Pete felt completely different from everything else on ’90s Nickelodeon.

We’ll look at how the series started as short interstitials, why it became a cult favorite, how it captured childhood in such a bizarre and honest way, and why the full show is still so hard to watch today because of music rights issues.

Was The Adventures of Pete & Pete secretly Nickelodeon’s most grown-up kids’ show? Or was it just too weird to last?

Were you a Big Pete person or a Little Pete person? And did “Hey Sandy” instantly unlock a memory for you too? Let me know in the comments.