Why the 1996 'Rugrats' Passover Episode Still Resonates

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  • čas přidán 17. 04. 2019
  • What makes the "Rugrats" Passover episode so special, more than 20 years later? InsideEdition.com spoke to Paul Germain, one of the creators of the hit Nickelodeon series, about the episode, one of the rare TV or movie events dedicated to the Jewish holiday. To this day, he's surprised it still resonates with so many. "It's kind of embedded in pop culture," Germain said. "We were really proud of it. We never thought of it as a bit deal." InsideEdition.com's Leigh Scheps has more. #InsideEdition

Komentáře • 204

  • @poweroffriendship2.0
    @poweroffriendship2.0 Před 5 lety +240

    *_Let's give a shout out of Paul Germaine for such a great show he created in my childhood._*

    • @game_theory2547
      @game_theory2547 Před 5 lety +5

      Damn you graduated from Rugrats to A Clockwork Orange. Impressive

    • @oscarjimenezsr.716
      @oscarjimenezsr.716 Před 5 lety +1

      Recess

    • @gambler942
      @gambler942 Před 2 měsíci

      Will get used to it, Caused they won't show this in modern cartoon

    • @gambler942
      @gambler942 Před 2 měsíci

      Will get used to it, Caused they won't show this in modern cartoon

  • @bloonh8tr619
    @bloonh8tr619 Před 5 lety +404

    Man, I miss Rugrats. The good old days, we had Danny Phantom, Hey Arnold, CatDog, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Cat Scratch, and many others

    • @bloonh8tr619
      @bloonh8tr619 Před 5 lety

      @Xiao Trash only good episode of it for me was the iCarly crossover

    • @bloonh8tr619
      @bloonh8tr619 Před 5 lety

      @Big Ol Internet Troll an old animated show on Nick, 3 cats in a mansion

    • @poweroffriendship2.0
      @poweroffriendship2.0 Před 5 lety +2

      @Big Ol Internet Troll It's actually a 2000s cartoon about three cats doing some weird adventures. I kinda forgot about the names until I remember the names now: Mr. Blik, Gordon, and Waffles.

    • @fantasea4460
      @fantasea4460 Před 5 lety +1

      You can still watch it on teennick.

    • @loslakers530
      @loslakers530 Před 5 lety +1

      Rockos modern life, ren and stimpy

  • @HitomiNoRyu
    @HitomiNoRyu Před 5 lety +48

    Rugrats was the cartoon that taught me about Passover, Hanukkah, AND Kwanzaa as a child!

    • @Kinky_Oreo
      @Kinky_Oreo Před rokem

      Same!

    • @MyLux777
      @MyLux777 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Its crazy too cause as a black man growin up in an all black household.....aint nobody celebratin kwanzaa....just bein real

  • @oscarjimenezsr.716
    @oscarjimenezsr.716 Před 5 lety +121

    Rugrats did a Good Job kicking a Serious Topic about Moses in 1995

  • @marvinthemaniac7698
    @marvinthemaniac7698 Před 5 lety +65

    The best cartoon adaptations to the biblical Passover story:
    1. Rugrats Passover.
    2. The Prince of Egypt.

    • @patrickphilip777
      @patrickphilip777 Před 3 lety +3

      You gotta reverse the order boi

    • @marvinthemaniac7698
      @marvinthemaniac7698 Před 3 lety +1

      @@patrickphilip777 oops!

    • @MaggieCandy999
      @MaggieCandy999 Před 3 lety +2

      I LOVE The Prince of Egypt! 💖

    • @marvinthemaniac7698
      @marvinthemaniac7698 Před 3 lety +1

      @@MaggieCandy999 me too!

    • @TheJPSouza
      @TheJPSouza Před 7 měsíci

      I still wonder if 'A Rugrats Passover' inspired DreamWorks to make 'The Prince of Egypt', which was released only 3 years after the special in 1998.

  • @KittylinAnaya16
    @KittylinAnaya16 Před 5 lety +45

    Thank you for the wonderful memories 🌹RIP Christine Cavanaugh (Chuckie), Jack Riley (Stu), Joe Alaskey+David Doyle(Grandpa Lou)🌹

    • @danielferstendig
      @danielferstendig Před 5 lety +3

      rip tony jay(dr lipschitz) rip ron glass(randy Carmichael) rip cheryl carmichael(lucy Carmichael)

    • @IvoryRajkumari
      @IvoryRajkumari Před 5 lety

      They're all gone 😭😭😭 noooo

    • @Thot_Patrol_USA
      @Thot_Patrol_USA Před 7 měsíci

      it really sucks that half the cast is dead, and yet this show was only 30 years old when the reboot came out.

  • @joshsalcedo2407
    @joshsalcedo2407 Před 3 lety +18

    I loved that this episode was made in a way that children could understand Passover, with its the plot and analogies.
    Big Kids=The Egyptians
    Babies= The Hebrews

    • @joshmontemayor6098
      @joshmontemayor6098 Před 2 lety +1

      After seeing DreamWorks' The Prince of Egypt, this episode is pretty close to accurate.

  • @ArkhamKratos
    @ArkhamKratos Před 5 lety +62

    That's my Childhood Show!

  • @haninabritanico9912
    @haninabritanico9912 Před 5 lety +75

    Rugrats was always ahead of its time

    • @joshmontemayor6098
      @joshmontemayor6098 Před 2 lety +2

      After seeing DreamWorks' The Prince of Egypt, I got to say, the Rugrats Passover episode is pretty close to accurate.

    • @collgoff
      @collgoff Před rokem

      @@joshmontemayor6098 what do you mean?

    • @joshmontemayor6098
      @joshmontemayor6098 Před rokem

      @@collgoff, the Rugrats Passover episode is almost identical to Prince of Egypt.

  • @yanderefangirl8317
    @yanderefangirl8317 Před 5 lety +17

    My mom wouldn’t let me watch ‘Rugrats’ because she thought that I would end up acting like Angelica. But I was sneaky and watched the show when she wasn’t home 😁

  • @RegularInvader
    @RegularInvader Před 5 lety +9

    This is why Rugrats was one of the best 90's cartoons.

  • @JerseyGurlNolaGuurrl
    @JerseyGurlNolaGuurrl Před 5 lety +34

    I love this episode shout out to Rugrats and the creators it taught me about the Jewish heritage.

  • @gabe_s_videos
    @gabe_s_videos Před rokem +4

    I don't think I ever saw the Passover episode, but I watch the Hanukkah episode ever year and it always makes me cry.
    This show had the absolute best depiction of my people's culture.

  • @HalfLifeExpert1
    @HalfLifeExpert1 Před 2 lety +8

    Rugrats always resonated greatly with me because I have a Jewish mother and non-Jewish Father, like Tommy. In fact, my dad has quite a few similarities with Stu. Stu's attempts to lead the Seder would totally happen in my house if my Mom was stupid enough to tell my dad to lead the Seder

  • @mavohq
    @mavohq Před 2 lety +3

    i remember watching the rugrats hanukkah and passover specials during the respective holidays with my cousins when we were little and was so incredibly happy to see my culture in cartoons i loved, especially since my great grandparents were russian jews like the ones in tommy’s family.

  • @tedflanc1024
    @tedflanc1024 Před 3 lety +8

    When I first watched this years ago, I thought it was a parody of the Price of Egypt movie, mainly due to how similarly it was portrayed. It wasn't until years later that I learned that the move was made two years after this tv special!!!

    • @MsAliciaRL
      @MsAliciaRL Před 2 lety +1

      I mean, they're just telling the same story.

  • @BillBraskyy
    @BillBraskyy Před 3 lety +3

    I remember the evening this episode first aired! I'm Jewish, and growing up we used to go to temple every week, but growing up on a ranch in a very tiny _tiny_ rural town-we had a non-chain grocery store, a gas station, a feed store, and one traffic light, and all grades K-12 went to the same school-so being literally the only Jewish family/kids in a mostly hispanic, catholic town was kinda strange and difficult at times. I remember when this episode aired, I thought it was the coolest thing bc I've never seen anything on TV that portrayed the origins of Chanukah the way The Rugrats did. My dad really liked that episode too, and I remember him saying that this show was gonna be big one of these days, and sure enough a couple two three years later, the first movie came out and they just got bigger and bigger.

  • @nerdemojireal
    @nerdemojireal Před 5 lety +22

    I’m Jewish, and when I was little around the time of Passover, I would watch things like these a lot, especially the Prince of Egypt movie. I miss all the old cartoons because they were much better than these modern kid shows

  • @sparklyhayley4656
    @sparklyhayley4656 Před 5 lety +5

    I love Rugrats since I can remember and I now watch this my 6 year old son. Rugrats is truly a classic.

  • @peterw4910
    @peterw4910 Před 5 lety +6

    The Rugrats was one of the best shows ever.

  • @RayMak
    @RayMak Před 5 lety +5

    My childhood

  • @RabidLeroy
    @RabidLeroy Před 5 lety +4

    As much as I just found about this holiday special, it’s interesting how the episode has effectively (sometimes lightheartedly) explained the holidays in not only simple-to-grasp terms, but also redefined “holiday special” in a more diverse light. And that’s the more you know.

  • @mikeyg.thecnanddisneyfan9069

    Oh, Yes! I remember having the VHS Tape for this!

  • @jetpackboy0995
    @jetpackboy0995 Před 5 lety +6

    *Im reading exactly what the book says*

  • @Videokid703
    @Videokid703 Před 5 lety +3

    19 and still watching rugrats

  • @ddlaine123
    @ddlaine123 Před 5 lety +3

    Love this episode!!!! I read the rugrats Passover book to my son. 🤗

  • @retroflashbackdude
    @retroflashbackdude Před rokem +1

    “DONT CLOSE THE (closes the door) door”

  • @zombieramen1674
    @zombieramen1674 Před 5 lety +1

    I get so exited whenever rugrats comes on still to this day

  • @KittySnicker
    @KittySnicker Před 5 lety +3

    I always enjoyed that episode!

  • @lezbyanke777
    @lezbyanke777 Před 2 lety +3

    It would be cool to see a couple of Rugrats episodes about Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot too ❤✡

  • @thomasplouffe1363
    @thomasplouffe1363 Před 5 lety +2

    I remember watching this when I was really young

  • @cokeboysmusik8634
    @cokeboysmusik8634 Před 5 lety +6

    I love rugrats and dexter's laboratory

  • @F1charl
    @F1charl Před 5 lety +1

    I still watch it

  • @joshmontemayor6098
    @joshmontemayor6098 Před 2 lety +1

    It's interesting that this episode is the Rugrats version of DreamWorks' The Prince of Egypt.

  • @9airpods917
    @9airpods917 Před 5 lety +21

    Why that ONE episode? Why not the whole show?!?!

    • @bubbleguppy4892
      @bubbleguppy4892 Před 5 lety +8

      Most shows never really showed stuff like this

    • @9airpods917
      @9airpods917 Před 5 lety

      Cherub Oh! I wish more shows did this! It seems like a great idea for other shows!

    • @lapislazuli06
      @lapislazuli06 Před 5 lety

      @@bubbleguppy4892 agree, they wouldn't do this these days

    • @oscarjimenezsr.716
      @oscarjimenezsr.716 Před 5 lety +2

      Courage tackled abusive Relationships nowadays They Can't do it

    • @ek2211
      @ek2211 Před 3 lety

      Because its not a religious show

  • @TheKrazyk2010
    @TheKrazyk2010 Před 4 lety +2

    The Prince of Egypt before Prince of egypt

  • @rbrtpongo
    @rbrtpongo Před rokem +1

    I remember watching this when I was a kid as well to i also remember watching tiny toons and muppet babies and a few other shows.

  • @samanthamaclean1430
    @samanthamaclean1430 Před 5 lety +3

    I just love this show 😍

  • @mackenziemarie9153
    @mackenziemarie9153 Před 5 lety +1

    I grew up watching the Rugrats I watched every episode when I was a child

  • @katelyn6653
    @katelyn6653 Před 5 lety +9

    God is Good✝️🙏🏻💛

  • @theKevronHarris
    @theKevronHarris Před 5 lety +1

    I love Rugrats and I remember my mother got me some Rugrats collectibles since I was a kid.

  • @TheJPSouza
    @TheJPSouza Před 9 měsíci +1

    Correction from the video title:
    'A Rugrats Passover' was aired in 1995, not 1996.
    'A Rugrats Chanukah' was aired in 1996.

  • @Gannooch
    @Gannooch Před 3 měsíci +1

    This actually aired in 1995 for the first time. I got a laugh out of when Chuckie somehow built a pyramid UPSIDE DOWN.

  • @gmont28
    @gmont28 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I loved this episode, DONT CLOSE THE door

  • @ginantsfan5
    @ginantsfan5 Před 5 lety +8

    LOVE RUGRATS!!!!!!!! #90SNICK4EVER!!!!!!!

  • @hmhm9857
    @hmhm9857 Před 5 lety +4

    Omg I miss this show... so much. Used to watch it a lot. Then forgot the name, and now I’m way to old to have any interest in it.

  • @Crispycola643
    @Crispycola643 Před 5 lety +1

    My Sister loved that show

  • @elephanty8857
    @elephanty8857 Před 5 lety +1

    That pun man. You had to put it in lol

  • @katelynthewhitewerewolf6376

    I like this episode it's one of my favorite ones.

  • @lisaowens126
    @lisaowens126 Před 5 lety +1

    Finally you made one with rugrats

  • @Y0Y0Evan
    @Y0Y0Evan Před 5 lety +1

    I have this on VHS. :D

  • @jarrenlumpkin5178
    @jarrenlumpkin5178 Před 5 lety +2

    Man I miss Rugrats😩😩😩😩

  • @aceattorney1989
    @aceattorney1989 Před 5 lety

    I’m so glad I grew up with Rugrats.

  • @Jennifer_Lewis_Beach_Living
    @Jennifer_Lewis_Beach_Living Před 3 měsíci

    This was a fabulous episode because it taught the young viewers the significance of Passover in a way where children of all religious and spiritual backgrounds will understand. Frankly, it also taught a few adult viewers as well.

  • @lorenazavala9472
    @lorenazavala9472 Před 5 lety +2

    My sister was born in 1996

  • @koolbjr4702
    @koolbjr4702 Před 5 lety +2

    For me it came on yesterday

  • @FishKepr
    @FishKepr Před 4 lety +1

    We bought the episode on iTunes to teach our daughter about Passover.

  • @Naiobia
    @Naiobia Před 5 lety +2

    I didnt even know about this episode hhH

  • @Thinker669
    @Thinker669 Před 4 lety +1

    RIP Jack Riley.

  • @Greenpoloboy3
    @Greenpoloboy3 Před 5 lety

    Ahhh, I love Rugrats!!! Hey Arnold, Recess, Demon Headmaster, Older eps of The Simpsons, Dexter's Lab.... I LOVE RUGRATS SO MUCH!!!!! Each ep was like an adventure

  • @LeoQKepler
    @LeoQKepler Před 5 lety +2

    And we had happy ending where Pharaoh drowend in water

  • @kirinbobarcana
    @kirinbobarcana Před rokem

    Tommy: Hoses poses I'm DOING A MOSES!

  • @draph91
    @draph91 Před 5 lety +2

    Don’t close the.....
    *slam*
    .....door

  • @lapislazuli06
    @lapislazuli06 Před 5 lety +1

    Love Rugrats! ❤

  • @GiancarloFloyd
    @GiancarloFloyd Před 5 lety +4

    I remember watching that episode.

  • @sandwichgod692
    @sandwichgod692 Před 5 lety +3

    Actually, this Passover special was released in '95. You've got it mixed up with the Hanukkah special.

  • @davyboywilliams
    @davyboywilliams Před 5 lety +1

    That episode actually aired in 1995

  • @Rainbow-fo6zd
    @Rainbow-fo6zd Před 3 lety

    Rugrats was so good

  • @ianmoone2488
    @ianmoone2488 Před 5 lety +2

    Growing up I hated matzah. Nowadays I eat it with dark chocolate.

  • @bloodCount8895
    @bloodCount8895 Před 3 lety +2

    I loved that episode and I'm not Jewish.

  • @imal25
    @imal25 Před rokem +1

    AIRED ON NICKELODEON ON FRIDAY APRIL 14, 1995.

  • @eliocosmos
    @eliocosmos Před 27 dny +1

    BORIS?!?! AHHH huh huh huhh hooo!

  • @Tornado1994
    @Tornado1994 Před 4 lety +2

    WRONG DATE OP. The Passover Episode aired in 1994. The "Hanukkah" Episode aired in 1996.

    • @TheJPSouza
      @TheJPSouza Před 7 měsíci

      'A Rugrats Passover' aired in 1995.

    • @Tornado1994
      @Tornado1994 Před 7 měsíci

      @@TheJPSouza 1994. It was the Last Episode of the Original Rugrats before its production went on Hiatus. Rugrats Passover aired March 27,1994.

  • @Melissaduns
    @Melissaduns Před rokem +2

    A lot of my Jewish education as a cild came from Rugrats.

  • @BrittKGM
    @BrittKGM Před 9 měsíci

    I learned about Passover and Hanukkah from Rugrats

  • @Denkin_Donuts
    @Denkin_Donuts Před 4 lety +1

    This is great. But honestly if this was aired today, there would be a big problem. Sad really

  • @killerstylequeen
    @killerstylequeen Před 3 lety +1

    It was just a 1995 'Rugrats' Passover✡ episode.

  • @bonesbones2364
    @bonesbones2364 Před 5 lety +1

    0:45 it looks like he’s talking like a grown man lol

  • @danielferstendig
    @danielferstendig Před 4 lety

    I wish they did a rugrats purim special.

  • @abelmantor7557
    @abelmantor7557 Před 5 lety +1

    I thought this was from 1995

  • @CCROGGY
    @CCROGGY Před 3 lety

    "Thus Saith The Lord!"

  • @stephj505
    @stephj505 Před rokem

    The reason why I prefer the Passover story over the Easter one is because no one got framed for crimes and got executed.

  • @WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs
    @WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs Před 3 lety +1

    I learned about Jewish holidays from Rugrats

  • @patrickphilip777
    @patrickphilip777 Před 3 lety +3

    We need to bring God back into our life

  • @draph91
    @draph91 Před 5 lety

    That’s how I learned about Moses

  • @thomaswilliamjohnson3022
    @thomaswilliamjohnson3022 Před 4 lety +1

    Tommy pickles is the king lol

  • @angelaphillips1731
    @angelaphillips1731 Před 3 lety

    This episode was definitely the first exposure of any kind that I had to Jewish people and their religion

  • @sarathehighschoolmusicalfa4769

    Happy early Passover to my fellow Jews.

  • @trashtvinternational
    @trashtvinternational Před 5 lety

    But still they didn’t answer the question on the title

  • @ReverbCanvas
    @ReverbCanvas Před 3 měsíci

    ohhhhh it was aired in 1996? 996? makes sense

  • @Thurston86
    @Thurston86 Před 3 lety

    As a kid, I knew more about Jewish traditions and holidays than my own because of Rugrats.

  • @TamptheChamp2
    @TamptheChamp2 Před 4 lety +1

    Rugrats was the first non religious show to feature a family of Jewish people.

  • @Kyle-gx9qu
    @Kyle-gx9qu Před 5 lety +1

    My mind when I watched this vid:*not to be racist or anything but Asians HUHUFHFHFU*
    You saw my name u know what to do

  • @insightinfinitum_
    @insightinfinitum_ Před 5 lety

    My teacher who is Jewish should this Rugrats Passover today

  • @haylie83
    @haylie83 Před 5 lety +1

    I know

  • @melonlord4889
    @melonlord4889 Před 5 lety +1

    Hello

  • @soggetbean987
    @soggetbean987 Před 2 lety

    1:15 IM READING WHAT THE BOOK SAYS

  • @EthanMandelson
    @EthanMandelson Před 4 lety +1

    This was actually 1995 not 1996

  • @noellesm434
    @noellesm434 Před 5 lety +3

    Aww why can’t cartoons still incorporate religion like this anymore?

  • @thiscat9712
    @thiscat9712 Před 2 lety

    i very love whets the creators do because i whant the Jewish holidays know more in America and other countries