Talk:Just For Kicks (Found 2006 TEENick Series)/@comment-25331965-20160430003016/@comment-4281896-20160430021231

It got taken down many years ago. I downloaded it back in 2006 when it was still new. At the time, there were still commercials on TV and everything. I assumed it was still going to continue airing. I downloaded it and binge watched one night, because I thought the Lauren girl was hot and I had a weakness for Nickelodeon shows, even Nickcoms (to this day, Clarissa and Kenan & Kel are some of my fave shows ever.) Anyway, I was surprised that soon after I downloaded it, the show was phased out on Nick. I just assumed it was one of the many shows at the time to suffer from Nick's abysmal management--a lot of great programs were cancelled at the time like Catscratch and My Life As A Teenage Robot for example, before they were really given a fair chance. And never gave it another thought. So fast forward to today. I see it listed as a lost show here, supposedly the rarest Nick show ever, and I think "hey...I have that show on my iTunes." I had deleted it before but luckily iTunes lets you redownload old things youve purchased. So...good thing thats one of their policies or else the show might never have been found again.

Anyway, it was a cheesy stupid, sometimes badly acted tween show...but I liked it ok. It wasnt any worse than anything else in that category. It had a good enough premise for some better stories and development down the line as it found its voice--a lot of shows dont get going until the second or even third season. I especially like the Lauren character--she has the most compelling backstory by far, goes thru the most development in this first and only season, and I saw some of myself in her at the time in the way she was sorta soft spoken and tightly wound. Kinda funny to think my stupid celebrity crush and impulse buy might have saved a piece of otherwise obscure media.

So...TLDR I have it, I think it deserves to be seen, and Ill try to upload it soon. As soon as I work thru converting the protected iTunes files to a usable medium, which it turns out is WAY harder than it should be. Cheers.