Yes, You Can Do That....

One of the most influential actors of my childhood has left us.



Les Lye 1924-2009

Best known for playing all of the male adult roles in You Can't Do That on Television.

Danny Gallagher of TV Squad says "It was really the first show in my mind that created an "us vs. them" mentality between kids and adults and didn't worry about influencing children negatively by entertaining kids through things that kids actually found entertaining. Maybe that's why my parents refused to let me watch it. They saw it and thought it might lead to a children's revolution of Spartacan proportions. "

I think there was something revolutionary about You Can't Do That on Television. The kids were shown having all manner of injustice brought upon them by the adults.

However, the sheer ridicule of it all meant the kids had the last laugh and showed that those who misuse power deserve to be laughed at.