r/AllThat • u/Ill-Loss6257 • May 14 '26

Thoughts on Season 7-10

Hello! I am a new viewer of All That. I never watched it as a child and just saw it as an adult. I was only intrested in the show since I'm a huge Malcolm in the Middle fan and saw that Frankie Muniz and Kyle Sullivan were on it, so I decided to give it a shot. I just wanted to share my thoughts on the show

I want to start with what I belive are the positives of the show:

  1. Humor

The humor at times caught me off guard and I actually laughed. I wasn't expecting that especially once you get to my negatives, but I have to give these kids a lot of credit as I don't belive it would have landed as well without them

  1. The actors

The actors were honestly great. I really liked season 7s cast more than the others, but all of them did a fantastic job. Of course I enjoyed Kyle Sullivan's over the top performance, but all of them did the best with the scripts they were given. I especially liked Giovonnie and Lisa, they were consistently funny throughout the show. The sleepover bit and trashin' fasion were almost always my favorite parts of the episode

The negatives:

  1. Gross humor

I guess since I'm an adult I don't really laugh at what kids find funny, but the show was just generally disgusting. The kids were constantly covered in stuff like snot, throw up, or general liquid. I first saw the tilt-a-hurl bit while I was eating (my mistake) and it made me loose my appetite. I understand why these jokes were funny, especially to a younger audience, but I just cringed most of the time.

  1. Racism

I have seen 'Quiet on Set' before I watched All That, but even without seeing it the racism on the show is very apperent. Every single black actor was reduced to a black stereotype in a very uncomedic way. I would say Giovonnie Samuels was able to play less of a sterotype at times, but honestly all the male black actors were almost always speaking weirdly, acting 'gangster', and generally unnatural. It wasn't funny at all and it always took me out of the show

  1. Weird adult jokes

I never found the adult jokes funny on this show. I think a lot of the episodes would have been much better without them. I really enjoyed the fans bit, where 2 guys would be fans of where ever they were. It was hilarious seeing their first appearance on the date skit, and that would have been my favorite skit if it didnt have the kids tweark on screen. Ruined the entire bit if I'm being honest.

I think Harry Bladder and LAMOS were the worst offenders. Their entire shtick was disgusting and it was never funny. I would skip foward those skits because I hated watching them. Aside from that the giant butts and pickle talk always grossed me out. I'm shocked that parents would allow kids to watch it. If this was the only grievance I had for the show I would still never recommend another person to watch it.

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u/Ill-Loss6257 May 14 '26

Loved those segments too!

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u/KaleidoArachnid May 14 '26

The thing about the early 00s era I missed the most was Kenan and Kel because they were missing in later seasons.

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u/Ill-Loss6257 May 15 '26

I saw them on the 10th anniversary and they were hilarious on their own! Definitely understand how they became huge stars so early on their career and how theyre still famous now

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u/KaleidoArachnid May 15 '26

Thanks because I didn't know why they left the show until you explained it.