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elephantdoesntforget ago

Wow, thanks for this post.

KIds Incorporated Executive Producer Tommy Lynch was also involved with the Nickelodeon show The Secret World of Alex Mack, which ran from 1994-1998.

Per the IMDB FAQ for The Secret World of Alex Mack:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108921/faq?ref_=tt_faq_1#fq0015450 Why was this show so controversial?

There were many controversies throughout the show, most notably these ones:

-In the first episode, Alex 'morphs" and then reforms nude (covered from her shoulders down by a table). In embarrassment she asks Annie to bring her some clothes.

-In "The Secret" (S2) there is a house where it is rumored that a girl who lived there was forbidden to play outside or have any friends until social services removed her from the home. The house at the end turns out to be the place where Danielle grew up before running away from home to go to school. Child abuse is heavily implied to have happened between Danielle and her mother, her parents are both dead under mysterious circumstances and for the most part she is raised by her grandmother. In this same episode, Alex has a nightmare in which her mom is tied up.

-In "The Doctor" (S3) A doctor tells Louis Driscoll that he is going to give him a "testicular spike" and "kidney twister".

-The show was said to promote children climbing into clothesdryers because Alex "morphs" and hides in one. Because of this, the show was rated for ages 15 up in Britain.

**-The running joke that the chemical plant is going to "cut Alex up" has been deemed inappropriate for younger viewers in the past. **

-Lars and Danielle drink booze in "Paradise Regained". Danielle and Vince drink martinis in "World Without Alex".

-Lars drugs an FDA member and then puts him in women's clothing and leaves him running around in the town park in order to publicly humiliate him.