Right after I finished nostalgizing (not a word) the wristwatch gaming of my youth, I got word that another vestige of my primary-school days has resurfaced: Nickelodeon has rereleased many of their 1990s classics to the iTunes Store. (You can find them all in the Nick Rewind channel—that link won’t work if you don’t have iTunes.)

The new uploads include the first season of Hey Dude, the sitcom set at the Bar None Ranch. Oddly, Salute Your Shorts, Dude’s summer-camp counterpart, is not among the selections (yet). This would have baffled my fourth-grade class, in which it was accepted wisdom that Salute Your Shorts was the superior program. Hey Dude was stupid, dumb, and “unrealistic.” To admit fandom of the show was tantamount to carrying your backpack with both straps instead of just one. Nobody dared invite the ostracization that would result from either transgression.

So it was with quiet shame that, on lonely weekday afternoons, I might draw the curtains and tune in to a half-hour of ranch-themed entertainment. Nobody could know that, in truth, I found Hey Dude to be a serviceable show, on par with Salute Your Shorts. The fear of retribution remains, but I remain in the shadows no longer. It’s time to come forward.

I liked Hey Dude.

(Bonus embarrassing secret: It always bothered me that there is no comma in the title.)

If you never saw the show as a kid—perhaps because you were too much of a coward to furtively stand against peer pressure—these episode synopses from the iTunes Store may entice you.

“Ted’s Saddle”: Ted’s selfishness and desire for a saddle that once belonged to John Wayne get him in trouble.

“Goldilocks”: Buddy Ernst finally finds something to like at the ranch, a yellow-maned pony named Goldilocks.

“Pain in the Neck”: Ted’s fascination with girls sends Danny crashing to the ground from a tall ladder. 

“Rehearsal for Romance”: Sixteen-year-old Melody’s fondest wish comes true when a “college man” asks her out on a date.

Uh, wow, what a weird show.