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Here's another behind-the-scenes video shot on the set of Degrassi: Nowhere to Run.

"It's really dark, really late, and full of bugs." - Aislinn Paul (Clare)

If you could sit by that fire, making s'mores (or making out), with any Degrassi character, who would it be?

Warning: Cuteness! Here's Melinda Shankar (Alli), Luke Bilyk (Drew), Munro Chambers (Eli), Aislinn Paul (Clare), and Justin Kelly (Jake), hanging out on the set of Degrassi: Nowhere to Run.

I love when they play tortured, emotional characters on Degrassi, but in real life, they all seem so nice.

Random question: Would you rather hang out with the Degrassi cast -- or their characters? (In a cabin in the woods, of course.)

What's it like to get fan mail? And what is Jamil (aka Dave) like in real life? Melinda expounded for us, approximately 31,000 twitter followers ago:

Melinda Shankar of Degrassi works them red ankle booties.

What music does Degrassi's Alli listen to when she's posing for pics? And how does Munro feel about that? Find out here:

See, now when you look at this huge picture of her, you know exactly what she was listening to as she posed. Trippy, right?

Make over montage! I want one! Why can't they happen in real life? They're so much quicker than real make overs where you have to keep washing make-up off and changing pants. Changing pants takes so long! Why is life so hard?

So does that mean shooting Clare's make over montage for Degrassi was actually a pain in the butt instead of fun? Nope, looks like it was officially a blast:

There's more behind the scenes footy in today's Degrassi On the Set playlist... such as for instance, Deanna Casaluce freezing her bits off when Alex became "Lextasy"; Ed Robertson from the Barenaked Ladies and Natasha Bedingfield on set (on different days); some bloopers, and more... Click here for today's whole list!

Before the Kids' Choice Awards, I was on the orange carpet, posting live updates for nick.com, and I got to meet Melinda Shankar (Alli) and Sam Earle (K.C.) from Degrassi. It was the first time any of us had been at the KCAs, so we were all really excited to be there.

I got to talk to a bunch of celebrities, but I think I got the most excited to meet Melinda and Sam, just because I love watching them on Degrassi. If you're wondering, they were both so nice in person.

Don't they look great?

I am in the mood for sharing. Can we share? Ok. I'll go first:

I just heard that Sam Earle (K.C.) and Melinda Shankar (Alli) will both be going to the KCAs on Saturday night!

Ok now you share: Make up a KCA you would give to Sam and Melinda! 'Cause they sure as poop deserve 'em even if they weren't nominated harrumph. Who cares, they don't need no boring old favorite TV actor and actress awards. (I'm gonna give Melinda "Favorite performance of the word 'awesome'." And Sam gets... "Most Believable Cute-Yet-Smart boy.)