"Head of the Class" (1986)TV-Serie 1986-1990

... Schöpfer:

Michael Elias
Rich Eustis

Staffeln:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Premierendatum:

17. September 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie

Plot:

A laidback teacher provides needed guidance about life for a special class of exceptional students.

Plot Keywords:

Teacher | New York City | Classroom | Genius | High School

Auszeichnungen:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 12 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Underrated and overlooked

Besetzung

Jeanetta Arnette	...	Bernadette Meara (114 Folgen, 1986-1991)
Brian Robbins	...	Eric Mardian (114 Folgen, 1986-1991)
Howard Hesseman	...	Charles P. 'Charlie' Moore (92 Folgen, 1986-1990)

Länge:

30 Min | USA:30 Min (114 episodes)

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:G

Drehorte:

Burbank, California, USA

Firma:

Eustis Elias Productions

Dialogzitate:

Sarah Nevins: [practicing her greeting before T.J. Walks in] Hi, T.J. Glad to see you. Welcome T.J., I'm Here to Help. Hey T.J. What it is!
T.J. Jones: Same song, Second Verse. Miss Meara got this thing about my attitude. Wants me to turn into miss peppy pants like you.
Sarah Nevins: You know T.J., I bet we have a lot more in common than you think.
T.J. Jones: Like what, beside we're both breathing.
Sarah Nevins: Well, I like movies.
T.J. Jones: Too long, I watch TV.
Sarah Nevins: I love a nice, juicy Hamburger.
T.J. Jones: Hot Dogs are better
Sarah Nevins: A summer day
T.J. Jones: Too hot, Spring.
[...]

Querbezüge:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in "I Love the 80's 3-D" (2005)

Underrated and overlooked

In my opinion "Head of the Class" was one of the more overlooked and underrated primetime sitcoms of the mid to late 80's. The reason why I say this is, of course in the same era as "The Cosby Show", most shows like these get overlooked. Some of the cast members went on to act in motion pictures and other TV shows after the series ended in 1991. I guess the initial draw to the show was Howard Hesseman because like mamy of you, I remember his days on "WKRP in Cincinnati" as the popular "Johnny Fever". I wish it could come on syndication because they made the required 100 episodes for it to go in that format. They made history by being the first U.S. sitcom to film episodes in the Soviet Union. I would love to see a reunion show in the near future, but still, for this show to stay on network TV for five seasons with a relatively unknown cast of characters, even with the standards that "The Cosby Show" had set, that is saying something. To sum it all up "Head of the Class" was one of those overlooked shows that have become Cult Classics.