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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })A highly successful Sitcom that aired on ABC from 1986–91. Imagine Welcome Back, Kotter in The '80s and with much smarter students. Or Saved by the Bell in prime time.Howard Hesseman (of WKRP in Cincinnati fame) starred as Charlie Moore, a substitute teacher who is hired to teach history to a class of gifted students at a Manhattan high school. He is not gifted himself, but he thinks outside the box and is full of epiphanies, and so he has much to teach his class even as he finds himself clashing with the school's stuffy, by-the-book principal. Three months later, the Very Special Episode came in where the original teacher returned from his medical leave. This being a successful American sitcom, after spending most of the episode trying to impress the guy, Charlie finally succeeds by being himself; the guy was looking for a worthy replacement so that he could retire. This naturally infuriated the principal further, but it finally ensured that there could be a stable status quo.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })The series ran for five years with almost no cast turnover. This did stretch credulity after a time, but it didn't cause problems until the network was forced to replace Hesseman with Billy Connolly (as Suspiciously Similar Substitute Billy MacGregor) in the fifth year.Oh, and Robin Givens played a student here before she married Mike Tyson. Also launched the likes of Dan Schneider, responsible in some way for most every recent live-action hit on Nickelodeon until they parted ways in 2018, and Brian Robbins, who went on to produce and direct shows with Schneider and without (as well as work with the enemy sometimes). He’s now Nickelodeon’s President. Unlike Brian Robbins, Dan Schneider has yet to direct a big-screen movie, which may be a wise move. | |
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Absentee Actor: Kimberly Russell, who played Sarah, was not seen or mentioned in the pilot episode. She is in the classroom from the second episode onwards. | |
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