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Join a group of six fourth-grade best friends at Third Street Elementary School on their fun-filled adventures in their school playground. Through the ups-and-downs of adolescence, they must wrestle with authority, avoid the school snitch, and try their best to win at kick-ball.
Joe Ansolabehere
ABC
127
The main kids try to get all the other kids to help rescue T.J. when Miss Finster punishes him by making him miss recess.
Sep 13, 1997
New kid Gus arrives at Third Street Elementary, but has to endure the indignities that a new kid must undergo.
Sep 13, 1997
The kids carry out a crucial experiment to see if it's really true that kissing each other is an inevitable part of their future.
Sep 20, 1997
The kids stage a protest when Principal Prickly plans to tear down Ol' Rusty to replace it with a new jungle gym.
Sep 20, 1997
The Ashleys jinx Gus according to the playground rules so that he can't talk until his friends say his name.
Sep 27, 1997
The others try to help out when Mikey wants to be a safety ranger.
Sep 27, 1997
The Ashleys try to force Spinelli to be just like them when Spinelli's first name is revealed.
Oct 4, 1997
The kids help bring Miss Finster together with Hank the janitor when they find out she has a crush on him.
Oct 4, 1997
Bob installs Gus as a substitute king while he has a tonsilectomy, figuring Gus will be easy to control - but Gus turns into a despot instead.
Oct 11, 1997
The kids, and Vince himself, come to the awful realization that Vince's once popular older brother Chad has grown up into a geek.
Oct 11, 1997
The kids come up with a plan to keep Gretchen from being transferred to Oppenheimer Elementary for the Incredibly Extremely Gifted.
Oct 18, 1997
The kids stage an elaborate funeral for the 4th grade class's beloved hamster, wherein they learn about how many lives the hamster has touched.
Oct 18, 1997
Vince completely loses his confidence at playing kickball when Ashley Q. beats him in a game.
Oct 25, 1997
A weird little boy keeps tagging along behind the kids, apparently causing a streak of bad luck.
Oct 25, 1997
Jeffrey, an annoying jerk of a boy, insists that Gretchen will be his girlfriend.
Nov 1, 1997
What do the kindergarteners have planned for T.J. when they capture him?
Nov 1, 1997
Miss Finster comes up with a new punishment that reduces T.J. to a vegetable.
Nov 8, 1997
Randall accuses Spinelli of hitting him with a rock during a dirt clod war so the kids put her on trial.
Nov 8, 1997
The kids dream about what the teachers' lounge must be like.
Nov 15, 1997
Loneliness compels Randall to want to make friends with the other kids.
Nov 15, 1997
The kids grow increasingly frustrated when rain keeps then indoors for recess days on end.
Nov 22, 1997
At first only Mikey wants to participate in the Thanksgiving can drive competition against the unbeatable Ashleys. But then the other kids join in to beat the Ashleys.
Nov 22, 1997
Principal Prickly needs Mikey to sing the National Anthem at the PTA Spring Fling, but Mikey only sings well in the bathroom. So he brings in a music teacher to bring the Robert Goulet out of Mikey.
Jan 10, 1998
The kids deal with a pompous expert on child research who wants to study them as they play.
Jan 10, 1998
Spinelli will do anything to keep her parents from attending parents' night and meeting the others.
Jan 17, 1998
Spinelli is inspired to form a cult based on the Swinger Girl when she thinks she's seen her swing over the top into another dimension.
Jan 17, 1998
TJ Detweiler (voice)
Vince LaSalle (voice)
Ashley Spinelli (voice)
Gretchen Grundler (voice)
Mikey Blumberg (voice)
Gus Griswald (voice)
