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    Head Of The Class

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    Created by Michael Elias and Rich Eustis, and based upon Eustis’s personal experiences as a substitute teacher in New York City, this ABC sitcom starred Howard Hesseman (the former Dr Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati) as Charles Moore, a substitute teacher at Fillmore High School.

    Charlie is hired to take over the Individual Honors Program (IHP) class, teaching a class of gifted children of varying ages. Although his students are book-smart enough, he soon realises they have a lot to learn about life and makes it his mission to expose them to certain of life’s realities.

    Fillmore’s meddling principal, Dr Harold Samuels (William G Schilling), does not appreciate Charlie’s non-academic approach and often becomes a stumbling block that the teacher and his students have to circumvent. All Dr Samuels cares about is that Moore’s students win the city’s Academic Olympics contests.

    The school’s assistant principal, Bernadette Meara (Jeanetta Arnette), does what she can to support Charlie.

    His class members include the grade-obsessed Maria Borges (Leslie Bega); nerdy Arvod Engen (Dan Frischman); preppy and pretty Darlene Merriman (Robin Givens); book-loving Simone Foster (Khrystyne Haje); Indian exchange student Jawaharlal Choudhury (Jory Husain); preppy heartthrob Alan Pinkard (Tony O’Dell); brainy tough guy Eric Mardian (Brian Robbins); art-loving Sarah Nivens (Kimberly Russell); heavyset science fiend Dennis Blunden (Dan Schneider); 12-year-old prodigy Janice Lazorrotto (Tannis Vallely); fast-talking TJ (Rain Pryor); horny Alex Torres (Michael De Lorenzo); normal Viki Amory (Lara Piper); artistic Aristotle McKenzie (De’vereaux White) and new Asian student Jasper Kwong (Jonathon Ke Quan).

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    In 1990 Charlie left, and Scottish substitute teacher Billy MacGregor took over as Head of the Class.

    MacGregor was played by the funniest man on the planet, Scottish comedian and all-round nice guy, Billy Connolly, who went on to his own spin-off series in 1992, simply called Billy, which saw him enter into a marriage of convenience just to stay in America.

    In 1998, Head of the Class became the first American television series to film an episode in the Soviet Union.

    Charlie Moore 
    Howard Hesseman
    Dr Harold Samuels 

    William G Schilling
    Darlene Merriman

    Robin Givens
    Bernadette Meara

    Jeanetta Arnette
    Alex Torres

    Michael De Lorenzo
    Arvod Engen

    Dan Frischman
    Simone Foster 

    Khrystyne Haje
    Alan Pinkard

    Tony O’Dell
    Viki Amory

    Lara Piper
    Janice Lazorrotto

    Tannis Vallely
    Maria Borges

    Leslie Bega
    TJ 

    Rain Pryor
    Jawaharlal Choudhury
    Jory Husain
    Eric Mardian

    Brian Robbins
    Sarah Nivens

    Kimberly Russell
    Dennis Blunden

    Dan Schneider
    Aristotle McKenzie

    De’vereaux White
    Jasper Kwong

    Jonathon Ke Quan
    Billy MacGregor 

    Billy Connolly

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