"Square Pegs" (1982)TV series 1982-1983

Creator:

Anne Beatts

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

27 September 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Welcome to Weemawee High School, where being in the right clique can make one's years in school memorable...

Plot Keywords:

Sitcom | High School

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Basil Hoffman	...	Principal Dingleman (5 episodes, 1982-1983)
Sarah Jessica Parker	...	Patty Greene (3 episodes, 1982-1983)
Amy Linker	...	Lauren Hutchinson (3 episodes, 1982)
John Femia	...	Marshall Blechtman (3 episodes, 1982)
Merritt Butrick	...	John 'Johnny Slash' Ulasewicz (3 episodes, 1982)
Tracy Nelson	...	Jennifer DeNuccio (3 episodes, 1982-1983)
Claudette Wells	...	LaDonna Fredericks (3 episodes, 1982)
Jon Caliri	...	Vinnie Pasetta (3 episodes, 1982)
Jami Gertz	...	Muffy Tepperman (3 episodes, 1982-1983)
Richard Blade	...	Himself (2 episodes, 1982-1983)
Ben Marley	...	Larry Simpson (2 episodes, 1982-1983)
Anne Beatts	...	Miss Rezucha (2 episodes, 1982)
John Densmore	...	Himself (2 episodes, 1982)
Tony Dow	...	Ed Greene (2 episodes, 1982)
Craig Richard Nelson	...	Mr. Spacek (2 episodes, 1982)
Steve Sax	...	Himself (2 episodes, 1983)

Runtime:

30 min (20 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-G

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Trivia:

Sarah Jessica Parker originally wasn't going to get the part of Patty because the producers thought she was too pretty. Luckily, Sarah was wearing sunglasses that day and the directors took out the lenses, asked told Sarah to put them on, and gave her the part.

Quotes:

Jennifer DeNuccio: Like, who ARE Devo? Are they guys, 'cause I only go and see guy bands.
LaDonna: They're guys... they're WEIRD guys... but they're guys!

Movie Connections:

Featured in America's Teenagers Growing Up on Television (1998) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Square Pegs

"TV too good for TV"

This quirky high school comedy was very popular with the handful who saw it.

Oddly, I always found Jami Gertz to be strangely attractive here as Muffy Tepperman, the quintessential self-centred, bitchy, asinine, somewhat vacuous prima donna of a Jewish princess.

Merritt Butrick played Johnny Slash, the non-conformist anti-hero. We were all very much surprised to see him pop up as Captain Kirk's clean-cut son in "The Wrath of Khan". An incredible transformation that was.

This one always had a good ensemble feel. All of the characters had an appealing screwiness to them which, subjectively, made this show the most realistic high school programme of its day, in its own peculiar way.

Sort of a "Northern Exposure" for the misfit adolescent crowd.