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High School U.S.A.

  • TV Movie
  • 19841984
  • 1h
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6.9/10
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  • Director
    • Jack Bender
  • Writer
    • Pat Proft
  • Stars
    • Melody Anderson
    • Crystal Bernard
    • Barbara Billingsley
  • Director
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  • Writer
    • Pat Proft
  • Stars
    • Melody Anderson
    • Crystal Bernard
    • Barbara Billingsley
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    Melody Anderson
    Melody Anderson
    • Cindy Franklinas Cindy Franklin
    Crystal Bernard
    Crystal Bernard
    • Anne-Marie Conklinas Anne-Marie Conklin
    Barbara Billingsley
    Barbara Billingsley
    • Mrs. McCarthyas Mrs. McCarthy
    Henry Gibson
    Henry Gibson
    • Vice Principal Roman Ingas Vice Principal Roman Ing
    Crispin Glover
    Crispin Glover
    • Bo Middletonas Bo Middleton
    Jon Gries
    Jon Gries
    • Leo Bandinias Leo Bandini
    • (as Johnathan Gries)
    Anne-Marie Johnson
    Anne-Marie Johnson
    • Beth Franklinas Beth Franklin
    • (as Anne Marie Johnson)
    David Knell
    David Knell
    • Craigas Craig
    Ben Marley
    Ben Marley
    • Jay-Jay Mannersas Jay-Jay Manners
    Jerry Mathers
    Jerry Mathers
    • Mr. Sirotaas Mr. Sirota
    Harriet Nelson
    Harriet Nelson
    • Mrs. Crosleyas Mrs. Crosley
    Ricky Nelson
    Ricky Nelson
    • Principal Pete Kinneyas Principal Pete Kinney
    • (as Rick Nelson)
    Julie Newmar
    Julie Newmar
    • Stripperas Stripper
    Ken Osmond
    Ken Osmond
    • Baxter Franklinas Baxter Franklin
    Paul Petersen
    Paul Petersen
    • The Coachas The Coach
    • (as Paul Peterson)
    Sam Slovick
    • Crazy Leo Bandinias Crazy Leo Bandini
    • (as Sam Slovik)
    Burt Ward
    Burt Ward
    • Teacheras Teacher
    Tegan West
    • Peggyas Peggy
    • Director
      • Jack Bender
    • Writer
      • Pat Proft
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      Final acting project of Dick York.
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    3/10
    Worth seeing just for a chance to get a glimpse of the 50s and 60s sit-com actors.
    "High School U.S.A." is a failed pilot for a sit-com that never materialized. While this isn't unusual, what IS unusual is the huge cast. First, it stars a lot of 50s and 60s sit-com actors...such as Barbara Billingsley, Jerry Mathers and Ken Osmond from "Leave it to Beaver", Harriet Nelson and Ricky Nelson from "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet", Dick York from "Bewitched" and Paul Peterson from "The Donna Reed Show". Second, you get to see very young familiar actors, Crystal Bernard and Crispin Glover. Third, Henry Gibson ("Laugh-in") and Julie Newmar ("Batman") are also on hand. Just because of this unusual cast, the show is worth a look and it's currently posted on YouTube.

    The high school in this show features many 'teens' who look about 19-25 (for example, Glover and Bernard were 20 and 25 respectively) and the 'evil' kids sport outrageously preppy clothing. I lived through the 80s and kids really didn't dress like that all that often...but here they are more caricatures...thus the 'costumes'. The show is about the non-preppy kids and their antics....and in this specific episode, the auto shop kids want to make a great float for the upcoming homecoming in order to best the preppies. However, Jay-Jay is no good to these friends, as he's much more concerned with trying to bed the pretty new substitute teacher!

    Wow...talk about an unsavory plot...a comedy about a teen trying to bed a 26 year-old teacher! I can't imagine such a plot being used today in light of many famous pedophilia stories involving lady teachers and their teenage lovers. Yuck!

    So is there anything I liked about this show apart from the old time TV stars? Well, I liked one tiny scene where the teacher (Ken Osmond) talks to a kid about shaping up...saying that as a kid, all his teachers and adults loved and trusted him because he was such a nice kid! This is the same actor who played Eddie Haskell on "Leave it to Beaver"....and Eddie was a complete jerk who NO parent would ever consider trusting despite his superficially nice demeanor! A nice inside joke for older viewers.

    Unfortunately, apart from a few tiny scenes, the show was not something I enjoyed. It wasn't just because of the pedophilia plot...but because it all seemed rather cliched and unfunny. By the way, the show seemed a lot like "Animal House" with teens...and a heavily sanitized "Animal House" at that. I'm almost surprised they didn't call their float the Deathmobile!
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    • Release date
      • May 26, 1984 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Porsche-Kliken
    • Production company
      • Leonard Hill Films
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