Seasons & Episodes
Richie's Story
Teacher Pete Dixon's best student is from another district.
Naked Came We Into the World
A shy student proposes a nude finale for the school follies.
Funny Boy
Pete tries to help a fat boy put his sense of humor to good use.
The Coat
Jason enters an art program and steals a coat so he can get his teacher to like him.
The Flu
Walt Whitman teachers are levelled by the flu bug, and classes are combined and consolidated in order to prevent a schoo
First We'll Eat, Then We'll Strike
Pete is chosen to lead a teacher's strike.
Teacher's Dropping Out
Pete is offered a job with a corporation helping high school dropouts.
Our Teacher is Obsolete
The students try to get an elderly teacher to resign because they think she is too old.
Triple Date
Jason becomes upset when the snobby parents of his latest girlfriend think he isn't right for their daughter.
Fathers and Sons
The father of a student blames Pete for the problems he has been having with his son.
Alice in Blunderland
Clothes Make the Boy
Walt Whitman students challenge the school's dress code, and a student's father is forced to confront his indecisiveness
Seventeen Going On Twenty-Eight
A conniving student tries to take Pete away from Liz and keep him for herself.
The Exchange Teacher
A teacher from England proves too progressive for Walt Whitman High.
El Genio
Arizona State Loves You
A football player tries to choose a college after completing high school.
Operation Sandpile
Play it Loose
Goodbye, Mr. Hip
A teacher's efforts to be hip don't earn the students' respect.
Once Upon a Time There Was Air You Couldn't See
Whitman students Richie and Jason do their bit for clean air. As a history class project, the boys devise an anti-smog c
The Whole World Can Hear You
A girl's father pushes her into going to college, despite her not being smart enough.
Ralph
Liz gets upset when one of Pete's students constantly tags along with him even on their dates.
I Love You Charlie, I Love You Abbie
Two students plan to elope to Mexico and invite Pete and Liz along as the best man and maid of honor.
The New Boy
Funny Money
Pete tries to find a way to help students who have difficulty reading.
Just Between Friends
Write On, Brother
The Laughing Majority
The school ""class clown"" decides to run for student council president.
The Lincoln Story
Acrimonious student debates ruin Pete's chances for a teaching award.
Adam's Lib
Women's lib comes into the school when a girl tries out for the varsity basketball team.
Choose One: And They Lived (Happily/Unhappily) Ever After
Kaufman chooses Pete for the administration training program.
Captain of the Team
Only a Rose
A Jewish woman with no college background arrives at Whitman High to teach.
The Fuzz That Grooved
The friendly cop on the beat is replaced by a tough no nonsense one who causes nothing but tension at the school.
Half Way
A prejudiced father tries to transfer his daughter to a private school in order to keep her away from the black students
Dreams of Glory
Pete tries to get a shy boy interested in karate in order to impress the girl he loves.
The Valedictorion
A nonconformist challenges the graduation traditions.
Mel Wertz and the Nickel-Plated Toothpick
Walt Whitman student Mel must decide between finishing high school and his rock group when the Nickel Plated Toothpick i
What Would We Do Without Bobbie?
Everyone takes advantage of a blonde girl, and she becomes the best-looking girl at the school dance.
Cheating
Pete tries to help a student who was mistakenly accused of cheating by a tough teacher.
How About That Cherry Tree
A black student is accused of forging a teacher's signature on a scholarship application form.
Mr. Bomberg
An overly demanding and severe teacher upsets the students at the school.
The Long Honeymoon
A man-chasing woman leaves her son on his own.
Opportunity Room
The Last Full Moon
Hip Hip Hooray
Pete tries to avert a riot between his school and a rival school over the upcoming football game.
Paul Revere Rides Again
A mysterious masked vigilante starts appearing on the rooftops of the school, showering people with (dry) garbage and le
I Hate You, Silas Marner
Alice allows the students to read Catch 22 instead of the book assigned by the Head of the English department, Silas Mar
You Can Take a Big Boy Out of the Country but...
A rural-born transfer student finds an unlikely ally in Jason when the students poke fun at and take advantage of him.
If It's Not Here, Where is It?
Laura Fay, You're Okay!
Others tease a new girl about her good looks.
A Sort of Loving
With drugs becoming a big problem, the teachers set up a confidential ""talk session"" with the kids to help them with t
KWWH
A city councilman arranges for a radio station to be built in the school, but regrets it when the students air programs
The Stutterer
A student video contains footage of a stuttering youth.
America's Guest
A very smart student does nothing but slide through life while getting bad grades.
Welcome Back, Miss Brown
Pete tries to help a teacher who, while going through a divorce, is taking out her anger on the boys in her class.
Hi, Dad
Suitable for Framing
A fast-talking student is using the school and the students to further his own profit-making schemes and gets caught mak
Hail and Farewell
Who's Benedict Arnold?
Someone in the school is spying for Principal Kaufman.
Stay Awhile, Mr. Dream-Chaser
Dixon's Raiders
While investigating the allocation of school funds for Pete's class project, a student uncovers a scandal in the cafeter
What is a Man?
A male student is suspected of being homosexual, especially after he gets involved in the school dramatics club.
The Sins of the Father
They Love Me, They Love Me Not
Pete and Alice visit the slums and teach the kids how to read.
The Fading of the Elegant Beast
House Made of Dark Mist
The students try to help a boy who resents his Indian heritage.
Where is it Written?
A student who wants to go to Harvard fails his entrance exams.
And in This Corner...
Pete tries to discourage a student who wants to quit school to become a professional boxer.
We Hold These Truths...
A man attending night school citizenship classes destroys the political artwork of one of Alice's students because he fe
Suing Means Saying You're Sorry
Pete accidentally injures a boy after breaking up a fight, which causes the boy's parents to sue him.
I Gave My Love...
The Witch of Whitman High
A new student pretends to be a witch to get attention.
The Quitter
Fed up with all the hassles of being a public high school principal, Mr. Kaufman decides to quit. (According to one pos
There's No Fool Like...
Pete tries to help a teacher and a student to quit smoking.
A Little Flyer on the Market
Pete and his class enter the stock market in order to earn money for a new school intercom.
I Wonder if January 15 Will Ever Come Again?
Just Call Me Mr. Sahigmetsu
And He's Not Even Lovable
A bigoted father has to rethink his beliefs when his son is assigned to work on a school project with Jason.
Hands Across the Sea
Jason finds himself resenting a polished and well-mannered black student from England.
The Imposter
Pete tries to help a teacher who has been teaching without a degree or a license.
Lift, Thrust, and Drag
Pete tries to interest some bored students in learning how to fly a plane.
You Don't Know Me, He Said
Pete learns that one of his students is dying of leukemia.
Walt Whitman Goes Bananas
A student holds a banana-eating contest in order to attract summer job offers for the other students.
Bleep
The students become upset when a school faculty advisor begins to censor their stories for the school newspaper.
Shoestring Catch
Elizabeth Brown is Failing
Beloved, but elderly, teacher Miss Brown is showing signs of senility. Thanks to Oriole Adams for suppyling this synops
Mr. Wrong
The new teacher who came to the school to teach a course in poise and personality develops a crush on Alice.
The Nichols Girl
The mother of a student becomes upset when her son falls for a girl who doesn't wear a bra.
Pardon Me, Your Apathy is Showing
Rights of Others
Man, If You're So Smart...
The Hand That Feeds
Pete tries to advise a student who doesn't believe in any form of competition.
Fifteen Years and What Do You Get?
Someone Special
A Hairy Escape
When a student comes into a lot of money, the other students find themselves thinking of ways to spend it.
The Noon Goon
To Go with the Bubbles
I've Got the Hammer, If You've Got the Thumb
Of Smoke-Filled Rooms
One of the students decides to run for a seat on the Board of Education.
Can Nun Be One Too Many?
Mr. Kaufman falls for a teacher who was once a nun.
No Island is an Island
Liz and Pete try to help a Mexican boy who is too proud to ask for some needed help.
Twenty-Five Words or Less
Herbie likes to enter contests.
Pete's Protege
Love is a Many Splintered Thing
Alice falls for the widowed father of one of her students.
Pi in the Sky
A math genius reprograms the school's computer in order to get needed school supplies.
Mismatch Maker
Alice finds herself in the middle when she encourages a student to become a poet despite his father's wish that he enter
Here's to the Boy Most Likely
A student turns to alcohol in order to escape from the building pressures at home and at school.
El Greco to Jason
Jason falls in love and decides to quit school in order to get married.
MPG
The Walt Whitman auto shop enters a car in a contest to see which vehicle gets the most miles per gallon. The actual rac
I Didn't Raise My Girl to Be a Soldier
Problems arise when a girl decides to join the Army ROTC in order to become a doctor against the wishes of her father.
Cry, Uncle
Jason and Big Mo
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