About this season
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.
Episodes (26)
1. The Break In
Aired 13 September 1997 • 11 min
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.
2. The New Kid
Aired 13 September 1997 • 11 min
New kid Gus arrives at Third Street Elementary, but has to endure the indignities that a new kid must undergo.
3. The Experiment
Aired 20 September 1997 • 11 min
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.
4. The Great Jungle Gym Stand Off
Aired 20 September 1997 • 11 min
The kids stage a protest when Principal Prickly plans to tear down Ol' Rusty to replace it with a new jungle gym.
5. Jinxed
Aired 27 September 1997 • 11 min
The Ashleys jinx Gus according to the playground rules so that he can't talk until his friends say his name.
6. Officer Mikey
Aired 27 September 1997 • 11 min
The others try to help out when Mikey wants to be a safety ranger.
7. First Name Ashley
Aired 4 October 1997 • 11 min
The Ashleys try to force Spinelli to be just like them when Spinelli's first name is revealed.
8. To Finster with Love
Aired 4 October 1997 • 11 min
The kids help bring Miss Finster together with Hank the janitor when they find out she has a crush on him.
9. King Gus
Aired 11 October 1997 • 11 min
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.
10. Big Brother Chad
Aired 11 October 1997 • 11 min
The kids, and Vince himself, come to the awful realization that Vince's once popular older brother Chad has grown up into a geek.
11. My Fair Gretchen
Aired 18 October 1997 • 11 min
The kids come up with a plan to keep Gretchen from being transferred to Oppenheimer Elementary for the Incredibly Extremely Gifted.
12. Speedy, We Hardly Knew Ye
Aired 18 October 1997 • 11 min
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.
13. I Will Kick No More Forever
Aired 25 October 1997 • 11 min
Vince completely loses his confidence at playing kickball when Ashley Q. beats him in a game.
14. The Kid Came Back
Aired 25 October 1997 • 11 min
A weird little boy keeps tagging along behind the kids, apparently causing a streak of bad luck.
15. The Pest
Aired 1 November 1997 • 11 min
Jeffrey, an annoying jerk of a boy, insists that Gretchen will be his girlfriend.
16. The Legend of Big Kid
Aired 1 November 1997 • 11 min
What do the kindergarteners have planned for T.J. when they capture him?
17. The Box
Aired 8 November 1997 • 11 min
Miss Finster comes up with a new punishment that reduces T.J. to a vegetable.
18. The Trial
Aired 8 November 1997 • 11 min
Randall accuses Spinelli of hitting him with a rock during a dirt clod war so the kids put her on trial.
19. Teachers Lounge
Aired 15 November 1997 • 11 min
The kids dream about what the teachers' lounge must be like.
20. Randall's Reform
Aired 15 November 1997 • 11 min
Loneliness compels Randall to want to make friends with the other kids.
21. Rainy Days
Aired 22 November 1997 • 11 min
The kids grow increasingly frustrated when rain keeps then indoors for recess days on end.
22. The Great Can Drive
Aired 22 November 1997 • 11 min
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.
23. The Voice
Aired 10 January 1998 • 11 min
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.
24. Kids in the Mist
Aired 10 January 1998 • 11 min
The kids deal with a pompous expert on child research who wants to study them as they play.
25. Parents' Night
Aired 17 January 1998 • 11 min
Spinelli will do anything to keep her parents from attending parents' night and meeting the others.
26. Swing on Thru to the Other Side
Aired 17 January 1998 • 11 min
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.