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 (11)
1. The Coolest Heatwave Ever
Aired 9 September 2000 • 11 min
During a burning hot day, the gang attempts to make it across the playground to the otherside where there is a water pump.
2. No Strings Attached
Aired 9 September 2000 • 11 min
The gang is suspicious when the Ashleys give Spinelli six wrestling tickets.
3. Beyond a Reasonable Scout
Aired 16 September 2000 • 11 min
Mikey and Gus want to join the Woodchuck Scouts.
4. The C Note
Aired 16 September 2000 • 11 min
T.J. finds a $100 bill and along with the gang try to find out who lost it.
5. The Army Navy Game
Aired 23 September 2000 • 11 min
Gus and Theresa (Cornchip Girl) have a hard time becoming friends due to their rivaling fathers.
6. Big Ol' Mikey
Aired 23 September 2000 • 11 min
After Mikey helps Cornchip Girl off the climbing frame after she gets stuck, the gang wonder how big he will be. Gretchen and Galileo conduct a test to find out how big everyone will be when they are older, and Mikey's test says he will be 50 feet tall! The others find this cool and wonder what 50 foot Mikey could do, but Mikey isn't so sure that being 50 feet tall will be that great.
7. A Great State Fair
Aired 14 October 2000 • 11 min
Gus must stay behind from the fair because he forgot his permission slip, while the rest of the gang try to figure out a way to get Gus to the fair.
8. The A.V. Kid
Aired 14 October 2000 • 11 min
Vince and T.J. compete for the job as A.V. Kid, but their competition leads to a broken-up friendship between them.
9. The Principals of Golf
Aired 4 November 2000 • 11 min
The kids think Vince is getting special treatment when he becomes Prickly's golf partner.
10. All the Principal's Men
Aired 4 November 2000 • 11 min
The gang tries to find out who removed all the balls from the playground.
11. Lawson and His Crew
Aired 6 January 2001 • 22 min
Tired of TJ and his friends getting all the glory from King Bob, Lawson decides to get a gang of his own together. He recruits Randall, Menlow, Swinger Girl, Skeenes and Kurst the Worst and together the six start solving the playground's problems and getting the glory. Of course TJ and his friends now have nothing to do, so they are left just talking and eventually realise that just being friends is much better than getting all the glory they used to have. Friends being something that Lawson and his crew are definitely not ...