HEAD OF THE CLASS - THE COMPLETE SERIES (ABC 1986-91) Howard Hesseman, Robin Givens, Billy Connolly, Dan Schneider, William G Schilling, Jeanetta Arnette, Dan Frischman, Tony O’Dell, Michael De Lorenzo

Created by Michael Elias and Rich Eustis and based upon Eustis’s personal experiences as a substitute teacher in New York City, this ABC sitcom starred Howard Hesseman (the former Dr Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati) as Charles Moore, a substitute teacher at Fillmore High School. Charlie is hired to take over the Individual Honors Program (IHP) class, teaching a class of gifted children of varying ages. Although his students are book-smart enough, he soon realizes they have a lot to learn about life and makes it his mission to expose them to certain of life’s realities. Fillmore’s meddling principal, Dr Harold Samuels (William G Schilling), does not appreciate Charlie’s non-academic approach and often becomes a stumbling block that the teacher and his students must circumvent. All Dr Samuels cares about is that Moore’s students win the city’s Academic Olympics contests. The school’s assistant principal, Bernadette Meara (Jeanetta Arnette), does what she can to support Charlie. His c