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Composer(s)
  
Peter Matz

Final episode date
  
24 November 1979

Number of seasons
  
2

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Genre
  
Situation comedy

First episode date
  
31 July 1979

Number of episodes
  
13

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Also known as
  
'Detective School – One Flight Up'

Written by
  
Jeff Harris Bernie Kukoff

Directed by
  
Bob LaHendro Jeff Harris Bernie Kukoff Walter C. Miller

Starring
  
James Gregory Douglas Fowley Randolph Mantooth Melinda Naud Taylor Negron LaWanda Page Pat Proft

Network
  
American Broadcasting Company

Cast
  
Randolph Mantooth, LaWanda Page, Taylor Negron, James Gregory, Pat Proft

Similar
  
Sanford Arms, BAD Cats, The Lawless Years, The Paul Lynde Show, The Ropers

Detective School (a.k.a. Detective School – One Flight Up) is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC for four months in 1979, for a total of 13 episodes.

Contents

The show was about an assortment of students who went to night school to learn basic detective skills, but who kept getting caught up in real criminal cases and getting themselves and their teacher (an inept private investigator) into trouble.

This show was written, directed, and produced by Jeff Harris and Bernie Kukoff, the creators of Diff'rent Strokes.

Cast and characters

  • James Gregory as Nick Hannigan, the inept P.I. who teaches the class.
  • Douglas Fowley as Robert Redford, an elderly student who just happens to have the same name as the actor.
  • Randolph Mantooth as salesman Eddie Dawkins.
  • Melinda Naud as lingerie model Maggie Ferguson.
  • Taylor Negron as disco-dancing Silvio Galindez.
  • LaWanda Page (best known for her role as Aunt Esther on Sanford and Son) as loudmouthed housewife Charlene Jenkins.
  • Pat Proft as door-to-door salesman Leo Frick.

    • Availability

    As of this writing, Detective School has not been released on home video.

    References

    Detective School Wikipedia
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