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Starring
  
Dabney Coleman

First episode date
  
19 September 1991

Network
  
FOX

Number of episodes
  
18

7.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Sitcom

Theme music composer
  
Kurt Farquhar

Final episode date
  
5 March 1992

Number of seasons
  
1

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Created by
  
Andrew NichollsDarrell Vickers

Written by
  
Bill BoulwareEric BrandRalph R. FarquharJim HerzfeldPhil KellardWayne KlineRobert KurtzTom MooreAndrew NichollsDarrell VickersGeorge Zateslo

Directed by
  
Matthew DiamondDick MartinGino TanasescuJohn Tracy

Cast
  
Brittany Murphy, Jason Biggs, Dabney Coleman, A J Langer, Matthew Lawrence

Similar
  
Babes, Monty, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, True Colors, Down the Shore

Drexell's Class is an American sitcom that aired Thursday at 8:30 on Fox as part of its 1991-92 lineup. The show was created by Andrew Nicholls and Darrell Vickers.

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Synopsis

Drexell's Class (two working titles of the show were "Oh No, Not Drexell, and "Shut Up, Kids!") starred Dabney Coleman in the role of Otis Drexell, a fifth-grade teacher at fictional Grantwood Elementary School in Cedar Bluffs, Iowa. In the backstory, it was revealed Drexell was a famous corporate raider who lost a large amount of money on a failed venture, to which he dodged his taxes and was subsequently arrested. At his court case, he was told that he would get a suspended sentence on the basis he work as a teacher in the undermanned school until he pays his back taxes. Drexell is also a divorced man whose two daughters live with him. Besides the bevy of cute kids, the cast also included two antagonists, rival teacher Roscoe Davis (Dakin Matthews) and Principal Francine Itkin (Randy Graff), who was later succeeded by Principal Marylin Ridge (Edie McClurg).

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One of Drexell's few friends at the school was school janitor George (Cleavant Derricks), who shared Drexell's love of sports and beer. Most shows revolved around Drexell's unwillingness to teach children lessons by the book or him trying to be a good father to his daughters. Occasionally, a subplot happened where Drexell's ex-wife appeared, in which Otis was hoping she would remarry so he can stop paying alimony.

Cast

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  • Dabney Coleman ... Otis Drexell
  • Randy Graff ... Principal Francine E. Itkin
  • Dakin Matthews ... Roscoe Davis
  • Jason Biggs ... Willie Trancas
  • Heidi Zeigler ... Nicole Finnigan
  • Damian Cagnolatti ... Kenny Sanders
  • Matthew Lawrence ... Walker
  • A. J. Langer ... Melissa Drexell
  • Brittany Murphy ... Brenda Drexell
  • Edie McClurg ... Principal Marilyn Ridge
  • Cleavant Derricks ... George Foster
  • Phil Buckman ... Slash
  • Jacqueline Donnelly ... Bernadette
  • Matthew Slowik ... Lionel
    • Drexell's Class Drexell39s Class Old Memories

  • The Simpsons made light of the show's cancellation in their 1992 "Treehouse of Horror III" episode with a "graveyard of cancelled shows". A tombstone of Drexell's Class is featured alongside tombstones of Fish Police, Capitol Critters, and Family Dog.

    • Drexell's Class Brittany Murphy39s Roles TVGuidecom

    References

    Drexell's Class Wikipedia
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