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Friends

Friends

1986TV Episode⏱️ 1h 0mNot Rated
DramaFantasy
8.6
IMDB Rating
154 votes

Jonathan and Mark are substitute teachers in a high school where a lesson on true friendship is underscored by Jonathan's assigning an ostracized overweight girl to tutor a brash baseball star in danger of flunking out of school.

Director
Michael Landon
Writers
N/A
Stars
Michael Landon, Victor French, Judy Carmen
Release Date
May 7, 1986
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Michael Landon
Michael Landon
as Jonathan Smith
Victor French
Victor French
as Mark Gordon
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Judy Carmen
as Jenny Bates
Darren Dalton
Darren Dalton
as Jack Mason
Michael McGuire
Michael McGuire
as Arnie Mason
Alexandra Powers
Alexandra Powers
as Arlene
Judith Jordan
Judith Jordan
as Ellen Mason
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Barbara Beckley
as Mrs. Bates
David Cowgill
David Cowgill
as Donut Clerk
Victoria Christian
Victoria Christian
as Debbie

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Stereo
Color
Color
Filming Location
Winchell's Donut House - 11413 Jefferson Blvd, Culver City, California, USA
Production
Michael Landon Productions

🏷️ Keywords

fat girltutordoughnut shopobese girlbaseball

🎯 Categories

DramaFantasy

⭐ Featured Review

10/10 My favorite HtH episode
by kchiefs12025-03-09
10/10

"I absolutely love the message of this episode. It rings so true to high school. Jonathan and Mark are high school teachers. Jonathan is a substitute teacher and it's assumed Mark is too even though we never see what he does. Jonathan assigns an essay to his class that has Jack and Jenny in it. "What a friend means to me" is the assignment of the essay. It's about an overweight girl(Jenny) and a dumb jock(Jack). The overweight girl is a brainiac while the dumb jock could care less a bout school. Jack is only in school to play sports and win championships. Education is the la..."

💡 Did You Know?

"Winchell's" donuts was used as the locale for "Sugarland." This is evident by the yellow building and trim inside. Also, there is a shot in the episode where you can see the "Winchell's" sign on the right side of the building.

📖 Synopsis

Jonathan and Mark are substitute teachers in a high school where a lesson on true friendship is underscored by Jonathan's assigning an ostracized overweight girl to tutor a brash baseball star in danger of flunking out of school.