Overview
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
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
S01E01 The Break In
September 13, 1997 11 min
The main kids try to get all the other kids to help rescue T.J. when Miss Finster punishes him by making him miss recess.
S01E02 The New Kid
September 13, 1997 11 min
New kid Gus arrives at Third Street Elementary, but has to endure the indignities that a new kid must undergo.
S01E03 The Experiment
September 20, 1997 11 min
The kids carry out a crucial experiment to see if it's really true that kissing each other is an inevitable part of their future.
S01E04 The Great Jungle Gym Stand Off
September 20, 1997 11 min
The kids stage a protest when Principal Prickly plans to tear down Ol' Rusty to replace it with a new jungle gym.
S01E05 Jinxed
September 27, 1997 11 min
The Ashleys jinx Gus according to the playground rules so that he can't talk until his friends say his name.
S01E06 Officer Mikey
September 27, 1997 11 min
The others try to help out when Mikey wants to be a safety ranger.
S01E07 First Name Ashley
October 4, 1997 11 min
The Ashleys try to force Spinelli to be just like them when Spinelli's first name is revealed.
S01E08 To Finster with Love
October 4, 1997 11 min
The kids help bring Miss Finster together with Hank the janitor when they find out she has a crush on him.
S01E09 King Gus
October 11, 1997 11 min
Bob installs Gus as a substitute king while he has a tonsilectomy, figuring Gus will be easy to control - but Gus turns into a despot instead.
S01E10 Big Brother Chad
October 11, 1997 11 min
The kids, and Vince himself, come to the awful realization that Vince's once popular older brother Chad has grown up into a geek.
S01E11 My Fair Gretchen
October 18, 1997 11 min
The kids come up with a plan to keep Gretchen from being transferred to Oppenheimer Elementary for the Incredibly Extremely Gifted.
S01E12 Speedy, We Hardly Knew Ye
October 18, 1997 11 min
The kids stage an elaborate funeral for the 4th grade class's beloved hamster, wherein they learn about how many lives the hamster has touched.
S01E13 I Will Kick No More Forever
October 25, 1997 11 min
Vince completely loses his confidence at playing kickball when Ashley Q. beats him in a game.
S01E14 The Kid Came Back
October 25, 1997 11 min
A weird little boy keeps tagging along behind the kids, apparently causing a streak of bad luck.
S01E15 The Pest
November 1, 1997 11 min
Jeffrey, an annoying jerk of a boy, insists that Gretchen will be his girlfriend.
S01E16 The Legend of Big Kid
November 1, 1997 11 min
What do the kindergarteners have planned for T.J. when they capture him?
S01E17 The Box
November 8, 1997 11 min
Miss Finster comes up with a new punishment that reduces T.J. to a vegetable.
S01E18 The Trial
November 8, 1997 11 min
Randall accuses Spinelli of hitting him with a rock during a dirt clod war so the kids put her on trial.
S01E19 Teachers Lounge
November 15, 1997 11 min
The kids dream about what the teachers' lounge must be like.
S01E20 Randall's Reform
November 15, 1997 11 min
Loneliness compels Randall to want to make friends with the other kids.
S01E21 Rainy Days
November 22, 1997 11 min
The kids grow increasingly frustrated when rain keeps then indoors for recess days on end.
S01E22 The Great Can Drive
November 22, 1997 11 min
At first only Mikey wants to participate in the Thanksgiving can drive competition against the unbeatable Ashleys. But then the other kids join in to beat the Ashleys.
S01E23 The Voice
January 10, 1998 11 min
Principal Prickly needs Mikey to sing the National Anthem at the PTA Spring Fling, but Mikey only sings well in the bathroom. So he brings in a music teacher to bring the Robert Goulet out...
S01E24 Kids in the Mist
January 10, 1998 11 min
The kids deal with a pompous expert on child research who wants to study them as they play.
S01E25 Parents' Night
January 17, 1998 11 min
Spinelli will do anything to keep her parents from attending parents' night and meeting the others.
S01E26 Swing on Thru to the Other Side
January 17, 1998 11 min
Spinelli is inspired to form a cult based on the Swinger Girl when she thinks she's seen her swing over the top into another dimension.