Welcome Freshmen

TV Series
1991–1993
TV-Y7
30m

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The wacky ups and downs of a group of kids attending their first year of high school.The wacky ups and downs of a group of kids attending their first year of high school.The wacky ups and downs of a group of kids attending their first year of high school.

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7.3/10

254

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7User reviews

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Awards
- 6 nominations

Episodes54

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4 seasons3 years

Trivia
The first television pilot of the show was filmed in May 1990, featuring a group of local actors in the main roles, among them was future Backstreet Boys member Howie Dorough. After the success of the pilot, the show was picked up, but the roles were recast, according to series creator Bob Mittenthal "Those kids did a good job, the proof is that the show was picked up as a series , but research told Nickelodeon it needed better-defined characters".

Quotes
Female Teacher: Give me back my attendance records.
Male Teacher: No way, Dog Breath.
Female Teacher: Mr. Lippman! Mr.Sitcurse...
Male Teacher: [shouts] Liar, liar! Pants on fire!
Mr. Elliott Lippman: Stop it, Mr.Teensy. Holding your breath will not do you any good. Your not getting a raise.
Mr.Teensy: But I want a raise.
[shouts]
Mr.Teensy: I want a raise! I want a raise! I want a raise! I want a raise! I want a raise!
[throws a temper tantrum]
Mr. Elliott Lippman: [shouts] If you don't shut up,
[turns Mr.Teensy around]
Mr. Elliott Lippman: I'm gonna grab your undies and give you a big...
[stops as Alex walks into Teachers lounge]
Mr. Elliott Lippman: [to Mr. Teensy] Gee, I guess that verterbrae is now back in place, huh, Mr. Teensy?

Connections
Referenced in Nickelodeon Arcade: Welcome Freshmen Celebrity Special (1992)

User reviews7

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Featured review

Sophomoric (grin) but far and away, Nickolodeon's finest show.

I'm 17.

I was 10 or 11 when I started seeing this show while channel surfing, and I was pleasantly suprised with what I saw. Nickelodeon had been the home, at the time, to countless terrible shows such as "Nick Arcade" and "Fifteen". Anyway, if Nickelodeon decides to do something sane and cancel mindless tripe like "All That" and "Kenan and Kel" and replace with re-reruns of this, "Doug", "Finders Keepers" (remember this?), and "Salute Your Shorts", the next generation of 5th graders will be all too better.