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Old 05-21-2018, 12:45 AM   #13
RetroGuy2000
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Originally Posted by catsrule
I totally disagree. Sue Ann was easily my favorite of the season 1 girls that did not come back. Molly Ringwald might have gone on to popular movies, but she was the worst actress on season 1. As for Head of the Class, it might have lasted longer if Howard Hesseman didn't leave at the end of season 4. His replacement Billy Connolly was terrible.
I liked Sue Ann, too, and felt like there was a lot more they could explore with that character ('80sSitcoms made a most excellent guide to how all the girls could have been given decent roles, and it has Sue Ann, not Jo (who would never have worn a dress that early in the show) being invited to the ritzy wing-ding cotillion, Sue Ann rather than tough street punk Jo who decides to become a nun, etc.)

I agree that HOTC could have continued if Howard Hesseman had stayed on, but he hated his own show, weirdly enough. And Billy was so over-the-top I couldn't watch that final season.
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