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Season 11963

Season 1

September 24, 1963
30
Episodes
N/A
Rating
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Votes
1963
Year

Cast

James Franciscus
James Franciscus
John Novak
Dean Jagger
Dean Jagger
Principal Albert Vane
Bill Zuckert
Bill Zuckert
Mr. Arthur Bradwell
Peter Hansen
Peter Hansen
Mr. Parkson
Sandy Millar
Sandy Millar
Toni
Phyllis Avery
Phyllis Avery
Ruth Wilkinson
Vince Howard
Vince Howard
Mr. Butler

Episodes

30 episodes
Season 1
First year,First Day

First year,First Day

Sep 24, 19630 votes
Director: Boris Sagal

A brilliant student with a good business - an auto body shop - wants to quit school. He challenges Novak to give him a good reason for continuing his education.

3 guest stars
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To Lodge and Dislodge

To Lodge and Dislodge

Oct 1, 19630 votes
Director: Boris Sagal

Julie Dean, a blind student at Jefferson High, develops a crush on Mr. Novak.

2 guest stars
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I Don`t Even Live Here

I Don`t Even Live Here

Oct 8, 19630 votes
Director: Abner Biberman

When Mr. Otis was conducting the English class, all the students were raking in As - but Novak can't seem to get the same caliber of work out of them.

3 guest stars
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X is the Unknown Factor

X is the Unknown Factor

Oct 15, 19630 votes
Director: Richard Donner

Mike Daniels is being considered for an important science scholarship, but he's having problems in Novak's literature class. Dr. Frank Baxter, TV educator, appears as Dr. Gagan.

2 guest stars
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A Single Isolated Incident

A Single Isolated Incident

Oct 22, 19630 votes
Director: Abner Biberman

A black student, Marcy Desmond, is violently accosted by a gang of youths who let her know that she's not welcome at Jefferson High.

4 guest stars
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The Risk

The Risk

Oct 29, 19630 votes
Director: Michael O'Herlihy

Novak helps a former teacher and mentor obtain a position at the school. The instructor is a recovering alcoholic, while his much-younger wife is still afflicted with the disease.

4 guest stars
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Hello Miss Phipps

Hello Miss Phipps

Nov 5, 19630 votes
Director: Don Medford

Maude Phipps, a teacher for some 40 years, is sharply outspoken and is the object of various complaints -- including those of irate parents who don't like the idea of her teaching social hygiene to their children.

4 guest stars
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To Break a Camel's Back

To Break a Camel's Back

Nov 12, 19630 votes
Director: Michael O'Herlihy

Novak clashes with Holly Metcalfe, a rebellious senior who doesn't like to follow rules.

2 guest stars
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A Feeling for Friday

A Feeling for Friday

Nov 19, 19630 votes
Director: Michael O'Herlihy

It's a hectic Friday and Novak is very pleased to get an invitation to spend the weekend at his former sweetheart's family estate.

2 guest stars
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Pay the Two Dollars

Pay the Two Dollars

Nov 26, 19630 votes
Director: Walter Doniger

A father holds Novak responsible for roughing up his son. It all happened when Novak broke up some student horseplay.

3 guest stars
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Love in the Wrong Season

Love in the Wrong Season

Dec 3, 19630 votes
Director: Ida Lupino

Novak, who's dating a teacher, has some competition from one of her students.

3 guest stars
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The Boy Without A Country

The Boy Without A Country

Dec 10, 19630 votes
Director: Michael O'Herlihy

Novak and Vane prepare a hero's welcome for a new student, a Russian defector, who's quick to show that he's not easy to get along with.

2 guest stars
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A Thousand Voices

A Thousand Voices

Dec 17, 19630 votes
Director: Richard Donner

Novak defends the members of an off-campus car club, who have run into trouble.

1 guest star
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My Name is not Legion

My Name is not Legion

Dec 24, 19630 votes
Director: Bernard Girard

Novak is interested in Arnold Frazer, a new student who shows signs of brilliance and trouble adjusting to school life.

2 guest stars
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He who can Does

He who can Does

Dec 31, 19630 votes
Director: Irving Lerner

Novak invites a famous novelist to address the school's Literary Club - despite protests of Miss Pagano who feels that the writer's unorthodox views will be a bad influence.

2 guest stars
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Song of Songs

Song of Songs

Jan 7, 19640 votes

An overly strict father takes the school, and Mr. Novak to task, when he finds the subject matter read aloud in class by his daughter to be highly erotic.

3 guest stars
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The Exile

The Exile

Jan 14, 19640 votes
Director: Michael O'Herlihy

Charlie Payne, who dropped out three years ago, now has nothing better to do than spend his time hanging around the school grounds.

2 guest stars
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Sparrow on the Wire

Sparrow on the Wire

Jan 21, 19640 votes
Director: Mark Rydell

A member of Novak's debating club makes some anti-Semitic remarks during an intra-squad debate.

2 guest stars
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The Private Life of Douglas Morgan Jr.

The Private Life of Douglas Morgan Jr.

Jan 28, 19640 votes
Director: Richard Donner

Campus clown Doug Morgan decides he can attract attention - and get excused from compulsory ROTC classes - by claiming to be a conscientious objector.

4 guest stars
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Death of a Teacher

Death of a Teacher

Feb 4, 19640 votes
Director: Richard Donner

The death of a teacher brings forth a variety of reactions and emotions from the students and faculty at Jefferson High.

4 guest stars
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I`m on the Outside

I`m on the Outside

Feb 11, 19640 votes
Director: Abner Biberman

A student named Steve Acero tells Principal Vane that Mr. Novak is prejudiced against him because he is of Mexican extraction.

3 guest stars
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Chin Up, Mr. Novak

Chin Up, Mr. Novak

Feb 18, 19640 votes
Director: Michael O'Herlihy

Novak's having problems with a literature class - until it's taken over by Margaret Mumsley, a 75-year old exchange teacher from England.

2 guest stars
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Fear is a Handful of Dust

Fear is a Handful of Dust

Feb 25, 19640 votes
Director: Abner Biberman

Novak tries to help shy, introverted Sue Johnson by encouraging her to develop her talent for caricature.

1 guest star
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How Does Your Garden Grow?

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Mar 3, 19640 votes
Director: Michael O'Herlihy

An inexperienced and frightened substitute teacher has trouble with her first class at Jefferson High.

3 guest stars
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The Tower

The Tower

Mar 10, 19640 votes
Director: Michael O'Herlihy

After numerous complaints that an elderly geometry instructor is no longer an effective teacher, Vane is forced to retire her.

1 guest star
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One Way to Say Goodbye

One Way to Say Goodbye

Mar 17, 19640 votes
Director: Richard Donner

Novak finds himself attracted to Jenny Peterson, a former Jefferson High student.

2 guest stars
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Day in the Year

Day in the Year

Mar 24, 19640 votes
Director: Ida Lupino

A girl in Novak's homeroom collapses from an overdose of narcotics.

2 guest stars
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Moment Without Armor

Moment Without Armor

Mar 31, 19640 votes
Director: Michael O'Herlihy

School grounds are quiet in the evening, and darkness was the accomplice of the unknown assailant who attacked assistant principal Jeanne Pagano.

1 guest star
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Fare Thee Well

Fare Thee Well

Apr 7, 19640 votes
Director: Abner Biberman

Miss Cathy Williams is going to become a mother, but she wants to graduate with her senior class and she doesn't want to tell her parents about her condition.

3 guest stars
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Senior Prom

Senior Prom

Apr 14, 19640 votes
Director: Michael O'Herlihy

The senior prom at Jefferson High is going to be a flop this year - unless student chairman Gail Andrews starts taking interest in the preparations.

1 guest star
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