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Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Square Pegs' from 1970-1982:



1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Square Pegs':


(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)

September 27, 1982: Pilot
Season 1, episode 1
W: Anne Beatts   D: Kim Friedman

With Dawn Jeffory (Sybil Blumberg), Ben Marley (Larry Simpson), David Hubbard (Steve Griffin), Carol Androsky (Gym Teacher), The Waitresses (Themselves), David Hubbard (Steve Griffin). Debut of a series featuring two friends who venture into their first day as high school freshmen determined to become popular on campus. In the opening episode, Patty gets the chance to "click with the right clique" when she attracts the attention of a handsome senior.

October 4, 1982: A Cafeteria Line
Season 1, episode 2
W: Janis Hirsch   D: Kim Friedman

With Craig Richard Nelson (Mr. Spacek). Vinnie and Jennifer are suddenly on the outs when Vinnie is cast as the male lead in the school musical and starts making eyes at his female co-star, Patty.

October 11, 1982: Pac Man Fever
Season 1, episode 3
W: Marjorie Gross   D: Terry Hughes

With Allan Rich (Uncle Sal), Don Novello (Father Guido Sarducci). Marshall loses his comic touch when he becomes "possessed" by a video game. His only hope for salvation is an exorcism -- performed by Father Guido Sarducci.

October 18, 1982: Square Pigskins
Season 1, episode 4
W: Andy Borowitz   D: Kim Friedman

With Catlin Adams (Ms. Loomis), Donovan Womack (Osgood Murphy), Pamela Scott Fraser (Player #1), Zatella Beatty (Player #2). Lauren talks Patty into joining the Weemawee girls football team -- coached by a gung-ho Army vet and a women's libber who bristles at the slightest slight.

November 1, 1982: Halloween XII
Season 1, episode 5
W: Marjorie Gross, Susan Silver   D: Terry Hughes

With Catlin Adams (Ms. Loomis), Basil Hoffman (Principal Dingleman). Lauren and Patty are very excited when they are invited to a Halloween party by the "cool girls." All is going well until the boys decide to crash the party.

November 8, 1982: A Simple Attachment
Season 1, episode 6
W: David Felton   D: Terry Hughes
Hopelessly in love with Lauren, Marshall takes an opportunity to build a "love detector" for the science fair, but the project backfires on him and anyone else who uses it.

November 15, 1982: Weemaweegate
Season 1, episode 7
W: Chris Miller   D: Kim Friedman

With Steven Peterman (Mr. Donovan). Ace reporters Lauren and Patty investigate Weemawee High's scandal-ridden campaign for a new school mascot.

November 22, 1982: Open 24 Hours
Season 1, episode 8
W: Deanne Stillman   D: Kim Friedman

With John Densmore (Himself), Basil Hoffman (Principal Dingleman). Marshall becomes Johnny's manager and books his band -- a band no one's ever seen -- for the gala opening of a supermarket deli counter.

November 29, 1982: Muffy's Bat Mitzvah
Season 1, episode 9
W: Rosie Shuster, Margaret Oberman   D: Terry Hughes

With Dena Dietrich (Vida Aronov), Marj Dusay (Beverly Tepperman), William Bogert (Alan Tepperman), John Densmore (Himself), Walter Gertz (Rabbi Kaplan), Richard Blade (Himself), Devo (Themselves). When she leaves them off her guest list, Lauren, Patty, Johnny and Marshall scheme to get invited to Muffy's "new wave" bat mitzvah celebration.

December 13, 1982: Hardly Working
Season 1, episode 10
W: Andy Borowitz, Janis Hirsch   D: Terry Hughes
A need for money forces the supercool Jennifer into donning a uniform and taking an unlikely and "uncool" job after school.

December 20, 1982: A Child's Christmas In Weemawee
Season 1, episode 11
W: Janice Hirsch, Marjorie Gross   D: Terry Hughes

With Tony Dow (Ed Greene), Anne Beatts (Miss Rezucha), Craig Richard Nelson (Mr. Spacek), Catlin Adams (Ms. Loomis). Patty's in a quandry: should she spend Christmas in an isolated cabin with her divorced father, or the way she'd prefer -- with her friends at school?

December 27, 1982: It's All How You See Things
Season 1, episode 12
W: Janis Hirsch   D: Kim Friedman
Trying to prove that having to wear glasses is the root of her problems, Patty makes a spectacle of herself by refusing to wear them.


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