Talk:Recess (TV series)

Vince's Race

Oh, why does Vince have to be described as the black kid, can't he just be the kid good at sports?

If you think this sounds a little racist, I'll have it removed.- B-101 21:15, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)

He does seem to be the token black, though. Sceptre ^(Talk) 12:08, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

It's not in the slightest bit racist. He is black, and it's not saying that being Black is bad. The Haunted Angel 22:49, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Speaking of which ... what's the authority for stating that Ms. Grotke is African-American? While I think she could possibly be bi- or multi-racial, I don't think there were any indicators that she was necessarily African-American. 66.215.75.10 03:04, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Character profiles

That section is a huge mess. I tried to clean up the main character profiles, but I see the teacher and adult section in as much disarry.

VfD

On 1 Mar 2005, this article was nominated for deletion. The result was KEEP. See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Recess (TV series) for a record of the discussion. Carrp | Talk 20:24, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The computer prickly used was Sal3000 not Hal 9000

Episode Guide

I really do reckon we need an episode guide, i wrote a few of the plot outlines no more than a sentence long, but a episode guide would be better.

voice actors

can some one please put down the names of the actors who do the voices for the main characters

Individual pics of characters

I deleted them when I edited this article, but if anyone still needs them, just put them as a link.

• Image:TJD.jpg
• Image:Vince2.jpg
• Image:Spinelli.jpg
• Image:Gretchen.jpg
• Image:Mickey.jpg
• Image:Gus2.jpg

To voice actors comment above: kind of taken care of... provided link to its IMDB info

EDIT: OK, I take the thing about the images back, as Dvirgueza keeps on reverting to his older edits that includes the pictures of the individual characters. I am getting annoyed that my edits keep on getting reverted to the older edits, and probably so is Muchi... So Dvirgueza, I know you like putting pictures here, but sorry, they just don't really belong here.

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edited it a little as the previous wording made it sound like girls didn't wear dresses any more (anyway Gretchen's girly girl dress is a deliberate contrast to Spinelli's tomboy clothes). PMA 16:10, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Where is Pennsylvania or Illinois mentioned

I noticed that Finster mentions the Arkansas Standard Acheivement test and that in the episode 'Spinelli's Masterpiece' the pale kids zoom down on Arkansas so I added it to the article, when is Pennsylvania mentioned or Illinois.I know that in the episode 'Old Folks Home' one of the old men says he used to play for Birmingham (presumably Birmingham Alabama) but no-one mentions Illinois and I don't believe that it's in Pennsylvania because Prickly says, in the episode 'Recess is Cancelled', 'I'll be on the next plane to Washington D.C.

Third Street get's it's playground balls from Columbus, Ohio, according to the episode 'the Library Kid', and Randall mentions, in the episode 'Stand-Up Randall', a field trip to St.Louis and so I don't think that they would have travelled from either Illinois or Pennsylvania all the way to Missouri for a kid's field trip.

A contradicting fact is that if Recess is in Arkansas or Illinois then how could Cornchip Girl's dad be in the navy if these state's have no coastline.

Guess What?! They let people from all over the country join the Navy now! Isn't that great! So cornchip girl's dad could have been in the navy —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.183.68.91 (talk) 20:44, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

A section for characters with one appearance

On some episodes there have characters have made one appearance like Vince's nerdy brother and that girl who hides in the library. I think that there should be a section for that. Does anyone else think so? Mr. C.C. 18:16, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Note on elements of unoriginality

I feel that Disney's Recess may have drawn too much content from other famous pieces of media, most notably in their rather heavily laid on amount of spoofs. I can see it from their perspective of wanting to make allusions to other famous or important pieces of popular history in order to make their show more entertaining, but in some cases I have found it to be outright unoriginal. A fine example of this is how I was particularly annoyed at their blatant copy of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in that episode where Principal Prickley has the SAL 3000 unit installed. Most of the dialogue was taken straight from the movie with no new nor orginal thought added to the structure or plot outline. At the time when I viewed this episode I knew enough that it would have been a spoof of 2001, but I had not yet seen the movie. When I eventually did though, I had one of the most pivotal sections of the film ruined because I could exactly anticipate what was going to be said in a whole lot of the dialogue. I could not believe how closely they had stuck to the original story, and frankly it appalled me. Many children would not have seen 2001, so this episode would not act as a spoof to them, it would be a stand-alone story in itself. Perhaps Disney should aim to have understandable spoofs for their younger audiences so that their audience may recognise the parallels being drawn, instead of ruining great pieces of work like 2001 for a younger generation. Sometimes Disney's lack of originality really does disappoint me.

I don't see why unoriginality is such a big issue. Most tv series reuse the same plots. In my opinion, Recess was a welcomed change from typical mindless childrens cartoons, and was clever with their humor. Mrkurto 00:43, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

And still, its a good story. So the kids dont get the 'spoof' stuff about it, even though it makes it more funny, its still a good story. And like Mrkurto said, who cares really. There arnt much 'origional' cartoon disney shows anyway, so yeah. Phantasmigorical 01:13, 12 January 2007 (UTC)Phantasmigorical

Article focuses too much on episodes...

Where's the info about the show's production? Abby724 04:31, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Trivia

Im going to try to edit a trivia section on the article, if anyone has more to add, go for it because i dont have much info. Phantasmigorical 21:01, 12 January 2007 (UTC)phantasmigorical

Articles are not supposed to include "Trivia" sections. It's common to include the information in an appropriate part of the article. This why all Featured and Good status articles refrain from using the section. Additionally, it's customary to cite facts. --  ShadowJester07  ►Talk  22:58, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Spinelli

How do we know that her middle name is Funicello? They never say, "Ashley Funicello Spinelli" in the series. Like we know Gus's name is Gustav Paton Griswald and stuff, but when did they say "Ashley Funicello Spinello?"Happykid536 04:35, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

In the museum episode. Malpass93 (talk) 15:45, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

DVDs??

I've been trying for some time to locate information on DVD releases of Disney's cartoons. Not the movies, but the series. Recess is one of several cartoons I can't seem to find info on. Darkwing Duck is on DVD now; Rescue Rangers will be soon; Gargoyles has apparently had some trouble relating to low sales. I can't find info on Aladdin or Recess, which are two of my favorite series. Does anyone have info on Disney's plans (or lack of plans) to release these two series on DVD? Kilyle 13:54, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

There's a petition but I don't know that anything is happening yet. I know a lot of people who would buy it.71.35.252.65 03:15, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

The Cancellation article

It says all this stuff about how people started to get uninterested in it, so they canceled it, but it never mentions the amount of people who didn't like the cancellation. It seems to make it seem like nobody liked it anymore and everyone lost interest in it, when that is very wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.130.84.61 (talk) 12:04, August 25, 2007 (UTC)

Minor Characters

I noticed the 'Other Characters' is a very hit-and-miss section.

It has most of the main characters, but leaves out a very large amount of characters (ex. The Gang's parents).

We should either:

a) Remove the section entierly

OR

b) Drastically expand it to include all the characters listed under the 'Minor Cast' section.

I am going with B.

Here is a list of characters still needed to have a mini-bio created

• Cornchip Girl
• Dave and Sam (The Diggers)
• Guru Kid
• Tubby
• Head Kindergartner
• Hank
• Mr. Kelso
• Swinger Girl

Donnyj (talk) 00:33, 21 April 2008 (UTC)Donnyj

• Butch
• Lunchlady
• Superintendent Skinner
• Jerome
• Mayor Fitzhugh
• Jordan
• Bus Driver
• Kurst the Worst
• Thadeus T. Third V
• Coach
• Other Bullies
• Bonky