Detective School
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| Detective School | |
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| Also known as | Detective School – One Flight Up |
| Genre | Situation comedy |
| Written by | Jeff Harris Bernie Kukoff |
| Directed by | Bob LaHendro Jeff Harris Bernie Kukoff Walter C. Miller |
| Starring | James Gregory Douglas Fowley Randolph Mantooth Melinda Naud Taylor Negron LaWanda Page Pat Proft |
| Composer | Peter Matz |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Jeff Harris Bernie Kukoff Caryn Sneider |
| Producer | Hank Bradford |
| Running time | 30 min. |
| Production company | Kukoff-Harris Partnership |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | July 31 – November 24, 1979 |
Detective School (a.k.a. Detective School – One Flight Up) is an American television sitcom that was shown on ABC for four months in 1979, for a total of 13 episodes.
The show was about an assortment of students who went to night school to learn basic detective skills, but who kept being caught up in real criminal cases and getting themselves and their teacher (an inept private investigator) into trouble.
This show was written, directed and produced by Jeff Harris and Bernie Kukoff, the creators of Diff'rent Strokes.
Cast and characters
- James Gregory as Nick Hannigan, the inept P.I. who teaches the class.
- Douglas Fowley as Robert Redford, an elderly student who just happens to have the same name as the actor.
- Randolph Mantooth as salesman Eddie Dawkins.
- Melinda Naud as lingerie model Maggie Ferguson.
- Taylor Negron as disco-dancing Silvio Galindez.
- LaWanda Page (best known for her role as Aunt Esther on Sanford and Son) as loudmouthed housewife Charlene Jenkins.
- Pat Proft as door-to-door salesman Leo Frick.
Availability
Detective School has not been released on home video.
Episodes
Season 1: summer 1979
| Nº | Ep | Title | Directed by: | Written by: | Air date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "A Bier on the House" | Bernie Kukoff, Jeff Harris | Bernie Kukoff, Jeff Harris | July 31, 1979 | |
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Private eye Nick Harrigan teaches eager aspiring gumshoes who become suspicious when they notice ice cream trucks making regular deliveries to a funeral home. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Oh, How We Danced" | Bernie Kukoff, Jeff Harris | Bernie Kukoff, Jeff Harris | August 7, 1979 | |
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Nick's gun turns up missing — right after Charlene goes off to confront her cheating spouse. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Lucy in the Sky with Pizza" | Bernie Kukoff, Jeff Harris | Bernie Kukoff, Jeff Harris | August 14, 1979 | |
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Nick and his students investigate a diamond-stealing racket in a pizza parlor. | ||||||
Season 2: autumn 1979
| Nº | Ep | Title | Directed by: | Written by: | Air date | |
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| 4 | 1 | "Hooray for Bulgaria" | Ralph Levy | Bernie Kukoff, Jeff Harris | September 15, 1979 | |
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The class poses as caterers at an embassy party to rescue a Bulgarian ballet dancer. | ||||||
| 5 | 2 | "Nick Is Smitten" | Walter C. Miller | Bernie Kukoff, Jeff Harris | September 22, 1979 | |
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Nick's eagerness to help an attractive woman lands him in a trap set by a vengeful racketeer. | ||||||
| 6 | 3 | "Ice" | Walter C. Miller | Bernard Dilbert | September 28, 1979 | |
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Nick and the gang bodyguard a rich woman as she attends a fancy party wearing a priceless diamond. | ||||||
| 7 | 4 | "The Runaway" | Walter C. Miller | Ellen Guylas | October 6, 1979 | |
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The class goes undercover as a motorcycle gang to retrieve Nick's runaway niece. | ||||||
| 8 | 5 | "The Jewel Heist" | Bob LaHendro | Bernie Kukoff, Jeff Harris | October 13, 1979 | |
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Nick's students break into the wrong hotel room while on an assignment to retrieve stolen jewelry. | ||||||
| 9 | 6 | "One Word Is Worth a Thousand Pictures" | Bernie Kukoff, Jeff Harris | Tucker Wiard, Bernie Kukoff, Jeff Harris | October 20, 1979 | |
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Nick tries to catch a blackmailer while the class searches her apartment for the incriminating photographs. | ||||||
| 10 | 7 | "Masseuse in the Cold, Cold Ground" | Bob LaHendro | Bernie Kukoff, Jeff Harris | October 27, 1979 | |
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Nick and the students investigate a massage parlor to catch a killer. | ||||||
| 11 | 8 | "The Killer-Diller Lingerie Caper" | Bob LaHendro | Bernie Kukoff, Jeff Harris | November 3, 1979 | |
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Silvio witnesses a murder — but does not recognize the investigating officer as the killer. | ||||||
| 12 | 9 | "Farewell, My Miss Glendale" | Bob LaHendro | Toni Sherohman, Pat Proft | November 17, 1979 | |
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The students search for a bomb while Nick judges a beauty pageant. | ||||||
| 13 | 10 | "The Bank Job" | Bob LaHendro | Hank Bradford | November 24, 1979 | |
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Bank robbers take Nick and his students hostage. | ||||||