"Recess" Kids in the Mist (TV Episode 1998) Poster

(TV Series)

(1998)

Pamela Adlon: Spinelli

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  • Dr. Fitzenberg : [on video]  This is recess, the average student spends nearly 8,000 minutes, more than 150 hours, nearly 3 work weeks of every school year, on the playground. But do any of us know what our children are really doing out there? After years of painstaking research, I have discovered the truth! Recess is a place where dangerous antics rule the day,

    [shows Mikey impersonating a choo choo train with sound effects] 

    Dr. Fitzenberg : What the? This isn't my-

    [gets shushed] 

    Dr. Fitzenberg : [narrating]  where children are taught to steal bases and balls

    [shows the kids dressed up as thieves] 

    Dr. Fitzenberg : where the smartest, most intelligent child is chased like a wild animal.

    [shows Gretchen being chased by tigers, Prickly and co laugh] 

    Dr. Fitzenberg : Respected expert Principal Peter Prickly had this to say.

    Principal Prickly : Ooh, here comes my part.

    [footage shows him squealing like a pig] 

    TJ : [on video]  But what do the real experts say?

    Spinelli : Recess is a place you can swing so high, you can see over the tops of houses.

    Mikey Blumberg : Where you slide so fast, you can't even walk afterwards.

    Vince LaSalle : A place where hanging with your friends, REALLY means hanging with your friends.

    [shows the kids hanging from the monkey bars] 

    TJ : The average kid spends 1,158 hours in school every year. More than 180 hours doing homework, 156 hours doing chores, and only 40 minutes a day on the playground. Sure, we want to learn how to become good adults, but we're only kids for a little while, so just give us a break, please?

    Dr. Fitzenberg : [narrating]  Today's society is at a crossroads. Do kids today have time for recess? You be the judge.

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