Recess (TV Series)

Kids in the Mist (1998)

Ashley Johnson: Gretchen Grundler

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• Dr. Fitzenberg : I'm a loser, a failure! All these years of studying children and reading about children and writing about children, I don't even LIKE children! No offense.

  Gretchen Grundler : None taken.

• Dr. Fitzenberg : [narrating]  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, where children are taught to steal bases and balls, where the smartest, most intelligent child is chased like a wild animal. Respected expert, Principal Peter Prickly, had this to say.

  Principal Prickly : Recess, it's a waste of time, that's what it is. Kids today should be spending more time in the classroom learning to compete in a global economy, and less time on the playground acting like children.

  Dr. Fitzenberg : Perhaps this great man is right. Today's society is at a crossroads. Do kids today have time for recess? Or should we get rid of this archaic institution? You be the judge.

  Gretchen Grundler : I feel so... betrayed!

  Vince LaSalle : Man, if those bigwigs downtown see this they'll cancel recess forever!

  TJ : We gotta do something, you guys!

  Vince LaSalle : Yeah, but what?

  TJ : We gotta fix this thing, that's what.

  Vince LaSalle : Huh? TJ what're you talking about?

  TJ : Come on, who knows recess better than we do? A little editing, some new footage.

  Vince LaSalle : Yeah! then we switch the old movie with the new one, and nobody will be the wiser!

  Gretchen Grundler : Again I have 2 issues. 1, is it not wrong to tamper with someone else's work? And 2, should we upgrade it to VHS or three-quarter inch?