Cartoon Resource entry #271 - Recess (1997)

RECESS

ORIGINAL AIRDATES: Aug 31, 1997 (Sneak Preview), Sept 13, 1997-Aug 28, 2004 on ABC
LATER AIRDATES: Sept 6, 1999-Aug 31, 2003 on UPN, Sept 3, 2003-Sept 2, 2005 & Aug 26, 2008-June 30, 2010 on Disney Channel, Sept 3, 2003-Feb 12, 2009 on Toon Disney, Apr 14, 2009-Oct 27, 2011 on Disney XD, 2019-present on Disney+
EPISODES: 65
PRODUCED BY: Walt Disney Television Animation
DISTRIBUTED and OWNED BY: Walt Disney Television 

SUMMARY:

Recess features six best friends (4 boys, 2 girls) leaded by T.J., Gus, Mikey, Vince, Gretchen and Ashley Spinelli. They always save the day whenever there is trouble by their elderly teacher, Ms. Muriel Finster and Principal Peter Prickly. This series also spawned the 2001 theatrical release "Recess: The Movie - School's Out".

1st Season (1997-1998 ABC)

#01 The Break In / The New Kid (08.31.1997 & 09.13.1997)
#02 The Experiment / The Great Jungle Gym Standoff (09.20.1997)
#03 Jinxed / Officer Mikey (09.27.1997)
#04 First Name Ashley / To Finster with Love (10.04.1997)
#05 King Gus / Big Brother Chad (10.11.1997)
#06 My Fair Gretchen / Speedy, We Hardly Knew Ye (10.18.1997)
#07 I Will Kick No More Forever / The Kid Came Back (10.25.1997)
#08 The Past / The Legend of Big Kid (11.01.1997)
#09 The Box / The Trial (11.08.1997)
#10 Teachers Lounge / Randall's Reform (11.15.1997)
#11 Rainy Days / The Great Can Drive (11.22.1997)
#12 The Voice / Kids in the Mist (01.10.1998)
#13 Parents Night / Swing on Thru to The Other Side (01.17.1998) 

2nd Season (1998-1999 ABC)

#14 The Break-Up / The Hypnotist (09.12.1998)
#15 Mama's Girl / Outcast Ashley (09.19.1998)
#16 The Game / The Lost Ball (09.26.1998)
#17 Gus' Last Stand / Operation Field Trip (10.03.1998)
#18 The Challenge / Wild Child (10.10.1998)
#19 The Substitute / Gretchen & The Secret of Yo (10.31.1998)
#20 The Girl Was Trouble / Copycat Kid (11.07.1998)
#21 Operation Stuart / Pharaoh Bob (11.14.1998)
#22 The Story of Whomps / Weekend at Muriel’s (11.21.1998)
#23 Economics Of Recess / Omega Kids (12.12.1998)
#24 Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave (Parts 1 & 2) (12.26.1998)
#25 Bad Hair Day / Dance Lessons (01.16.1999)
#26 Principal for A Day / Beauty Contest (02.27.1999) 

3rd Season (1999-2000 ABC)

#27 One Stayed Clean / A Genius Among Us (09.11.1999)
#28 Dodgeball City / A Career to Remember (09.18.1999)
#29 Kindergarten Derby / The Bet (09.25.1999)
#30 Space Cadet / Stand Up, Randall! (10.02.1999)
#31 The Shiner / Lord of the Nerds (11.06.1999)
#32 That Stinking Feeling / My Funny Valentines (11.13.1999)
#33 The Barnaby Boys / Buried Treasure (01.15.2000)
#34 The Library Kid / The Ratings Game (01.22.2000) 

4th Season (1999-2000 UPN)

#35 The First Picture Show / The Big Prank (09.12.1999)
#36 Hustler's Apprentice / Spy Who Came In From The Playground (09.13.1999)
#37 Gus' Fortune / Rumor Mill (09.19.1999)
#38 Recess Is Cancelled / Tattletale Heart (09.22.1999)
#39 The Madness of King Bob / Call Me Guy (09.26.1999)
#40 Prickly Is Leaving / Randall's Friends (10.03.1999)
#41 The Biggest Trouble Ever / The Rules (11.07.1999)
#42 Gus & Misdemeanors / A Science Fair to Remember (11.08.1999)
#43 Mikey's Pants / Here Comes Mr. Perfect (11.14.1999)
#44 Good Luck Charm / Diggers Split Up (11.19.1999)
#45 Schoolworld / Bachelor Gus (11.21.1999)
#46 The Dude / Partners in Crime (11.28.1999)
#47 The Candidates / This Brain for Hire (11.29.2000)
#48 Spinelli's Masterpiece / Nobody Doesn't Like T.J. (02.06.2000)
#49 A Great State Fair / The A.V. Kid (02.13.2000)
#50 Yope from Norway / Bonky Fever (02.20.2000)
#51 Don't Ask Me / The Secret Life of Grotke (02.21.2000)
#52 The Fuss Over Finster / Soccer Boy (02.27.2000)
#53 Fort Tender / Germ Warfare (02.29.2000)
#54 More Like Gretchen / Prince Randall (03.01.2000)
#55 Me No Know / Good Ole T.J. (04.30.2000)
#56 Chez Vince / Tucked in Mikey (05.07.2000)
#57 Old Folks Home / Some Friend (07.17.2000)

5th Season (2000-2001 ABC)

#58 The Coolest Heatwave Ever / No Strings Attached (09.09.2000)
#59 Beyond A Reasonable Scout / The C Note (09.16.2000)
#60 The Army Navy Game / Big Ol' Mikey (09.23.2000)
#61 The Principals of Golf / All the Principal's Men (11.04.2000)
#62 Lawson & His Crew (Parts 1 & 2) (01.06.2001)

6th Season (2001 UPN)

#63 Terrifying Tales of Recess: Children of the Cornchip, When Bikes Attack, Night of the Living Finsters (10.31.2001)
#64 Kurst the Not So Bad / League of Randalls (11.04.2001)
#65 Mundy, Mundy / Lost Leader (11.05.2001) 

MOVIES

Recess: School's Out (Theatrical - 02.16.2001)
Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street (Direct-to-Video 11.06.2001)
Recess: All Growed Down (Direct-to-Video 12.09.2003)
Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade (Direct-to-Video 12.09.2003)

GUEST APPEARANCE

Lilo and Stitch: The Series – Episode #60 “Lax” (01.16.2006)


VOICE ACTORS

Pamela Adlon (1966) as Ashley Spinelli
Ed Asner (1929-2021) as Thaddeus T. Third V
Allyce Beasley (1951) as Ms. Alordayne Grotke
Klee Bragger (1984) as Digger Sam
Toran Caudell (1982) as King Bob
Rickey D'Shon Collins (1983) as Vince LaSalle
Dabney Coleman (1932) as Principal Peter Prickly
Rachel Crane as Ashley Quinlan
Aria Noelle Curzon (1987) as Theresa "Cornchip Girl" Lamaise
Elizabeth Daily (1961) as The Kindergardeners
Jason Davis (1984-2020) as Mikey Blumberg
Blake Ewing as Menlow
Ashley Johnson (1983) as Gretchen Grundler
Andrew Lawrence (1988) as T.J. Detweiler (episodes 14-65)
Tress MacNeille (1951) as Ms. Lemon, Bertha and Lunchlady Irma
Ross Malliger (1984) as T.J. Detweiler (episodes 1-13)
Anndi McAfee (1979) as Ashley Armbruster
Sam McMurray (1952) as Lt. Griswald
Courtland Mead (1987) as Gus Griswald
Ryan O'Donohue (1984) as Randall Weems and Digger Dave
Justin Jon Ross as Phil the Scout
Katey Sagal (1954) as Mrs. Flo Spinelli
Justin Shenkarow (1980) as Gelman
Michael Shulman (1981) as Francis the Hustler Kid
Francesca Marie Smith (1985) as Ashley Boulet, Upside-Down Girl and Swinger Girl
Kath Soucie (1967) as Butch
Warren Sroka (1984) as Conrad Mundy
Erik Von Detten (1982) as Erwin Lawson
Paul Wilson (1945) as Coach Kluge
Camilee Winbush (1990) as Ashley Tomossian
April Winchell (1960) as Ms. Muriel Finster
Jeff Wright (1960-2020) as Hank the Janitor

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