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OK. I'm going for a long shot, here, but My Secret Identity?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Secret_Identity
Heartbreak High? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbreak_High
My Secret Identity and Heartbreak High are good suggestions! Ill check out those 2 shows. Thanks so much for your responses!
Also I'd like to add that it might have been a one off After School Special, just incase that jars someone's memory coming from that angle.
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Figured it out!!! It was, "What's wrong With Neil?" (1989), an episode of the Canadian anthology series, "Family Pictures". Figured it out with the help of some clever sleuthing from people from Reddit and the Retrojunk.com forum.
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Hello! I’ve been looking for the name of this particular show (or one off TV movie or short film, I’m not certain) for years now, I’ve posted at every forum I could think of including r/tipofmytonge twice and I seem to never have any luck finding this. Now trying here to see if anyone here can possibly recognize this. Here is the info:
What 80s/90s coming of age, one camera sitcom (or possibly dramedy) in the vain of "The Wonder Years" had a best friend character who had a bowl cut and glasses, always ate peanut butter and sprouts sandwiches, and used the catchphrase, "Holly Cow!"?
I saw this show in the early-mid 90s. It looked like it was made in the late 80s-early 90s from what I remember, could be wrong. It was either American or possibly Canadian.
the following is a description of the single episode I saw:
A grade school aged boy embarrasses himself at school (I think in front of a girl he likes), so he pretends to be sick to not have to go to school the next day. When he's home sick, he decides he is going to commit suicide by asking for ginger-ale because he thinks can slip in a vile of liquid from a chemistry set and drink it.
His best friend camps out in front of his house to see if he will actually do it. His friend has a bowl cut and glasses, uses the catchphrase, "holly cow" frequently, and eats peanut butter and sprout sandwiches out of a cooler he brought. Some of the neighborhood kids gather around to see what's up.
Turns out, nothing happens when he drinks the ginger-ale because the stuff he put in turns out to be harmless. His dad, who is sort of a Patrick Duffy type, comes home and figures out what he's doing and remarks knowingly that he tried the same thing with the chemistry set when he was his age with much the same result.
Similar vibe as "The Wonder Years" or “Max Glick”.
-I looked through Patrick Duffy’s filmography and nothing seemed like it was would be this exactly, it most likely had a guy that just looked like Patrick Duffy, but of course I could be wrong.
-The show could have been produced by a religious company. Kind of also had the vibe of something like “Just Like Dad” or “The Buttercream Gang”.
-The show could have aired on:
PBS stations (KTEH (San Jose affiliate) or KQED (San Francisco Bay Area affiliate), both of which was carried on San Francisco Bay Area cable systems, which is how I would have seen both)
KTSF (Bay Area Independent station)
KTEH (Bay Area Independent station at the time)
I’m guessing these stations since it seemed like the sort of thing that might have likely aired on them considering the nature of those stations, etc. but could be wrong of course.
- The show could have possibly been a one off short or TV movie (but it seemed like an episode of a series)
The following have been ruled out:
THE KIDS OF DEGRASSI STREET
DEGRASSI JUNIOR HIGH / DEGRASSI HIGH
FUDGE
MAX GLICK
DOOGIE HOWSER
STEP BY STEP
FAMILY TIES
BOY MEETS WORLD