Sam takes it upon himself to finish high school. He was only one course short. Of course, Diane makes fun of him. He and Coach take the class together. Sam gets his grades by sleeping with his cute instructor while Coach busts his butt. But some sense of morality comes into play eventually. I loved the Coach's method for remembering facts.
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Teacher's Pet (#3.16)
ComedyFan201011 May 2014
Warning: Spoilers
Sam goes back to school to get his high school diploma. Coach ends up taking a class in geography with him. They both are getting the best marks in class. Only it turns out that Sam is sleeping with his teacher. He wants to get his mark in an honest way and coach ends up helping him study for the exam and Sam passes.
Diane hasn't been annoying for a while now, but she is in this episode. Why does she keep to announcing to everyone Sam's business. And him going back to high school shouldn't have been so awful for her. Also so what he cheated, it is just high school. With an A he could have gone to college, many students cheat when in high school as they don't care about such things as being honest.
But Coach's studying techniques were perfection. The Albania song is now in my head.
Diane hasn't been annoying for a while now, but she is in this episode. Why does she keep to announcing to everyone Sam's business. And him going back to high school shouldn't have been so awful for her. Also so what he cheated, it is just high school. With an A he could have gone to college, many students cheat when in high school as they don't care about such things as being honest.
But Coach's studying techniques were perfection. The Albania song is now in my head.
ALBANIA!
dgplatt-6012122 March 2024
There is nothing particularly special about this episode, but it's a high point of Season Three. It simply takes a standard sitcom plot and does it very, very well.
Diane is delighted to discover that Sam is going back to school - until she finds out it's high school. Sam -who dropped out to play pro baseball - needs to take one night school course in geography in order to graduate. Coach goes along as moral support, and ends up being at the head of the class. Sam is also doing well - mostly by seducing the teacher.
This is just full of memorable lines ("with probing tongues?" "No, with a thumbtack!"; " Boy, that lady has got a mean mouth on her for a 73-year-old."; "I know what creek you're up.") Diane's scolding of Sam is also hilarious. But what really makes this episode special is Coach's musical tribute to that Balkan country whose chief export is chrome.
As noted in the trivia page, this is the last episode to feature Coach as a main character. Nicholas Colosanto died less than two weeks after this episode aired, and his loss changed the series forever. While there are other, more poignant episodes, this profoundly silly episode is the best way to remember him.
Diane is delighted to discover that Sam is going back to school - until she finds out it's high school. Sam -who dropped out to play pro baseball - needs to take one night school course in geography in order to graduate. Coach goes along as moral support, and ends up being at the head of the class. Sam is also doing well - mostly by seducing the teacher.
This is just full of memorable lines ("with probing tongues?" "No, with a thumbtack!"; " Boy, that lady has got a mean mouth on her for a 73-year-old."; "I know what creek you're up.") Diane's scolding of Sam is also hilarious. But what really makes this episode special is Coach's musical tribute to that Balkan country whose chief export is chrome.
As noted in the trivia page, this is the last episode to feature Coach as a main character. Nicholas Colosanto died less than two weeks after this episode aired, and his loss changed the series forever. While there are other, more poignant episodes, this profoundly silly episode is the best way to remember him.
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