This is one those programmes that left an indelible impression on me when I first saw it in '75. I was (depending upon the time it aired) was about 11 and connected with the character's awkwardness,especially when it came to girls. I was very happy to find it on YouTube and how well it still holds up. Alfred Lutter had a rather short acting career ,but he was quite good here as well as the Bad News Bears films as well as playing a young Woody Allen in the film Love and Death and was in the pilot episode of Alice, playing the character he plays in the Martin Scorsese film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.
There is a particularly funny moment when he has invited a girl he has a crush on to a party but doesn't know how to dance, and takes a lesson. When the rest of the kids are dancing in a modern day style he begins a sort of ballroom dancing with the girl. It feels like something out of a Woody Allen film.
I cannot recall any other After School Special but I'm sure I watched them when they had an interesting . This one hit home and the passing of time did nothing to diminish the emotions. It their way they prepared me for adulthood and stated that it would not be easy but also offered hope as well. Within thirty minutes our young hero must confront some harsh realities. This was truly wonderful.
There is a particularly funny moment when he has invited a girl he has a crush on to a party but doesn't know how to dance, and takes a lesson. When the rest of the kids are dancing in a modern day style he begins a sort of ballroom dancing with the girl. It feels like something out of a Woody Allen film.
I cannot recall any other After School Special but I'm sure I watched them when they had an interesting . This one hit home and the passing of time did nothing to diminish the emotions. It their way they prepared me for adulthood and stated that it would not be easy but also offered hope as well. Within thirty minutes our young hero must confront some harsh realities. This was truly wonderful.