Drexell's Class
| Drexell's Class | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Andrew Nicholls Darrell Vickers |
| Written by | Bill Boulware Eric Brand Ralph R. Farquhar Jim Herzfeld Phil Kellard Wayne Kline Robert Kurtz Tom Moore Andrew Nicholls Darrell Vickers George Zateslo |
| Directed by |
Matthew Diamond Dick Martin Gino Tanasescu John Tracy |
| Starring | Dabney Coleman |
| Theme music composer | Kurt Farquhar |
| Composer(s) | Rich Eames Scott Gale |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 18 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Phil Kellard Tom Moore David A. Neuman |
| Producer(s) | Marsha Posner-Williams |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Grantwood Productions 20th Century Fox Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | September 19, 1991 – March 5, 1992 |
Drexell's Class is an American sitcom that aired Thursday at 8:30 on Fox as part of its 1991-92 lineup. The show was created by Andrew Nicholls and Darrell Vickers.
Drexell's Class (two working titles of the show were "Oh No, Not Drexell, and "Shut Up, Kids!") starred Dabney Coleman in the role of Otis Drexell, a fifth-grade teacher at fictional Grantwood Elementary School in Cedar Bluffs, Iowa. In the backstory, it was revealed Drexell was a famous corporate raider who lost a large amount of money on a failed venture, to which he dodged his taxes and was subsequently arrested. At his court case, he was told that he would get a suspended sentence on the basis he work as a teacher in the undermanned school until he pays his back taxes. Drexell is also a divorced man whose two daughters live with him. Besides the bevy of cute kids, the cast also included two antagonists, rival teacher Roscoe Davis (Dakin Matthews) and Principal Francine Itkin (Randy Graff), who was later succeeded by Principal Marylin Ridge (Edie McClurg).
One of Drexell's few friends at the school was school janitor George (Cleavant Derricks), who shared Drexell's love of sports and beer. Most shows revolved around Drexell's unwillingness to teach children lessons by the book or him trying to be a good father to his daughters. Occasionally, a subplot happened where Drexell's ex-wife appeared, in which Otis was hoping she would remarry so he can stop paying alimony.
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