Square Pegs (1982)★ 7.4/10
- Comedy
Directed by: Kim Friedman, Terry Hughes, James Nasella, Craig Richard Nelson
Written by: Anne Beatts, Janis Hirsch, Andy Borowitz, Marjorie Gross, Ray Brenner
Patty Greene and Lauren Hutchinson, two awkward teenage girls, are desperate to fit in at Weemawee High School.
- Original title
- Square Pegs
- Storyline
- Welcome to Weemawee High School, where being in the right clique can make one's years in school memorable. Enter Patty Greene and Lauren Hutchinson, two freshman who tried hard to be accepted into these cliques. The only problem was they stood out like sore thumbs. Patty was brainy and wore glasses, and Lauren was overweight and had braces. Thankfully, two other "square pegs" accepted them. They came in the form of aspiring comedian Marshall Blechtman and New Wave rocker Johnny Ulasewicz (aka Johnny Slash). Still, Lauren and Patty wanted to be in with the cool kids who came in the form of Jennifer DeNuccio, a wanna-be Valley Girl; LaDonna Fredericks, the hippest black girl in Weemawee High; Jennifer's boyfriend Vinnie Pasetta, a John Travolta carbon copy. Muffy Tepperman, who joined anything from JV pep squad to science fair organizer, was also a thorn in the side of both the popular kids, as well as the uncool kids.
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 1,652
- Companies
- Embassy Television, CBS, Channel 4, Columbia Pictures Television, Columbia TriStar Domestic Television, Columbia TriStar Television, Embassy Telecommunications, Mill Creek Entertainment, Nick at Nite, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television, TV Land
- Release dates
- ES January 1, 1982
- US September 27, 1982
- GB April 16, 1983
- NL April 6, 1988
- CA May 20, 2008
- PH May 20, 2008