Mrs. Munger's Class

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Mrs. Munger's Class
Directed by Tim Maloney
StarringPeter Hastings
Rob Paulsen
Cree Summer
C.J. Arabia
Melissa Samuels
Brett Bauer
Country of origin United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes41
Production
Running time90 seconds
Original release
Network One Saturday Morning on ABC
ReleaseSeptember 13, 1997 (1997-09-13) 
December 19, 1998 (1998-12-19)

Mrs. Munger's Class is two seasons of brief, 90-second skits on Disney's One Saturday Morning on ABC that featured the talking heads of a middle school yearbook page. The kids in the photos would often exchange silly dialogue and insults, while Mrs. Munger would tell them to "Simmer down! Simmer! Simmer!" The camera would focus on whoever was speaking on one part of the yearbook page and quickly pan to follow the dialogue. Students would move between the pictures to interact with one another. The show was in black and white, but color was used on occasion (on field trips or to show cosmetics). The skits used Adobe After Effects and Photoshop to manipulate photographs from a school yearbook.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Pilot

A 22-minute pilot was made in attempt to launch an extensive series, but was left unaired in the outcome of the lawsuit filed by the students. It notably contained brief uses of the word "damn" and a sub-plot about an R-rated movie. It also features Brad, a character used later for the series Centerville, which the same studio made after its cancellation. [1]

Controversy

Although the school portraits used in the show were manipulated, collaged, and otherwise altered, the plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit felt that there was still too much resemblance. As such, the plaintiffs claimed the photographs were used for entertainment without personality rights clearance. Mrs. Munger turned out to be Mrs. Kathleen Foresman, who had taught at Woodbridge Middle School in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Woodbridge, Virginia, in 1975 when her picture and those of her 6th grade students were taken for a page in a yearbook. She, and four of her former students, filed suit against Disney on December 23, 1998. [2] Edward Jackson, a computer engineer in San Diego, had learned that his likeness was being used after his 10-year-old niece brought the similarity to his attention. Jackson, a Black student, was outraged not only at the use of his photo, but at the "Buckwheat"-like speech pattern of the character. [3] The lawsuit was settled for undisclosed damages. After the lawsuit, Maloney created the short-lived skit series Centerville, which used the same premise of talking student photos. However, unlike its predecessor, the characters in Centerville were not confined to a yearbook page and appear in different settings.

Adult characters

Students

In order from top left to bottom right:

Class pets

One-time students

Episodes

Season 1

Season 2

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References

  1. "Mrs. Munger's Class Lost Pilot Episode". YouTube. May 14, 2022.
  2. "Disney sued for using photos without permission," Syracuse Post-Standard, December 26, 1998, p A-5
  3. "Defamation suit filed," The Stars and Stripes, December 27, 1998, p13