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  Degrassi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Degrassi series is a group of Canadian dramas and specials that followed the lives of a group of children and teenagers who lived on De Grassi Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Degrassi Junior High first aired in 1987 on CBC in Canada and PBS in the United States.
After the cast grew up, their stories continued in the spin-off series, Degrassi High, where the cast was once again expanded and a larger building was used to portray the high school.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Degrassi   (1504 words)

  
 Degrassi Jr. High @ Toonarific Cartoons
Degrassi Junior High grew from the seed of The Kids of Degrassi Street, produced by former junior high school teacher Linda Schuyler and erstwhile video editor and child actor Kit Hood.
For Junior High, which began filming the year after Kids wrapped, the producers kept some of same young actors, but all the characters’ names were changed.
And this was junior high, remember, not high school — the character “Spike” got pregnant in her eighth grade year.
www.toonarific.com /show.php?show_id=4382   (667 words)

  
 degrassi junior high school tour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
degrassi junior high was an actual functioning school named western adventist.
degrassi street was chosen partly because it was where the first episode was filmed but mostly it was chosen for its diversity and rich ethnicity that represented toronto so perfectly.
it was one of two school's used in the kids of degrassi street.
pages.zdnet.com /hallowsunday/issarged/dag/dag_tour.htm   (226 words)

  
 AJ's Degrassi Universe: Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High
Stephanie Kaye spent her junior high years constantly vying for the attention of the boys, and she was somewhat successful.
Arthur and Yick were best buds all through junior high, they liked to play with their water guns in the school, they liked to shove innocent nerds into broom closets, they also liked to call each other 'broom heads'..
During the early Junior high episodes there was another girl in a wheelchair (she can be seen in the episode where The girls team swims against the boys team) She was not Miya, because she looked more like Voula on crack.
www.fu-manchu.com /degrassi/degrassibio.asp   (10690 words)

  
 Degrassi Junior High   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Degrassi Junior High and the high school episodes were the only realistic shows that portrayed pre-college age students accurately.
Degrassi Junior High and High were the greatest shows of all time, and of course they were Canadian, which first of all explains WHY Claude is pronounced C-LOW-DE, we also speak "French" up here.
As for the new show The New Degrassi: it stars Emma (Spike's daughter) and Snake is a teacher at the junior high, the rest of the cast has no relation to the old show.
www.jumptheshark.com /d/degrassijuniorhigh.htm   (9558 words)

  
 Degrassi Junior High - Season 1 : DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It tells of the events of kids in junior high but is done in such a way that good lessons are learned.
Degrassi Junior High: Season One is the ideal way to begin exploring many years of Degrassi´s slice-of-life fare from longtime co-creators Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood, who positioned the early series as a realistic yet entertaining alternative to frothier sitcoms set in schools.
Degrassi´s characters frequently act before they think, leading to embarrassment and dilemmas over values, such as a decision by 8th-grader Steph Kaye (Nicole Stoffman) to run for class president at the same time she´s tarting up her wardrobe and allowing every boy around to kiss her.
www.pagenation.com /an/B0006U3SY4.html   (1425 words)

  
 The Degrassi Series - Nostalgia Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A two-part Degrassi High episode concerning abortion, for example, was truncated by PBS for American audiences.
The situations, topics and dialogue were vetted in workshops involving the young actors in the interest of constructing valid actions and responses for the characters, and ensuring the series remain youth-centred.
In the movie various Degrassi characters are confronted with the transitions that follow high school graduation - Anticipation of university; the dissolution of a high school romance; a tragic highway accident; poor work prospects and, ultimately, a fall reunion at the wedding of a long-standing couple.
www.nostalgiacentral.com /tv/kids/degrassi.htm   (531 words)

  
 Degrassi Junior High
Degrassi: The Next Generation is the sequel to the popular Degrassi TV series of the late 1980's.
It’s been a decade since the gang at "Degrassi High" left to embark on the next chapters of their lives.
At Degrassi Community School, the next generation is sure to encounter the same problems, issues, and challenges that the previous generation encountered.
www.degrassi.ca /Shows/DTNG   (306 words)

  
 Degrassi Junior High TV Show - Degrassi Junior High Television Show - TV.com
"Degrassi Junior High" was set in Toronto, Canada and focused on the lives of teenage students.
Degrassi High is a realistic look at high school life.
These stories are true-to-life reenactments of actual high school scandals, pranks and controversies...
www.tv.com /degrassi-junior-high/show/8379/summary.html   (388 words)

  
 Degrassi Junior High Season 3 DVD Review - 1980s
The third season of Degrassi Junior High is now available on DVD for the first time.
As it did in previous seasons, Degrassi continued to deal with "the issues." Snake has to come to terms with his brothers homosexuality, overachiever Kathleen faces an eating disorder, B.L.T. embarks on a interacial relationship and Spike and Shane deal with their young family situation as over the summer Spike gave birth to a daughter.
The season ends with a bang and Degrassi Junior High is done.
www.bellaonline.com /articles/art35609.asp   (413 words)

  
 Degrassi Junior High Coming To DVD - 1980s
Degrassi Junior High was a show that aired on PBS in the late 80's.
Degrassi had it's nerds, it's popular kids and every one of the kids at Degrassi was dealing with real life growing pains.
When Degrassi Junior High ended it's run, it was followed by Degrassi High and now Degrassi the Next Generation.
www.bellaonline.org /articles/art27072.asp   (286 words)

  
 Degrassi Online
When "Degrassi Junior High" ended and "Degrassi High" began, Spike had to deal with being a teen mother.
"Degrassi" appears on Friday nights on The N network, a cable station devoted solely to tweens and teens, from 6 p.m.
But the main reasons why "Degrassi" really hits home with teens, are that it's fearless in terms of subject matter, has a mix of high-drama and humor, and is honest and real, Ms.
news.degrassi.ca /article.php?a_id=783   (473 words)

  
 issarged: degrassi junior high   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Degrassi kids face their last exams, and while Wheels worries that he might not pass, Joey discovers that he may have to repeat the year.
The eighth graders’ dreams of high school are crushed when the find out Degrassi plans to include ninth grade.
As editor of Degrassi Digest, Caitlin is always searching for a “hot issue” – which she finds when Liz organizes a protest for animal rights.
web.295.ca /id/issarged/djh.htm   (1934 words)

  
 DVD Talk Forum - Degrassi (Junior?) High Coming to DVD
Quite a few actors from Junior High (and later on High) were on the show, but I believe most played different characters than they did on the later shows.
Of course since then I've gone on to watch probably every episode of Junior High when CBC used to play them after school, and High when they they originally aired on CBC one night a week (Sundays or Mondays I believe.) The movie was good too.
One of the "High" episodes I like most is the one in which Caitlin and Claude (the guy who later offed himself) spray the nuclear factory, and Arthur and Yick paper Radich's house.
www.dvdtalk.com /forum/printthread.php?t=361242   (1910 words)

  
 AJ's Degrassi Universe: Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High
Joey and the rest of the cast spent the first episode of Degrassi High wondering who the voice on the PA system was..
During the final episode of Degrassi High; he was the man that handed out the letters for parents to read saying "Degrassi will be closed next year, you will all have to go to another school" etc..
Garcia was the grade 9 teacher at Degrassi Junior High..
www.fu-manchu.com /degrassi/degrassiteach.asp   (2121 words)

  
 "Degrassi Junior High" (1987)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Plot Outline: The lives and trials of students of a city high school.
Trivia: In the two part episode bad blood Neil Hope (Wheels) stood in for Darrin Brown (Dwayne) for the scene in which Dwayne had a blood test shot taken form his arm because Brown was afraid of needles.
I hope Degrassi continues airing from generation to generation.
us.imdb.com /Title?0090417   (469 words)

  
 Why We Love Degrassi  Junior High
PBS, being ingenious, decided to spice things up at Degrassi with a little flavor of the punk rock variety, featuring loads of punk extras, the aforementioned Patrick, and two female characters, Spike and Liz.
Even though Spike is impregnated at the tender age of 14 by an ugly boy, who later goes on to destroy most of his brain cells with a drop of acid, she is still quite the chill character in my book, as is her friend, Chelsea girl Liz.
Take typical girls, make them pronounce their A's strangely, have them all take trips to the washroom, rather than the bathroom, and there they are.
www.yobeat.com /issue9/degrassi9.htm   (522 words)

  
 Degrassi Junior High / Degrassi High - TWoP Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High will be released in Canada at some point, but a release date has not been set.
When l was in high school everyone used to talk about degrassi junior high.
High (one of the lesser known characters yes, but still pretty neat for a big fan of the show such as myself), and i recently met "Joey" and "Snake" who were also in town recently on a university campus tour called "Dinner with Degrassi".
forums.televisionwithoutpity.com /index.php?showtopic=3116461   (1371 words)

  
 Blogcritics.org: Review: Degrassi At Twenty-Five
Whatever the reason the Degrassi franchise became, and still is, one of the hottest Canadian television properties.
Compare any of the Degrassi shows to the so-called reality T.V. of today and you'll begin to wonder which one is scripted and which one has the hidden cameras.
Degrassi The Next Generation is apparently a very important show in the lives of my twin 14 year old girls.
blogcritics.org /archives/2005/09/20/073833.php   (1654 words)

  
 Degrassi Junior High - School Is In At Last! Your Choice of Single Discs or 1st Season Set
Hailed as "groundbreaking," "powerful," and "totally authentic," Degrassi Junior High confronts it all - friendship, puberty, rumors, sports, studies, and more - with a refreshing ensemble cast and a unique teen's-eye-view of life.
Sometimes moving, sometimes shocking, but always believable, Degrassi Junior High is a classic for teens of all ages.
Degrassi Junior High - Season 1 includes all 13 episodes from the freshman year.
www.tvshowsondvd.com /newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2461   (638 words)

  
 Degrassi!
The Degrassi Sensations: Not just the Zit Remedy, although they get plenty of coverage in this subpage.
I Am Deprived: You'll find when reading the episode guide that your webmistress is a little behind in her Degrassi experiences.
Degrassi vs. 90210: They say Aaron Spelling's little show was based on Degrassi.
www.angelfire.com /80s/degrassicanada   (438 words)

  
 The Shrubbery -- Canadian Content - Part I: Degrassi Junior High   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Degrassi saga originates in the mid 1980's as national rockers Loverboy slide into obscurity and pouty-faced heartthrob Corey Hart rose to replace them.
At the close of the series, Degrassi Junior High burned to the ground.
I had forgotten about Degrassi for several years until one day while chatting with an Australian on the web, she mentioned to me that she never missed Degrassi.
www.theshrubbery.com /0798/canada.html   (621 words)

  
 DVD Talk Forum - Degrassi Junior High
never seen the first degrassi so this next generation is my first step into the world of degrassi..
High and High I've never gotten the chance to see them.
It started out as Degrassi Junior High and then the name was changed to Degrassi High as the kids got older.
www.dvdtalk.com /forum/showthread.php?t=426235   (1269 words)

  
 He-Man.org Forums - Degrassi Junior High
On a side note, season 2 of Degrassi the Next Generation is set to be released on June 21st
Unfortunately I haven't gotten to watch any of this season because the stupid N keeps cutting up the seasons so bad I don't know when it's gonna be on.
Degrassi Junior High is an absolute classic, it's a bit more like an after school special than the new ones which are a bit more like teen drama.
www.he-man.org /forums/boards/showthread.php?t=116356   (160 words)

  
 issarged: degrassi dvds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
DVD bonus features include Degrassi Between Takes--a documentary made during the filming of the original Degrassi Junior High series; bonus Degrassi Talks videos on topics such as drinking and drugs, trivia quizzes for all three seasons, downloadable computer wallpaper, and printable materials for educators.
Hailed as "groundbreaking," "powerful," and "totally authentic," Degrassi Junior High confronts it all—friendship, puberty, rumors, sports, studies, and more—with a refreshing ensemble cast and a unique teen’s-eye-view of life.
Includes all thirteen episodes of Degrassi Junior High from Season 1: Kiss Me, Steph; The Big Dance; The Experiment; The Cover-Up; The Great Race; Rumor Has It; The Best Laid Plans; Nothing To Fear; What A Night; Smokescreen; It’s Late!; Parents’ Night; and Revolution.
web.295.ca /id/issarged/dvds.htm   (445 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Degrassi Junior High: Season 1: DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This is the 1st item in the Degrassi Junior High series.
Degrassi Junior High school from 1987 was far more better then 90210 was in 1990 !
You'd think a DVD with only 4 half hour episodes (5 if you include the bonus Degrassi Talks) would be authored at a high bitrate.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0006U3SY4   (987 words)

  
 Degrassi Junior High Boxed Set - Pets On The Net Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The box set includes the first 13 episodes of the show as well as Degrassi Talks: on Drugs, on Sexuality, and on Sex.
I even catch Degrassi: The Next Generation once in a while, lol, just to see what Joey Jeramiah is up to...
I never was able to see the original Degrassi, but I've been hooked on Degrassi:The Next Generatoin for some tim...
www.pets-on-the-net.com /forums/showthread.php?t=14602   (171 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Degrassi Junior High: Season 3, Disc 3: DVD: Degrassi Junior High   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Hailed as "groundbreaking," "powerful," and "totally authentic," Degrassi Junior High confronts it all--friendship, puberty, rumors, sports, studies, and more--with a refreshing ensemble cast and a unique teen’s-eye-view of life.
Pa-arty!: Lucy hosts a secret party when her parents are away, and Joey, Snake, and Wheels are caught by the police after buying beer for the occasion.
Bye-Bye Junior High: Wheels and Spike are concerned about failing their final exams, and Joey wants to go to the graduation dance with Caitlin.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009OUC82?v=glance   (576 words)

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