+EVIE COSPLAY Are you kidding me?.that damn cartoon became so popular. that the goddamn network in their twisted wisdom decided to let the cartoon occupy most of the time slots throughout their day schedule. and by 2003 or 2004 it was nothing but spongebob T.V..
+EVIE COSPLAY Well, if nick video released my brother and me the complete series and zoey 101, why not freshmen?.but look at the way they treated the kenan and kel DVD's.
+ERIE FRYE Spongebob indeed, and now ever since the damn show became so so popular,no scratch that.a pop culture phenomenon,now the daytime portion of the network is nothing but spongebob!well,for the most part of the daytime schedule!.
Holy shit the nostalgia is strong with this one, I used to watch Welcome Freshman EVERY time it was on. I forgot how rockin that theme song was too. This needs to be on dvd ASAP.
+EVIE COSPLAY Hi evie!, i just came by to state to you that i'm truly and truthfully with every step of the way. this show was always really seen most unfortunately and overshadowed by it's fellow teen live programs salute your shorts and clarissa, and also pete and pete as well.
+EVIE COSPLAY Yeah ! what a pity! huh?.this unique and mostly hilarious look at high school never really got the recognition it actually deserves in my opinion.
+EVIE COSPLAY Well in order to have that dream come true. real fans urgently need to start a online petition to the very good people at shout! factory.
Fifteen. Omg that might be the show I've been trying to think of ...I've been trying to remember the name of it for many years!! Thanks 👍 OMG IT IS!! THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME!!!
Evie Frye, good call on all of those except 'Fifteen.' I remember that as basically just a boring, forgettable teen drama and living proof that not everything Nick made in the 90's was gold.
Agreed. There must be some legal reasons that this series and round house are not on DVD. And I want to add that I thought Merv was Geeky-Cute when this series first aired
The first television pilot of the show was filmed in May 1990, featuring a group of local actors in the main roles, among them was future Backstreet Boys member Howie Dorough. After the success of the pilot, the show was picked up, but the roles were recast, according to series creator Bob Mittenthal "Those kids did a good job, the proof is that the show was picked up as a series, but research told Nickelodeon it needed better-defined characters". The central characters, all students at the fictional Hawthorne High, gather for the show in a shopping-mall setting and talk about their freshman lives. This banter often segues into comedy sketches such as the commercial parody on the prank-proof suit. Welcome Freshman's characters are: - Kevin (played by Chris), the cool kid and perhaps the most normal character, with the exception that he tends to develop crushes on every girl he meets. - Walter (Rick), the "surfer dude" of the ensemble. He's ultra-laid-back and affable but not too bright. He's a regular in detention hall. - Merv (David), the genius nerd and proud of it. His claim to fame: "Merv-u-mentaries," in which he attempts to expose school scandals like cheating. Often these backfire. - Alex (Jocelyn), the beautiful and bossy one. She's boy-crazy and materialistic. - Tara (Jill), the conscience of the group. She's into recycling and animal rights.
As a kid it took me a while to get the concept of the show and it always threw me off. It was a sketch show disguised as a sitcom, which was actually genius.
Just thought about this show again. Totally feeling the 90s nostalgia vibe. Wish these shows were all on dvd so we could enjoy classic nick whenever we wanted.
Oh, wow!! I had totally forgotten about this entertaining show until some episodes popped up as recommendations! It's coming back!! I loved this back in the day. It's nice to be able to revisit episodes now. Binge watching! 😍❤🤗
I used to love this show. my favorite time of day was Saturday Night. I loved Snick. I know this show wasn't on Snick but it was a Nick show. And I loved the big orange couch. "snick-or-treat". Kids today have no idea what they missed with Nick in the 90's. I wish those shows would bring a comeback. shows like; You Can't Do That On Television, Roadhouse, Pete and Pete, Are You Afraid of the Dark, Clarissa Exlains It All, All That, Welcome Freshman, Fifteen, the Amanda Show, Kenan and Kel, and shows like that.
Whoa, flashback to the 90's & thinking what a great time that was, unlike today -2022. This show is about 30 years old now & still as good now as it was then! Thanks for uploading this .✌
Growing up in the 90s graduating in 2000 was the best,best childhood!!! Everything sux now,i see noone at parks loitering 6kids deep walking down the streets nothing it's sad. And punk is dead among them the theme song for our shows were even rad!
Everytime I see show, this brings back memories. I miss the 90's! I seen Welcome Freshmen when it was on Nickelodeon from 1991 to the mid 1990's until late October 1996. This show along with the classic mix of game shows, Double Dare, Family Double Dare, Think Fast, Make the Grade, Wild & Crazy Kids, SK8-TV, Get the Picture, What Would You Do?, Nick Arcade, GUTS/Global GUTS, Nick Coms starting with Hey Dude, Clarissa Explains It All, Salute Your Shorts and up through You Can't Do That on Television, Out of Control, Don't Just Sit There!, Kids' Court, Eureeka's Castle, Fifteen, the short-lived The Nick Hit List, Mr. Wizard's World, Nick News, Roundhouse, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Nick Wildside Show, Beyond Belief!!, Weinerville, Pete & Pete, Special Delivery, The Tomorrow People, early All That, Alex Mack, My Brother and Me, U to U, Bing! The Sound of Something New, Space Cases, Shelby Woo, Kenan & Kel, the first five Nicktoons, Doug, Rugrats, Ren & Stimpy, Rocko, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Hey Arnold!, KaBlam!, foreign cartoons like Danger Mouse, Count Duckula, Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea, and The Littl' Bits, and reruns, like Bullwinkle, Dennis the Menace, Flipper, Lassie, Heathcliff, Mork & Mindy, Adventures of Superman, F Troop, Inspector Gadget, Underdog, Looney Tunes, Yogi Bear, Muppet Babies, Muppet Matinee, The Muppet Show, The Alvin Show, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Beetlejuice, Gumby, Tintin, Land of the Lost, Tiny Toons, and a cartoon packaging called Cartoon Kablooey, which showed classic Paramount and UPA cartoons.
My dad was in this show & Rick Galloway is a close family friend of ours. He & his wife had a baby, Brody a few months ago. He's the cutest baby EVER to exist. It's awesome watching these clips knowing I know some of these people.
This show totally prepared me for high school. :P I used to watch it all the time until they changed the cast and tried to turn it into a drama instead of a comedy. I had the biggest crush on Alex...
Thanks for uploading an episode! Unlike these other folks, I appreciate it. You took me back to MY NICKELODEON!! Welcome Freshmen was my show! I watched every episode
When I was a little kid in the early 90's, 14 year old Freshmen seemed like the height of mature sophistication. They were in high school! They were basically adults in my mind.
Dave Rhoden works for 5-11 tactical and lives in the Washington state/Portland area. Jill setter-rusk is a dental hygienist married to a firefighter living in weechie each
I have been trying to find welcome freshmen for over a year now! Thanks dude! I love how you included the commercial bumpers too! You rock. Now if only this was on DVD... XD
man I loved welcome freshman. It made me think highschool would kick ass (it didnt ;( ) i loved tara her hair ,her attitude everything :D I still hear the name "merv" and think "Merv the perv" :D
Merv (Dave Rhoden) is alive and well living in Washington State working for 5-11 tactical products. Tara (Jill Setter) still lives in Florida and works for a dentist. She's married to a firefighter. Alex (Jocelyn Steiner) I believe lives in Washington DC and Walter (Rick Galloway) live in California and works or owns a lighting business uses for entertainment.
+SneauxMan08 There were a few differences I can remember. 1. 'Welcome Freshmen' was much funnier, and took itself much less seriously. 2. "SBTB" portrayed high school as fun, safe, and clean. 'Welcome Freshmen' portrayed it as the seventh circle of Hell, especially for underclassmen. 3. The "Administrator" characters on the shows were pretty much polar opposites. Mr. Belding on 'SBTB' was an out- of- touch prude, but also shown to be a good, decent man just doing his job who really cared about the kids and almost always acted in what he believed to be everyone's best interests. Mr. Lipman on 'Welcome Freshmen,' in contrast, was a selfish, sadistic prick (Albeit an extremely funny selfish, sadistic prick) who hated the kids, especially freshmen, and took advantage of any opportunity he could get to make their lives miserable.
Geez, haven't seen this since probably like 1994. Theme song is pretty rockin' and I like it more than I did back then - also holds up better than the show. I also remember when the show got inexplicably retooled with a more conventional, dramatic tone a couple seasons later - wondered what that was about and I guess I still do.
This was from a 1993-1994 rerun of the show; hence the Legends of the Hidden Temple plug during the credits (and the older style of "we'll be right back"/"now back to.." bumpers are used; they would be retired late in 1994 or early in 1995).
This was taken from a Nickelodeon rerun 1996. The show aired originally Saturday Evenings and Sunday Afternoons from February 1991-February 1994 with repeats until Oct. 1996 for 30-minute episodes.
According to Jocelyn Steiner, several actresses had auditioned for the role of Alex before she got cast, including Brittany Daniel who was a final contender for the role.
I much prefer the episodes with Merv & Tara over the episodes with Grant & Erin, I thought Merv & Tara were funnier and far more likable characters than Grant & Erin.
Sorry, weechie wachie fl, Jocelyn is a lawyer in wash dc, I lost track of Chris lobban and Rick lives in LA doing lighting for productions and events. Mike speller lives in Chicago and does classes on acting/improv stuff
Howie Dorough (of Backstreet Boys fame) was originally cast to play the role of Kevin St. James in Nickelodeon's "Welcome Freshman." After the pilot was successful, the producers replaced Howie with Christopher Lobban.
I thought this is what high school would be like, & now I understand some of how I gravitated towards Broadcast Arts Club. Hmmm. I never cared much for Saved By the Bell.
The show's original format was a sketch comedy show with a certain theme integrated in each episode in the first 2 seasons. Some of the comedy routines involved a tortoise named Mortise teaching children about safety, a historian named Mr. History who talks about past generations of freshmen, the bumbling, freshman-hating, vice principal Mr. Lippman imagining himself as a stand-up comedian telling really bad old jokes that insult freshmen, and a student named Billy Cushman who, though his appearance was occasional, provided not only a good example of how not to behave, but also a good example of flatulence. Each episode had two or three short skits about the gang's misadventures in high school. Recurring skits Home-Room Announcements-Mr. Lippman, the vice principal, doing the morning announcements (at the same time, imagining how he'd really like to say them as a stand-up format). Coach Roach The Merv-U-Mentary-Merv's amateurish attempt at uncovering news and scandals at the high school. Mr. History-featuring the gang as high school students of a past time period. Mike Who-featuring close-ups of a sidelined high school basketball player driving the crowd wild with a single wave. Eventually cut after vice Principal Lippman said it was too distracting, resulting in a tense showdown between Lippman and Who. Mortise the Safety Tortoise In the 3rd and 4th seasons, the sketch format was abandoned and Welcome Freshmen became a regular retootled sitcom and character driven. The gang became sophomores, except Walter who flunked and was held behind. Merv and Tara left, with Merv skipping the rest of high school and going straight to college, and Tara and her family moving to a Biosphere. New characters came in: Manny and Erin (incoming freshmen) and Grant, a junior who was Erin's brother and soon became Alex's boyfriend. Eventually Walter moves up to sophomore as the teachers all threatened to quit if they had him another year.
24:07 - "What will Clarissa do today? A country China? An astronaut? A swami? We'll find out when Clarissa Explains It All. Tonight at 6/5c only on Nick. Hi, this is Kirk Fogg. Stay tuned for Legends of the Hidden Temple. Next on Nick.
This still underrated high school sitcom spoof really deserved much praise as salute your shorts did. it lasted a season longer than shorts,but it was the worst season of the series.
yeah rick is married now! he's a close family friend of mine. he looks basically the same, just a little older. he is the CUTEST son in the world, named Brody. He's a little over a year. And his wife, Ali, is the sweetest. They're actually going to my dad's wedding this August. Rick is kind of like my non-biological uncle. I'm not sure the name of my dad's character but I know he was a consistent character through a season. rick is doing a lot of tech work now instead of acting, same as my dad.
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One thing I noticed about the changes in between the seasons on the show is the formatting. The early days was more sketch comedy based around school stuff. In the later episodes, it was more of a sitcom
My theory is that when Roundhouse premiered Nick probably wanted only want sketch comedy series and requested WF go to a traditional sitcom format. While I enjoyed it in both versions, there could have been some compromise or creation of a spin-off if Nick wanted to cash in on the Saved By The Bell craze
+GSU2004 Big mistake! welcome freshmen 's last season only produced a few good episodes like the people vs walter and when an escaped con who was an dead ringer for ol' lippy switched places with him.
There is an interview with Chris Lobban, the actor who played Kevin who admitted he was not a fan of the traditional sitcom format of the show. I enjoyed the earlier years of it. The interview is on youtube.
Wax my big round chrome dome?! You've got some explaining to do, smart boy. Do you know the penalty for impersonating an administrator of this school. You are about to find out.
