Harry Allard

An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage. (imdb)

The Horace B Smedley School football team, the Smedley Tornadoes, "hadn't won a game all year. They hadn't scored even a single point" . When Miss Nelson overhears some of her students complain about the team at Lulu's, the local ice cream parlor, she decides to shape up the team by again becoming Miss Viola Swamp, her alter-ego, and substitutes for the present coach, who "had cracked up" (Allard, 10). Coach Swamp applies her trademark discipline to the team and they start getting better. (wikipedia)

When it begins, you find an old man in a house with a very old dog, and even older cat and an older still fish. All are half asleep and have very little zest--until a dog wanders into their lives. Well, the dog looks like a wolf and sounds like a wolf, but he turns out to make a wonderful companion. (imdb)

Miss Nelson is out for tonsillitis and the boring Mr. Blandsworth takes over the class.