Student Bodies (TV series)

Student Bodies is a television sitcom that was produced in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1997 to the end of 1999. While a live-action series, animations are used throughout as thoughts and imaginations. The segments are comical, bizarre and sometimes dark.

Student Bodies
Created byMichael Klinghoffer &
Judy Spencer
and Alan Silberberg
StarringJamie Elman
Miklos Perlus
Nicole Lyn
Ross Hull
Katie Emme McIninch
Jessica Goldapple
Mark Taylor
Country of originCanada
United States
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes65
Production
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time26 minutes
Production companiesTelescene
20th Television
Sunbow Entertainment
Release
Original networkYTV
Fox
Global
Picture format480i (4:3 SDTV)
Original release1997 (1997) –
2000 (2000)

Though the show enjoyed much bigger success in Canada, the show was originally made for the American market under the distribution of 20th Television and aired on many Fox affiliated stations during the 1997-1998 and 1998–1999 seasons.[1] The show aired in Canada on Global and YTV. It has been called "an imitation of Saved by the Bell" by critics, and featured an ensemble cast of high school students at Thomas A. Edison High School. As of 2018, the show aired in reruns on ABC Spark.

Characters

Cody Anthony Miller (Jamie Elman), the protagonist of the show, was the cartoonist for the high school newspaper publication of the same name as the show, which rivaled the official school paper led by Victor Kane (Miklos Perlus). In the first season, Cody had an ongoing rivalry with Victor, the weaselly editor of the Student Voice, but they became friends after the staff of the "Student Voice" joined "Student Bodies".

The audience regularly saw his thoughts on the show's current situation in the form of his cartoons, a technique that has been used on other shows such as Lizzie McGuire. His cartoons were also often used as scene and location transitions, as a continuation of the current live scene, and in the opening and closing sequences. Another main source of Cody's cartoon drawings were his relationships with his girlfriends throughout the series, who included "Student Bodies" editor Emily Roberts (Nicole Lyn) and fellow member Grace Vasquez (Victoria Sanchez), and other characters including "transition" girlfriend Holly Benson (Katheryn Winnick) and Kim McCloud (Jennifer Finnigan), who became a main character in the third season.

Others in the cast included Erin Simms, who played Morgan McKnight in the first season and was the object of Chris Sheppard's (Ross Hull) infatuation, before he and Margaret "Mags" Abernathy (Katie Emme McIninch) became a couple on the show. Jessica Goldapple played Francesca "Flash" Albright, the photographer loyal to Victor Kane (Miklos Perlus) and Mark Taylor played Romeo Carter, who became Emily's boyfriend after Cody and Emily broke up. Romeo and Emily break up near the end of the show's final season. Staff at Edison High included vice-principal Mrs. Morton, played by Michelle Sweeney.

Trivia
  • The show was produced in Montreal and was broadcast in English; there was a French translation (in Quebec) called Vice-Versa, and appeared on Canal Famille.
  • The show's opening theme song (as well as the opening credits sequence) changed after the first season's, to a pop rock-style theme song. This new theme song remained until the end of the series.
  • The show was shot in an abandoned high school in Montreal, which was used as a studio.
  • Co-creator Alan Silberberg designed the animated segments.

Cast

Episode guide

International broadcast

In Israel, the show was broadcast on Arutz HaYeladim.

References
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJwbeBwvqkc
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