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Detective School

Detective School

1979 - 1979

A Bier on the House

31st July 1979
Episode 1
Private eye Nick Harrigan teaches eager aspiring gumshoes who become suspicious when they notice ice cream trucks making regular deliveries to a funeral home.

Oh, How We Danced

7th August 1979
Episode 2
Nick's gun turns up missing—right after Charlene goes off to confront her cheating spouse.

Lucy in the Sky with Pizza

14th August 1979
Episode 3
Nick and his students investigate a diamond-stealing racket in a pizza parlor.

Hooray for Bulgaria

14th September 1979
Episode 4
The class poses as caterers at an embassy party to rescue a Bulgarian ballet dancer.

Nick is Smitten

21st September 1979
Episode 5
Nick's eagerness to help an attractive woman lands him in a trap set by a vengeful racketeer.

Ice

28th September 1979
Episode 6
Nick and the gang bodyguard a rich woman as she attends a fancy party wearing a priceless diamond.

The Runaway

5th October 1979
Episode 7
The class goes undercover as a motorcycle gang to retreive Nick's runaway niece.

The Jewel Heist

12th October 1979
Episode 8
Nick's students break into the wrong hotel room while on an assignment to retrieve stolen jewelry.

One Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures

19th October 1979
Episode 9
Nick tries to catch a blackmailer while the class searches her apartment for the incriminating photographs.

Masseuse in the Cold, Cold Ground

26th October 1979
Episode 10
Nick and the students investigate a massage parlor to catch a killer.

The Killer-Diller Lingerie Caper

2nd November 1979
Episode 11
Silvio witnesses a murder—but doesn't recognize the investigating officer as the killer.

Farewell, My Miss Glendale

16th November 1979
Episode 12
The students search for a bomb while Nick judges a beauty pageant.

The Bank Job

23rd November 1979
Episode 13
Bank robbers take Nick and his students hostage.
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Detective School is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC for four months in 1979, for a total of 13 episodes. The show was about an assortment of students who went to night school to learn basic detective skills, but who kept getting caught up in real criminal cases and getting themselves and their teacher into trouble. This show was written, directed, and produced by Jeff Harris and Bernie Kukoff, the creators of Diff'rent Strokes.

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Randolph Mantooth

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Taylor Negron

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Douglas Fowley

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James Gregory

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Jo Ann Harris

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