What Really Happened to the Class of '65? is an American anthology drama television series produced and aired in 1977–1978,"Some intelligence on debut of Intelligence", The Hamilton Spectator. November 16, 2013."The cream of fall's new TV crop", San Angelo Standard-Times. September 3, 2010. created by Tony Bill. The series was inspired by the bestselling book What Really Happened to the Class of '65? by David Wallechinsky and Michael Medved. It was produced by George Eckstein.Cecil Smith. "NBC Schedule for Fall TV". Los Angeles Times. May 5, 1977: p. H26.
Summary The drama of the show revolved around the main character, played by Tony Bill, who had graduated from the class of 1965 in Bret Harte High School, and who has now returned as a teacher to the school. The show would begin with his character opening up the old school photo book, flicking to a photo, and pondering what had happened to that particular student. The show would then show the story of that student, with Bill narrating.
The show featured music from the era, and was described as "a cross breed between Happy Days and Peyton Place"John J. O'Connor. "TV: Low-Key Paul Simon" The New York Times. December 8, 1977: p. 82. The show debuted at 10pm on NBC on December 8, 1977.Los Angeles Times. December 8, 1977. p. H33.
Grant High School in Van Nuys was used as a filming location for the series.
Cast Tony Bill played the main character, Sam Ashley. The rest of the cast of the show featured many of the mainstay actors of the 1970s, including Cliff De Young, Leslie Nielsen, John Ritter, Annette O'Toole, Meredith Baxter Birney, John Rubinstein, Jessica Walter, and Paul Burke.Harris M. Lentz III, "Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2009: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre". McFarland. May 17, 2010.
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External links
What Really Happened to the Class of '65? at The Classic TV Archive