S01.E09: Teachers' Strike

[ElectricBoogaloo]

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When the teachers go on strike, everyone has to pitch in to keep the kids occupied. Rick sets up a unique schoolroom in the morning show conference room.

Original air date: 4/20/21

[SoMuchTV]

Okay, after a year of kids being home from school and parents scrambling, who thought it would be hilarious to have a storyline about kids being home from school for a week, and parents scrambling?  Was this whole season written & produced pre-covid?

[ElectricBoogaloo]

Rick adding hot dogs and raisins to dinner had me gagging!

[possibilities]

The more you hate being with your kids, the more teachers deserve to be paid!

[joanne3482]

This episode bugged me because where were these kids' parents?! Honestly. I get the parents were working, but if you can't tear yourself away for a minute to control your kid who has gone completely out of control, I judge your ability to do the job too. This includes Kenan, whose kids were also running wild. I get it was exciting and a different environment but that was madness and those parents should have stopped it. 

[BoogieBurns]

On 4/21/2021 at 10:17 AM, SoMuchTV said:

Okay, after a year of kids being home from school and parents scrambling, who thought it would be hilarious to have a storyline about kids being home from school for a week, and parents scrambling?  Was this whole season written & produced pre-covid?

I think the pilot was the only thing done pre-covid. (The casting was before covid, and the plan was for a studio audience)

But every episode besides that is filmed during covid without addressing it. Maybe this was a shout out to the stress of homeschooling during the pandemic. I dunno. But some of those kids were old enough to stay home alone! 

[ItCouldBeWorse]

On 4/23/2021 at 12:50 PM, joanne3482 said:

This episode bugged me because where were these kids' parents?! Honestly. I get the parents were working, but if you can't tear yourself away for a minute to control your kid who has gone completely out of control, I judge your ability to do the job too. This includes Kenan, whose kids were also running wild. I get it was exciting and a different environment but that was madness and those parents should have stopped it. 

 

On 4/27/2021 at 11:44 PM, BoogieBurns said:

But some of those kids were old enough to stay home alone! 

Yes, why would 17-year-olds need to come to work with their parents?  And I actually don't believe that any of these kids would be at work at 4:30 am or thereabouts, much less raring to go.

[possibilities]

Maybe the children were acting out of control because their parents filled them with coffee to get them up at 4:30 am.