The Education of a Jock
One or more characters have to help a jock study so he can pass his classes and stay on the team.
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Appearances
- The Patty Duke Show: Season 1, episode 8, "The Conquering Hero" (1963). The Lane family tries to help a high school basketball star get his grades up so he can stay on the team.
- What's Happening!!: Season 3, episode 3, "Basketball Brain" (1978). A used car magnate asks Raj to tutor a high school basketball star so he can give him a college scholarship.
- Mr. Belvedere: Season 3, episode 16, "The Competition" (1987). Heather meets a football player in her ballet class, and she agrees to tutor him in history so he won't get cut from the team.
- The Golden Girls: Season 6, episode 6, "Feelings" (1990). Dorothy's school pressures her to pass a star football player in her English class so he can play in a big game. At first she sticks to her principals, but she agrees to pass if he'll let her tutor him to get his grades up.
- King of the Hill: Season 5, episode 5, "Peggy Makes the Big Leagues" (2000). Peggy substitutes for a high school teacher, and she refuses to let football star, David "The Flyin' Hawaiian" Kalaiki-Alii, pass her class, causing him to be suspended from the team, but Hank's booster club finds a loophole that lets him do "work study" at Strickland, and Hank gives him an A, even though he admits David deserved an F. When David finds out, he's angry, and he asks Peggy to tutor him before he plays in the next game.
- Malcolm in the Middle: Season 5, episode 15, "Reese's Apartment" (2004). The football coach asks Malcolm to help a star football player write his college application essay because he's not smart enough to do it himself, but Malcolm ends up writing it for him.