Fillmore (Orlando Brown, That's So Raven) has to have his parents postpone family dinner night to solve a case when the school mascot disappears, and Principal Folsom (Wendie Mallick, Just Shoot Me) sends for him. Holly Robinson Peete is heard as Fillmore's mom, and Jeff Probst (Survivor) low-keys it as the assistant principal in "Cry, The Beloved Mascot":
It's fitting we're using this episode, as a number of schools around the country, including here in the 518, are holding spirit weeks this month. At my alma mater, its Homecoming week, but nothing cheesy like the festivities at X Middle School.
Series creator Scott Gimple might not be in a hurry to revisit this series, but, then, there's his current franchise, the adaptation of the Image comics series, The Walking Dead.
Rating: B.
4 comments:
Hard to believe this show is 20 years old.
It is, and Disney/ABC gave up on it too soon.
I heard good things about Fillmore!, but it came during a time when TV had this unspoken edict that every show starring kids had to be about school, a setting which I find boring to the nth degree, so I never got around to checking this show out.
As I wrote in doing a review of the series, creator Scott Gimple used the Quinn Martin format (Act 1, Act 2, etc.) with the series as a homage to the crime dramas he grew up watching, something I could relate to.
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