Pilot (2009)

Directed by

Dwayne Carey-Hill

Elsewhere

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How it feels

A high school faces a budget crisis. The acting principal must fire a teacher or win a football game. Another staff member gets addicted to drugs from a student's locker.

comedicquirkyfast-pacedabsurdlight-heartedwrysatirical

What happens

The pilot episode of the American animated television series Sit Down, Shut Up originally aired in the United States on April 19, 2009 on the Fox network. The episode introduced the faculty and staff at Knob Haven High School in the fictional town of Knob Haven, Florida. In the episode, the school is facing a financial crisis and acting principal Sue Sezno has to either fire a teacher or make sure the school wins a football game. Meanwhile, assistant principal Stuart Proszakian becomes addicted to drugs that were found in a student's locker. The episode was written by series creator Mitchell Hurwitz and directed by Dwayne Carey-Hill. The first draft was written by Hurwitz in 2000, before he pitched Arrested Development. Hurwitz based Sit Down, Shut Up on the Australian sitcom of the same name. After he had rewritten the script several times, the series was picked up by Fox. The episode received generally mixed reviews from critics. According to the Nielsen ratings, it was watched by 5.21 million households in its original airing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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