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Wayside TV Show Facts

Reviewed by on Jul 13, 2007
Rating: 4 Star Rating

Wayside School was supposed to be your average one-story, 30 classroom school, but a building mix-up turned it into a 30-story building with one classroom on each floor. Get the 411!

Wayside School was supposed to be your average one-story, 30 classroom school, but a building mix-up turned it into a 30-story building with one classroom on each floor!

Wayside - Main Characters

  • Todd - Todd is the new kid at Wayside School. He tries his best to behave, but he is always inadvertently causing mini disasters.
  • Mrs. Jewls - Mrs. Jewls is the off-beat teacher of the 30th-floor class.
  • Maurecia - Maurecia is a tomboy with a big crush on Todd.
  • Myron - Myron is Todd's classmate who is more than a little clueless and self-absorbed.
  • Dana - Dana is an overachieving student who is always calm and collected.
  • Rondi - Rondi is cute and sweet most of the time, but it's a good idea not to try to come between her and a cake.
  • Mr. Kidswatter - Mr. Kidswatter is the strict and long-winded principal of Wayside School.

Wayside - Fun Facts

  • The Wayside TV series is based on a series of children's books called Sideways Stories From Wayside School.
  • On September 25, 2007, a Wayside movie was released on DVD!
  • Todd is voiced by Michael Cera, who has starred on Arrested Development and in the movie, Superbad.
  • The character of Louis the Yard Teacher is based on Louis Sachar, the author of the original book series who was once a real-life playground monitor.

Wayside - Quotes

  • "Ooh, what a lovely lizard." - Mrs. Jewls
  • "That's my pet orange. His name is Red. I keep him in a cage so he won't escape." - Stephen
  • "The name's Louis. I'm in charge of recess... oh, and the gym. And the cows." - Louis
  • "Cows?" - Todd
  • "What's wrong Todd? You seem scared." - Dana
  • "Scared? Me? No. It's just that every time you celebrate one of these special days, something bad happens." - Todd
  • "This Valentine's Day I'm going to find two people and do every single thing I can to force them to fall in love! Lemme just get my power tools." - Dana

Wayside - The Movie

The never-before-seen Wayside movie is now available on DVD. The 49 minute flick features all of your fave Wayside characters in brand new adventures. Watch as Todd tries to make sense of his crazy sideways school, where the teachers are as unstable as the school (especially Ms. Jewls, who teaches the class a lesson on gravity by throwing desks out the window). It's a quirky, wacky and weird tale that the whole family will think is WAY cool.

Wayside: The Movie Rating:4

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