Junior High School (1978)

The award-winning musical comedy about life in the 8th grade in the 1970s is now fully restored in glorious HD! Will Jerry find the courage to ask Lori to the party? Will he survive the sadistic squad leaders in P.E.? Can he outwit the Noon Goon? Featuring Paula Abdul in her very first role on the silver screen!

[HullBoy-ldnf]

"Hey Mom, can we get Grease?"
Mom: We have Grease at home.
Grease at home:

[Kidicaruslover]

I love the joyful music while people are getting bullied lmao

[agnizzab]

This looks Like 5th graders wrote a middle school movie and cast a bunch of high schoolers and some of their friends. It's definitely entertaining

[DaxAxeOffical]

Who else came here from Ray William Johnson

[karmadoesmore]

lets be fair, this may not be the best, but the only difference between this and high school musical is that its not pretending to be more than it is

[Slughi]

Love how people run this movie through today's filter and say "yuck", but back then, this would have been epic. The bar was so low years ago that anybody with a hint of talent could be popular. I attended a high school talent show (late 70's) where a kid came on and played a very shaky version of Fur Elise with a guitar & amp. Afterwards he was treated like a rock star with other kids asking him a million of questions about the guitar, how to play, or how to even get a guitar. Back then, parents were into their own thing and were not that interested in fostering things that interested their kids. You were on your own and motivated kids rose to the top. Today, talented kids are amazing but they're everywhere. Ok, enough rambling. Old man stepping off the soap box.

[boredreceptionist]

3:04- Party Song
9:06- Do What I Say
13:12- Class Song
15:56- Itty Bitty Committee
21:07- Gym Song
28:18- Jerry and Lori's Song
35:12- Junior High School

[estelladicaprio]

Ahh, the good ole days. My grandma showed me videos of her in the 60s. I almost cried because it looked so much fun. Learning looked fun.

[UsurpersAndAssassins]

Awesome. People forget how cool life was back then. It was so much more REAL. Even in an amateur high school musical.

[relativity]

Better written then anything from Hollywood today.

[mariomoric]

Thank you, Ray William Johnson, for introducing this masterpiece to me. It's almost as good as The Room in all of it's great and divine wisdom, acting and meaningfuleness.

[ellorial]

The 70's are the absolute best in every way

[eaonhendrickson]

I started Kindergarten in 1978 and I promise you that I didn't dance on my way in.😂 No, I went in screaming and crying and throwing a huge fit. I'm 51 years old now and will never forget that vivid memory.

[fireandice]

I keep coming back to this cute amateur movie. Look how cute Paula Abdul was, she doesnt seem to age at all, she must be in her fifties now.

[SleezyMoves]

lollll this is what actual kids in 8th grade look like, now they hire 25 year olds to play 15 year olds 😂

[Nopi]

Why are people making fun of this like half of you’ll didn’t Stan high school musical as kids 🌚

[richemosser]

I loved this! I saw it in Jr high & taped in on 8 track so I could listen to it after seeing it in Showtime. We didn't get a VCR till 1983 when Laura returned to General Hospital 😊so happy to see it in it's entirety again after over 49 years. I love that Charlie Brill & Mitzi McCall are in this too.

[blaqpirate]

"guys you gotta listen.... Sheri has something important to

[bnjgirl]

Hi! I just wanted to say that I discovered this musical (in small individual clips) on youtube when I was in junior high (2007-8) and fell in love with it! Then most of those videos got taken off youtube and I was devastated! I looked it up last again after years and was so excited to find it all in one piece! Thanks so much for sharing this, the songs are always stuck in my head!

[scottclauscreations]

Great time capsule, thanks for sharing this...when I saw it on Showtime as a kid circa 80/81 I remember really appreciating the "DIY" aesthetic, still do, only from the perspective of adulthood and industry insider status it seems even more impressive somehow...I also can't believe how much I remembered verbatim and how much it invaded my own projects (subconsciously or otherwise). Of course it's funny now (for all the right and wrong reasons) but it was funny then too--the "High School Musical" series didn't aim a lot higher and would have benefitted from some of the sincerity here. Anyway, nice to see an old friend again, thanks for posting!