Square Pegs- A Retrospective Review

In this video, I review the short-lived TV series Square Pegs featuring a young Sarah Jessica Parker and Jami Gerz. This show was as authentic 1980s as Pac-Man Fever.

[theriddler]

A favorite of mine back in the day. A show that had Devo, Steve Sax, Father Guido Sarducci, John Densmore, the Waitresses, Tony Dow, and Bill Murray…now that’s 80s! Muffy- 🤪

[robert]

1982 this was a favorite in our home 🏘️

[theriddler]

A PG rated version of Fast Times at Ridgemont High…that’s how I always described it. 👏👏👏. Although there were no sex and drugs in the content….those things are what it is reportedly what got it canned. A cult classic

[alin-]

Always liked this one. Wish it had a longer run.

[BrianSmith-fkio]

This is a favorite show from the era with three interesting actresses; I enjoyed in other shows and movies. Jami Gertz was great in "The Lost Boys, " while Sarah Jessica Parker was in several excellent films, the Blonde Witch routine was great and funny.

[josephsmall]

I loved this show. The USA Network ran reruns of the show in the later part of the 1980's, I
think around 1987, or 1988.

[austintayeshus]

classic show. great retrospective. johnny slash should be on t-shirts.

[lokaitnt]

I loved this show when I was in Highschool- I was a square peg and always loved Sara Jessica Parker.

[rebelcat]

I remember this as a kid (10 at the time). It was almost like this was a PG/made for tv version of “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”.

[richardranke]

I always loved Square Pegs. I felt Sarah Jessica Parker was well-deserving of her later fame. I thought Tracy Nelson was great and she, like, had her own later fame, y' know.:-)

[PavelMosko]

I had nostalgia for the show because it featured my Gen X California valley culture generation and sub culture with new wave music, the valley dialect etc. but rewatching some episodes recently I realize that the episodes aren't that funny, they are cute and bring back some nice memories but so different than more recent works like The Office and Arrested Development that had lots of laughs and no laugh track.