Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On March 5, 1992, the television sitcom set in Iowa, Drexell’s Class aired its final episode. The Fox TV show created by Andrew Nicholls and Darrell Vickers starred Dabney Coleman as fifth-grade teacher Otis Drexell.
Set in the fictional Grantwood Elementary School in Cedar Bluffs, Iowa, the show revealed that Drexell was a corporate raider who lost a large amount of money on a failed venture, dodged his taxes, and was arrested. He was offered a suspended sentence at his sentencing if he worked as a teacher at the understaffed school to pay off his back taxes. The show lasted for 18 episodes, starting in September 1991.
The show’s plots primarily focused on Drexell's unwillingness to teach his students lessons by the book or trying to be a good father to his daughters. On one occasion, Drexell's ex-wife appeared; Drexell hoped she would remarry so he could stop paying alimony.
Although the show only lasted one season, it served as a springboard for Brittany Murphy, who played Brenda Drexell, and Jason Biggs. The show also gained infamy for appearing on a headstone in the Simpsons' “Treehouse of Horror III,” where it was featured in a graveyard of cancelled shows. #IowaOTD #IowaHistoryDaily #IowaHistoryCalendar
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