These include Todd Bridges and Dana Plato from Diff'rent Strokes, Nancy McKeon from The Facts of Life, Lauri Hendler from Gimme a Break!, Crystal Bernard and Cathy Silvers from Happy Days, and Michael J.

Fox from Family Ties, as well as a number of former 1950s and 1960s sitcom stars, including Angela Cartwright from The Danny Thomas Show and Lost in Space, Tony Dow, Frank Bank, and Ken Osmond from Leave It to Beaver, Elinor Donahue from Father Knows Best, and Dawn Wells and Bob Denver from Gilligan's Island.

Manners, becomes enamored with Beth Franklin, the girlfriend of Beau Middleton, who somehow manages to be the class president despite alienating most of the school; he is also their football team's quarterback.

Archie Feld is a socially impaired boy who stands out as nervous about interacting with the opposite sex, all while surrounded by friends who all struggle with the intricacies of intergender relationships.

Barbara Billingsley and Jerry Mathers, the only two Leave It to Beaver cast members who weren't in the film, joined the pilot while Dow and Bank did not return.

Other classic TV stars to join included Dick York (from Bewitched), Burt Ward and Julie Newmar (both from Batman).