It follows the adventures of school prankster Hickey (Zach Galligan) and his rival, The Tennessee Shad (Nicholas Rowe).
[1] Lawrenceville prankster Hickey pulls one prank too many and is expelled from school.
When he returns he finds that there's a new joker in town, The Tennessee Shad, and although they initially are rivals, they soon realize that together they can cause more trouble, so they establish a partnership that they call "The Firm".
[2] The 1950 film The Happy Years was also based on The Lawrenceville School Stories.
Directed by William Wellman, it starred Dean Stockwell as Dink Stover.