6.7/10123 votesLoading...#1 - A Science Fair to Remember
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 11/8/1999
Second grade prodigy Becky Benson befriends Gretchen to get help for her science fair project. But she has an ulterior motive.
Director: Howy Parkins
Writer: Libby Bideau, Sandy Adomaitis, Bart Jennett
6.8/10122 votesLoading...#2 - Yope from Norway
Season 4 Episode 29 - Aired 2/20/2000
When a new kid from Norway comes to 3rd Street School, Gus befriends the kid by making him think that Gus is the hottest kid in the school.
Director: Howy Parkins
Writer: Bob Illes
6.9/10128 votesLoading...#3 - The Bet
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 9/25/1999
Fed up with Vince's ego, the kids bet Vince that he can't go one whole day without beating someone in a sport.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: David Pitlik
6.9/10132 votesLoading...#4 - Stand Up Randall
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 10/2/1999
Randall becomes popular when he uses a joke book to make himself a standup comedian.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Mark Drop, Phil Walsh, Libby Bideau, Sandy Adomaitis
6.9/10133 votesLoading...#5 - The Shiner
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/6/1999
T.J. shows up in school with a black eye. Everyone makes up wild stories about the heroic acts T.J. must have done to get the shiner.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Steve Bannos
6.9/10126 votesLoading...#6 - Recess is Cancelled
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 9/22/1999
Secretary of Schools Garrison chooses 3rd Street School as the place to test his program to bring test scores up by cancelling recess.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Mark Drop, Phil Walsh, Jeff Haber
6.9/10127 votesLoading...#7 - Diggers Split Up
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 11/19/1999
Digger Dave quits digging and then bosses everyone around.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Cary Okmin
6.9/10138 votesLoading...#8 - Nobody Doesn't Like T.J.
Season 4 Episode 28 - Aired 2/6/2000
T.J. can't figure out why Gordy doesn't like him.
Director: Howy Parkins
Writer: Phil Walsh, Milton Chassman
6.9/10120 votesLoading...#9 - Germ Warfare
Season 4 Episode 36 - Aired 2/29/2000
Gus starts an obsessive crusade to kill all the germs in the world, while Mikey will do anything to save them.
Director: Howy Parkins
Writer: Phil Walsh, David Pitlik
6.9/10126 votesLoading...#10 - Good Ole T.J.
Season 4 Episode 40 - Aired 4/30/2000
Gretchen is worried when she's partnered with T.J. on a class project.
Director: Howy Parkins
Writer: Libby Bideau, Sandy Adomaitis
6.9/10119 votesLoading...#11 - Kurst the Not So Bad
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 11/4/2001
Mikey's new friendship with Kurst the Worst doesn't sit well with their friends.
Director: Howy Parkins
Writer: Catherine Lieuwen
7.0/10156 votesLoading...#12 - I Will Kick No More Forever
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/25/1997
Vince completely loses his confidence at playing kickball when Ashley Q. beats him in a game.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Michael L. Kramer
7.0/10133 votesLoading...#13 - Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 12/26/1998
Mikey is the only fourth grader who still believes in Santa Claus. He tries to convince the others Santa exists.
Director: Susie Dietter
Writer: Mark Drop, Holly Huckins, Phil Walsh
7.0/10122 votesLoading...#14 - The Madness of King Bob
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 9/26/1999
King Bob abandons his throne in his obsessive pursuit of pulling a prank on T.J. in this sequel to The Big Prank
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Gregg Taylor
7.0/10116 votesLoading...#15 - More Like Gretchen
Season 4 Episode 37 - Aired 3/1/2000
Spinelli gets peeved with her parents heap so much praise for Gretchen at her expense.
Director: Howy Parkins
Writer: Bart Jennett
7.0/10117 votesLoading...#16 - Me No Know
Season 4 Episode 39 - Aired 4/30/2000
Vince feels like an outsider after he misses the must-see movie of the weekend.
Director: Howy Parkins
Writer: Ford Riley, Gail Glaze
7.1/10168 votesLoading...#17 - King Gus
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/11/1997
Bob installs Gus as a substitute king while he has a tonsilectomy, figuring Gus will be easy to control - but Gus turns into a despot instead.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Peter Gaffney
7.1/10161 votesLoading...#18 - My Fair Gretchen
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/18/1997
The kids come up with a plan to keep Gretchen from being transferred to Oppenheimer Elementary for the Incredibly Extremely Gifted.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Holly Huckins
7.1/10164 votesLoading...#19 - Speedy, We Hardly Knew Ye
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/18/1997
The kids stage an elaborate funeral for the 4th grade class's beloved hamster, wherein they learn about how many lives the hamster has touched.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Bruce Rubin
7.1/10127 votesLoading...#20 - Space Cadet
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/2/1999
T.J. takes charge when Gretchen seems to achieve a dream that T.J.'s always had, to be an astronaut on the space shuttle.
Director: Chuck Sheetz, Howy Parkins
Writer: David Pitlik
7.1/10130 votesLoading...#21 - That Stinking Feeling
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/13/1999
Spinelli gets a crush on a fifth grader and has to get over it to save her reputation.
Director: Howy Parkins
Writer: Chad Einbinder
7.1/10129 votesLoading...#22 - The Barnaby Boys
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/15/2000
T.J. and Vince are so into the "Barnaby Boys" books that they dress up like the Barnaby Boys and try to solve the mystery of the suspicious substitute janitor, Earl Raymond.
Director: Chuck Sheetz, Howy Parkins
Writer: Phil Walsh, Rocket Rabinowitz
7.1/10122 votesLoading...#23 - Tattletale Heart
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 9/22/1999
The kids warn Gus not to break the code by telling Miss Finster who started a food fight.
Director: Brenda Piluso
Writer: Matt Rosenberg
7.1/10125 votesLoading...#24 - Call Me Guy
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 9/26/1999
Gus takes a new identity when he discovers that people think he's a different cool kid when he doesn't wear them. Too bad "Guy" can't see a thing.
Director: Brenda Piluso
Writer: Ford Riley
7.1/10129 votesLoading...#25 - Here Comes Mr. Perfect
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 11/14/1999
Jared, the new student, appears to be perfect, making the rest of the school very jealous.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Phil Walsh, Ron Birnbach
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"A Science Fair to Remember" is the worst rated episode of "Recess". It scored 6.7/10 based on 123 votes. Directed by Howy Parkins and written by Libby Bideau, Sandy Adomaitis, Bart Jennett, it aired on 11/8/1999. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Yope from Norway".