Chuck Makes A Choice is the ninth episode of The Kids of Degrassi Street. It originally aired on September 1, 1983.
Synopsis[]
Chuck has told Tina that his dad is a pilot, but Pete insists on inviting their father to the school play. How can he hide the fact that his father's actually finishing up his time behind bars, except by uninviting him?
Plot[]
Cast[]
- Nick Goddard - Chuck Riley
- John Ioannou - Pete Riley
- Guido Kondruss - Mr. Riley
- Gloria Manzi - Mrs. Riley
- Peter Duckworth-Pilkington II - Noel Canard
- Lisa Barry - Tiina
- Zoe Newman - Ida Lucas
- Stacie Mistysyn - Lisa Canard
- Bree McKibbon - Judy
- Jamie Summerfield - Martin Schlegel
- Tyson Talbot - Billy Martin
- Wendy Watson - Mrs. Gonzales
- Kit Hood - Tiina's dad
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Trivia[]
- This is the first episode to have an animated title card.
- After appearing in five episodes this is the first spotlight episode of Chuck, which would seem fitting as this is his last formal appearance; Chuck makes one small appearance in the next episode and then disappears into obscurity. He does however have a cameo at the end of The Canards Move Out.
- Despite being called Queen's City Bowl, the on-set location is credited as Queen City Bowl.
- Withrow School was actually filmed on location at Earl Grey School.
- Co-director Kit Hood cameos as Tiina's father, but is credited as James Chandler.
- Tina's house would later on be used in Degrassi Junior High in several episodes as Lucy's house. The furniture and paint is different, but it's clearly the same home.
- Chuck refers to the time when Noel brought a new suit for his father's wedding in Noel Buys a Suit.
- The younger kids perform a school play of Robin Hood.
- This is the first appearance of Billy or the first time he's referred to by that name. In the last episode, Tyson Talbot played a boy named "Kit" on-screen, but ambiguously credited as "ticket seller". It's more than likely they are one and the same.
- Bree McKibbon also played a nameless Schlegel sibling in the previous episode. It's unknown if Judy and that character were supposed to be one and the same at that point, but she wasn't depicted as one of the family again. There was another (younger) sister in Liz Sits the Schlegels, played by another actress, who went by a different name other than Judy.
- The other problem with McKibbon's character in this episode, is that she's credited as Tracy, not Judy, which is given as her name in Connie Goes To Court.
- The locations featured in the episode are: Toronto, Withrow School, Queen's City Bowl, a Halfway home, the Library, De Grassi St., the Riley home, and Tiina's home.
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