Wayside School (TV Series)

***Wayside School*** is an upcoming TV series based on the Wayside School series of books. Not to be confused by the series which aired from 2007 to 2008 entitled *Wayside*, Wayside School is proposed to be far more similar to the book series, with the characters being closer to their descriptions, and many episodes being based off of stories from the books.

## Sypnosis

*Wayside School* is an adaptation of the books by Louis Sachar. It takes place in the titular Wayside School, a building that was built sideways by accident, since the blueprints were held the wrong way. The school ended up being 30 stories tall, minus the inexistent nineteenth story. However, most of the episodes in the series take place on the 30th story, taught by Mrs. Jewls. Aside from the school simply appearing strange, however, many bizarre things also occure in the school, and the episodes usually focus around this. The show mainly focuses on boy named Benjamin Nushmutt, a student who recently transferred from the distant land of Thailand, as his dad got a job as the Principal's chaffeur. Benjamin has to find himself dealing with the bizarrities of the school, including people believing his name is Mark Miller for the entirety of the first season, since the class was supposed to receive an actual Mark Miller on the same day, which is seen in the first episode.

## Series details

As the books were loosely centered around Louis Sachar's experiences at Hillside Elementary School as the yard teacher there, the cartoon furthers the references. The town Wayside is located in is revealed to be Elkberry, which is almost an anagram of Berkeley, with one E swapped out for an R. Furthermore, Principal Kidswatter's full name is revealed to be "Frank L. Kidswatter", referencing Frank L. Fisher, the who was principal of Hillside from 1973-1978. There are also many references to the books themselves, such as how supposedly the school was finished on January 1st, 1978, the same day the first book was published.

## Casts

### Main Casts

* Pamela Adlon as Benjamin Nushmutt
* Tara Strong as Jenny Park
* Sydney Mikayla as Sharie Harriet
* Samuel Vincent as John White
* Scott McCord as Myron Myers
* Maryke Hendrikse as Dana Doles

### Major Characters

* Cree Summer as Rondi Smith
* Rob Paulsen as Joe Leonards
* Nicole Anthony as Eric Fry
* Philip Solomon as Eric Bacon
* Rukiya Bernard as Eric Ovens
* Alessandro Juliani as Stephen Sanchez
* Chrissie Fit as Kathy Nogard
* Ana Sani as Bebe Gunn
* Diana Kaarina as Deedee DeWitt
* Ian James Corlett as D.J. Taylors
* SungWon Cho as Todd Xiaoying
* Janice Kawaye as Leslie Sakurai
* Michael Adamthwaite as Terrence Sands
* Vincent Tong as Mac Nanson
* Erin Matthews as Paul D'Cruze
* Kelly Metzger as Ron and Dameon Dobbs
* Andrea Libman as Maurecia Millers
* Andrew Francis as Calvin Hobbes
* Ingrid Nilson as Joy Graceworthy
* Chantal Strand as Allison Thompson
* Cathy Weseluck as Jason Neil
* Britt Irvin as Callie Fornia
* Tabitha St. Germain as Sue Gonzales

### Recurring casts

* Britt McKillip as Mrs. Jewls
* Avi Roque as Louis Sachar
* Missi Pyle as Mrs. Kidswatter
* Queen Latifah as Ms. Mush
* Giullian Yao Gioiello as Mr. Pepperedder

* Phil LaMarr as Sammy
* Michael Kovach as Dr. Pickell
* Ashleigh Ball as Nancy
* Rebecca Shoichet as Diana Villa

### Minor cast

* Stephanie Escajeda as Wendy Nogard
* Jennifer Hale as Mrs. Gorf
* Wanda Sykes as Bernadette Richard
* Brandon Rogers as Mr. Gorf
* Sonia Manzano as Miss Drazil
* Taraji P Henson as Dr. Jane Payne
* Donald Faison as Eric Curry

## Broadcast history

The show is set to air on Cartoon Network, but it is unknown when it is to air.

## Gallery

### Character Concepts (New)

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