3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)

06x06 Why Dickie Can't Teach

Tommy can't decide where to go to college, and Dick is really pushing Pendleton: when it's all said and done, Princeton and Pendleton both serve fish sticks. Dick says he'll give Tommy a personal tour of the campus. Harry wants to go too but the other aliens remind him that he's not going to college. Meanwhile, Sally's upset that Don's not included in a newspaper article on Rutherford's ten most powerful men; she can't fathom how this is possible. Sally says maybe she's let Don down; maybe she hasn't thrust greatness upon him. It's time to rebuild him into the powerhouse he's never dreamed of being. On campus, Mary tries to help Dick recruit Tommy, but Tommy just wants to sit in on a class. Sally decides to throw a power brunch to turn Don into a success; she invites everyone on the top ten list plus other important townspeople. At the brunch, she wangles an assistant's job for Don with Gus DeMarmel, president of DeMarmel lunchmeat; never mind that Don has absolutely no business expe

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Wayne Knight Wayne Knight As: Don Orville
John Lithgow John Lithgow As: Dick Solomon
Kristen Johnston Kristen Johnston As: Sally Solomon
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Joseph Gordon-Levitt As: Tommy Solomon
Jane Curtin Jane Curtin As: Mary Albright
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Tommy can't decide where to go to college, and Dick is really pushing Pendleton: when it's all said and done, Princeton and Pendleton both serve fish sticks. Dick says he'll give Tommy a personal tour of the campus. Harry wants to go too but the other aliens remind him that he's not going to college. Meanwhile, Sally's upset that Don's not included in a newspaper article on Rutherford's ten most powerful men; she can't fathom how this is possible. Sally says maybe she's let Don down; maybe she hasn't thrust greatness upon him. It's time to rebuild him into the powerhouse he's never dreamed of being. On campus, Mary tries to help Dick recruit Tommy, but Tommy just wants to sit in on a class. Sally decides to throw a power brunch to turn Don into a success; she invites everyone on the top ten list plus other important townspeople. At the brunch, she wangles an assistant's job for Don with Gus DeMarmel, president of DeMarmel lunchmeat; never mind that Don has absolutely no business expe


Certification: TV-PG

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Aired: 05 December, 2000 at 8:00 am

Language: German, English, French

Country: United States

Runtime: 25m

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Wayne Knight

Wayne Knight

Don Orville

John Lithgow

John Lithgow

Dick Solomon

Kristen Johnston

Kristen Johnston

Sally Solomon

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Tommy Solomon

Jane Curtin

Jane Curtin

Mary Albright

French Stewart

French Stewart

Harry Solomon

Elmarie Wendel

Elmarie Wendel

Mamie Dubcek

Simbi Khali

Simbi Khali

Nina Campbell

Simbi Khali

Simbi Khali

Elmarie Wendel

Elmarie Wendel

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