HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. – Based on the best-selling books by Louis Sachar, the side-splitting stories of a wildly unusual school and its quirky students and teachers arrive on DVD when WAYSIDE SCHOOL Season One debuts August 19, 2008 from Paramount Home Entertainment. Encouraging children to watch, read and learn, the DVD comes packaged with one of the award-winning author’s Sideways Stories From Wayside School books and includes all 13 uproarious episodes from the first season.
The half-hour animated show brings to life the wacky tales of students on the top floor of Wayside, a quirky grammar school that was accidentally built 30-stories high. Join Todd, the new kid, as he enters a school where cows roam free, class elections are decided by a game of dodgeball, and falling asleep in class is not only okay, but encouraged. As Todd’s new teacher Mrs. Jewls is fond of saying, “students can learn so much when they are asleep.” WAYSIDE SCHOOL is more than just another classroom comedy – it is a fantastic, defiant romp through the peculiar twists and turns of kid logic.
The WAYSIDE SCHOOL Season One two-DVD set is presented in full screen with Dolby Digital English, Spanish and French Stereo. Total runtime is 293 minutes. The DVD also includes one of Louis Sachar’s best-selling books: Sideways Stories From Wayside School.
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