Perhaps I shouldn’t be admitting this publicly, but I was excited to learn that the early-80’s TV show Square Pegs is going to be released on DVD tomorrow (May 20, 2008).

From IMDB:

Welcome to Weemawee High School, where being in the right clique can make one’s years in school memorable. Enter Patty Greene and Lauren Hutchinson, two freshman who tried hard to be accepted into these cliques. The only problem was they stood out like sore thumbs. Patty was brainy and wore glasses, and Lauren was overweight and had braces. Thankfully, two other “square pegs” accepted them. They came in the form of aspiring comedian Marshall Blechtman and New Wave rocker Johnny Ulasewicz (aka Johnny Slash). Still, Lauren and Patty wanted to be in with the cool kids who came in the form of Jennifer DeNuccio, a wanna-be Valley Girl; LaDonna Fredericks, the hippest black girl in Weemawee High; Jennifer’s boyfriend Vinnie Pasetta, a John Travolta carbon copy; and Muffy Tepperman, a Jewish princess who joined anything from JV pep squad to science fair organizer. Written by Pat McCurry

I probably shouldn’t be admitting this publicly either, but I remember part of the theme song:

Square pegs, square pegs, square, square pegs!
I don’t wanna wear my glasses, but I’ve gotta wear my glasses…

I definitely shouldn’t confess that I thought the Johnny Slash character was the coolest dude I’ve ever seen (hey, I was 10 in 1982, k?) and I made my mom look all over town for a clip-on thing so I could have a cool braided ponytail like him. For the record, we never found one, so I didn’t actually attain that level of dorkdom… but oh, so very close.

I seriously have not been this excited about a DVD release since the collector’s edition of Twin Peaks (Seasons One AND Two!). If you don’t see much of me online tomorrow, you know why.

While I am honestly excited about this, there’s a lurking fear in the back of my mind that time has made the series more than it really is, and that I might be as disappointed with it as I was with Krull after I watched it 10 years later. No way it could be as bad as Krull… no way. (Krull is still awesome in my mind though, even though I know it actually sucks… but let’s take a “don’t ask, don’t tell” stance on that… I’ve gotta hold on to something positive from when I was a lad!)

I think my fears are misplaced though… ’cause how bad could a TV show be if Devo appeared on it to play at a Bat Mitzvah? Also, Amy Linker is adorably cute (and she’s still hot!).