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Clarissa Explains It All(TV show/series, 1991-1994)

22min per episode | Genre: Comedy

Scripted Reality in 5 seasons with 65 episodes

Clarissa Explains It AllRating: 3.9/5 (with 68 votes)
Clarissa Explains It All is an American teen sitcom created by Mitchell Kriegman for Nickelodeon. In the series, Clarissa Darling (Melissa Joan Hart) is a teenager who addresses the audience directly to explain the things that are happening in her life, dealing with typical adolescent concerns such as school, boys, pimples, wearing her first training bra, and an annoying younger brother. A total of 65 episodes were produced and aired from March 23, 1991, to October 1, 1994, with repeats airing until August 19, 2001. From August 1992 onwards, the series headlined the popular SNICK (Saturday Night Nickelodeon) lineup. Reruns of the show have appeared intermittently on TeenNick's channel block The '90s Are All That, eventually NickRewind, from 2011 to 2020. A pilot for a spin-off series was filmed titled "Clarissa Now". It featured Clarissa as an intern at a newspaper in New York City. The pilot was not picked up, and aired once as a special on Nickelodeon. In 2015, Kriegman released a novel, Things I Can't Explain, which serves as a sequel to the series. In the novel, Clarissa is now in her late 20s and trying to navigate life as an adult. In March 2018, it was reported that a sequel to... ()
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About Clarissa Explains It All

Clarissa Darling is a teen girl dealing with typical pre-adolescent concerns such as school, boys, pimples, wearing her first training bra and an annoying little brother Ferguson.

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Clarissa Explains It All Seasons and Episodes

10/23/1993Season 5 - 13 episodes
#1 | 10/23/1993The Cycle
When Olvia's brother wants to sell his motorcycle, Clarissa stores it in the garage and plans to later buy it. Her parents have always told her she couldn't get a car but they never mentioned a motorcycle...
#2 | 11/13/1993A New Mom
Clarissa has a history assignment: take something old, tired, and worn out, and reinvent it. So Clarissa tries to reinvent her mom.
#3 | 11/13/1993Editor In Chief
Clarissa learns a few lessons about responsibility when she becomes the editor in chief for her school newspaper.
#4 | 12/04/1993Piper Comes to Visit
Clarissa has her work cut out for her, when Piper, the daughter of one of her mom's old school friends comes to stay and is far from friendly.
#5 | 12/18/1993Alter Ego
Clarissa and Sam go to a party dressed as cool, hip, outrageous characters. Clarissa dons a wig, a tatoo, and a nose ring and decides to call herself Jade. At the party, she falls for a cute guy named Paulie. But Clarissa isn't sure if he's interested in her or the ficticious Jade. Meanwhile, Ferguson finds a stray cat who he names William F. Buckley and tries to hinder his parents from looking for the real owner.
#6 | 01/08/1994Sam's Dad
Clarissa and Sam sign up for the school intern program to help them get aquainted with the real world. Clarissa ends up as Mr. Ander's intern and Sam is Mr. Darling's intern. However, trouble ensues when they both get annoyed with each other's fathers.
#7 | 01/15/1994The Firm
Marshall joins an architectual firm after receiving some very generous offers from the corporation. But the money doesn't seem to make up for how the entire family feels about the firm. Meanwhile, Clarissa tries to write an essay to win a scholarship for college.
#8 | 02/10/1994Janet and Clarissa, Inc.
After Clarissa is given a class assignment to invent and market an environmentally safe product, she teams up with her mom to market Bouncy Balls- yummy health treats that bounce when they're dropped on the floor. The business doesn't work out so well when Clarissa feels left out of marketing process. Meanwhile, both Ferguson and Marshall have their tonsils removed.
#9 | 03/12/1994Dear Clarissa
Clarissa is given her own advice column in the school paper. She soon finds out that giving people good advice isn't as easy as she thought.
#10 | 04/23/1994Ferguson Explains It All
Ferguson orders a pair of new mind control glasses and decides to try them out on the family. However, Clarissa decides to fight back too as she has the same mind control glasses.
#11 | 07/16/1994U.F.O.
Clarissa discovers that real science can be really weird. After interviewing a woman who supposedly spotted a UFO, Clarissa decides to get to the bottom of the UFO phenomena herself.
#12 | 07/23/1994Clarissa Gets Arrested
When Clarissa decides to protest against animal testing at Woolcott Industries, she and Sam end up getting arrested! But afterward they can't decide whose parents they should call from the police station.
#13 | 10/01/1994The Last Episode
It's a sad day as Clarissa complete her last assignment for the Dispatch - an article dedicated to the future.. where will everyone be in 20 years?
03/13/1993Season 4 - 13 episodes
09/26/1992Season 3 - 13 episodes
02/14/1992Season 2 - 13 episodes
03/23/1991Season 1 - 13 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 7 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Hungarian (HU), Portuguese (PT)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 03/23/1991
Last episode released on: 10/01/1994
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"クラリッサ"
"클래리사 익스플레인스 잇 올"
"Klarysa wyjaśni wszystko"
"Кларисса"
Camera Setup: Multiple-camera setup

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:5468, Added: 05/12/2018, Last updated: 04/24/2024