Night School 58: Test Week
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By Grady Miller on Feb 5, 2012 - 8:42:48 AM
HOLLYWOOD—A vexing test week turns out to be a piece of angel-food cake for Jason in the wake of his debauchery. Others, like Abby Fenwick, took the heat.
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Night School 57: Guilt
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By Grady Miller on Jan 28, 2012 - 5:57:16 PM
HOLLYWOOD—Jason's teaching salary is so small, sometimes the only travel he can afford is the occasional guilt trip.
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Night School 56: How Green Was My Envy
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By Grady Miller on Jan 22, 2012 - 6:17:43 AM
HOLLYWOOD—Jason finds out why his ex-wife cannot babysit their daughter on Thursday nights.
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Nigh School 55: How Green Was My Envy
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By Grady Miller on Jan 15, 2012 - 7:23:26 AM
HOLLYWOOD—Jason's ex wife is flying high in Hollywood, the only high readily available for him is high fructose corn syrup.
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Night School 54: Mysteries
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By Grady Miller on Jan 8, 2012 - 1:04:24 PM
HOLLYWOOD—A mystery raises its head: Abby Fenwick questions Jason about the enigmatic student, who variously texts in English and who can't even write his own name.
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Night School 53: "Cold Tamales" Heats Up
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By Grady Miller on Jan 1, 2012 - 3:26:34 PM
HOLLYWOOD—It was fitting that the rehearsal space for the ESL theater was a church. Every Friday night became a religious experience.
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Night School 52: Afterplay
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By Grady Miller on Dec 22, 2011 - 6:16:28 PM
HOLLYWOOD—Jason, our night school instructor, and his child's nanny find cupid in the shadow of Sun Valley's mammoth garbage mounds.
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Night School 51: Afterplay
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By Grady Miller on Dec 18, 2011 - 9:15:21 AM
BEVERLY HILLS—"So many Marias make my head swim. I'll never win. Let me go back and teach in Korea. Let's forget names and call all of you 'Hey you!' Now that's an idea..."
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Night School 50: Foreplay
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By Grady Miller on Dec 11, 2011 - 8:39:33 AM
HOLLYWOOD—Candy steps up to center stage, and the spotlight's on.
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Night School 49: Foreplay
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By Grady Miller on Dec 4, 2011 - 10:34:17 PM
HOLLYWOOD—In an upstairs classroom, far from the glamor of Hollywood, that solemnest of rituals is underway at San Anselmo Church: the first-time reading of an unproduced screenplay.
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Night School 48: The Last Man Without A Cell Phone
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By Grady Miller on Nov 27, 2011 - 9:15:10 AM
SUN VALLEY—Jason develops a sweet tooth for Candy and invites her to the English students' play reading. But before reaching their destination, Jason must stop to prevent a fatal leap.
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Night School 47: Furlough
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By Grady Miller on Nov 20, 2011 - 8:53:32 AM
SUN VALLEY—Jason was devastated, simply devastated, when the crazy hippie-ish man extolled his ex-wife's talents. He was THE actor in the family.
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Night School 46: Furlough
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By Grady Miller on Nov 13, 2011 - 3:49:59 PM
SUN VALLEY—The daily surprise made teaching life bearable for Jason. After Big Thursday, he awoke to the surprise of a furlough day. He could enjoy coffee with his acting buddy.
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Night School 45: Jason In Love
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By Grady Miller on Nov 6, 2011 - 9:28:42 PM
SUN VALLEY—Sweet severance! Maria Conception departed from Jason, and her parting words disconcerted, grammatically and otherwise, “Teach, can I still come to your class?”
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Night School 44: Laurel Canyon And Magnolia
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By Grady Miller on Oct 30, 2011 - 5:15:11 AM
SUN VALLEY—In just one day, more can happen than in a previous lifetime. This is the kind of day night school instructor Jason Finch is concluding when he gets his third wind.
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Night School 43: Laurel Canyon and Magnolia
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By Grady Miller on Oct 23, 2011 - 9:30:49 PM
SUN VALLEY—Detained by Miss Fenwick’s maddeningly slow gait, Jason at last reached the night school office. Dashed were his hopes of showing Mr. Leonard his new song words. And then?
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Night School 42: Kiss Me (continued)
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By Grady Miller on Oct 16, 2011 - 9:09:59 PM
SUN VALLEY—More than beans were cooking in the kichen. Jason's lips were poised to meet Candy's, and then he saw the oven clock and rushed off to night school like a chicken with its head cut off.
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Night School 41: Kiss Me, Continued
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By Grady Miller on Oct 9, 2011 - 11:15:47 PM
SUN VALLEY—In the close quarters of Suzanne’s kitchen, where he’s just penned a his very first lyrical gem, “Too Many Marias,” Jason stumbles onto an unexpected person from the near past. Her name? Maria.
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Night School 40: Kiss Me
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By Grady Miller on Oct 2, 2011 - 9:51:30 PM
SUN VALLEY—After the wildly successful junk auction at the church, the ESL class has its own war chest for the first ESL stage production, and Jason's imagination careens into overdrive.
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Night School 39: Busted!
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By Grady Miller on Sep 25, 2011 - 8:30:32 PM
SUN VALLEY—The priest barges into the auction Jason’s daughter improvised at San Anselmo. Father Javier puts a sudden damper on things. And then what do you think happens next?
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Night School 38: Where's Kit?
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By Grady Miller on Sep 18, 2011 - 9:24:10 PM
SUN VALLEY—As Jerry Lewis said, “Everybody knows how to raise kids except those who have them.” But in many instances kids raise parents.
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Night School 37: A Cup Of Coffee
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By Grady Miller on Sep 11, 2011 - 7:34:32 PM
SUN VALLEY—When Jason takes his daughter to his ESL class at San Anselmo to teach her a lesson in punctuality, she shines in her pajamas.
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