Written by Bruce Kirschbaum, Eric Blakeney, and Bill Nuss
Directed by Bill Corcoran
Airdate: February 19, 1989
Guest Stars: Dom DeLuise (Uncle Nick); Michael DeLuise (Young Penhall)
"Wooly Bullies" is a stock episode from the network TV era, one of those where the characters sit around and relate stories from their past. Jump Street had already done that with a Valentine's Day themed episode the previous season, "Chapel of Love."
Penhall is working undercover as a computer geek and is getting bullied by one of the jocks. It brings up painful memories from his past. All the characters relate stories from childhood about peer pressure and dealing with mean kids. A girl bullied Hanson in grade school, Fuller was pressured to shoplift. Booker punched out his tormentor. Penhall had to deal with losing his mom and bad guys at his school who humiliated him.
A family affair episode, Peter DeLuise's famous father Dom played his uncle, while younger brother Michael also appeared. But most of the flashbacks are forgettable and they never pursue the issue of bullying too far; it's all a bit tongue and cheek.
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