- Date: September 18, 1992
- Type: Movie
This Movie is parodied by School Lies part of American Dad! Season 7
The title of this episode is a parody of the film title, 'School Ties'.
David Greene is a working-class teenager in Pennsylvania during the 1950s, who is given an unusual football scholarship to an exclusive Massachusetts prep school for his senior year, quickly becoming the school's starting quarterback. David becomes the team hero and wins the attentions of beautiful debutante Sally Wheeler. But in the afterglow of a victory over the school's chief rival, the ties of his newfound friendships are broken when jealous classmate Charlie Dillon reveals the secret David has tried to conceal - he is Jewish. David soon finds himself fighting a battle alone after Sally and his teammates turn against him, and it all comes to a head when David is falsely accused of cheating during a history exam. Due to the school's honor code, the history class must sort through prejudices and feelings of jealousy to find out the truth.