“Clarissa Explains It All” has been called the first sitcom for tweens.
It launched in 1991, and the rest is, of course, history.
The show certainly made an impression.
Kriegman aimed to create a girl character that boys would still want to watch.
She spoke directly to the viewer a trait Kriegman borrowed from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”
The show aired for 65 episodes.
She was played by ’90s iconMelissa Joan Hart, who spoke directly to the camera in the show.
Instead, Hart went on to star in the extremely popular “Sabrina the Teenage Witch.”
Hart played Sabrina for 163 episodes as well as accompanying movies like “Sabrina Goes to Rome.”
The sitcom ran for over 100 episodes.
She has another TV movie coming out in 2023, and rumors of a Clarissa reboot continue to circulate.
Hart married Mark Wilkersonin 2003.
She toldPeoplethat the secret to her 20-year marriage was “just making that commitment and sticking to it.”
Janet was all about healthy food and environmentalism, and she worked in a museum.
Nickelodeon tagged her for Janet in 1991 early in her screen acting career.
Hess' post-Clarissa years have been very busy.
However, the majority of her time has been spent in the theater world.
Nonetheless, Sam and Clarissa’s friendship throughout the series was purely platonic.
Since Clarissa, O’Neal has faded from the limelight, and finding anything about him online is notoriously difficult.
He was in 65 episodes of “Clarissa Explains It All” still his biggest acting gig to date.
Before landing his iconic Nickelodeon role, Zimbler was on a soap opera and performing onstage in a play.
He almost exclusively called Clarissa by a nickname Sport.
In the early 2000s, he had a six-episode arc as Tom Vogel on “Mad Men.”
He has also rounded out his career with several TV movies, short films, and features.
O’Connor’s personal life must be very personal indeed.
