Top 5 TV Screen Teachers

1. The teachers from SNL: Alec Baldwin as a French teacher; Gilda Radner as Emily Litela, the substitute teacher; Will Ferrel and Ana Gasteyer as choir teachers, etc. Apparently skewering teachers works best in 3 minute sketches. These are all hilarious. I wish SNL didn't take their stuff off youtube so I could link to these, but there is a Live with Gilda Radner clip on there.
2. Mrs. Crabapple on The Simpsons. So bitter, so hilarious, and during her and Skinner's courtship, so heartbreaking.
3. Snake on Degrassi. Snake's one of two remaining links to the original Degrassi. Uber cute during the "Everybody Wants Something" days; uber-goober now.
4. Ben Stein on Wonder Years. Ben Stein's just doing the same bit he did in Ferris Bueller, but it's still funny. Sometimes it's the subtext for some sexual tension.
5. The math teacher on Freaks and Geeks. Not only does this guy really remind me of my Algebra 3/4 teacher, but he also is the star of the greatest deleted scene in the whole set. Basically Ken confides in him about some really confused thoughts about his sexuality.

Note: There are no coaches or principals on this list. That is a separate list. Honorable Mention: I've only seen a single episode of season 4 of the Wire, but I'm going to put Prez on here and hope he doesn't kill any kids. Image: care of here. Which makes it harder to forget that Stein was a speech writer for Nixon and is an intelligent design guy now. That said, the Nixon years pale in comparison to the Bush years eh?