Private Benjamin (TV series) the cast as Colonel Lawrence Fielding, the pompous, well-meaning, but ineffectual, head of the camp. In late 1982, Eileen Brennan was struck by a car and Polly Holliday was brought in as Captain Amanda Allen, intended as a temporary replacement for Brennan's Captain Lewis character, but the show was cancelled shortly thereafter. Private Benjamin (TV series) Private Benjamin is an American sitcom based on the movie of the same name that aired on CBS from April 6, 1981, to January 10, 1983. Eileen Brennan, who reprised her role from the film, won an Emmy and Golden Globe Award for her
The Benjamin School acceptance. The Benjamin Buccaneers compete in the FHSAA, Class 4A - Region R4. For football, they are a part of the independent Southeastern Football Conference with other Florida private high schools. High school students can participate in baseball, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross-country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling teams. To graduate, they must either take two semesters of PE or play a sport for two seasons. The student newspaper is "The Pharcyde". In 2012, it was named the Most Outstanding Private/Parochial School Newspaper in America by the American Scholastic Press Association. The Benjamin