Private Benjamin (TV series) from Benjamin and her friends' attempts to evade the watchful eye of their sergeant. Although some of the actors from the film play the same characters on the TV show, (notably Eileen Brennan and Hal Williams, in their roles of Captain Doreen Lewis and Sgt. L.C. Ross respectively) the title role is acted by Lorna Patterson instead of Goldie Hawn. While the series was initially shot on film and featured many outdoor scenes, later episodes were more like a standard sitcom, shot on video on soundstages and complete with a laugh track. In the fall of 1982, Robert Mandan joined
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