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To: cfimx who wrote (46536)	12/4/2001 2:45:54 PM
From: QwikSand	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 64865

For those who may be lurking on this thread that don't quite understand twister's quizzical change of handle to "room222": that handle is an erudite, subtle allusion to a dimly-remembered television series. Its central character was a wise, patient teacher who ministered to the various crises in the lives of a bunch of confused but lovable kids whose inexperience was always getting them into trouble. You can see from the following passage that the problems encountered by students on "Room 222" were almost eerily similar to the ones currently being grappled with by the SUNW shareholders that the Poster Formerly Known As twister is determined to shepherd into adulthood. "During its five seasons on the air, the show included episodes that dealt with such topics as racism, sexism, homophobia, dropping out of school, shoplifting, drug use among both teachers and students, illiteracy, cops in school, guns in school, Vietnam war veterans, venereal disease, and teenage pregnancy." --QS mbcnet.org ROOM 222 U.S. High School Drama Room 222 was a half-hour comedy-drama that aired on ABC from 1969-74. While seldom seen in syndication today, the show broke new narrative ground that would later be developed by the major sitcom factories of the 1970s, Grant Tinker's MTM Enterprises and Norman Lear's Tandem Productions. Mixing dramatic elements with traditional television comedy, Room 222 also prefigured the "dramedy" form by almost two decades. The series was set at an integrated high school in contemporary Los Angeles. While the narrative centered around a dedicated and student-friendly African-American history teacher, Pete Dixon (Lloyd Haynes), it also depended upon an ensemble cast of students and other school employees. The optimistic idealism of Pete, guidance counselor Liz McIntyre (Denise Nicholas), and student-teacher Alice Johnson (Karen Valentine) was balanced by the experienced, somewhat jaded principal, Seymour Kaufman (Michael Constantine). These characters and a handful of other teachers would spend each episode arguing among themselves about the way in which to go about both educating their students and acting as surrogate parents. A season and a half before Norman Lear made "relevant" programming a dominant genre with the introduction of programs like All in the Family and Maude, Room 222 was using the form of the half-hour comedy to discuss serious contemporary issues. During its five seasons on the air, the show included episodes that dealt with such topics as racism, sexism, homophobia, dropping out of school, shoplifting, drug use among both teachers and students, illiteracy, cops in school, guns in school, Vietnam war veterans, venereal disease, and teenage pregnancy.