Sunday, January 23, 2022

Getting Schooled: The genesis of a school talent show (Room 222, 1969)

 From season 1 of Room 222:

I can speak---sort of---to the experiences the kids at Walt Whitman High went through in preparing a student talent show.

In my senior year at Troy High, I didn't take part in the talent show, but I had friends who did. I can just picture how difficult it was to mount the show. In the context of the series, student-teacher Alice Johnson (Karen Valentine) was put in charge of the talent show, encouraging a very reluctant Helen (Judy Strangis) during class, and helping her through the show.

In fact, one of the highlights is Helen doing an a capella reading of the Rolling Stones' "As Tears Roll By".


Rating: A.

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