This is from the episode "Walt Whitman Goes Bananas". As of 2016 Aspire cable which is owned by Magic Johnson is showing Room 222! www.aspire.tv/s...
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@grandadneal81142 жыл бұрын
I remember this. Awesome programme
@marquisclay69853 жыл бұрын
Love the music
@rmsolympic114 жыл бұрын
That song brings back such memories, almost brings tears
@michelestewart41524 жыл бұрын
agreed
@junecat15973 жыл бұрын
@@michelestewart4152 Yes!👍
@Jiltedin20072 жыл бұрын
R.I.P.: Michael Constantine and Lloyd Haynes
@joegongora220010 ай бұрын
This theme song compliments the time period of the early 70's. Kids in those days wanted to find a job and perhaps earn money to buy their own car. Times and attitudes of High School youngsters was a lot different than today. This theme song takes me back to that time I was in High School and Room 222 was a great show. Thanks for sharing this with us.
@wanroslee5335 Жыл бұрын
a blast from the past
@tonycanabal16592 жыл бұрын
Los Angeles High was demolished by the 3rd season so new cast credits were made at 20th Century Fox Studios or another highschool. The student footage stayed .
@lliamjurdom95052 жыл бұрын
I loved watching this as a a 9 year old
@pattyfromtoledo12 жыл бұрын
I used to love this show when I was little. My Dad taught at a University, and sometimes he taught in room #22 - - used to love to sit in on that class and watch him teach!
@timmorris79457 ай бұрын
Always watched this show as a young man.
@miketype1each Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: The school depicted, Los Angeles High School, was severely damaged by an earthquake which happened just 2 years after the show debuted. The show began in 1969, and the earthquake struck in 1971. This school was subsequently torn down well before Room 222 ended in 1974.
@akampfer3 жыл бұрын
RIP Michael Constantine.
@kennethj195614 жыл бұрын
LosAngles high school where this was filmed was destroyed during an earthquake so they had to move filming location.
@Leatricaw6 жыл бұрын
I love listening to old TV theme songs. Just takes me back to my childhood. Appreciate you sharing this.
@w9gb11 ай бұрын
Series theme : Jerry Goldsmith.
@SeattleLA14 жыл бұрын
I watched this show regularly, when it was on in the 70s. It seems as thought it was liked then, but suddenly dropped out of all media, soon after, never to be in re-runs or even talked about, with few exceptions. A fascinating portrayal of high school life and nice teachers. I grew up during the era, and high school was like this at least in LA.
@thomasmagnum3588 Жыл бұрын
The first season was great, some of the best television ever : by the guys who would go on to create and produce MASH and Mary Tyler Moore. But after a couple of years , the show became somewhat of a joke : people laughing AT it, instead of with it- because the kids never graduated!
@pamelapugh88463 жыл бұрын
This was one great show and theme song
@kpowers10 жыл бұрын
A minute and a half TV intro is unheard of today
@TheBlackAce2 Жыл бұрын
This is an interesting version of this theme. They took out the recorder and added some baroque touches instead. Very different. This must have been later, perhaps the 2nd season.
@kduideo13 жыл бұрын
@AlbieGray i knew it...he was only a few years younger than kaye
@barbarasutherland80003 жыл бұрын
Old school🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
@tnawcwvictoria3 жыл бұрын
Room 222 from the Producer of M*A*S*H and fro the studio that gave us Daniel Boone, Nanny and the Professor and Batman
@jed627113 жыл бұрын
This is the version of the opening that I remember the most (1972)....I also remeber that in the last season (1973-74) they all drove new Chevrolet cars (1974), and then it left the air.
@michelestewart41524 жыл бұрын
...i always wondered why it went off the air!
@AdmiralNelson10002 жыл бұрын
Mr Dixon. I'm late with this but one of the reasons given for cancelation was a shakeup in ABCs early TGIF here. ABC moved Partridge Family out of this lineup (to Sat. vs. All In The Family-- goodbye Partridges. Night started with Brady Bunch now really burdened by Sanford and Son. A "sophisticated new comedy" (Adams Rib) couldn't provide bridging. Lastly CBS s Friday Movies really "blockbustered" in the Fall of 73 ABC discarded that new sitcom, and Room 222 and 10pm's Love American Style (like 222, started in 1969)...middle of evening had The $6 Million Man go in as midseason replacement for Adams Rib and Room 222. ("Steve Austin" made his Fall 73 debut earlier in two feature length "TV movies" not counting the pilot movie from a year earlier.
@kduideo12 жыл бұрын
I miss CLOSING and OPENING theme songs.
@taureanblack11 жыл бұрын
I hear you. I was also born in 1968. Seeing the into is hard to describe. It's incredibly optimistic and peaceful. I miss that feeling. The pace is wonderful and shows you how much we have given up by racing through life today.
@kduideo12 жыл бұрын
@TJOPootertoot they "updated" the theme later on
@dangelo13694 жыл бұрын
"B. Kirby, Jr." was Bruno Kirby, Jr. he appeared as the young "Pete Clemenza" in "The Godfather Part 2", "When Harry Met Sally", "Good Morning, Vietnam" and "City Slickers". He passed away in 2006 at age 57. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Kirby
@msr11163 жыл бұрын
I'd seen Bruno Kirby here and there in movies and tv but never knew his name until the other week. His appearance on Tom Snyder popped up, recalling meeting Elvis while working as movie theater usher, and finally put a name to his face.
@maxt699920086 жыл бұрын
I was a young child when I watched that show. To me it looked like the students were adults like the teachers. I knew one day I would go to high school and that one day I would go to Walt Whitman High-which I did. Class of 1980.
@richardguevara78710 ай бұрын
1980 was the first grade for me.
@bajaborracho91392 жыл бұрын
Karen Valentine oh man i was so in love with her!
@bornyesterday2112 жыл бұрын
@flyinv1967 books we used to cover our books with brown paper bags from the supermarket.
@heterosectional10 жыл бұрын
Such a LOVELY introduction and beautiful actors. Otherwise I never watched the show. This is the best part of it. Karen Valentine is adorable!
@gertraba44845 жыл бұрын
;pre sweathogs.KAREN VALENTINE was schwingggggggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!
@bryanpalmer96603 жыл бұрын
i agree-adorable,but also pretty with a lovely smile
@moonleverette56117 жыл бұрын
my goodness true memories I can show my children what watched growing up
@frankd196513 жыл бұрын
episode was from the 1972-1973 season. air date was 11/10/72.
@freeguy777 жыл бұрын
It's absolutely amazing how so many tv theme songs can be stuck in our minds for decades after the show is off the air! This is another one of them. A shame we lost Lloyd Haynes at such a young age, 52, from lung cancer on Dec. 31, 1986. Karen Valentine (1:17) was still sweet, sexy, and funny, no matter what version of the theme or what year (1969-74) you see.
@spectrum1014 жыл бұрын
I'm just wondering why the students are going up the fire escape. I thought fire escapes were only for going down. When fire is out or fire drill is over, don't you use the building's main entrances?
@michelestewart41524 жыл бұрын
this comment is hilarious thank you
@cjf15146 жыл бұрын
Brings back great memories for me. Loved the show...
@raymondhetes9783 Жыл бұрын
This show needs to be put back on TV,the ANTENNA TV CHANN IR THE ME CHANNEL
@IMissMyMichael13 жыл бұрын
I remember this show; but I don't remember this show. I can remember seeing this introduction, however I don't remember any episodes or what it was about; but I do remember the beautiful and talented Denise Nicholas. I love you. You were an awesome Actress in Baby I'm Back.
@DENo1MatchGameFan13 жыл бұрын
@AlbieGray Jerry was also on "The Bob Newhart Show" as a patient, and he is a native of Kansas City, MO where I live.
@michelestewart41524 жыл бұрын
...loved BOB NEWHART also!
@DAS60312 жыл бұрын
I wish that young people today were like young people in the 60's and 70's no comparison.
@Offthbadan11 жыл бұрын
I remember this show in re-runs in the early 70's. I was maybe 5 or 6 yrs. old. The music reminds me of Dr. Welby. I was born in 1968. What a memory.
@DAngelo13611 жыл бұрын
That school is gone now. It also was the backdrop for the show "Mr.Novak" (1963-1965) starring James Franciscus.
@husky500cr11 жыл бұрын
I remember this I was in 1st grade and my oldest sister just graduated from high school in 72. When I went to college my freshman comp class was in room 222 and the English professor use to joke about the room number all the time. Only a few people got the joke.
@ben27157 жыл бұрын
There was something about the original arrangement that captured the mood of early morning and another day about to unfold. The recorder playing the melody added a sense of hope and optimism. I really liked that arrangement and even taped it off the TV speaker back then. The updated arrangement sounds ordinary by comparison, more generic prime-time sitcom, with the brass parts reminiscent of the season 1 theme to "The Brady Bunch." I wonder whether the producers felt pressure to "update" the opening theme to keep up with the rapidly changing times of that era.
@OjaiRoy13 жыл бұрын
@AlbieGray- I knew I had seen Jerry Fogel before but could not place where and now thanks to your post I remember he was the luck guy married to that beauty from The Mothers in law. Thank you.
@MarcusLeepapi12 жыл бұрын
Man!! I remember this show...Wow!! I guess I am getting old....
@OjaiRoy13 жыл бұрын
@AlbieGray- I was born in 56 and when the series was on I told myself that when I get my driver's license I am going to find their neighborhood and spend a day with them to see their antics. Our young minds!
@sylviaperez87852 жыл бұрын
I loved this show!
@joeblow1688 Жыл бұрын
Can't help but notice no one is carrying a "backpack". It was not a thing on school campuses back then. No one at my Jr. high school did.
@Jiltedin20072 жыл бұрын
This is the intro I was looking for because I still laugh at Karen Valentine dropping her books while saying hello. 😂
@Guitarzzzzzzz1737 ай бұрын
Same here!😊
@morgan875712 жыл бұрын
I wish they would get a move on releasing season 3 of room 222
@Texaslawhorn4 жыл бұрын
I agree 8 years later!
@stephenspencer4672 Жыл бұрын
ME-TV should consider adding this classic series to its programming schedule. This show was so excellent. People today should be able to see it.😊❤
@AlbieGray13 жыл бұрын
@kduideo Yeah, that was what made Kaye Ballard being his mother more believable. :)
@DAS60312 жыл бұрын
This was in the days when shows were 30 minutes long, now a days most shows are an hour long, but I wish high school was like this now, not guns, drugs or violence, just young people who wanto to learn, and make a positive impact in the world.
@AmishWebmaster2 жыл бұрын
Trying to find the full series of this show. One of my all time favorites. Many have season 1 only.
@whipsnade137 жыл бұрын
The original theme was so perfect. This one not so much.
@stevemoore95093 жыл бұрын
I agree with you the original is much better great cast I love Karen.
@YouDummy3 жыл бұрын
They absolutely ruined this song with this season. Awful. The first one was probably my very favorite TV theme.
@stevemoore95093 жыл бұрын
@@YouDummy I agree with you.
@JoeOConnellAllNew2 жыл бұрын
How rude! Not a single one of them stopped to help Karen Valentine pick up her books! And they say kids TODAY have no manners!
@chrisranz27144 жыл бұрын
Just think this show came before welcome back Carter
@TJOPootertoot13 жыл бұрын
What happened to the flute?? Tinkerers..
@walwaad11 жыл бұрын
You've got an unusual memory if you recall this show in reruns in the early seventies. Room 222 ran from 1969-1974 on ABC.
@kurtkauffman432610 жыл бұрын
My Friend Vanessa was born on 12/10/1969 when one of their Episodes would air.Fast Forward 2 years,it was repeated again.
@kduideo12 жыл бұрын
Wow....To think those "kids" are all over 60 NOW!!!!!!
@Jiltedin200712 жыл бұрын
Didn't Principal Kaufman later in life move to Chicago, marry a Greek Woman and later opened up a Greek Restaurant named Dancing Zorbas?
@sunshine1810212 жыл бұрын
I loved this show.
@loveisok11 жыл бұрын
Everytime I pass that school, I hum Room 222 theme song
@SHONNER10 ай бұрын
Jerry Goldsmith in the credits. Cool.
@kurtkauffman432610 жыл бұрын
Someday MeTV may pick up that Show.
@OjaiRoy13 жыл бұрын
@AlbieGray- thanks for the suggestion but I have the Bill Cosby Show series when he was a bachelor and the Mannix series on DVDs that I haven't even watched yet. I loved the humor in Mothers in laws.
@michelestewart41524 жыл бұрын
...oh man MANNIX ! I used to watch that too !
@AlbieGray13 жыл бұрын
@OjaiRoy I got the complete Mothers In Law series on DVD, and I got to liking that show. :) It's wonderful. Get it, sometime. I think you will love it.
@kduideo12 жыл бұрын
@DAS603 Oh Gosh ,so TRUE!
@kduideo13 жыл бұрын
@AlbieGray I did.....He also did 1 ep of "THAT GIRL"
@huskerjpg Жыл бұрын
Denise Nicholas !!!!
@dmj-ju9zx3 жыл бұрын
By the third season Michael Constantine was allowed to smile! But Karen Valentine was still ...accident prone? Somebody has to be Old Reliable in a sitcom/drama.
@chrish7975 Жыл бұрын
Love the way Karen Valentine drops all her books.. and the other guys just stand there and laugh at her.. nice. LOL
@lora022116 жыл бұрын
I named my daughter after Denise Nicholas, but added an 's' to French it. Happens she asked me today who I named her after (she previously heard but forgot), reason I came searching. My daughter is a Teacher, and won Teacher of the Teacher (2018) at her school. Omen?
@OjaiRoy6 жыл бұрын
Great Room 222 story! Sounds like you did a terrific job of raising her and that she loves to teach.
@ivyrivera80815 жыл бұрын
never heard of this show
@BillWa12 жыл бұрын
It's interesting to hear the different music styles from the beginning to this. I loved this show, and of course had a monster Highschoolers crush on Karen Valentine and Denise Nicholas
@MarcusLeepapi13 жыл бұрын
Wow, I remember this show...
@DENo1MatchGameFan8 жыл бұрын
I wish Twentieth Century Fox (who produced the show) cared as much about "Room 222" as they did "M*A*S*H" - the DVD releases could have been a hell of a lot better with clean master copies - it really does deserve more respect!
@justinherbert91462 жыл бұрын
All the extras playing students look like models, not one bad looking teen in the bunch - nothing like my high school
@builttrainer9 жыл бұрын
what might be one of the single most pointless rearranging of a theme song in history. the original 1969 version was just lovely. this with the horns all over it, not so much.
@AngelCintiaRockgirl4 жыл бұрын
builttrainer Subliminal mind control
@michelestewart41524 жыл бұрын
bring back the original version!
@Fordham19694 жыл бұрын
@@michelestewart4152 Michele, are you hoping they'll hear you back in 1972? The original one didn't go anywhere, it's still up on KZbin
@jad81234 жыл бұрын
I think I originally blocked this version of theme but I recall all off the footage. Why mess with such a great theme? Also, Karen Valentine was super hot....books and all. Good memories. I’m 55. Where did the time go?!
@RebeccaLynnMusic3 жыл бұрын
I could not agree more.
@AlbieGray13 жыл бұрын
@OjaiRoy Yep. Even though I was in diapers when the show first came out, I can appreciate it more now with how fun it is. And finding their neighborhood wouldn't have been hard. You'd have been there when you hear everyone arguing. What fun! :D
@curtpiazza1688 Жыл бұрын
😊
@Peppi944 жыл бұрын
When I was a young girl, I considered this show to be the ultimate in "cool". I clearly remember one particular scene with Denise Nicholas as a counsellor (?) having a heated argument with the angry father of one of the students. This father yelled at her: "My taxes pay your salary!" And she responded, "If you can point out exactly what portion of my salary comes from your pocket, I'll gladly pay you back!" So cool.
@Whiteyplaysthebanjo12 жыл бұрын
I was just going to ask about Los Angeles High School and if it was still in use. Too bad that it had to be demolished. It looked like a really cool high school.
@TurnersTwoCents12 жыл бұрын
Thaks for sharing this! ROOM 222 was a landmark show -- daring, optimistic and realistic! An integrated high school where kids and faculty got along and were happy about their diversity -- it was a novel concept on network TV and (sadly) in America as a nation.
@SenorZorrozzz8 жыл бұрын
The high school is a college. The kids are far older than high school kids in the first info Karen Valentine got off the school bus. She was going to be a student but they made her a student teacher. She was the most popular of the cast!
@kduideo12 жыл бұрын
@AlbieGray i got it too!
@rsands93 жыл бұрын
LA’s Hamilton High
@AlbieGray13 жыл бұрын
Interesting to see this opening. I loved this one. :) Nice that this episode included Jerry Fogel who played Jerry Buell on The Mothers-In-Law (for those of you who knew of that show).
@filter02111 жыл бұрын
I had a mad crush on Karen Valetine
@sierria648 жыл бұрын
remember this show as a young girl I am 51 I was abt 7 yrs old ..memories
@kurtkauffman432610 жыл бұрын
Everything was short when it was on Network Primetime.The Dresses,Skirts,& Jumpers.To this day,It's both lengths of these.
@knowbodiesfull57688 жыл бұрын
Where is Mr. Dixon's '63 Valiant?
@jad81235 жыл бұрын
Karen Valentine on the steps. Nuff said.
@Lukesfan12 жыл бұрын
What happened to Karen Valentine?
@justinbishop11939 жыл бұрын
Whatever happened to GOOD TV? And when it was considered "cool" to stay home and watch your shows ALL weekend long?
@DougCeleste8 жыл бұрын
+Justin Bishop GREAT post and so true! Now, I usually keep the tv off at night since there is nothing but GARBAGE on!
@gracealexandre3381 Жыл бұрын
For me, it still is cool to stay home and watch my shows all weekend. Everything costs an arm and a leg today. When I stay at home, I don't have to worry about wasting money.
@JeffersonDinedAlone12 жыл бұрын
Who ever attended a high school the size of a major university?
@gs83888 жыл бұрын
Gotta go along with those who said that the rearrangement of this theme pretty much ruined it. Truly headache-inducing.
@65wiseman3 жыл бұрын
Light years ahead of any of the crap they show in 2021 -
@DAS60312 жыл бұрын
Life was so much easier in the 1960's and 1970's, now the world is a total mess!
@GoGreen19773 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1955. I don't recall the 1960s and 1970s being all sweetness and light. 1968, in particular, was a very traumatic year.
@gracealexandre3381 Жыл бұрын
@@GoGreen1977 But at least the schools were a lot safer, and didn't require security guards or metal detecters
@thomasmagnum3588 Жыл бұрын
@@gracealexandre3381 Because we had insane asylums everywhere back then and we locked up all the crazy people. Now we have a whole cottage industry around “psychiatric disorders” and medications and compassion for the mentally ill, without many resources to care for them. It was a trade off. I’m not so sit was a good one.