Room 222 Theme song and opening video with Karen Valentine

Room 222 intro from 1970. From chrisman737- "Fantastic theme by one of my favorite film composers of all time -- Jerry Goldsmith (he also did "The Twilight Zone" and "The Waltons" and countless movies)."
ShoutFactory.com came out with the DVD in March 2009.
www.tvshowsondv...
Los Angeles High School was used as Walt Whitman High.
I sure love the flute. CORRECTION ON JAN 4, 2009- Thanks to McKennahLane who posted "I'm a flute player and a band director. That's not a flute. It's a recorder. But you were close."
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"Room 222 Theme song and opening video with Karen Valentine".
when you are done viewing this video search youtube for "Love American Style-- Davy Jones- Love And The Elopement" for Karen at her sexiest!

[@princeprince5932]

This is one of the shows that inspired me as a Black male to go into education, and continue for more than 40 years.

[@user-ut8ls7qp1j]

outstanding story , i am sure you guided many lives

[@362chop]

When Teachers taught not fearing for their safety.

[@lucindaarmour7422]

Wonderful to know. I too loved this show and am also a teacher.

[@ragheadand420roll]

Why So u can steal their bikes ?

[@lucindaarmour7422]

@@ragheadand420roll You seem to be confusing yourself with the teacher who posted the comment. It's called projecting. Taking things we don't like about ourselves and blaming that attribute on others.

[@randolphwalker]

One of the most appealing casts ever. Like many others here, this takes me back to Friday nights with The Brady Bunch, Patridge Family, Room 222 and the security of our family. Hearing the theme song I am once again in the den of our house on Beechwood Drive. My mom was a high school teacher and I imagined her school must be like Room 222.

[@herecomesforego1787]

Yep and don't forget odd couple and love American style, for the more adult-themed material

[@herrp8765]

We enjoyed TV as kids in Beachwood, New Jersey. Cheers, mate.

[@BAKER22-l4u]

WTF? Lol

[@davemathews7890]

And an hour of Love, American Style at 10 PM in Los Angeles.

[@stevewiley8409]

I'm very old and my memory ain't what it used to be ( example: I totally forgot that Denise Nicholas was in this show) but I remember 222 being on Wednesday night

[@garyclement5121]

There's a melancholy feel to this tune. It's very moving. It certainly makes me miss the 70's.

[@RebekahCurielAlessi]

Gosh. You're right. It's both current and nostalgic at the same time....

[@ezaxis]

Pretty sure a producer said, "Have someone record something that sounds close to Fool on the Hill without getting us sued."

[@siddiqahmad5193]

​@@ezaxis I thought it sounded familiar... and I wasn't recalling the TV program.

[@us-Bahn]

With a nostalgic callout to the hip 1960s coffe-house jazz flute!

[@Mister_Listener]

Yes! Welcome Back Kotter and Laverne and Shirley both had melancholy theme music too!!

[@zibbyzubb]

This theme makes me feel a bit melancholy and very nostalgic.

[@daniellaubach7544]

Same here!

[@jamesbronson3347]

Me too, because we're old now!

[@macbird-lt8de]

makes me feel sexually deviant

[@rogerhiggins3750]

Ahhh.... the good old days.✌️

[@herecomesforego1787]

I actually remember at that time, liking it very much and projecting myself into the future and thinking how will I feel about this show in the future... I mean in some way, I guess the theme was so sentimental and sweet to begin with, it sort of triggered nostalgia in advance haha

[@charlotteguy7]

Room 222 and Walt Whitman High was the embodiment of what so many of us hoped for when the changes of the 1960s took place. It's not what we got, but I still think it was a good dream.

[@OlesonMD]

And look where we are today...

[@petemavus2948]

I loved this show. One of the best places I lived was numbered 222 as well as a friends room number who helped me and vice versa travel extensively. 💜

[@stevelauda5435]

This was a good show.

[@OlesonMD]

@@andrewnelson1967 You have what you wanted in the White House now. How's that workin' for ya?

[@OlesonMD]

All dems are progressives, starting with FDR. You need a history lesson.@@andrewnelson1967

[@royalcityman]

I haven't heard this theme song since I was a child. Cool stuff...good memories.

[@rayransom7369]

Me too, to be honest i forgot about "Room 222" brought back happy times

[@timhoovermusicman]

​@@rayransom7369I hadn't forgot about it,actually was talking about it a couple days ago... But haven't seen it in at least 40 years.

[@tammyc25]

Ikr, I forgot all about this show.

[@denislamoureux6569]

This show inspired me to be a teacher. My life went off the rails of a while, and eventually at 43 years of age I started teaching.

[@randyking3057]

Wonderful. God bless you

[@denislamoureux6569]

@@randyking3057 Randy, made the Lord bless you richly. Thank you for sharing your story.

[@Roberta_Esposito]

good for you!!

[@macbird-lt8de]

because youth should be taught by people off rails huh

[@user-oe8iq3yl5y]

Such a sweet story . I loved this show as a kid always anted to teach however there was no collage for all three of us girls raised by a single mom. I married young however he left after 23 years of marriage I went to collage in 2015 earned my BSW degree now I am guest teaching due to the major exam teachers have to take I would never be able to pass it love the kids very different from when I was growing up a lot of discipline problems that I’d not addressed by Admin and most major things are ignored sad but I feel I’m making a difference

[@garygiller8558]

My favorite Frdiday night line-up....Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, Room 222, Odd Couple, and Love American Style. Switched to CBS for the Odd Couple...but ABC was the channel in the 70's. TV is crap now.

[@marylamb9708]

@Gary GIller What show was on after Room 333 on ABC that you turned off to watch the Odd Couple? I've been trying to remember what was on before Love American Style FOR AGES. No one can remember. Please see this and reply. Thanks so much.

[@Ae13UPrime]

That was a great line up. I remember my excitement as a kid waiting for Friday night.

[@Ae13UPrime]

@@marylamb9708Adam's Rib. Lasted one season only.

[@donian4928]

My memory tells me Oscar and Felix were on ABC

[@susanmurphy7775]

Great line-up

[@howardberk8396]

One of the best TV themes ever...still makes me feel good all over when I hear it.

[@kevinchappell3694]

Makes me sad....I miss the innocence I had back then.

[@paulceniceros5514]

...I couldn't of said it any better myself!...👍

[@souloftheage]

Felt the same and still feel the same. Slight change to minor key implies impending trouble but then back to the "happy instrument" and my first instrument: the trumpet

[@marcusfieldfield4069]

There's actually three of them I believe.. great tune I put it on repeat when I'm driving down the California coast.. reminds me of a happier time... still glad I'm still here... not the same but still awesome in certain places.. I was 7 years old when the show was on

[@paulceniceros5514]

I totally agree 👍

[@hrhlou]

I barely remember any episodes but remember the show. The music alone brings me back to my childhood. It's yesterday once more.

[@johnholfelder6724]

Same here. I was only 9, don’t remember the episodes but I remember thinking Karen Valentine was hot.

[@kenbehren6119]

I remember an episode where the male teacher was teaching about the US Civil War and was talking about States Rights being the real cause of the War. I doubt that would be acceptable today. BTW I have no idea why this appeared in my algorithm 😂😂

[@michaelverbakel7632]

The opening song and visual scenes are really a time capsule of what basically everyday school life was like in the late 1960's and early 70's. It is impossible to recapture that today. One thing that has always bothered me though is the young male black schoolteacher casually driving his late model open top convertible car into the parking lot with the top down. He gets out and walks toward the school leaving the car unlocked and the top down. Could never ever happen in real life today, not even then. When you see it now within the black civil rights era then what a handsome, good looking couple Lloyd Haines and Denise Nicholas were. It is sad that Lloyd Haines passed away so young.

[@FreeSpeechisMyRight10]

I was only 12 when this show came out, so it probably went over my head because these are high school students.

[@TheloniousCube]

I remember an episode about Free Speech in which the student with the jew-fro made a sculpture of the American flag going down a drain and an older (adult education) immigrant student smashed it up, so everybody got to sit down and talk out what free speech means

[@ScottFultonIII]

What's so striking about this opening is that it reveals the stark differences between US television in the late '60s, and a half-century later. Look and listen to how much time this opening takes to set the foundation of the story. Every single week, it took 90 whole seconds to ground us in the setting and the main characters, and this was only a half-hour show. And there was no hyperbole, no cliff-hanger, no promise that Someone... Will... Die! It was another bright, sunny day in the garden of humanity. It speaks volumes as to the different needs and values of network television today.

[@kimpark283]

starting from 1950, every american generation has degenerated, exponentially, in morals and intelligence, until we're left with the excrement that is today's society. a few examples are the graduating students that can't spell ; schools that have no grading system and passes everyone for fear of hurting their feelings ; the f-bomb in every sentence, and the profane, violence -inducing (c)rap "music" or the soft porn music videos from pop tarts madonna, britney,christina, katy, taylor, spice sluts, keisha ,et al, who actually think that they can sing (they're just chanting,screaming, whispering, or humping around ,doing lewd and vulgar acts whilst wearing the least amount of clothing allowable--more proof of american society's degeneration). l the Second Coming can't be coming too soon.

[@saharagold]

It also didn't treat us viewers like morons, that need spoon-feeding. Intelligent viewing. No dumb phones, ppl present and engaging in conversation, not omnipresent looking away at their phones.

[@guymowbray3713]

Most modern tv themes assume everyone has the attention span of a gnat and the ability to appreciate two chords.

[@catherinehooper9039]

So was little house!

[@Tmanaz480]

@@kimpark283 Yeah we need to get back to the decency of Joe McCarthy and the cultural peak of Aquanetta and Lawrence Welk. I long for the good ol' Korean War.../s

[@Achoti7]

Oh how I miss the simpler times, great memories!!

[@windridr66]

@Arthur Archambeau I agree. Things seem so chaotic, especially now. I long for simpler times.

[@kimberleykochel4785]

Don't we all.

[@olitzforever3584]

It seemed like simpler times because we were kids, at least I was. But there was much unrest and turmoil in this country and the world. Was there ever simpler times?

[@MrBronx61]

@@olitzforever3584 💯💯💯 No there were never simpler times. I was a kid during the Civil Rights era, JFK/MLK/RFK assassinations, riots, Vietnam & Watergate. My parents/grandparents/great-grandparents had to deal with Jim Crow, didn't matter if they lived in the north or south. Like you said, I guess when you're a kid, you don't realize how screwed up the world really is.

[@victorwilson6826]

@@olitzforever3584 You made a good point. During the early 1970s, there was much sociopolitical and racial turmoil throughout the nation. ROOM 222 could only allow so much of this turmoil to be shown on national television.

[@THX1205]

The series aired on ABC from September 17, 1969, to January 11, 1974, for 112 episodes. The show was broadcast on Wednesday evenings at 9:00 PM (EST) for its first two seasons before settling into its best-known time slot of Friday evenings at 9:00 PM, following The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family and preceding The Odd Couple and Love, American Style.

[@jamespuleo3269]

Thanks for all the solid details !! I watched this, 11-12 YO at the time. To me this intro still looks like more of a college campus than I high school.

[@ToddMiller-nl2wn]

I think that back in the 1920s high schools were designed that way to orient the students in a collegiate direction.

[@jeffcrocker1078]

Don’t forget then waking up sat morning banana splits Johnny quest lancelot link

[@mattinthehat3]

I was born in March of 1969 and I can remember my parents (mostly my mom) watching this show right before putting my brother,sister,and me to bed. My God, looking back on this makes me realize just how much simpler less vulgar the times were.

[@Roberta_Esposito]

July! 🚀🚀

[@cheriecraighead1502]

I was born in October 1965 and love tv shows from the past

[@gregherried5189]

When I read that Lloyd Haynes from one of my favorite classic television shows died at 52 of cancer, I literally cried. He was so handsome and talented! I always wanted a teacher like Mr. Dixon. I'll never forget you, Lloyd!

[@RebekahCurielAlessi]

❤

[@jpsned]

In addition to his good looks, he had so much charm and charisma--I think a lot of straight males were in love with him, too!

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

I went to an all-white school, but we had one black teacher who was a Mr. Dixon that we adored.

[@mescko]

@@nicholasschroeder3678 I hope that at some point that your esteem for him was communicated in some way.

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

@@mescko Oh yeah, he was probably the most popular teacher at the school, and he would have had to be blind not to see that I idolized him. He wasn't just charismatic: he was very smart, and he had high standards and expectations. I actually got into some fights with him a few times when he wouldn't let me get away with things. Ultimately, I liked him even more for that demand that I respect the process as an emerging adult. The most influential teacher I ever had. As a freshman in college my first paper, a personal essay, was about him. The teacher liked it so much that he read it to the class.

[@LannieLord]

This beautiful theme song reminds me of the dream that life used to be. Did we have any idea how terrible the future would become ?

[@jchapman8248]

Two things. 1. Room 222 was fictional as in a fantasy, a feel good story. 2. More importantly, it also showed us the potential our society had at that time. Sadly, the evil elements of the PTB (the DS swamp and alphbet agencies) destroyed all that potential. They intentionally undermined that potential harmony by introducing drug dependency, irresponsible behavior, division and erosion of the family unit!

[@DougCeleste]

Too bad wonderful shows like this are no longer on tv.

[@davidpietarila699]

Are you kidding me!? Now we have true timeless classics like The Bachelor and Real Housewives of…

[@DougCeleste]

@@davidpietarila699 I like your tongue-in-cheek humor. OMG, those tv shows of yesteryear were so MUCH BETTER than the garbage on tv today. Regarding this show, I LOVED the theme song and I had a crush on Karen Valentine back in the day when I was a teenager watching this show. Lloyd Haynes was not only an actor but a Marine for many years. He even graduated from San Jose State University in my hometown. Sadly, he left this life much too soon but I really enjoyed this show.

[@davidpietarila699]

@@DougCeleste Admittedly, I was too young to really watch this show, but do remember humming the theme and carrying books into kindergarten like the kids on the show.

[@DougCeleste]

@@davidpietarila699 I LOVED the theme song and I also remember carrying books to school when I attended a Catholic grammar school for 8 years from 1959-1967. We had no backpacks back then to put the books in.

[@ToEuropa]

MeTV should carry this one.

[@SilverDreamer62]

Brings up many childhood memories. Michael Constantine was a very good actor, and Karen Valentine was the teacher everyone had a crush on, let's face it. You watched shows like that to escape, and get a different take on how people might solve some real life personal/social problems.

[@Telstar62a]

I'm pretty sure that Karen's picture was in the dictionary under "cute". And while the "students" were all pretty good, they looked more like college students. Ed Begley Jr showed up there, too. Good series.

[@SoozBeez]

Well, some of us had crushes on Mr. Dixon... just sayin'.

[@mikemilne]

I don't know if she was the teacher kids had a crush on, but she was definitely the actress I had a crush on!!

[@randilevson9547]

This show aired quite a bit before I started high school, and I hoped my high school would be like Walt Whitman. In reality, it was nothing like that. The students were much weirder, and the teachers never got involved in the students' personal lives. Just hearing the Room 222 theme song and seeing the show's opening sequence, made me feel nostalgic for the simpler days of the early 1970's. Fun came easily, and responsibilities were few. I miss those days.

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

@@randilevson9547 Yup. The only responsibilities I had back then was being a good kid (which I was) and doing well in school (which I did.) I miss that.

[@DaveM-FFB]

Sitcom theme songs were so good back then. Loved this, as well as the theme to "Taxi", and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".

[@WVMothman]

I used to have this preconceived notion that high school was gonna be like Room 222.

[@michaelweiner4836]

Me too

[@Jay-vr9ir]

Most of the students , in the opening theme look to old to be in high school .

[@JosephRGrych]

@@Jay-vr9ir , I know, right? This could be a show about the kids that were held back.

[@affema1]

Me too. However, I also thought when I got to high school that I would look a cross between Art Garfunkel and the psychopath in Death Wish 2. That did not happen either.

[@JosephRGrych]

I thought I'd look like one those 30 year-old high school students on the TV show instead of an aging 12 year old.

[@networth9151]

Amazing the diversity you saw in the cast and the opening. The show was hopeful with our future in mind and not the dark pessimism you see today.

[@deliveryguyrx]

Yes,remember 'Bernie' the white guy with the big Afro? I thought he was so cool!

[@taradactyl5690]

Notice all the smiles.

[@ToddMiller-nl2wn]

Gene Roddenberry created Star Trek with similar ideas in mind.

[@TruWatcher]

Boy, does this take me back to when I thought of the high schoolers as "older kids." And the days when introducing main characters and setting during the opening credits of TV shows was considered something worth spending time on! Looking back, the theme song is really one of the best; it's like the lead recorder in the first verse represents the innocence and naivete of the students and the trumpet that takes over on the second verse the older, wiser adults in charge. Good job, Jerry Goldsmith.

[@trishoconnor2169]

I'm not sure I really miss the show as such, but I miss being a kid with my whole life ahead of me, with my parents to take care of the big stuff.

[@calvinjackson8110]

Now its YOU who have to take care of the "big stuff". The tables have turned! I know the feeling. You now realize that THOSE were your BEST days.

[@PepperWilliams_songcovers]

Another gem from the master composer, Jerry Goldsmith. He loved to compose in 7/4 time.

[@drydirttelepathy6150]

thanks i will check him out.

[@mescko]

I am a huge fan of TV music (and soundtracks), and I don't think I've ever heard a Goldsmith theme I didn't like, or Mike Post for that matter. Barry DeVorzon wrote some good ones also.

[@standforchrist1153]

Today's heavily commercialized market leaves no more room for such a wonderfully dramatic show opening. We haven't just lost a part of entertainment, we've lost a part of ourselves.

[@joannagipson12]

Indeed❤

[@community1949]

This makes me very nostalgic for the way things used to be - classy, calm, clean, and no guns, drugs at school. That's the way thing used to be. Kids actually wanted to go to school, dress nice, act nice, and do the right thing so they could eventually get jobs and be productive adults. NOT ANYMORE. I was out of high school in 1970 and 21 years old with a bank job. Back then we didn't sit around staring down at phones, we went to college and/or got real jobs and worked hard and dressed appropriately.

[@calvinjackson8110]

So well said. I was a teen back then and I took school seriously. Yeah we talked and laughed in class and we had our class clowns but we knew when to stop and come to order and respect the teachers and principal. Guns in school was unheard of. You never had to be afraid and everybody had definite goals about careers and college. The principal and the teachers would take some days from regular lesson to just talk to us about our dress, manners, language, respect for each other and pride in our school. You could hear a pin drop when they were talking. It was a different time. Now it's all gone. Kids today just do not know the real true values. It's no wonder, nobody out there is teaching it to them. We dont respect, honor or revere anything anymore. It's all about ME AND MY RIGHTS to do whatever I feel like doing, and to hell with you!

[@community1949]

@@calvinjackson8110 Well it's a very sad time to be a young person - we had rules and we respected what older people said - we didn't ever think about getting violent or hurting someone. I am shocked the way our society has fallen apart.

[@RitzyTrailerII]

That's a little simplistic but I get your nostalgia for the time. It always SEEMS like 'those days' were better, but they of course had their own problems. Drugs WERE pretty serious in most city and suburban schools, and the Viet Nam war had a choke hold on everyone's emotions daily, I was only a tyke of 9 years old, but I remember. I think my first "Oh Sh__!" moment in life was when i saw the US NAVY chaplains car roll up in front of our house, and hearing my Mom start wailing in the kitchen moments later. Not every day was splendid in 1970. Still, I do miss those days, compared to these in the present.

[@community1949]

@@RitzyTrailerII Well ok maybe I was a little simplistic and of course there were bullies in classes but they were few and far between. What I miss is the civil behavior, nice, clean clothes because what you are wearing DOES affect your behavior and attitude. They need to bring back some sort of dress code because then when you grow up you know the difference between "work" clothes and casual clothes. And what I have noticed is that some of the younger people just don't get that. The way you look sure as hell affects the way you act.

[@macbird-lt8de]

Excellent comment, thanks for saving me the trouble.

[@valentinr.dominguez2892]

There was actually a time where teenagers dressed up. It is so wonderful to see. What we have had these last few decades is depressing. It is not just the teenagers. It is almost everyone. I miss that era.

[@dannynye1731]

Now the clothes don’t fit and the seams fail. Out sourcing at it’s finest

[@ikaikamaleko8370]

This generates some weird feelings, brings back being a kid in the 70s watching this in the living room with my family.

[@fashart]

WOW! This theme takes me back to being 9 years old. My Dad was stationed in Vietnam and Mom, my 3 brothers & I were living in Salina Kansas. Kids in my class would tell me "You Mom looks like "Julia" or "The Lady on Roon 222"! Man, was I proud! Hearing that theme every Thursdaynight on ABC made the world seem like a better place! and this TV show looked like "MY WORLD" growing up in the "mult- culti" military world that I did! Thanks for posting!

[@janabell3810]

One of the very best TV theme songs. So well written.

[@SLYSPYHIWAY90]

This show was part of my early teens ,a happy time for me. My family was all together instead of married and moved away. Dad was alive and the future was bright,this show was fun and innocent and took on some controversial topics for it's time.

[@jeffhollifield7419]

So I would've been 11 years old when this first aired and I promise you I never missed an episode. This series displayed the humanity of man and demonstrated how easy it was for everyone to get along DESPITE our differences. We need to quit making everything about race and respect the fact we're all different and then appreciate areas we're the same. Either way, we're all just everyday people.

[@stratolestele7611]

Spot on Jeff!

[@slice39]

Wow, I loved this theme music and still do; I caught myself driving home from work this afternoon with the radio off and just started humming it. It was so great being a kid in the 70's! I also loved the Waltons theme music too.

[@michaelevans7582]

Jerry Goldsmith did both themes. A terrific composer, who also did scores like A PATCH OF BLUE & THE SAND PEBBLES.

[@BigSkippy1263]

I was just a young'un when this aired. I was sick a lot as a kid so when I had to stay home I watched this. Strictly for Karen.

[@woodrowpreacely7521]

There was so many badass themes back then. Mañnix, The Fugitive, Lancer, Dan August Mission Impossible too!

[@cristywyndham-shaw5111]

​@@woodrowpreacely7521Lancer! Wow, that's a blast from the past. 😊 Great theme music.

[@sharonclark6264]

This brings back memories, when tv shows were good! And well thought out. Such a nice opening theme. 💕

[@skopas]

..Dang ! I was probably 9 or 10 yrs old when this would come on. But every time it came on, this song would stop me in my tracks. I would just listen to it, gaze at the TV and wonder about everything. I think its the melody and combination of different instruments that give it a strange mood.

[@donaldstanfield8862]

Yes, great theme, loved the characters

[@ceecoursian]

I used to look at it and think Highschool was a long long way off for me

[@daniellaubach7544]

Myself was just 10 when the debut season of Room 222 came on . Yeah I do love the melody of this show.

[@theronedawson3236]

It is amazing how when you hear the music it can take your mind back to certain time and place. This was a good show. I missed those childhood days.

[@terrelparris8642]

I really enjoyed that show. The entire cast was excellent. Denise Nicholas and Karen Valentine were lookers. Everyone had a crush on Karen Valentine. I was a teacher and principal. I retired in 2016 after 37 years os service. I was an adjunct professor for a few years after retiring. I am still in contact with many of my former students and staff. They are my family. My students became my children. Teaching is great if you love it. I loved it! Room 222 was a great inspiration.

[@jimmieallen5096]

My god this brought back some memories for me. My mom and I watched this every week.

[@misti7766]

I love the opening of this show it fits that era so perfectly!

[@LionsTigersBears]

One of the most iconic high school tv show of the 70s. And very educational. Learn a new lesson each week on this informative show.

[@362chop]

Yes. A show with positive messages and vibes.

[@billbrowne5655]

Denise Nicholas. Wow. What a beautiful woman.

[@OjaiRoy]

Yes she was.

[@kurtkauffman4326]

Indeed!,She was later on "In the Heat of the Night" as one of their cast members.

[@kurtkauffman4326]

Her Husband,Bill Withers was a Singer Star.Had such Chart Hit Singles as,"Ain't no Sunshine","Lean on Me","Grandma's Hands",also "Just the two of Us" & many others he had through the years of his Career.He also assembled Toilets for 727's.

[@DrCruel]

She's still around. Not half bad neither.

[@rredhawk]

Kurt Kauffman Lovely Day is my favorite song by him. Use Me is probably my least favorite of his, but most of his stuff is great.

[@rredhawk]

Music is in 7/4 time (or 7/8 time signature?) which, combined with the gentle, building tone/mood gives this piece a sort of fatherly/scholarly flavor. So appropriate for a show like this. Jerry Goldsmith was amazing.

[@dmanster]

rredhawk 7/4

[@Obladgolated]

+rredhawk Actually, it's in 14/8, and it's subdivided 4-4-2-2-2, thereby including "222" in the time signature.

[@kidneymcsecrets8402]

You two are way over My head.... I loved the vibraslap and flugelhorn.

[@andrewunjo158]

@@Obladgolated wonder how many people would have gotten that.

[@Obladgolated]

@@andrewunjo158 At the time the show came out, I was in middle school, and our band teacher was big into Don Ellis, who experimented with all kinds of weird time signatures. Listening to Don Ellis records at school, I learned to notice how the non-conventional ones were subdivided (one of Don Ellis's strangest ones was called _3_-_3_-_2_-_2_-_2_-_1_-_2_-_2_-_2,_ which was actually the name of the song, with 19 beats per measure). I guess that's why I noticed it. Put that sequence of numbers into KZbin and you can listen to the song.

[@lindanicholls3370]

I used to watch this with my Dad when I was growing up. He liked it because he was a school teacher and I liked it because I was a school student. It was very groundbreaking and ahead of it's time. It dealt with issues like interracial dating, homosexuality, marijuana, etc. back when few shows would go there for fear of offending the sponsors.

[@Name-ps9fx]

I remember this show! Even the tv had good music back then!

[@JustClaude13]

When I was 10 I had a crush on Karen Valentine. Those were great shows, back then.

[@nevilleomega1100]

I STILL have a crush on Karen, believe me !!! 😄😄😊😊

[@donaldstanfield8862]

Loved her and character she played.

[@Obladgolated]

She was exceedingly crushworthy.

[@laureencallahan6946]

My show! I'm 68! Loved it 😃😎

[@JackieSkellington]

My older sisters loved this show! Actually crying sometimes...I was too young to get it, just wanted to hang with the big girls...2 of my sisters are gone now, sniff! Man this takes me back...RIP Linda and Cathy

[@globalheartwarming]

💖🫂💖

[@Tiberius291]

wow, listening to the theme song brings back memories of my childhood.

[@jeffdawson2786]

Love this theme song. I was a kid so I didn’t understand the subject matter so much. Huge Karen Valentine fan back then. ❤️

[@richardsztajer2508]

Me too

[@towerofresonance4877]

She was 23 here!

[@gs8388]

Wonderful opening theme to a warm hearted, frighteningly sincere show. Back in the jurassic days when network TV strove for "relevancy". This one achieved it.

[@debbieworth7865]

Omg, back in the day!!!!! I retired from education 21 years ago and what i remember is girls trying to see how little clothing they can wear and get away with . Seeing the opening and the girls wearing dresses and being dressed correctly. It was a simpler time and a better time. Vack then after homework and dinner all you hoped for was a phone call. Now everyone is in a phone, don't get me started. Thank you for showing this, please show others. Keep 'em coming!😊

[@smallworld1624]

Great show and one of the all-time best themes

[@williamblakehall2773]

See, now, these were the days, when you could sit and watch and relax to a beautiful Jerry Goldsmith introduction for fifty solid seconds before any actors even got named, and you didn't even care because the introduction was an experience in its own right.

[@algerdachs]

This was such a great theme. It was what got me hooked on the show when I was a kid.

[@laurenceesposito3393]

William Blake Hall And, back then we had orchestral instruments playing the music. Not a keyboard that sounds like elevator music. Jerry Goldsmith wrote fabulous, diverse music. His CHINATOWN score is original and remarkable.

[@nevilleomega1100]

These were the days, said it all...

[@johnsluggett1822]

@@laurenceesposito3393 I'm gonna go listen to it. Thanks!

[@doyleaudio]

OMG What is it about seeing and hearing this opening that has uplifted me? I wish the biggest problems schools have today were as simple as these. Back then teachers had support and respect. Hate to say it, but here I go sounding like my Dad. The Good Old Days LOL

[@mdarrenu]

the problems are less - people just have expectation beyond imagination about what schools are supposed to do. Even "bad" schools have so much more resources than we did back in the 60s and 70s. There is no crisis in education despite what you hear.

[@mcdonoghrahloh459]

Hammerschlägen M Hes right.And now its about money!

[@hapgood22]

@@mcdonoghrahloh459 It was always about money.

[@mikegike7273]

Jan 2022...who knee this is STILL a feel good theme. So much has happened in the world in 50 years. Mind blowing..

[@johndaker9489]

Without question the greatest theme song in tv history. And one of the best tv shows ever. This was when TV was truly great.

[@mikegike7273]

I almost agree. My second favorite theme...Jonny Quest theme was the best...just in my opinion. Peace.

[@silverstem2964]

My opinion only but I think you're way off. How about "Peter Gunn"( look that one up, it might change your mind) "Rawhide", "Man From U.N.C.L.E."? Even "Bonanza" has that beat. I could be older than you, but that's my perspective.😎

[@hlywdplayer]

Memories !!!! This show was a landmark for showing --ALL HUMAN BEINGS--- that share this earth can blend together without prejudice . One of my favorite's along with The Mod Squad, Here comes the brides ,The Waltons and Nanny and the Professor , Thanks for posting .

[@stephenhawk8384]

Two notes. That was all it took and I was right back in the show. Wonderful theme, great opening credits that highlighted a stellar cast. I watched this show with my parents every week.

[@annschnitz2593]

I can't remember what I ate for breakfast some days, but I just heard this theme song for the first time in almost 50 years and I knew immediately what show it was from. Amazing.

[@jeff.s.7160]

Look how nicely they are dressed

[@kurtkauffman4326]

Indeed there!

[@toycoon]

Loved this intro! Brings back many memories of Friday night television on ABC.

[@kurtkauffman4326]

I do too!

[@mizzbutterfly51]

Oh wow it truly does...I so miss those days!!!

[@kurtkauffman4326]

rovenus little I do too miss those days indeed!

[@showmebear]

toycoon Yep, I feel the same way. I was only about 6 when this show debuted, but it was a huge treat when my parents let us stay up real late.....9pm, to watch this "grown-up" show, lol. I miss shows like this.....there was such an innocence and air of optimism that things would get better in the world during this time, sadly, I don't believe they have.

[@smmfm5545]

toycoon Yes, Friday night in the early 70s was for Sanford & Son and Room 222 later on.

[@magneto7930]

Wow, I haven't heard this theme song since I was a kid. Makes me miss my childhood.

[@cashmerefunk2136]

Wooow i remember sittin on the floor at my grandma House watch this on Friday night lololo so many good times with my family no worries lolo just get home from school and do my home work...

[@Wellch]

no cellphone at that time.....people were not bored without it.. They talked to each other face to face.

[@firepower158]

Absolutely. You are 100% correct. These days, talking one to one has almost become a dirty word.

[@kurtkauffman4326]

U are right Wellch!,They were not invented at the time it was on Network Primetime.

[@d.a.elliottjr.367]

Now they can't do that without a mask.

[@PatriotBabe]

OMG this opening brings back fond memories of my childhood back in the early 70's. I met Karen in Newark, Ca in 1972 - I think. She was appearing to launch these new model homes for sale. I was about 10, and she was so sweet. My parents took photos of me and her together however Karen wouldn't let me go and many other people thought I was her daughter lol, so they all were snapping away. I miss Karen - where ever you are Karen, you are still LOVED by your FANS!

[@brucemcgee2281]

I remember watching this when I was around 14. I thought those high-school kids were so grown up looking compared to all the kids I was around at high school. It was a very contemporary show, that took on some social issues. I still like it, but have not seen it since the 1970's.

[@Nobuokasan]

The actors playing the students were in their twenties.Just like Welcome back Kotter,which went on the air a few years later.Richard Dreyfuss played one of the students.

[@hapgood22]

@@Nobuokasan Right ! Dreyfuss was on Room 222 only about five years before Jaws.

[@marvinmartin4692]

I had forgotten about this great show! I so miss raising the intelligent entertainment shows!

[@scorejames]

Great show, wonderful cast. Where are the series like this now when we need them the most? Most everything now is violence and killing.

[@wilmamarshall1252]

I wish I had a teacher that looked like Lloyd Haines. He was so handsome. RIP Lloyd Haines.

[@fiddleape]

This was one of my favorite shows when I was 8-10 years old. Friday night was the BEST night for TV...Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, Room 222, The Odd Couple, and The Carol Burnett Show all on the same channel one right after another.

[@mikem.1107]

ABC and CBS shows were not on the same channel. Carol Burnett was a CBS show, others ABC.

[@Stefanie2530]

Way before my time. I've never seen an episode. But I'm happy and honored to say Michael Constantine is from my town. Over the years whenever he was asked where he came from, he always said Reading, PA. Wasn't ashamed to say it. He kept a house here, visited many, many times while still acting and when he retired, he moved here permanently until his death. He attended our local ballet' company's Nutcracker performance frequently , posed with the dancers (I have photos of him wtih my nieces) . He was genuinely a good, nice man with a big heart. We in Reading are so proud of him. He is missed. (sorry...kind of off topic)

[@stuartperry1047]

One of those classic childhood television theme songs that stays in your head for a lifetime- accompanied by a wonderful opening montage that perfectly illustrates the hope and optimism of the era. There were so many great theme songs- The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, The Fugitive, My Three Sons, The Andy Griffith Show, That Girl, The Green Hornet, Hawaii 5-0, and so many more. Hell- those theme songs hold up better than many of the shows that are on tv- now.

[@gma729]

It kinda gives you that warm fuzzy feeling watchn these old early 70s shows. Lmao. : ) haha

[@kurtkauffman4326]

garyd044 Indeed!,It should alright!

[@bzzzzap]

Jerry Goldsmith did the theme. What a genius--great song.

[@dalecummins689]

As I'm on the cusp of approaching 60, this intro theme music brings back childhood memories. Getting old sucks, thanks for the reminder 😉

[@thomaswashington5888]

OH MY GOD, I'M VERY EMOTIONAL RIGHT NOW. I REMEMBER THIS SHOW VERY WELL. I WAS 5 YEARS OLD THEN. I MISS THE 70'S, I MISS MY CHILDHOOD!!!🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[@1960jack]

This show was one of my fondest memories as a 8 or 9 yr old kid watching TV back in the late 60's early 70's. Mr. Dixon was a rad teach.

[@gregherried5189]

this show brings back so many memories I was in the seventh grade when it premiered and I rarely missed an episode I've always loved the theme by Jerry Goldsmith and I remembered it all these years thanks for posting this

[@jaelie8398]

This show was magnificent. The diversity of the cast was unheard of in the 60's, plus they tackled such relevant issues that have stood the test of time. Liz inspired me to become a counselor. I have seasons 1 & 2 on DVD, wish they'd release the others.

[@debbietramontano5118]

Used to watch this show all the time. Was the nicest show, a decent family show. I wish they made shows like this nowadays. Makes me happy just listening to the theme song.

[@vgrandy95]

Oh wow such a pleasant tune that brings back good memories, & those feelings really makes my heart smile❤️❤️

[@jmarcguy]

I was born too late for this show but remember the 70s well. Bought season 1 out of curiosity & love it!!! Had never seen it before. Highly recommended!

[@beaubearsmith5863]

wow , it took longer for shows to open then, I miss TV that was clean though, shows like this, Welcome back Kotter,, Love American Style, Nanny and the Professor, and more ,

[@clicks59]

Love the instrumentation and odd meter. Thanks for bringing this one back

[@THX-kw2jh]

I remember watching this KZbin video for the first time back in January 2010, and here I am in September 2021 watching it again and Loving This TV Show Theme Song.

[@albertowen1025]

Ahhhhh Karen Valentine was my first boyhood crush, hoping I would have Alice Johnson as my teacher in high school....but 50 years later, I still have that crush but she never became my teacher. I loved this show so much.

[@itzjoeymac]

I remember this song as a very young child. Wish it could be that way.

[@gratefulperson8489]

What a great show that was, the music is so relevant to an enjoyable childhood. Thanks to whomefer for posting that tune. Sometimes words are unnecessary.

[@jaelie8398]

This show was magnificent. The diversity of the cast was unheard of in the 60's, plus they tackled such relevant issues that have stood the test of time. Liz inspired me to become a counselor. I have seasons 1 & 2 on DVD, wish they'd release the others.

[@marmaly]

One of the best tv themes ever. The recorder solo is very hypnotic for some reason??

[@johnsluggett1822]

The sound of the recorder suggests the innocence of youth. I am moved.

[@DocFlt]

I just read your comment, and I think it’s if not it because it’s a copy of the Beatles Fool on the Hill that came out two years earlier

[@jeffdawson2786]

Never could finish an episode of this show. It was too serious for me and over my head as a kid. But the theme song is still magnificent. And what adolescent boy didn’t fall for Karen? ❤️

[@robd4521]

This is a great theme song. Hadn't heard it in decades but recalled it vividly once I listened to the first few seconds of it. Can someone please bring back 1970 ! What has society regressed to in the last fifty years? I don't think the staff would be leaving their car convertible tops down or windows open nowadays. Some schools now have metal detectors and armed officers patrolling the halls. I know a teacher and he says several of his students don't even stand for the national anthem, and he's told to respect that. The future looks bright folks !

[@clouseau186]

Loved this show and theme and was a big fan of Karen Valentine. She was always soooo cute.

[@clouseau186]

Thank you and I totally agree.

[@kurtkauffman4326]

clouseau186 I also like the way she dresses on stage.

[@kurtkauffman4326]

Kurt Kauffman Also,everything was part of her Wardrobe & Attire.

[@randywelshrw3]

clouseau186 yup

[@kevinfriel2858]

TOTALLY A CLASSIC !!!! TIMELESS !!!!!!!

[@pjross9803]

thank you so much for posting. im 52 and fondly remember this time period in America. this theme and Love American Style really embody the ambiance

[@justinbishop1193]

Friday nites on ABC in the late '60s and early '70s were PURE GOLD...wishin there was a return to the genre instead of the "reality crap"

[@patriciaharvey4672]

I know what you mean.......all this garbage on TV now......I really enjoyed Room 222 along with so many other late 60s & early 70s sitcoms

[@lockedin60]

I agree I suspect though the "reality shows except for Survivor or the Amazing Race are cheap to make. than quality stories and acting!

[@kurtwise7356]

When this show came out I was in junior high and my home room was 222!

[@James_Knott]

I used to watch that show. Back then, shows didn't insult the audience.

[@joaniestish4392]

Wonderfully nostalgic song! We made brownies in our kitchen on Tuesday nights as it aired!

[@stevenherbert3247]

"Room 222" aired on Wednesdays and Fridays, according to its Wikipedia page. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_222

[@hark4e78]

We need shows like this today.

[@saleemahfareed4790]

Room 222 was good show back in the 70s thanks for sharing 1:31

[@cindymccormick3099]

I was 10 at the time my sister in high school loved this show!!