History Series / Room222

* ConsummateLiar: In the Season 1 episode "The New Boy," a new student named Dennis transfers to Whitman High, upon which he establishes himself as a former star basketball player who acted out, got bad grades, and was expelled from his old school due to his unhappy family life. He also promises to buy tickets to the upcoming Music/RollingStones concert for anyone who wants them, as his dad and Creator/MickJagger's dad were supposedly fought together in the Second World War. Turns out he can't play a lick of basketball, has a happy family life, has no way of procuring the Stones tickets as they're all sold out, and his dad hasn't even heard of Mick Jagger. Needless to say, Richie and the gang are pretty upset when Dennis fesses up, after initially being called out on his lies by Mr. Dixon.

* SadClown: The episode "Funny Boy" introduces us to Harvey Butcher, an overweight kid who's always on – always cracking wise in and out of class. Eventually, it's revealed that he's not a very happy person inside – he uses his knack for humor to cover up his insecurities over his weight, and his unhappiness at not being too popular with the girls.

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* Being part of [=ABC=]'s memorable Friday night lineup that also included ''Series/TheBradyBunch'', ''ThePartridgeFamily'', ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'' and ''Series/LoveAmericanStyle''.

* Being part of [=ABC=]'s memorable Friday night lineup that also included ''TheBradyBunch'', ''ThePartridgeFamily'', ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'' and ''Series/LoveAmericanStyle''.

''Room 222'' was a comedy-drama series, created by Creator/JamesLBrooks and airing on Creator/{{ABC}} from 1969–1974, focusing on life at a typical American HighSchool in Los Angeles and set primarily in the American history class taught in the titular Room 222 by African-American teacher Pete Dixon (Lloyd Haynes).

''Room 222'' was a comedy-drama series, created by Creator/JamesLBrooks and airing on Creator/{{ABC}} from 1969-1974, focusing on life at a typical American HighSchool in Los Angeles and set primarily in the American history class taught in the titular Room 222 by African-American teacher Pete Dixon (Lloyd Haynes).

In addition to being the first major success for Brooks (who would go on to develop many popular TV shows and films), and one of the first successful series set at a high school to appeal directly to teenagers, the series is best remembered today for two things:

Many serious topics facing teen-agers were addressed, some relevant today: bullying, depression, suicide, teen pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse, violence, cheating, teacher-student relationships and so forth. Despite this, most episodes had at least one lighter-hearted subplot to provide balance.

* Karen Valentine, who starred as Dixon's student teacher (and later English teacher) Alice Johnson.

'''''Room 222''''' was a comedy-drama series, created by Creator/JamesLBrooks and airing on Creator/{{ABC}} from 1969-1974, focusing on life at a typical American HighSchool in Los Angeles and set primarily in the American history class taught in the titular Room 222 by African-American teacher Pete Dixon (Lloyd Haynes).

'''''Room 222''''' was a comedy-drama series, created by Creator/JamesLBrooks and airing on {{ABC}} from 1969-1974, focusing on life at a typical American HighSchool in Los Angeles and set primarily in the American history class taught in the titular Room 222 by African-American teacher Pete Dixon (Lloyd Haynes).

In addition to being the first major success for Brooks (who would go on to develop many popular TV shows and films), and one of the first successful series set at a high school to appeal directly to teenagers, the series is best known today for two things:

* Karen Valentine, who was one of the great TV heartthrobs of the era as Dixon's student teacher (and later English teacher) Alice Johnson.

* Karen Valentine, who starred as Dixon's student teacher (and later English teacher) Alice Johnson.

* Being part of [=ABC=]'s memorable Friday night lineup that also included ''TheBradyBunch'', ''ThePartridgeFamily'', ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'' and ''Series/LoveAmericanStyle''.

'''''Room 222''''' was a comedy-drama series, created by JamesLBrooks and airing on {{ABC}} from 1969-1974, focusing on life at a typical American HighSchool in Los Angeles and set primarily in the American history class taught in the titular Room 222 by African-American teacher Pete Dixon (Lloyd Haynes).

* Karen Valentine, who starred as Dixon's student teacher and later as an English teacher.

'''''Room 222''''' was a comedy-drama series, created by JamesLBrooks and airing on {{ABC}} from 1969-1974, focusing on life at a typical American HighSchool in Los Angeles.

In addition to being the first major success for Brooks (who would go on to develop many popular TV shows and films), and one of the first successful series set at a high school to appeal directly to teen-agers, the series is best known today for two things:

* Karen Valentine, who starred as Lloyd Haynes's student teacher and later as an English teacher.

In addition to being the first major success for Brooks and one of the first successful series set at a high school to appeal directly to teen-agers, the series is best known today for two things:

'''Room 222''' was a comedy-drama series, created by JamesLBrooks and airing on {{ABC}} from 1969-1974, focusing on life at a typical American HighSchool in Los Angeles.

* Being part of [=ABC=]'s memorable Friday night lineup that also included ''TheBradyBunch'', ''ThePartridgeFamily'', ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'' and ''Love American Style''.

'''Room 222''' was a comedy-drama series airing on ABC from 1969-1974 set at a Los Angeles High School, and focusing on life at a typical American HighSchool.

In addition to being one of the first successful series set at a high school to appeal directly to teen-agers, the series is best known today for two things:

* Being part of [=ABC=]'s memorable Friday night lineup that also included ''TheBradyBunch'', ''ThePartridgeFamily'', ''TheOddCouple'' and ''Love American Style''.

* Karen Valentine, who starred as American history teacher Alice Johnson. Fresh out of college, she was in her first year of teaching during the series' first season.

'''Room 222''' was a comedy-drama series airing on ABC from 1969-1974 set at a Los Angeles High School, and focusing on life at a typical American HighSchool.