Talk:Room 222

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Fire escape

Why are the students walking up the fire escape in the opening credits?

Los Angeles High School

Room 222 was filmed with the students at Los Angeles High School and even states it at the end of the show —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.183.224.2 (talk • contribs)

A couple of possibilities here:

The name of the school was changed after the show was filmed. So, what was once "Los Angeles High School" is now John Marshall High School. I think this is a likely possibility.
The show's producers got it wrong or left out the article "a". So, in the credits, it might've meant to say "filmed at a Los Angeles High School". Leaving out the a makes a big difference in this case.
Our information is wrong. If this is the case, please correct it citing your source.

Thanks for trying to keep up honest! :-) — Frecklefoot | Talk 14:06, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, nevermind. I found the info on the Internet and fixed it in the article. :-) — Frecklefoot | Talk 14:11, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Simpsons

referenced in season 13 episode 12, i'm not sure if there is any relevance since i have never seen this show and I don't really get the joke. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.27.174.205 (talk) 18:04, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

TO SIR WITH LOVE - THE TV SERIES

Abbythecat (talk) 01:29, 7 August 2016 (UTC)Wasn't ROOM 222 a TV series based on the movie TO SIR WITH LOVE? The all-knowing teacher, his co-workers, his students. I won't list this as I have no proof, but hmmm... sure seems likely.Abbythecat (talk) 01:29, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Dubious

The assertion that this series was "based on Chicago's Kenwood High School in Chicago's University of Chicago community" and "Many of the stories used in the show were lifted right out of actual classroom situations at the school" is questionable and requires a reliable source to be cited or it will be removed. JGHowes ^talk 00:06, 16 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'm removing that entire paragraph. Not only is it dubious and unsupported by ANY reliable sources (a year after you requested citations), but it is practically impossible. Kenwood High School did not even open until the year this series started—probably even the same month, September 1969. The first episodes would have been filmed at least several weeks before broadcast, and written months or even years before that. Those episodes CANNOT have been "originally based on" a school that did not even exist yet. That whole paragraph is just someone's fantasy. —104.244.192.86 (talk) 20:43, 31 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The section on Recurring Cast lists "Chuck Norris as himself". Is this real, or is it vandalism? It doesn't square with the show I remember. Norris was only just becoming known in those days. I could believe he played a regular character before his martial arts fame; and I could maybe believe he played his celebrity self in one episode, if said celebrity visited the school and there were a plot around that. But it's a strain to imagine that he played "himself" as a recurring character. The article contains no further mention of him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:5A8:4165:2E00:E16C:C599:945:E395 (talk) 19:56, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Why my comment is "unsigned", I don't know. I tried to leave a summary and sign it, but it didn't take. Trying again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:5A8:4165:2E00:E16C:C599:945:E395 (talk) 20:01, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I guess it is not vandalism. I later googled and found pretty quickly that, as I suggested was a possibility, Norris did indeed play himself in at least ONE episode, centered around a bullied kid taking martial arts. S2E10. This probably should not be listed under "recurring cast", unless it can be shown that he was in more than one episode, which doesn't seem likely. And probably should be removed entirely since he wasn't in the "main cast" either. But I'm leaving it alone since I'm not a "power user" of Wikipedia and haven't gotten up to speed on the standards around here. Add a section on celebrity guest appearances? I leave it to others to decide. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:5A8:4165:2E00:6005:C543:DBE2:D412 (talk) 00:59, 17 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]