Not many subjects were taboo on Room 222.
In season 3, one touchy subject was sex education. It begins when Principal Kaufman (Michael Constantine) announces a seminar to educate the faculty on venereal disease (VD). This, though, puts a veteran teacher (guest star Ruth McDevitt, ex-Pistols & Petticoats) in the crosshairs when a parent (Walker Edmiston) raises an objection that threatens the teacher's job.
By 1972, Walker Edmiston, a character actor with a fair number of television credits, was mostly doing voice work for the Kroffts (i.e. HR Pufnstuf, Lidsville). This episode, "I Give My Love", can still be used in today's high schools as a primer, allowing for advances in education & research in the 51 years since.
Rating: A.
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