This was one of those early episodes with an annoying laugh track and its particularly inappropriate here because it involves a school bond issue that will slash a lot of programs at Walt Whitman affecting everything from textbooks to lab equipment. The teachers have a meeting and good old Mister Dragon the immortal drone puts everyone to sleep with his seven page petition until good kind hearted Alice Johnson nominates Pete to be the head of a committee formally protesting the issue (boy with a friend like Alice Pete sure does not need any enemies). The teachers stage a peaceful protest outside the school and even get to sing the Walt Whitman High song. The saddest part of this episode is where we see Mister Kaufman's world weary cynicism where he talks about the lonely role of a high school principal.
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The Teacher's Strike
Jimmy_the_Gent411 January 2021
Pete is made chairman of the teacher's protest union while a vote is up for a school bond.
Not one of the best episodes, an interesting issue but goes mostly for laughs. One problem is the show is not very funny and the laugh track here is really overused. Ivor Francis plays Mr Kragen, a old fashioned, long winded teachere who would becom a semi regular. Mr Kaufman is for the cause but not for the strike.
Not one of the best episodes, an interesting issue but goes mostly for laughs. One problem is the show is not very funny and the laugh track here is really overused. Ivor Francis plays Mr Kragen, a old fashioned, long winded teachere who would becom a semi regular. Mr Kaufman is for the cause but not for the strike.
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