There was another show that was on my second year of college (1977) that just had a tremendous impact on me. Now don't anyone laugh here, but that show was "James at 15". It starred Lance Kerwin as James Hunter, which potrayed the pains of being a teenager and growing up in the 1970's (much like myself).
If you remember, James has his world turned upside down when his family moves from Oregon to Boston, MA where his father who is a college professor has accepted a new teaching position. For those who recall this series, James would lapse into daydreaming sequences where he would picture himself as he would like to be. Did the same thing myself at that age. But what really made the show alive for me was the subject matter that it dealt with at the time. Keep in mind, this was 1977, but some of the subjects in various episodes was venereal disease, teenage alcoholism, suicide.
I know there was one show where James found out his older sister Kathy was having a pre-marital affair with her professor. Or even more controversial, especially in 1977, was the one where James lost his virginity to I believe it was a foreign exchange student at his school at the time. I think there was even an episode where he had an affair with one his teachers. Now days when the media gets wind of a "teacher/student" thing going on, they just go nuts. Well I got news flash for them, it went on big time back in the 70's and no one said a thing about it.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf5CmNhwpSU[/youtube]
