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Yes, I was on Romper Room School twice. (No, I didn't flunk out the first
time -- I was invited back to substitute for another student.) It was a
lot of fun and it all went well. (Except for spilling the water for the flower I
brought for Miss Jo Ann right before show time. Oh yeah, and that little
incident during the Holsum Bread commercial.)
Interesting fact: in 1962, my Romper Room teacher, Miss Jo Ann replaced Miss Sherri (Sherri
Finkbine). Finkbine had sought medical approval for an abortion on the grounds that she had been taking thalidomide and believed her child would
be born deformed. Finkbine decided to go public about the dangers of thalidomide, but was denied the abortion in
Arizona following intense negative publicity surrounding her case. Finkbine ultimately traveled to Sweden for the abortion. After the abortion it was confirmed that the fetus had no legs and only one arm. In 1992 a made-for-TV movie about the incident,
A Private Matter, with Sissy Spacek as Finkbine, was aired.
(Which was actually very inaccurate because they changed a bunch of names and facts. Not to mention it was
obviously filmed in southern California. Just put a few cacti in pots
and it looks just like Phoenix. Yeah, right.)
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