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dforaste · 10-14-2003, 09:55 PM

I vaguely remember an episode in which the students try to protect an elderly male Latin teacher's job threatened by declining enrollments. With encouragement from the teachers, Jason reads Ovid's _Art of Love_ on the radio and students sign up en masse only to be disillusioned by learning declensions of Latin nouns. Is it episode 59, Hail and Farewell, a reference to the last line of Catullus' poem 101 "Ave atque vale"? Any other details or corrections anyone can add to my recollection?

dforaste · 11-07-2003, 08:07 PM

I obtained a copy of Eisner & Krinsky, Television Comedy Series, and found the answer to my question. The Fading of the Elegant Beast was the title of the episode. Eisner & Krinsky's plot summary: "Pete tries to help the school Latin teacher who is being replaced with a teaching computer."

10-14-2003, 09:55 PM	#1
dforaste Member Forum Hawk Join Date: Oct 14, 2003 Location: long Beach, ca Posts: 4	Latin at Walt Whitman I vaguely remember an episode in which the students try to protect an elderly male Latin teacher's job threatened by declining enrollments. With encouragement from the teachers, Jason reads Ovid's _Art of Love_ on the radio and students sign up en masse only to be disillusioned by learning declensions of Latin nouns. Is it episode 59, Hail and Farewell, a reference to the last line of Catullus' poem 101 "Ave atque vale"? Any other details or corrections anyone can add to my recollection?

11-07-2003, 08:07 PM	#2
dforaste Member Forum Hawk Join Date: Oct 14, 2003 Location: long Beach, ca Posts: 4	I obtained a copy of Eisner & Krinsky, Television Comedy Series, and found the answer to my question. The Fading of the Elegant Beast was the title of the episode. Eisner & Krinsky's plot summary: "Pete tries to help the school Latin teacher who is being replaced with a teaching computer."