TO SIR, WITH LOVE
TCM, 10:15 p.m. ET
Another “spider-web” movie – and this one, released in 1967, may well have been the movie that made me want to grow up to be a teacher. Sidney Poitier stars, as a proud black teacher who takes charge of a London classroom full of unruly Eastenders. This movie was adapted for the screen by James Clavell, who later wrote Shogun, and made stars of three of Poitier’s more attractive students: Lulu, who performed the movie’s title song, Judy Geeson, and Suzy Kendall. Hmm. Maybe this fall, I’ll ask my students to call me “Sir.” Naah. The very thought would clash with my Hawaiian shirts…