Oedipus Rex

Published December 5, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Commenator Bill Harley visits a classroom and gets so excited about storytelling, he blunders into "Oedipus rex," and the kids get curious about incest, patricide and other neat stuff. Bill gets to leave, but the teachers have to clean up his mess.

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