The last creator of "Schoolhouse Rock" has passed.

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  1. auntiehill

    auntiehill The Blooness Premium Member

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    Ars Technica had this great article to pay tribute to George Newall, the former ad executive who helped create the series.
    It's amazing how much I learned from this series--things that helped with me with math, with English, with American History and Civics. I will always remember my stodgy old history teacher assigning us to learn the preamble to the constitution--he had no idea it was on Schoolhouse Rock, and got very annoyed that we were all singing it. :lol: Hey, it was a very catchy tune!

    Of course, now, with media spread out to a million different sources, we probably won't see the same impact with this type of educational programming in the future, so Schoolhouse Rock may have been unique in its general influence.

    I am, 53 years old, and Hubby and I were singing "Conjunction Junction" together just a few minutes ago.

    Which ones were your favorites?

    As mentioned, I loved "Conjunction Junction." That tune is swinging.


    The Preamble


    Hubby loves this one:


    What are your favorites?
     
  2. Mr. Laser Beam

    Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Conjunction Junction is definitely my favorite as well.

    Although I loved Shot Heard Round The World too. :techman:

     
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    I had a Social Studies teacher give our class the same assignment, but I'm pretty sure he knew about the SHR song and was trying to see if we would at least do that much studying at home.
    My top three:




     
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  4. Mr. Laser Beam

    Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    I'm sure "Three Is A Magic Number" is quite popular among the Minbari. ;)
     
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    I liked Conjunction Junction and I'm Just A Bill.

    May he rest in peace. :(
     
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    Like the ones presented so far but Zero My Hero and Electricity are other favorites...
    RIP



     
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    And we also lost Bob from Seseme Street.

    …and my Childhood really has come to an End…
     
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    I wonder if Londo Mollari would study it as hard as he did the Hokey Pokey.
     
  10. auntiehill

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    Lolly, Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here! (this will be stuck in your head all day)
     
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    I'll see your Lollys and raise you Verb! That's whats happening!
     
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    Such a shame.

    RIP
     
  13. Oddish

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    I also like Interplanet Janet, the Preamble, Figure 8, and Interjection... and this one:
     
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  14. auntiehill

    auntiehill The Blooness Premium Member

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    Wow, I'd forgotten that one.
     
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    @J.T.B. , thank you for that Figure 8. Love Blossom Dearie, a unique voice literally and figuratively (fine piano player too), and Bob Dorough a genius. Jack Sheldon who sang I’m Just a Bill died within a year or two ago.
     
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  16. Oddish

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    Some may not remember that Bill originally stated that school buses had to stop at railroad crossings. And, of course, he became a law. I still think of Bill as I drive up to a crossing.
     
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  17. publiusr

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    Sometimes I question that one.

    A moving bus has momentum to perhaps carry it over the tracks even if the engine dies. Stop Look and Listen is best…but how many times have we seen a stopped vehicle go dead right as it starts moving and stall’s out just there…
     
  18. Oddish

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    We definitely stop, look, and listen. School buses are outfitted with a silencing device that that kills the radio, heater, and bus's CB system, meant to be used on railroad tracks.

    Unfortunately, said button does not silence our passengers.
     
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