Schoolhouse Rock! 50 Years of Rocking Your Math, Vocabulary and Grammar!

[Principled Man]

January, 1973:  David McCall and Bob Dorough created one of the best educational tools for kids.  Short videos with cool animation, very catchy tunes with great lyrics that taught kids all about math, grammar, vocabulary and basic civics.  We sure could use more of this these days!   

 

 

 

 

[blueschica]

We loved this one!  The rhyming and the bluesy music were just awesome. Still find myself singing it once in a while! 

 

 

[grep]

I'm just a bill, yes I'm only a bill, and I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill....    

[Principled Man]

Interjections!  Hallelujah!  Hallelujah! 

[invisible airwave]

I remember MTV playing the Blind Melon version a lot in the mid 90s after Shannon Hoon passed away.

 

 

[Fordgalaxy]

There's actually going to be a Schoolhouse Rock "sing along" with celebrities on ABC this coming week. I won't be watching.

[grep]

12 hours ago, Fordgalaxy said:

There's actually going to be a Schoolhouse Rock "sing along" with celebrities on ABC this coming week. I won't be watching.

 

Yeah, that list of performers looks horrible. 

[goose]

"I got six, that's all there is..."  

 

Classic

[Principled Man]

On 1/28/2023 at 11:56 PM, Fordgalaxy said:

There's actually going to be a Schoolhouse Rock "sing along" with celebrities on ABC this coming week. I won't be watching.

I watched some of it today.  Not good.  

[grep]

1 hour ago, goose said:

"I got six, that's all there is..."  

 

Classic

I got the six, gimme your nine

[goose]

9 minutes ago, grep said:

I got the six, gimme your nine

These days, your song is likely considered less offensive than the Schoolhouse Rock video I quoted, as it features an Arab prince rolling up with spice- and oil-laden camels and a harem of a dozen wives with six kids each.  And of course each of his fingers is covered in shiny diamond rings.  "Hey kids, let's count!"

 

 

 

I love the groove, though.  

[grep]

^^That's $60 worth of eggs at 1:12 .  

[goose]

19 hours ago, grep said:

^^That's $60 worth of eggs at 1:12 .  

Lmao

[goose]

Name that Schoolhouse Vid:

 

"Put in on its side and it's a symbol meaning...infiniteeeee"