So Schoolhouse Rock - Classic or dud?
― jed (jed_e_3), Monday, 13 October 2003 11:40 (twenty-two years ago)
― thomas de'aguirre (biteylove), Monday, 13 October 2003 14:13 (twenty-two years ago)
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 13 October 2003 14:33 (twenty-two years ago)
― Mark (MarkR), Monday, 13 October 2003 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 13 October 2003 16:36 (twenty-two years ago)
― (Jon L), Monday, 13 October 2003 20:34 (twenty-two years ago)
My six-year daughter has finally shown an interest in Schoolhouse Rock, and I'm thrilled. Unquestionably classic. Search: "I'm Just A Bill," "Interplanet Janet," "Interjections," "No More Kings," "The Preamble," "Sufferin' Till Suffrage," "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here," "Conjunction Junction," "Figure Eight," and "Zero, My Hero," among many others.
All gold.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 20 October 2007 22:41 (seventeen years ago)
VERB! THATS WHATS HAPPENING!
― The Reverend, Saturday, 20 October 2007 22:54 (seventeen years ago)
my 4 year old is hip to all this tunes
― gershy, Saturday, 20 October 2007 22:58 (seventeen years ago)
The blaxsploitation flick vibe of this clip is fan-tas-tic.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 20 October 2007 23:19 (seventeen years ago)
I bought the DVD for my oldest sons' first birthday.
Ok it was for me, damnit!
― Mr. Odd, Sunday, 21 October 2007 03:11 (seventeen years ago)
Try watching it with a glass of scotch. The deeper meanings of "Interplanet Janet" really open up.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 21 October 2007 03:23 (seventeen years ago)
Edutainment was a lot better before it was defined that way.
― trashthumb, Sunday, 21 October 2007 03:37 (seventeen years ago)
I Got Six (I'm Superbad)
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 01:25 (seventeen years ago)
DVD is so good. The songs hold up so well, no Magwitch-like nostalgia-busters here. Who remembered all that funk and jazz was in there? Like Peanuts meets Hair.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Sunday, 28 October 2007 22:23 (seventeen years ago)
Some interesting stuff by Gary Giddins http://www1.villagevoice.com/music/0019,giddins,14715,22.html http://www1.villagevoice.com/music/0128,giddins,26262,22.html
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Sunday, 28 October 2007 22:39 (seventeen years ago)
"Hooray! I'm for the other team!"
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Sunday, 28 October 2007 22:59 (seventeen years ago)
Yes! "Interjection" is my daughter's favorite Schoolhouse Rock episode.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 28 October 2007 23:01 (seventeen years ago)
That was my favorite as a youth. The woman who sang it is some kind of not-quite-rediscovered-yet cult artist, right behind Judee Sill, complete with Rhino Handmade treatment.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Sunday, 28 October 2007 23:04 (seventeen years ago)
Goes by the name of Essra Mohawk, nee Sandy something-or-other. And don't forget that "I Got Six" was sung by Grady Tate. Don't know who sung the equally funky "Verb."
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Sunday, 28 October 2007 23:50 (seventeen years ago)
Those American history ones are almost heartbreakingly earnest - so much desperate optimism from those post-"Sesame Street" progressives trying to reclaim Bicentennial-era patriotism from those curmudgeonly right-wingers. Powerful stuff, quintessentially '70s, and the reason why many Canadian kids of my generation with access to American TV were subsequently bored in history class.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 29 October 2007 00:27 (seventeen years ago)
xpost - Holy shit, that's Essra Mohawk?! I always wondered what she sounded like.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 29 October 2007 00:29 (seventeen years ago)
Those American history ones are almost heartbreakingly earnest - so much desperate optimism from those post-"Sesame Street" progressives trying to reclaim Bicentennial-era patriotism from those curmudgeonly right-wingers. Powerful stuff, quintessentially '70s.
OTM. Sadly, I don't think these Schoolhouse Rock episodes could succeed today. Kids now are much more cynical, raised in a culture soaked in irony, and are, technologically at least, much more sophisticated than kids in the 70s. Even today's kid shows, e.g., Dora the Explorer, Fairly Oddparents, the Disney sitcoms, are much more savvy and hard-edged than kid shows in the 70s. Given all of that, I doubt that an un-ironic Schoolhouse Rock series would succeed today.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 29 October 2007 00:44 (seventeen years ago)
On that note, please tell us who Money Rock was aimed at.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 29 October 2007 00:45 (seventeen years ago)
Me? Kids, I guess. Admittedly, the "Money Rock" episodes never connected with me like the "America Rock" episodes. The episodes of "Money Rock" I remember, though, were pretty innocent. You remember it differently?
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 29 October 2007 00:49 (seventeen years ago)
No, I don't remember it at all. I just saw it last week for the first time. Those just seemed a lot flatter than the rest of them. I don't know about innocent or cynical.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 29 October 2007 00:57 (seventeen years ago)
Oh, yeah. That's totally true. They're much less engaging than, say, the "Grammar Rock" episodes.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 29 October 2007 00:59 (seventeen years ago)