Schoolhouse Rock!

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Schoolhouse Rock! is a series of 46 educational shorts featuring rock songs about schoolroom topics, including grammar, science, economics and American history and politics. Originally conceived by Thomas G. Yohe in 1972, the shorts were broadcast on ABC television affiliates until 1986. They were then broadcast on occasion throughout the 1990s and part of the 2000s.

Often viewed with nostalgia by members of Generation X, Schoolhouse Rock! has become part of American popular culture. It has been parodied in Family Guy ("Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington" & "Running Mates"), MADtv, and The Simpsons ("An Amendment to Be"). In 1996 Atlantic Records released the album Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks, a collection of popular artists covering Schoolhouse Rock! tunes. Some of the more notable artists included Better Than Ezra (Conjunction Junction), Goodness (Electricity, Electricity), Blind Melon (Three Is A Magic Number), the Lemonheads (My Hero, Zero), Ween (The Shot Heard 'Round the World) and Moby (Verb: That's What's Happening).

The short "The Preamble," set to highly infectious music, has a slightly abridged wording of the Preamble of the United States Constitution. The song starts, "We the people, in order to form a more perfect union...", but the actual document starts, "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union...."

An additional short, I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College, was created for the 30th anniversary video release.

Titles

Grammar Rock titles (and topic) - (link to external page with lyrics):

Unpack Your Adjectives (adjective) - music & lyrics by George R. Newall; performed by Blossom Dearie. lyrics
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here (adverb) - music, lyrics, and performance by Bob Dorough. lyrics
Conjunction Junction (conjunction) - music & lyrics by Bob Dorough; performed by Jack Sheldon. lyrics
Interjections! (interjection) - music & lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; performed by Essra Mohawk. lyrics
Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla (pronoun) - music by Bob Dorough; lyrics by Kathy Mandary; performed by Jack Sheldon. lyrics
Verb: That's What's Happening (verb) - music & lyrics by Bob Dorough; performed by Zachary Sanders. lyrics
A Noun Is A Person, Place Or Thing (noun) - music, lyrics, & performance by Lynn Ahrens. lyrics
Busy Prepositions (preposition) - music & lyrics by Bob Dorough; performed by Jack Sheldon and Bob Dorough. lyrics
The Tale of Mr. Morton (subject and predicate) - music & lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; performed by Jack Sheldon. lyrics

Science Rock titles (and topic) - (link to external page with lyrics):

The Body Machine (nutrition) - music & lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; performed by Bob Dorough and Jack Sheldon. lyrics
Do The Circulation (cardiovascular system) - music & lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; performed by Joshie Armstead, Mary Sue Berry, & Maeretha Stewart. lyrics
Electricity, Electricity (electricity) - music & lyrics by Bob Dorough; performed by Zachary Sanders. lyrics
The Energy Blues (energy conservation) - music & lyrics by George Newall; performed by Jack Sheldon. lyrics
Interplanet Janet (solar system) - music, lyrics, & performance by Lynn Ahrens. lyrics
Telegraph Line (nervous system) - music & lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; performed by Jaime Aff and Christine Langner. lyrics
Them Not-So-Dry Bones (skeletal system) - music & lyrics by George Newall; performed by Jack Sheldon. lyrics
A Victim Of Gravity (gravity) - music & lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; performed by The Tokens. lyrics
The Weather Show (weather) - Music & Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Performed by Bob Kalban. Never aired. lyrics

Money Rock titles (and topic) - (link to external page with lyrics):

Dollars and Sense (interest and loans) - lyrics
Making $7.50 Once a Week (budget) - lyrics
Where The Money Goes (paying bills) - lyrics
Tax Man Max (taxes) - lyrics
Walkin' On Wall Street (stock exchange) - lyrics
This For That (barter) - lyrics
Tyrannosaurus Debt (budget deficit) - lyrics
The Check's In The Mail (checks) - lyrics

Multiplication Rock titles (and topic) - (link to external page with lyrics):

My Hero, Zero (Zero as a numeral) - music, lyrics, & performance by Bob Dorough. lyrics
Elementary, My Dear (2) - music, lyrics, & performance by Bob Dorough. lyrics
Three Is a Magic Number (3) - music, lyrics, & performance by Bob Dorough. lyrics
The Four-Legged Zoo (4) - music, lyrics, & performance by Bob Dorough (and chorus of children). lyrics
Ready or Not, Here I Come (5) - music, lyrics, & performance by Bob Dorough. lyrics
I Got Six (6) - music & lyrics by Bob Dorough; performed by Grady Tate. lyrics
Lucky Seven Sampson (7) - music, lyrics, & performance by Bob Dorough. lyrics
Figure Eight (8) - music & lyrics by Bob Dorough; performed by Blossom Dearie. lyrics
Naughty Number Nine (9) - music & lyrics by Bob Dorough; performed by Grady Tate. lyrics
The Good Eleven (11) - music, lyrics, & performance by Bob Dorough. lyrics
Little Twelvetoes (12) - music, lyrics, & performance by Bob Dorough. lyrics
- No shows were produced featuring the numbers 1 or 10

America Rock titles (and topic) - (link to external page with lyrics):

No More Kings (independence) - music, lyrics, & performance by Lynn Ahrens. lyrics
Fireworks (Declaration of Independence) - music & lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; performed by Grady Tate. lyrics
The Shot Heard 'Round The World (American Revolutionary War) - music, lyrics, & performance by Bob Dorough. lyrics
The Preamble (United States Constitution) - music, lyrics, & performance by Lynn Ahrens. lyrics
Elbow Room (U.S. territorial expansion, see Manifest Destiny) - music & lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; performed by Sue Manchester. lyrics
The Great American Melting Pot (immigration/melting pot) - music & lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; performed by Lori Lieberman. lyrics
Mother Necessity (American inventions) - music and lyrics by Bob Dorough. lyrics
Sufferin' Till Suffrage (women's suffrage) - music by Bob Dorough; lyrics by Tom Yohe; performed by Essra Mohawk. lyrics
I'm Just A Bill (legislation) - music & lyrics by Dave Frishberg; performed by Jack Sheldon. lyrics
Three Ring Government (separation of powers) - lyrics