Talk:Schoolhouse Rock!
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[edit] The 'five' issue
The link to "Five" is inappropriate...well, let me amend that. The fact that "Five" is a television station, not a number, may be inappropriate!
Any suggestions would be helpful.
Brian Sayrs 18:03 Mar 3, 2003 (UTC)
- I've unlinked them. We have an article zero, but not other numbers -- we don't have enough server space for that!
These things aired well after 1986- I remember seeing them right after the Bugs Bunny and Tweety show on ABC when I was a kid, which was around 1995.
[edit] is 'inaccurate' most accurate?
The article states:
'The short "The Preamble" set to highly infectious music an inaccurate 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...."'
This seems quibbling to me. So I will quibble with the quibble ;-) I would say, rather than 'inaccurate', 'abridged'. Sometimes popularizations abridge perfectly acceptably.
To me, this paragraph is not even worth including, but I wanted some other input before simpliy deleting it. Any other opinions out there?
- I did note the issue as a kid, and just remembered that I needed to re-add 'of the United States of America' after 'We the People'. I'd certainly consider 'abridged' a more accurate term. - Kazrak 15:53, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
- The abridged version of the preamble was so well recognized that when I was in junior high school and writing it was part of a history test, 95% of the class missed the words "of the United States". So I do think it is signifigant.
On that note, should we note how "A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing" is inaccurate as a noun is a "person, place, thing, or idea"? --129.21.117.115 05:15, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
- Actualy, a noun is the name of a person, place, thing or idea. The word "apple" is not an apple. Picky, picky, picky. If you need to, you could mention that the songs simplified the topics to an early elementary school level so they could be put to music, and give a couple of examples. GUllman 18:20, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
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- In fact, that's another good point to make in the article. Both it and the abridgement of the preamble are quite valid and useful information. Kaz 02:25, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
- The criticism of the "noun" song is incorrect. While the song does say "A noun's a person, place or thing," it also says specifically "A noun's a special kind of word, it's any name you've ever heard." So it already specifies that it's any name. - Anon 17:17 10 February 2006.
How is it that no one's complained about the inaccuracies of Verbs: That's What's Happening? The episode claims to turn nouns into verbs by adding i-n-g. That's crazy. Instead they are changing present tense verbs into present progressive. Example: "bat" is a present tense verb, "batting" is present progressive tense. The fact that "bat" can also be a noun is immaterial. 64.66.67.161 22:30, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Is it immaterial? I can turn wikt:minion (definitely a noun and in no way a present tense verb) into "minioning", which is what the song is about. Of course, verbing does weird language... :) -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 04:53, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] PSA's about healthy eating
Someone added the note: "The Schoolhouse Rock team also created 30 second public service announcements to talk to kids about healthy eating. Some of these PSAs were Beans and Rice, Chew Chew Chew, Wrappers, and Love Won't Add Weight." I believe this information is incorrect. This website [[1]] says those eating PSA's were made by DePatie-Freleng.
[edit] Pirates & Emporers Parody
What exactly is this Pirates & Emporers pardoy? Who made it and like? I found it to be excelent in terms of commentary and how they imitate the SHR-style.
[edit] The "original" shorts
The article frequently refers to "46" as the "magic number" when it comes to the shorts that were originally aired as part of the series, but the following list contains more than that number. It would be useful if someone could make it clear which of the shorts were part of the "original" batch and which weren't, especially since certain video/DVD releases ONLY feature those shorts. ChrisStansfield 21:18, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Smash Mouth
I thought Smash Mouth remade "I'm Just a Bill".
[edit] Removed "politically correct" trivia entry
The specific example cited, about how "take your powder, take your gun" has been changed to "take your blanket, take your son" is inaccurate. The first quote is sung during the first two repetitions of the chorus; during the third repetition (after "at Valley Forge, they just bundled up their feet") the second quote is sung. The Shot Heard 'round the World makes several references to guns as part of the song. Wyv 09:22, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] my own personal satisfaction
ok, in the 90's there was a show on abc(?)that was about a courthouse and they played schoolhouse rock during some of the commercials... does anyone remember the name of the show???
[edit] History Rock
The first VHS release (1973) was titled "History Rock". Does anyone know the history of the name change to "America Rock"? --Jonrock (talk) 00:36, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
