The Preamble (Schoolhouse Rock) - Thanks, Rachel!

[Dennis Donovan]

Run time: 02:59 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNb9AoY5XXE   Posted on YouTube: September 01, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: November 07, 2009 By DU Member: Dennis Donovan Views on DU: 1374

 
One of my favorite SR's! Rachel just featured it on her show.:thumbsup:

[proud patriot]

1. I was raised on Schoolhouse Rock

every Saturday Morning :patriot:

[intheflow]

2. Me, too!

I was able to sing along to the whole preamble still! :) Schoolhouse Rock also taught me my times tables. It was a great series!

[LeftyMom]

3. We have the DVD, my kid loves them.

It really impressed people last fall when he could explain the electoral college to everybody, and yeah, that's all Schoolhouse Rock.

[kenfrequed]

6. Yup ...

I had very good memories of most of the schoolhouse rock bits.

[Jack Rabbit]

9. I was raised when Captain Kangaroo wa sstill being broadcast in black and white

!!

[Rhiannon12866]

13. Captain Kangaroo was my show, too...

My parents got me a genuine "Bunny Rabbit," pointy little glasses and all. LOL. I was thrilled... :bounce:

:loveya:

on edit: And I couldn't tell you whether it was in black-and-white, or not, since we only had a black-and-white TV until I was in high school... :shrug:

[Jack Rabbit]

14. Neither did we have a color TV until I was in high school

However, it's a no-brainer. CBS was the last network to broadcast anything in color. I believe CBS was still all-B&W by the time NBC's prime time was 100% color. The brass at CBS had a hard time figuring out why Bonanza got such high ratings that nothing CBS put in the 9 pm Sunday slot lasted more than one season for years.

[Rhiannon12866]

15. I did not know that...

And you'd think I'd know a little history, since I used to work with CBS. When I was 6-9, we lived on the side of a mountain, so we only got one channel... Think it was NBC, but it wouldn't have mattered if it was in color, or not, LOL. To be honest, we never cared that it was in black-and-white. We were used to it... :-)

[Krashkopf]

17. Bunny Rabbit . . . Mr. Greenjeans . . . Dancing Bear . . . Mr. Moose . . . Tom Terrific . . .

Thanks for the memories!

[DearAbby]

4. showing my age..BUT I LOVED SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK!

[susanr516]

5. Really showing my age--

my kids loved Schoolhouse Rock! (And so did I.)

[Dennis Donovan]

7. Me too - I was 8 when they premiered...

And (true story) I was kicking other 4rd graders BUTTS because I knew all of my multiplication tables, up to x12 BECAUSE of Schoolhouse Rock!:thumbsup:

[Bucky]

8. HA! I always make my kids sing this song when we study the Constitutional Convention

Usually, by the third or fourth round they warm up to it.

[drexel dave]

10. Really skewed and hits the constitution in little bullet points

and offers none of the down side of those the founding fathers were repressing, while they were trying to be gain freedom to be the boss of the applesauce as opposed those stuffy Brits.

Yeah, I grew up on this stuff too, but when you think of how lightly the subject of great import is treated (I mean, how many thousands of pages have been written about the meaning of the U.S. Constitution), it's not like this teevee piece is really a step up on the educational ladder.

[Dennis Donovan]

11. This was made for kids under the age of 10...

:eyes:

[drexel dave]

12. HA!

You're right. I am using big boy eyes.

[Krashkopf]

16. You can almost predict a person's profession by the SHR they remember most.

Lawyers - "I'm Just a Bill."

Accountants - "Zero Your My Hero."

Scientists - "Interplanetary Janet."