Schoolhouse Rock... what was the best one?

[KyndCulture]

I'm thinking "The Preamble"

Anybody else got one?

[CanuckAmok]

1. "The Dirty-Bomb Shuffle"

Very infomative.

[Blue-Jay]

4. "Three is a magic...

number of feet to bury a corpse"

[southlandshari]

2. Conjunction Junction!

What's your function? Hooking up...

well, I don't remember the rest, but I can hum it with great gusto!

;)


Runners up? "I'm Just a Bill" and "Three is a Magic Number"

[KyndCulture]

5. Interplanet Janet was great too!

and I'm ignoring you fools upthread that don't appreciate how cool Schoolhouse Rock was!

[southlandshari]

7. Hmmmm....

You want I should delete their posts? Surely their sarcastic non-responses could be considered inflammatory...

;)

[KyndCulture]

10. LOL

no, but i'm feeling generous with my bandwidth...

so here ya go....


http://www.radionewsamerica.com/media/nion/preamble.mp3


http://www.radionewsamerica.com/media/nion/janet.mp3

[RoyGBiv]

6. Hookin' up words ...

... and phrases and clauses

:-)

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses.
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
I got three favorite cars
That get most of my job done.
Conjunction Junction, what's their function?
I got "and", "but", and "or",
They'll get you pretty far.

"And":
That's an additive, like "this and that".
"But":
That's sort of the opposite,
"Not this but that".
And then there's "or":
O-R, when you have a choice like
"This or that".
"And", "but", and "or",
Get you pretty far.

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up two boxcars and making 'em run right.
Milk and honey, bread and butter, peas and rice.
Hey that's nice!
Dirty but happy, digging and scratching,
Losing your shoe and a button or two.
He's poor but honest, sad but true,
Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up two cars to one
When you say something like this choice:
"Either now or later"
Or no choice:
"Neither now nor ever"
Hey that's clever!
Eat this or that, grow thin or fat,
Never mind, I wouldn't do that,
I'm fat enough now!

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up phrases and clauses that balance, like:
Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
He cut loose the sandbags,
But the balloon wouldn't go any higher.
Let's go up to the mountains,
Or down to the sea.
You should always say "thank you",
Or at least say "please".

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses
In complex sentences like:

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up cars and making 'em function.
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
I like tying up words and phrases and clauses.
Conjunction Junction, watch that function.
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.

[southlandshari]

8. Thank you!

I owe you one for finding and posting those. It really is stuck in my head right now, and words help!

:P

[RoyGBiv]

11. They have a website ...

http://www.schoolhouserock.tv/

And I have it bookmarked, and I actually visited it now and again because I like to sing along to words I've forgotten when I'm watching the DVD set I paid too much for.

And I have a problem ... almost 40 year old man who goes around actually singing Schoolhouse Rock songs to himself during the day. Been singing "The Preamble" more and more lately. :-)

[BlackVelvetElvis]

3. Three is a magic number.

I also loved the preamble.

[RoyGBiv]

9. Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla!!!!

The Preamble is probably my favorite from an intellectual, meaningfulness perspective ... that or "I'm Just a Bill"

BUT

Nothing beat Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla in my mind, just because of the title.

Now, I have a friend named Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla,
And I could say that Rufus found a kangaroo
That followed Rufus home
And now that kangaroo belongs
To Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla.

Whew! I could say that, but I don't have to,
'Cause I got pronouns,
I can say, "HE found a kangaroo that followed HIM home and now IT is HIS"

You see, (uh) HE, HIM, and HIS are pronouns,
Replacing the noun
Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla,
A very proper noun.
And IT is a pronoun, replacing the noun, kangaroo! (How common!)

Now Rufus has a sister named Rafaella Gabriela Sarsaparilla.
If she found a kangaroo I'd say to you:
"SHE found a kangaroo that followed HER home, and now it is HERS."
But I can't say that...
'Cause she found an aardvark
That fell in love with HER and THEY're so happy.

And my name's Albert Andreas Armadillo.
(No relation to the Sarsaparillas.)
Because of pronouns, I can say:
"I wish SHE would find a rhinoceros for ME, and WE'd be happy."
You see, a pronoun was made to take the place of a noun,
'Cause saying all those nouns over and over
Can really wear you down!

Now I could tell you Rafaella Gabriela and Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla and Albert Andreas Armadillo found an aardvark, a kangaroo, and a rhinoceros. And now that aardvark and that kangaroo and that rhinoceros belong respectively to Rafaella Gabriela Sarsaparilla and Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla and Albert Andreas Armadillo!

Whew! Because of pronouns I can say, in this way:
"WE found THEM and THEY found US, and now THEY are OURS and WE're so happy." Thank you pronoun!

You see a pronoun was made to take the place of a noun,
'Cause saying all those nouns over and over
Can really wear you down.

Sometimes, when we take 'em all on the bus
People really raise a fuss.
They start shouting out a lot o' pronouns at us, like
"WHO brought that rhinoceros on this bus?" and
"WHAT made that horrible noise?" and
"WHICH one of them is getting off first?"

WHO, WHAT, and WHICH are special pronouns that can ask a question
In a sentence where you do not know the name of the noun,
But I know:
I have MINE, and SHE has HERS,
and he has his. Do YOU have YOURS?
THEY love US, and WE love THEM,
WHAT's OURS is THEIRS--
That's how it is with friends,
And pronouns, you are really friends, yeah!

'Cause saying all those nouns over and over
Can really wear you down.