The 94th Schoolhouse Rock Appreciation Thread

Cafe Society
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Only one brief, dismissive mention has been made of the Schoolhouse Rock remakes by modern pop groups. I’d like to go on record as saying this CD is definitely worth owning.

Some of the songs are bad (Pavement’s glacially slow-paced rendition of “No More Kings” is unlistenable), but others, like Moby’s take on “Verb,” are a super hoot and fun to listen to.

Not equals of the originals by any means, but fun nonetheless.

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Hey! My mention of it wasn’t dismissive! I loved Skee-Lo’s “Mr Morton”.

Fenris

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Fenris, apparently my mention of your mention was dismissive.

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Yes, it appears so. I supplied them with a correct URL for a return, but somehow they messed it up.

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Heard a line on a current affairs show over the weekend.

“We need a Schoolhouse rock special about Osama bin Laden and the Taliban!”

Picture it: guys running around measuring beards, women being locked out of schools, rubble everywhere, training schools for terrorists.

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I have an MP3 at home of a college acapella group singing a live medley of Schoolhouse Rock that is just a laugh riot. I can’t remember which group right now (I will try to remember to check when I get home from work), but the copyright-challenged among you could probably find it by searching for BOCA under Napster or a P2P clone. My favorite lines:

  • When singing the noun section (“Or any place that you can go” “Like Disneyland or Hell”
  • When singing Interjections. ("Now stop, those are nouns, ‘Rats’ and ‘Crap’ are nouns.)

Fans of Schoolhouse Rock will want to track this down.

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I feel validated by that statement

Cryptically

Fenris

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reloy’s post brings me to the topic of Schoolhouse Rock parodies. I can think of only one offhand: the “flag protection amendment” short from an episode of The Simpsons, which was a take-off of “I’m Just a Bill.”

Are there others?

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The only one I can think of is an episode of Cartoon Network’s original series Johnny Bravo, in which Jack Sheldon (singer of Conjunction Junction and I’m Just A Bill) guest-starred as a man who sung SHR-style songs telling Johnny how to impress women. He didn’t listen, of course. And I think NBC got in trouble for poking fun at big business ownership with “Conspirasy Theory Rock” on Saturday Night Live…

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Just for the record, Disney (who apparently now owns the rights) is putting out a Collector’s Edition DVD next spring.

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Eutychus55:

Euty, you just became my new best friend.

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Last night on the Drew Carey show season premiere, there was another parody of “I’m just a Bill.” I was let down, though. I like Drew Carey, but this pardoy was weak.