[Holofernes]

I saw this DVD being released and no, it's not "hard news", but I remember learning the Preamble from these cartoons, among other things. I immediately thought of Freepers and wondered... were these cartoons, in retrospect, a good thing full of good teachings, or a sinister plot to promote a Left agenda? I'm sure SOMEone here has opinions or evidence to support their theories about Schoolhouse Rock and a "lost" generation of kids (?). And no, I have no financial interest in the DVD or Disney Corp... but I'll probably buy the DVD when it comes out and remember underoos and fruitloops and the Bicentennial.. gotta love those $2.00 bills!

[Arkinsaw]

I'm just a bill.....yes I'm only a bill. Of course they were good.

[Tribune7]

I really can't see a downside to them.

[VRW Conspirator]

I do not know what the effect was on the generation. But, I do know this...

Conjunction Junction what's your function..

[Holofernes]

Shot Heard Round the World was probably my favorite of the group, and a great topic... but I'm not sure about the inflammatory _Sufferin' Till Sufferage_ spot, nor the Math lessons in _Hey Little Little Twelvetoes_... all the lyrics are here: http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/gilly/Schoolhouse_Rock/HTML/schoolhouse.html

[JavaTheHutt]

were these cartoons, in retrospect, a good thing full of good teachings, or a sinister plot to promote a Left agenda?

Well, I'm sure you've fired the proverbial shot across somebody's bow.
Just so you know:

The shot heard 'round the world
Was the start of the Revolution

[Grig]

They were great. The only 'leftist' one I can think of was the one about the world running out of energy, but even that only was pushing common sense conservation, not radical enviro-whacko stuff.

The DVD will be great, I'm glad they didn't try and make it a 4 DVD set (one for history rock, one for science rock, etc.) and I plan on getting it.

[El Sordo]

Lolly's, Lolly's, Lolly's, get your adverbs here!

[Dianna]

I think they were great! We've had them on video for years and my kids like them.

We the people
In order to form a more perfect union

[Paul Atreides]

Just be thankful they weren't produced today. It would be a medley of show tunes, by the cast of La Cage Aux Faux, dealing with hate crimes, tolerance, diversity, and everything that's "for the children."

[swheats]

I just bought my boys the 4 cd set a week ago. I think they not only instilled lifelong lessons about government, grammar, science and math facts, but also character and a knowledge of godliness.

One song in particular, the Number 3, speaks of the Trinity. You wont find that anywhere on tv these days.

[Recovering_Democrat]

I will be buying this the day it is released if possible. I've got the VHS tapes, and my little one is learning about adverbs, the preamble, manifest destiny, and his multiplication tables. The DVD will have more stuff on it, and in a better medium.

Schoolhouse Rock "America Rock" unashamedly mentions God several times, and though it was probably put together by liberals, it was 1970s liberals who were a bit more constrained in their desire to impose socialism upon society. And many weren't atheists or feminazis. (There is one America Rock that talks about Women's Suffrage, and it treats the subject in a fair way; celebrating the vote instead of the man-hating attitude we're so used to seeing from the NOW gang.)

Schoolhouse Rock is good stuff.

[hc87]

I'm glad it's not just me that expects people to start singing whenever the preamble to the Constitution is read aloud!

[SevenofNine]

OHHH they bringing to DVD Very soon?

COOL RACK ITT

Conjuction what your function

I am just bill

YEAH BABY

I like see ABC bring them back I think it could talk to younger generation

[x]

Curious, the bill was lonely, sitting around Capitol Hill waiting to become a law. Was this an appeal to deal with "gridlock" and the "backlogged national agenda," liberals so often speak of? Or is the bill to be praised for sticking to the Constitution and not seeking a dictator to rubber stamp him into law? And why was the bill so lonely, when there must have been plenty of unpassed bills sitting around in committee rooms and in the hopper? Or was the bill depressed because Congressman Studds was on his tail?

[Classicaliberalconservative]

I LOVE SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK.

[MattinNJ]

Does anyone remember the Schoolhouse Rock superhero Verb (it had a snappy little tune. Something like "to run, to hit, to catch, to flyyyy". Anyway, verb was this hugely muscular black hero with spindly little legs.

One day my buddy and I were playing college football when this freshman walks on the team. I swear to God, we both looked at each other at the same exact time and said that guys nickname shall be Verb. He just had this incedible upper body on two skinny little legs with ankles that constantly had to be taped. He was forever getting carted off the field with sprained ankles and strained calves but he was pretty impressive looking in the locker room. (No flaming from the homophobes please).

[Genesis defender]

I hope the song with "The Future Blob" is on this DVD.

This is one more thing to put on my Christmas list.

[lizma]

a sinister plot to promote a Left agenda?

No. They're pretty good. But Sesame Street is evil :-)

I would usually watch any PBS show with my kids, but one time the phone rang at the start of Reading Rainbow. Thought that would be OK for my 4 year old to watch. Wrong.

She got a graffic display of the birth of a baby. The PBS people thought this was appropriate for little kids. I did not. That ended PBS in this house.

[Wondervixen]

Unless you can find anything that points to leftist history revisionism, I can't see anything negative about them. They stand up to the tests of accuracy, I suppose, because history revisionists hadn't fostered the concept of LYING about our heritage yet.