If only the real classroom could have held our attention like “Schoolhouse Rock!” We’d all have PhDs, or at least a generational spike in standardized test scores. The possibilities in those mid-’70s ...
A young generation befuddled by math began to learn the multiplication tables by singing “Three is a Magic Number.” That song, by Bob Dorough, first ran on children’s shows as a three-minute animation ...
If “Three is a Magic Number,” then what is 50? “Schoolhouse Rock!” debuted a half century ago today. Gen Xers grew up with the inventive and stimulating animated series, which featured infectious ...
If you grew up in the 1970s and '80s, there's a good chance you learned at least some of your multiplication tables while you were watching Saturday morning cartoons on ABC. "Schoolhouse Rock!" ...
The animated educational ABC series ran from 1973 to 2002, teaching kids about science, math and grammar George Newall, co-creator of Schoolhouse Rock!, has died. He was 88. News of Newall's death was ...
If you’re a 30- or 40-something who grew up on American television and Saturday morning cartoons, you no doubt are familiar with “Schoolhouse Rock,” the educational series of songs that taught kids ...
COLUMBIA — There's just something about "Schoolhouse Rock!" There might not be a school-time memory more universal and beloved than the quirky (and surprisingly clever) cartoons that have taught so ...
"I usually enjoy a good morning hallucination." So began W.T. Woodson High School's energetic production of "Schoolhouse Rock Live!" The musical, based on the ABC-TV series that ran from 1973 to 1985, ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Schoolhouse Rock Live!, a pop culture phenomenon takes the stage at The Players ...
Friday is T-shirt Day at the office. The writers and editors of LNP’s Watchdog team recently embraced casual Fridays, and while shorts and open-toed shoes are still frowned upon, T-shirts — ...
George Newall, the co-creator of the educational musical cartoon series “Schoolhouse Rock,” has died. He was 88. Newall’s wife, Lisa Maxwell, told the New York Times he died of cardiopulmonary arrest ...