my son and i get on youtube a lot of evenings and watch different videos and one of his favorites are the old School House Rocks that used to air on ABC on saturday mornings.

like a lot of my generation we learned Grammar, the finer points of math and U.S. History.

i've watched them with him several times and i've realized they can't ever be aired again. they're not politically correct enough for todays PC crowd. it's a shame though..they're goodies.

here's a sample of what i grew up with for those who've never seen them...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxmKRyLdBho

"conjunction conjuction whats your function"
"im just a bill"

too bad they dont show these on tv anymore. educational tv at its best.

"my hero zero..."

Great Space Coaster was my favorite!

"I'm just a bill" was the best

"three is a magic number"

elec-tricity, eeeeelec-tri-city...

BTW. I passes quoting the "preamble to the constitution of the United States" by one of these shows. (F/those who dont know which one) It started off, "We the people..."

lol....I'll be singing these all the rest of the day....I LOVED School House Rock......

$ 19.99 for all of them onn DVD at the FYE store in Broadway Square (Tyler) Mall....my daughters & I looked at it tonight!

Man, those were the days!

glad i brought back a few memories.....

we've watched them all..he's only 6 so he doesn't get them all yet but...he loves them.

My wife has used the "math" one in her classroom at school. This topic has also brought back the memories of watching films in the classroom on the reel to reel projector about the "sun". It had some animation and I believe that it was hosted by Eddie Albert. This would have been when I was in elementary school back in the early 70's.

Loved it. Back in the days when Saturday mornings were the only times the only the three channels that we had broadcast ANYTHING for kids!! And my favorite was also "I'm just a bill."

and, but, and or will get you pretty far.

Watched that, Doug, and Recess every Saturday morning.
Till I was 10 or so, that was TV for me, other than a bit of news.
2 Channels, I believe. Until 19 came around.
But of course, I can't leave out Winnie the Pooh.
I learned a great deal from that show.

We watched, "I'm Just a Bill" in my Government class when I was at TJC.

I watched School House Rock when I was little too.