Conjunction Junction - Schoolhouse Rock, 1974
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". Conjunction Junction, what's your function? Conjunction Junction, what's your function? Conjunction Junction, what's your function? Conjunction Junction, what's your function? In the mornings, when I'm usually wide awake, I love to take a walk through the gardens and down by the lake, where I often see a duck and a drake, and I wonder, as I walk by, just what they'd say if they could speak, although I know that's an absurd thought. 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. |
In the early 1970s, an advertising executive named David McCall figured out that his son had memorized the words to every rock song on the radio, but had trouble with with his homework. Being in commercial advertising, he set about putting educational lyrics to music, and came up with Schoolhouse Rock. Animation was added by Tom Yohe Sr., and the first piece, Three is a Magic Number was released. With sponsors such as Nabisco, Kenner Toys, Kellogg's, and McDonald's, these education shorts were sold to ABC for the children's segments. They aired for 12 years.
Schoolhouse Rock divided its songs into categories: Multiplication Rock, Grammar Rock, Science Rock, America Rock, Money Rock and in later years, Computer Rock. The computer series used two characters, Scooter Computer & Mr. Chips to prepare 80s kids for the coming digital age. I wonder - if Schoolhouse Rock were going today, how they would explain all that damned spam?
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