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| Schoolhouse Rock! (Special 30th Anniversary Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Tom Warburton
Actors: Jack Sheldon, Bob Kaliban, Darrel Stern, Lynn Ahrens, Joshie Armstead
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $12.80
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (530 reviews)
Sales Rank: 209
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 283 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DISD23048D
ISBN: 0788829254
UPC: 786936157826
EAN: 9780788829253
ASIN: B00005JKTY
Release Date: August 27, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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A FUN Educational Tool! August 29, 2002
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I saw that Schoolhouse Rock was coming out on DVD, I was immediately taken back to 7th grade American History when our teacher asked if anyone knew the Preamble to the Constitution. I raised my hand and stood up and recited the entire thing. My teacher was very impressed and said that I had it down perfectly, except that it wasn't actually a song. That was news to me! As a mother I thought back on that day and realized the educational value of these little songs that pack so much important information, and I just had to treat my kids to the fun.
Wonderful!!! August 28, 2002
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I *love* schoolhouse rock! I grew up on these songs, and most everyone who grew up in the 70s and 80s did so as well. These songs helped to define our generation, and you could probably pick any random young adult, and he would be able to hum or any sing one of these tunes! I am SO glad that schoolhouse rock is out on DVD. I have the VHS tapes from a decade ago, but it's nice to have all the songs (49 total, just about) together. Some of my favorites were Conjunction Junction, Interplanet Janet, Sufferin' Till Suffrage, Elbow Room, Figure Eight, I'm Just a Bill, The Preamble (I can still recite the US Constitution's preamble thanks to this!), A Noun is a Person/Place/Thing, Shot Heard around the World, and A Victim of Gravity. Everyone will have their own favorites!The DVD is a 2DVD set. The 1st one has 49 songs, which can be listened to individually, by subject matter, and all together. You can even choose up to 10 songs (or repeat a few) to be played. My favorite method is the random jukebox, which plays random songs - you never know what's going to be played next, just like on the old ABC saturday morning cartoon days. The 2nd DVD has a "lost" song, a new song, 3 forgotten computer songs, a few featurettes, commentaries on a bunch of songs. There's also a trivia game - kinda fun, and it unlocks a mini-song. Also a few fun easter eggs around. All in all, it's a fun disc to look over, and the kids will like it, too. There's even a top 20 songs shuffle count-down, too. I'm glad I have this DVD. Five stars all the way and this is one DVD that will get plenty of replay time, especially if you have kids in the house!
It's all SchoolHouse Rock's fault! August 27, 2002
30 out of 33 found this review helpful
It's all SchoolHouse Rock's fault!It (that's a pronoun) sucked me in as a kid with its great melodies and clever lyrics as I learned everything I ever needed to know in school. While other kids wondered why I knew so much about the parts of speech or how I knew so much about math OR America, I was setting the curve and ultimately became high school valedictorian. Then I went to college and earned degrees in both mathematics (master's) and music (bachelor's). Bob Dorough, Jack Sheldon...it's all your fault! Now that I've been a college mathematics teacher, a high school & middle school band director, and now a senior software engineer, I listen to SchoolHouse Rock while I work and my little baby girl now has SchoolHouse Rock on DVD. Hopefully, it'll be your fault she has a head start in school also! ;-) Thanks,
CLR PS- HEY ABC/DISNEY...WHY DON'T YOU SET ASIDE AT LEAST 30 MINUTES EVERY SATURDAY MORNING FOR A SOLID BLOCK OF SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK??!! It may not have trading cards to license, but it would be the best thing on TV (again)!
I was ROCKED!! August 23, 2002
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Schoolhouse Rock IS THE BEST!!! I learned my multiplication ANd how to sing (a little) from watching these mini shows back in the 70"s. This IS, and WILL be a VERY BEST buy for you, ESPECIALLY, if you have small children. Better than Barney, folks!!
Learning is Fun! August 7, 2002
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Geez anyone who wants the kids to learn and enjoy it should get this DVD. The shuffle feature will be just like watching ABC on Saturday morning in the 70's. You just didn't know which subject was coming up next. Could be "I'm just a Bill", "Figure Eight" or my personal favorite "Interjections". My two year old sings, "And the preamble goes like this...We the people, in order to form a more perfect union...." in her own darling way. My four year old actually knows what a Noun is and why there are fireworks on the fourth of July. This series is the best way to teach many subjects in a way that is known to stick. Music! (and cute cartoons too)
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