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Lori’s Childhood Trivia: Schoolhouse Rock

Shakin’ it up for Round 8. Instead of a contest, let’s have a collaboration.

I’ve thrown out a clue: Schoolhouse Rock. Now y’all give me lines. One per comment, and one comment per day, please.

No googling! Let’s see how deeply we can milk our memories for lines from Schoolhouse Rock.

Shall we see if we can get to 20?

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Now. How long will it take for Lolly and her adverbs to get here?

(Rounds 1-7 and assorted memories can be found here.)

25 Responses

  1. Someone from my loss group actually mentioned this Schoohouse Rock episode at one of our meetings. Here’s the line that’s haunted me since then: A man & a woman had a little baby They had three… They had threeeee in the family It’s a magic number.

  2. I’m just a bill,Yes I’m only a bill..And I’m sitting here on Capitol Hill.(I hope you were meaning the Schoolhouse Rock from Saturday mornings!)

  3. I don’t know how you people do this stuff. (said in the most complimentary way). I’m always at a loss when you post these!

  4. So sorry to put the whole thing but I sang this in a talent show in grade school and it is one of those things that you just never forget. My boys laugh at me because I can still sing it and sing it fast…sadly it is not the only one that I know by heart…Well, every person you know,And every place that you can go,And anything that you can show,You know they’re nouns.A noun’s a special kind of word,It’s any name you ever heard,I find it quite interesting.A noun’s a person, place, or thing.Oh, I took a train, took a train to another state.The flora and fauna that I saw were really great.I saw some bandits chasin’ the train.I was wishin’ I was back home again.I took a train, took a train to another state.Well, every person you can know, like a bandit or an engineerAnd every place that you can go, like a state or a homeAnd anything that you can show, like animals and plants or a trainYou know they’re nouns – you know they’re nouns, oh…Mrs. Jones is a lady on Hudson Street.She sent her dog to bark at my brother and me.We gave her dog a big fat bone,And now he barks at Mrs. Jones.She’s a lady who lives on Hudson Street.Well, every person you can know, Mrs. Jones, a lady, or a brotherAnd every place that you can go, like a street or a cornerAnd anything that you can show, like a dog or a boneYou know they’re nouns – you know they’re nouns.Oh, I took a ferry to the Statue of Liberty.My best friend was waitin’ there for me. He took an early ferry.We went for a walk on the island you know,And in the middle of summer it started to snow,When I took a ferry to the Statue of Liberty.Well, every person you can know, like a friend or the captain of a shipAnd every place that you can go, an island or a seaAnd anything you can show, like a statue, a ferry, or snowYou know they’re nouns – you know they’re nounsOh, I put a dime in the drugstore record machine.Oldie goldies started playing if you know what I mean.I heard Chubby Checker, he was doin’ the twistAnd the Beatles and the Monkees, it goes like this!I put a dime in the drugstore record machine.Well, every person you can know, the Beatles and the Monkees, Chubby CheckerAnd every place that you can go, like a neighborhood or a storeAnd anything that you can show, like a dime or a record machineYou know they’re nouns.A noun’s a special kind of wordIt’s any name you ever heard.I find it quite interestingA noun’s a person, place, or thing.A noun is a person, place, or thing.

  5. I can actually sing every history and english one ever made. But I’ll offer a science one:“I’m a machine, you’re a machine.”

  6. We the people, in order to form a more perfect union . . . Schoolhouse Rock is how I learned the Constitution.

  7. Lori, I’m so loving this! AFTER I posted I Googled and got a good laugh. My SIL has a dog named Rufus and I’ve always called him Rufus Xavier Sasparilla, but I couldn’t remember where it came from.. SHR, of course! LOL!Yep, they need to bring back the classics.. that does not mean Knight Rider.. like SHR and “Battle Of the Network Stars”, etc. :o)

  8. These are so great, Ladies!I can taste the Froot Loops now.(The breakfast of choice back in the day.)Keep ’em coming…

  9. ooohhhh, such memories. I have the school house rock CD that a bunch of artists collaborated together on. Have you hear it? “3 is the magic number” sung by blind melon. Melts my heart.

  10. Tina.. I wanna Zoom Zoom Zooma Zoom. I wanna Zooma Zooma ZOOM! that and oh ay, THE ELECTRIC COMPANY ROCKED.:o)Sorry, I just a blabber mouth today..

  11. Talking about Schoolhouse Rock has brought back so many memories. Anyone remember The Electric Company or Zoom (Boston Mass 02134)

  12. I once taught “Planetary Janet” to 3rd graders. But I don’t remember it from the originals.

  13. Oh crap, someone took mine already (previous comment)! Ok, here’s another, since we’re in the political zone…“And we were sufferin’ until suffrage…”(this song has so much soul – it rocks!)

  14. I’m gonna send your vote to college,When you vote for president,And if you’ll let me share some knowledge,You’ll understand this big event!

  15. A hanker for a hunk of, a slab or slice or chunk of, I hanker for a hunk of cheese…Does anyone remember that one?

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