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Summary: Awesome, Its about time....
Review: I must say, that its about time that SHR came out on dvd format. I bought the vhs tapes a while back, but SHR on dvd , you cant top that. You get 2 dvds. One with all the videos on it, with a shuffle feature, and one where you can shuffle your own videos in the order you want to see them. The other dvd has behind the scenes with the original creators, and tells how they created the new SHR video, Gonna Send Your Vote To College. Also, has the long lost Weather Show, which got banned from airing from a lawsuit. The Scooter Computer and Mr. Chips videos are on the disk as well. History, Science, Grammer, Math, they are all here for us Generation Xer's to enjoy. Come on people, sure these little videos are not always (POLITICALLY CORRECT) GOD FORBID! What was in the 70's? Take these little gems for what they are. A little slice of pop culture, a little slice of something that is long gone, and never to return. The golden era of Saturday morning tv and its rituals. Get this dvd (dvds) you wont regret it. R.I.P Saturday Morning TV....
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Summary: Too many Unskippable Ads
Review: There were around 30 minutes of ads at the beginning of the DVD for loads of kids movies, and we couldn't skip them! We finally got through them, but by that time, the kids' attention was lost. We never got to finish the DVD, and we're afraid to start it over again since we don't want to get into all those ads again! Other than that, the DVD is as advertised, and most of the episodes that we saw are still as fun and educational as when I was a kid. This looks like a great DVD for the kids, but watch out for the excessive marketing!
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Summary: Conjunction, junction what's that function?
Review: When I heard Schoolhouse Rock was coming out on DVD, I just had to have it despite already owning the Grammar and Math tapes. I'm so happy to have this. It brings back memories from my youth and I realize now that I was unconsciously absorbing the lessons. There is also a plus of having jazz performers Blossom Dearie and Grady Tate and future Broadway writers like Lynn Ahrens performing the scores (rock in the title is a bit of a misnomer.) Thirty years later, the songs are still hummable (Figure 8 is a beautiful song for all ages) and the lessons still apply. I bought this set for my 5 and 8 year old cousins and they love it. They're also ahead of their class in English and Math and I'm sure this set has something to do with it. So the Seventies weren't all bad. Now if only I could get Electric Company on DVD.
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Summary: Learning & Fun...Imagine That!
Review: I grew up with these vignettes, and couldn't wait to watch the DVD. While I was thinking back to when I was 8 or 9, I noticed my 4-year old enrapt. I thought the old-fashioned animation would be less than eye-catching for her. Instead, I found her mesmerized by the tunes. How wonderful! To anyone who remembers watching Saturday cartoon and singing "I'm just a Bill": you'll enjoy the entire collection. You'll also enjoy watching your own kids learning on a Saturday morning...cool, huh?!
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Summary: Perpetual Saturday morning!
Review: This is a must-have for any Gen-X-er worth his/her salt [grin]. If you grew up somewhat annoyed by these frequent PSA's that seemed to always get in the way of Dungeons & Dragons and so forth, but found yourself one day years later humming School House Rock on the subway, then this is definitely for you! Quite frankly, this is one of the best designed DVD packages available. It's a two-disc set with all the making-of stuff and over two hours of memory lane fodder that had me laughing out loud. There's a ton of material here that stretches well beyond the years I watched SHR, so not all of it will necessarily be as memorable to everyone. There's a jukebox feature that lets you play all the tracks in random order, or you can watch them by category; grammar rock, math rock, science rock, etc. Some of the material strikes me as remarkably heady for ten-year-olds which is what SHR was initially designed for. There's a math tune entitled "Hey Little 12 Toes" which discusses base-12 math. The government lessons revel in obvious political biases which are really quite charming and clever, regardless of your politics. The only criticism I have is that there weren't recurring characters, which in my opinion worked against the potential for greater popularity among kids that were "forced" to view this stuff while waiting for cartoons. This is so minor that it's barely worth noting however. Eventually the networks abandoned the Saturday morning institution that stretched back to the 50's in favor of extended lite-news coverage. Any extant cartoon production was outsourced to things like Nickelodeon [Nick Jr.] or left for the cable networks such as the Cartoon Network to gobble up...and thus began my disdain for corporate America [haha]. In general, the School House Rock Anniversary DVD is absolutely wonderful from start to finish and is a superlative reminder of that forgotten shared experience we all knew as Saturday morning cartoons. 5/5
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Summary: Good, bad, ugly, it's ALL here
Review: This is the DVD I've been waiting for. All of the Schoolhouse Rock cartoons are here. You were either born at the right time to appreciate these or not, but they're (mostly) great. The extras are (mostly) fantastic and the new one ("I'm Going To Send Your Vote To College") leaves me wanting more. Enjoy!
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Summary: They should still be running today
Review: Santa brought this to our house for Christmas. My husband and I just love Schoolhouse Rock and wanted our kids to have fun learning. Grammar rock has stuck with me more than college english. My 6 year-old and 2-year old run around singing "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here". I'm sure this will help them when they actually have to start learning grammar and history and such. I'm working on getting my teaching certificate and think they'd work great in the classroom, too. After all, the things you remember are generally those learned in fun or desperation.
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Summary: Schoolhouse Rock and SCRIPTURE Rock are our favorites
Review: The 30th Anniversary DVD and its companion SCRIPTURE ROCK are constantly spinning at our house, and have been for years. You can't beat the fun educational value of a great catchy song.
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Summary: Love this, but not all shows are on disk 1
Review: I always have and always will love School house rock. The only problem I have with this is that I like to select the "Enchilata Spice" option, all of the shows in mixed order. Since "Weather", and "Scooter Computer" are on disk 2, we never get to see these without changing disks, which is rare. There are at least 6 disney commercials on disk 1, so if these were removed, these 4 shows (actually 5, from what another review said) could have been put on disk 1.
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Summary: Oh, the memories!
Review: Received this DVD for Christmas this year. My girls are a little young for these cartoons now, but I'm glad I'll be able to share them with them in the years to come. I had forgotten just how 70's all the music sounds on these, dated, yet timeless. Can't recommend this one enough!
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