Learning through song
School House Rock Live Jr. is a musical revue based on the long-running ABC educational show. It follows Tom, a young school teacher who is stressed out about his first day at work. He's watching TV, when cartoon characters in the shows come to life and show him that the best way to engage his prospective students is through the power of song. These songs include I'm Just a Bill, Three is a Magic Number and A Noun is a Person, Place or Thing. An immediately engaging and entertaining show for kids, parents may also find themselves humming along with nostalgic glee.
This is the Jr. version of the show, specially shortened and with all the song pitches adjusted appropriately for a company of young performers.
What Was School House Rock?
School House Rock was a series of Emmy Award-winning animated shorts that ran on ABC during the 1970s, covering topics including grammar, politics and geography. It dealt with basic concepts such as adding and subtraction, but also handled weightier topics, rendering ideas such as the budget deficit and women's suffrage understandable and (tuneful) to young viewers. Many of the tracks have gone on to become respected pop classics, such as Conjunction Junction and Three is the Magic Number (which was sampled on De La Soul's The Magic Number).
