"Schoolhouse Rock!" (1973) TV series 1973-2000

Director:

Tom Warburton

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

6 January 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Musical

Plot:

A series of shorts illustrating various songs that teach multiplication tables, grammar, science, American history, computers, economics, and environmentalism.

Plot Keywords:

Educational | Punctuation In Title | Cult TV | Surrealism | Rock 'n' Roll

Awards:

4 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Jack Sheldon

...

Conjunction Junction Conductor / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1975)

Series Directed by
Tom Warburton		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Tom Yohe	....	executive producer (16 episodes, 1973-1974)
Radford Stone	....	producer (5 episodes, 1973-1974)
J.J. Sedelmaier	....	producer (2 episodes, 1993)
Michael Eisner	....	creative producer (unknown episodes)
George Newall	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Tom Yohe	....	designer (10 episodes, 1973-1978)
Bill Peckmann	....	designer (4 episodes, 1973-1974)
Jack Sidebotham	....	designer (4 episodes, 1973-1974)
Rowland B. Wilson	....	designer (2 episodes, 1973)
William H. Frake III	....	assistant artist (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Al Eugster	....	animator (11 episodes, 1974-1979)
Luciano DiGeronimo	....	digital supervisor (9 episodes, 2002-2009)
Bob Bachman	....	animator (3 episodes, 1973)
Sal Faillace	....	animator (2 episodes, 1975-1976)
Phil Kimmelman	....	animation director (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Bob Dorough	....	musical director (5 episodes, 1973-1974)

Series Other crew
Odvard Egil Dyrli	....	educational consultant (unknown episodes)
Bob Eggers	....	design (unknown episodes)
Lew Gifford	....	design (unknown episodes)
Paul Kim	....	design (unknown episodes)
David Lipson	....	director of digital services (unknown episodes)
Bill Peckmann	....	design (unknown episodes)
Arnold Roth	....	design (unknown episodes)
Jack Sidebotham	....	design (unknown episodes)
Rowland B. Wilson	....	design (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Distributors

• ABC Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• Walt Disney Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Focus Design  animation
• Phil Kimmelman & Associates  animation
• Kim & Gifford  animation
• J.J. Sedelmaier Productions  animation (1993-1994)
• General Foods  sponsoring
• Nabisco  sponsoring

Also Known As:

"ABC Schoolhouse Rock" - USA (complete title)
"America Rock" - USA (third season title)
"Grammar Rock" - USA (second season title)
"Multiplication Rock" - USA (first season title)
"Science Rock" - USA (fourth season title)

Runtime:

USA:3 min (52 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (1973-1984) | Stereo (1993-1995)

Certification:

Singapore:G | USA:TV-Y

Company:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Trivia:

The show lasted on ABC until 1986, but was back on the air in 1992. New episodes were released in 2002 for the video and DVD, including "I'm Going to Send Your Vote to College". These episodes were produced by Thomas Yohe Jr., continuing the work of his father who died in 2000.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Supernatural: Croatoan (#2.9)" (2006)

Fantastic Series

Someone put a lot of love and work into these cartoons. These are some of the cleverest and highest quality work done for children I've ever seen.

They teach people about language, science, math, and US history and politics. Most adults could learn from these cartoons as well as children. The entire time you watch, you're entertained and delighted and then when you're done you've learned something new and you'll remember it for a long time.

This is a prime example of talented people doing something they love and doing it well. For the most part, pure genius!