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

Director:

Tom Warburton

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7

Release Date:

6 January 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Family | Musical

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Educational | Surrealism | Cult Favorite | Rock 'n' Roll

Awards:

4 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Lauren Yohe	...	Girl (1 episode, 1974)
Tom Yohe	...	King George III (1 episode, 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 (8 episodes, 1973-1974)
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 (unknown episodes)
Sal Faillace	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Phil Kimmelman	....	animation director (unknown episodes)
Mark Mayerson	....	animator (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)
• Focus Design
• J.J. Sedelmaier Productions (1993)
• Kim & Gifford
• Phil Kimmelman & Associates

Distributors

• ABC Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• General Foods  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)
Scholastic Rock (USA) (working title)
School House Rock (USA) (alternative spelling)
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:

Spoofed in "Robot Chicken: I'm Trapped (#4.3)" (2008)

Very good classic edu=videos

I enjoyed watching these videos. This was one of the reasons I got up early on Saturdays. The thing is that they made alot more of these than i thought. NOw that I am older I also enjoyed the extras and background information these videos. Of course some videos are better than others but over all it gets 10/10 because "ZERO IS MY HERO".