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== Notable episodes: == |
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* "[http://youtu.be/3FI2tTNjrUI Three Is a Magic Number]" (Multiplication Rock, performed by Bob Dorough) - The song that started it all, used as the initial pitch to ABC and still one of the best ever produced for the series. Eventually used in Nike and ESPN commercials years later and was sampled for the [[ |
* "[http://youtu.be/3FI2tTNjrUI Three Is a Magic Number]" (Multiplication Rock, performed by Bob Dorough) - The song that started it all, used as the initial pitch to ABC and still one of the best ever produced for the series. Eventually used in Nike and ESPN commercials years later and was sampled for the [[De La Soul]] song "The Magic Number" off their ''Three Feet High and Rising'' album in 1989. |
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* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxT7QjlvDqM I'm Just a Bill]" (America Rock, Jack Sheldon) - A forlorn little bill sitting on the steps of the Capitol explains the long, contentious process by which he someday 'hopes and prays' to become a law. This one became so iconic it earned ''[[The Simpsons]]'' parody "I'm an Amendment to Be" (about an amendment against flag-burning waiting to be ratified), a ''[[Family Guy]]'' throwaway joke in "They Call Me Bill" (which ends with the bill being poked with a trash pick and put in a garbage bag), and ''[[The Daily Show]]'' parody "Midterm Elections", ''and'' was referenced by ''[[MSNBC|The Rachel Maddow Show]]'''s coverage of the 2009-10 health care <s>bill</s> law. |
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxT7QjlvDqM I'm Just a Bill]" (America Rock, Jack Sheldon) - A forlorn little bill sitting on the steps of the Capitol explains the long, contentious process by which he someday 'hopes and prays' to become a law. This one became so iconic it earned ''[[The Simpsons]]'' parody "I'm an Amendment to Be" (about an amendment against flag-burning waiting to be ratified), a ''[[Family Guy]]'' throwaway joke in "They Call Me Bill" (which ends with the bill being poked with a trash pick and put in a garbage bag), and ''[[The Daily Show]]'' parody "Midterm Elections", ''and'' was referenced by ''[[MSNBC|The Rachel Maddow Show]]'''s coverage of the 2009-10 health care <s>bill</s> law. |
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* "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZqI5b5wGA4 Conjunction Junction]" (Grammar Rock, Sheldon) - What's your function? A kindly railroad freight conductor explains conjunctions in terms of 'hookin' up cars and makin' 'em run right', in possibly the most insanely catchy children's song of all time. Notable for the number of cover versions by big name jazz artists (both Harry Connick Jr. and Doctor John have covered it, to name two). Also gave the name to Rachel Maddow's Debunction Junction segments, and was once parodied on [[Mad TV]] as "Dysfunction Junction", about the dangers of giving kids attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medication (often for needless reasons -- i.e., the parents want their kids docile so they don't have to deal with them). |
* "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZqI5b5wGA4 Conjunction Junction]" (Grammar Rock, Sheldon) - What's your function? A kindly railroad freight conductor explains conjunctions in terms of 'hookin' up cars and makin' 'em run right', in possibly the most insanely catchy children's song of all time. Notable for the number of cover versions by big name jazz artists (both Harry Connick Jr. and Doctor John have covered it, to name two). Also gave the name to Rachel Maddow's Debunction Junction segments, and was once parodied on [[Mad TV]] as "Dysfunction Junction", about the dangers of giving kids attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medication (often for needless reasons -- i.e., the parents want their kids docile so they don't have to deal with them). |
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* [[Alternative Number System]]: The song "Hey Little Twelvetoes" is about a friendly alien with six digits on each hand and foot, who uses base 12 and as such has an easy time multiplying by twelves. |
* [[Alternative Number System]]: The song "Hey Little Twelvetoes" is about a friendly alien with six digits on each hand and foot, who uses base 12 and as such has an easy time multiplying by twelves. |
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* [[Bigger on the Inside]]: The schoolhouse in "Figure Eight." |
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* [[Canon Dis Continuity]]: The first VHS copies cut out several songs in favor of new, live-action numbers performed by Cloris Leachman and a group of children. These songs disappeared from later home video versions, since they do not have the same composers as the original shorts. |
* [[Canon Dis Continuity]]: The first VHS copies cut out several songs in favor of new, live-action numbers performed by Cloris Leachman and a group of children. These songs disappeared from later home video versions, since they do not have the same composers as the original shorts. |
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* [[Creator Cameo]]: David McCall influenced the design of one of the "very weird creatures" Interplanet Janet meets on Earth. |
* [[Creator Cameo]]: David McCall influenced the design of one of the "very weird creatures" Interplanet Janet meets on Earth. |
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** In one of the America Rock segments, wherein the Declaration of Independence is described, the three rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" are testified to by members of the Continental Congress. When the third right is listed, a man is shown pursuing a woman rather lecherously. ([[Historical In-Joke|Is that you, Ben Franklin?]]) |
** In one of the America Rock segments, wherein the Declaration of Independence is described, the three rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" are testified to by members of the Continental Congress. When the third right is listed, a man is shown pursuing a woman rather lecherously. ([[Historical In-Joke|Is that you, Ben Franklin?]]) |
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** This line from "Interjections!": "That's not fair givin' a guy a shot down there!" |
** This line from "Interjections!": "That's not fair givin' a guy a shot down there!" |
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* [[It Is Pronounced Tro |
* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]: "Interplanet Janet" rather obviously invents a non-offensive pronunciation for Uranus, rendering it 'Ur-Ahh-Nus'. |
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* [[Jive Turkey]]: "I Got Six" and the aforementioned "Verb: That's What's Happening!". |
* [[Jive Turkey]]: "I Got Six" and the aforementioned "Verb: That's What's Happening!". |
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* [[Karma Houdini]]: The pool-playing cat in "Naughty Number Nine." For the entire duration of the segment, the cat puts a mouse through absolute hell on a billiards board; and at the very end, the cat tips his bowler, smiles at the audience, and struts away. But don't worry, the mouse pops out of the #9 ball, making for a ''very'' [[Happy Ending]]. |
* [[Karma Houdini]]: The pool-playing cat in "Naughty Number Nine." For the entire duration of the segment, the cat puts a mouse through absolute hell on a billiards board; and at the very end, the cat tips his bowler, smiles at the audience, and struts away. But don't worry, the mouse pops out of the #9 ball, making for a ''very'' [[Happy Ending]]. |
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