“Adjective are words that we use to describe things, like people, places, and things”
“Verb! That’s what’s happening!”
“Every triangle has three corners, every triangle has three sides, no more, no less, and you don’t have to guess”
“3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27…30! Now dig the pattern once more!”
The Magic Number is such a wonderful song, the lyrics with that melody has a much more mature vibe than most other kids music. Blind Mellon (not a group I otherwise follow) did a really nice version in the 90s and of course De La co-owns the tune up in my noggin.
For kids watching cartoons in that time, his impact is kind of like the last episode of MASH: everyone watched it because there were only 3 networks, so the choice was obvious. With School House Rock, you didn’t even need to pick it, or make sure you were in fromt of the TV at a certain time to catch it, you just got it.
Every kid coast to coast watched saturday morning cartoons. Every. Single. Kid.
Between the 3 networks, at some point during the schedule, they watched at least one ABC cartoon show, and his music was broadcast every week, during every show, for years. That’s an impact greater than almost every full-length show, cartoon or no. And thank goodness! It could’ve been, I dunno, Mitch Miller or something. This guy really touched our lives in possibly the most meaningful way something that lasts less than a minute can touch a person’s life.
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