Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2016/10/18/things-i-miss-interplanet-jan.html
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She never recovered after Bill from “I’m Just a Bill” left her for a younger cartoon.
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Member berries…?
Well, that made me all warm and happy and nostalgic. Thanks!
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“She’s a Galaxy Girl!”
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Her solar system is from a future world.
That still bugs me. Does she come from a future planet that builds solar systems? Actually now that I think about it that’s pretty damned impressive. Way to go, Janet.
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Emphasizing that she’s feminine, she’s both a galaxy girl, and a solar system miss.
From a future world.
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I miss the whole Schoolhouse Rock series. Especially the parts of speech ones.
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Not too many people remember the tragic end of Janet’s story. She tried to visit Pluto and was never seen again.
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I took a photo of her not too long ago.
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Since I seem to be in the habit of posting YouTube links today…
THIS happens to be one of my favourite covers:
But if you want more than just nostalgia, the Schoolhouse Rock songwriter Bob Dorough is well worth a listen to while he talks about what he does:
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"She travels like a rocket with her comet team…"
I could never catch that line when I was 5.
Also, just noticed she looks a lot like Tom Servo.
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Tom Servo looks like her. Crow looks like a Lacrosse helmet.
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Yes. Didn’t mean to imply he came first.
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That’s what I always thought it said. But it’s actually “a solar system Ms. from a future world”, where Ms. emphasized independence during the '70s (when this was written).
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Man I remember this from when I was growing up in the 90s… do they still show these to kids? Has the US education system abandoned school house rock?
That would be depressing.
Then again, I guess the globalists have an anti-pluto agenda to uphold, so not surprising.
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