Things I miss: Interplanet Janet

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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…?

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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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I miss Little Twelve Toes

https://youtu.be/_uJsoZheTR4

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@jlw - I like your “Things I miss:” series.

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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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