Unpack your adjectives

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/10/05/unpack-your-adjectives.html

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I unpacked frustrating first.

Reached in and found the worst

Oh, wait… you weren’t asking me to describe the current presidential admin - my bad.

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Wait, Schoolhouse Rock is a Disney property now? When did that happen?

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My vote for best SHR. Nuthin’ beats that intro piano riff

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Interjections, followed by Conjunction Junction.

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Schoolhouse Rock was an ABC property so The Mouse got it when they acquired ABC network

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second vote here for Conjunction Junction!

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This was by far one of the best dvd box sets we bought to entertain the kids on long car rides. And The Tale of Mr. Morton is a personal GrammarRock favorite

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Sneaking liking for Verb: That’s What’s Happening!

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I gave away my box set, but my HS ESL students loved it when I played the dvds for them.

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Sung by the great Blossom Dearie.

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Here’s all the multiplication bits…

I still sing the number 5 song to this day.

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Three is a Magic Number.

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Despite all the crap we in the rest of the world often dwell on about the ol’ US of A, let it be known the educational programs for children from these times is second to none.

It may be fair to say Schoolhouse Rock, Mr Rogers, Sesame Street, and The Electric Company were perhaps the best exports ever from the U.S. and I thank y’all for them.

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I LOVE that one, and the figure eight one.

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I still know the preamble, thanks to Schoolhouse Rock.

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For me it’s the lumpy orange backpack with the pan helmet that looks more like the kid is carrying around a dead body on his shoulders.

That thing always creeped me out.

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Ahem, I believe this came first…

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