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Back in the day, Saturday morning children's programming was ''[[MoralGuardians supposed]]'' to be at least tangentially educational, and MerchandiseDriven advertising was severely limited. Networks [[UsefulNotes/SegregatedCommercial couldn't advertise things]] related to the cartoons they were airing in those timeslots, so there was an opening for educational shorts even after running through [[AdjacentToThisCompleteBreakfast cereal commercials]].

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Back in the day, Saturday morning children's programming was ''[[MoralGuardians supposed]]'' to be at least tangentially educational, and MerchandiseDriven advertising was severely limited. Networks [[UsefulNotes/SegregatedCommercial [[MediaNotes/SegregatedCommercial couldn't advertise things]] related to the cartoons they were airing in those timeslots, so there was an opening for educational shorts even after running through [[AdjacentToThisCompleteBreakfast cereal commercials]].



All of the classic ''Schoolhouse Rock!'' shorts are now available on UsefulNotes/{{DVD}} -- save one installment of "Scooter Computer" thought lost until 2013, which eventually emerged on Website/YouTube. The newer Earth Rock set is also available as a separate release.

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All of the classic ''Schoolhouse Rock!'' shorts are now available on UsefulNotes/{{DVD}} Platform/{{DVD}} -- save one installment of "Scooter Computer" thought lost until 2013, which eventually emerged on Website/YouTube. The newer Earth Rock set is also available as a separate release.

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* AndThatsTerrible: "The Check's in the Mail" has the mailman giving a description of how using check's work along with a warning of having enough money in a bank's checking account to make it valid, "otherwise you'll write a hot check and that sucker's gonna bounce. And that's illegal!"



* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Several of the America Rock shorts, which as noted were produced around the [[SeriousBusiness Bicentennial celebrations]]. Suffice it to say that the nuances of history tend to be really difficult to stuff into catchy three-minute songs, with the notable exception of "I'm Just a Bill", which gets the process of lawmaking impressively straight.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Several of the America Rock shorts, which as noted were produced around the [[SeriousBusiness Bicentennial celebrations]]. Suffice it to say that the nuances of history tend to be really difficult to stuff into catchy three-minute songs, with the notable exception of "I'm Just a Bill", which gets the process of lawmaking impressively straight.



** "Mother Necessity" has quite a number artistic licenses regarding inventions, some PlayedForLaughs, and some being historical inaccuracies.

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** "Mother Necessity" has quite a number of artistic licenses regarding inventions, some PlayedForLaughs, and some being historical inaccuracies.



* BiggerOnTheInside: The schoolhouse in "Figure Eight"
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The backup singers in "The Weather Show"

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* BiggerOnTheInside: The schoolhouse in "Figure Eight"
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The backup singers in "The Weather Show"Show".



* CatsAreMean: The titular pool-playing cat in "Naughty Number Nine".

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* CatsAreMean: The titular pool-playing cat in "Naughty Number Nine".Nine" abuses a mouse.



** A boy in "Ready Or Not, Here I Come" can be seen wearing a shirt which says "Camp Yohe", though it inexplicably changes to "Camp Newall" at one point

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** A boy in "Ready Or Not, Here I Come" can be seen wearing a shirt which says "Camp Yohe", though it inexplicably changes to "Camp Newall" at one pointpoint.



* FloatingLimbs: Little Twelvetoes takes the concept to extremes. Empty space is apparently a key part of his biology (and his hat), and also his head, hands, and feet are held on like with magnets (i.e., pretty easy to remove and stick on somewhere else) instead of like with flesh and blood.

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* FloatingLimbs: Little Twelvetoes takes the concept to extremes. Empty space is apparently a key part of his biology (and his hat), and also his head, hands, and feet are held on like with as if by magnets (i.e., pretty easy to remove and stick on somewhere else) instead of like with flesh and blood.else).

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** "No More Kings" completely vilifies UsefulNotes/GeorgeIII, pinning the blame for everything that lead to the revolution on him, and portraying him as a greedy, hedonistic fool. Never mind that it is now typically agreed that George had the least influence over what happened, and most of it was the fault of the British Parliament.
*** The song also claims that the Boston Tea Party involved colonists dumping cups of tea into the harbor. What really happened was they stormed a merchant ship carrying bags of tea, smashed the crates they were being kept in, and dumped those into the harbor -- the fact that they were dressed as Native Americans and used tomahawks to do so is also left out.

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** "No More Kings" completely vilifies UsefulNotes/GeorgeIII, pinning the blame for everything that lead to the revolution on him, and portraying him as a greedy, hedonistic fool. Never mind that it is now typically agreed that George had the least influence over what happened, and most of it was the fault of the British Parliament.
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Parliament. The song also claims that the Boston Tea Party involved colonists dumping cups of tea into the harbor. What really happened was they stormed a merchant ship carrying bags of tea, smashed the crates they were being kept in, and dumped those into the harbor -- the fact that they were dressed as Native Americans and used tomahawks to do so is also left out.
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*** The song also claims that the Boston Tea Party involved conolists dumping cups of tea into the harbor. What really happened was they stormed a merchant ship carrying bags of tea, smashed the crates they were being kept in, and dumped those into the harbor -- the fact that they were dressed as Native Americans and used tomahawks to do so is also left out.

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*** The song also claims that the Boston Tea Party involved conolists colonists dumping cups of tea into the harbor. What really happened was they stormed a merchant ship carrying bags of tea, smashed the crates they were being kept in, and dumped those into the harbor -- the fact that they were dressed as Native Americans and used tomahawks to do so is also left out.



*** The rocking chair's origin is heavily disputed, often being attributed to Creator/BenjaminFranklin, but whoever it was, most historians seem to think that it wasn't created by one single woman.

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*** The rocking chair's origin is heavily disputed, disputed -- often being attributed to Creator/BenjaminFranklin, Creator/BenjaminFranklin -- but whoever it was, most historians seem to think that it wasn't created by one single woman.
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* AndThatsTerrible: "The Check's in the Mail" has the mailman giving a description of how using check's work along with a warning of having enough money in a bank's checking account to make it valid, "otherwise you'll write a hot check and that sucker's gonna bounce. And that's illegal!"
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* AnAesop: "Sufferin' Till Suffrage" started off with this: ''Now you have heard of Women's Rights/And how we've tried to reach new heights/If we're all created equal/That's us too!''
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''Schoolhouse Rock!'' was a series of educational short cartoons -- so short, that they'd fit into the space of a single commercial break -- that aired [[SaturdayMorningCartoon Saturday mornings]] on Creator/{{ABC}}, originally between 1973 and 1985 and again from 1993–2000.

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''Schoolhouse Rock!'' was a series of educational short cartoons -- so short, that they'd fit into the space of a single commercial break -- that aired [[SaturdayMorningCartoon Saturday mornings]] on Creator/{{ABC}}, [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]], originally between 1973 and 1985 and again from 1993–2000.
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: "Interjections!" has two examples:
-->'''[[PlayingHardToGet Geraldine]]:''' ''Well!'' You've got some nerve! ''Oh!'' I've never been so insulted in all my life! ...Hey! You're kinda cute!\\\
'''Spectator #1:''' Aw! You threw the wrong way!\\
'''Spectator #2:''' Darn! You just lost the game!\\
'''Spectator #3:''' Hurray! I'm for the other team!

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