tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post6584990433791410029..comments2024-01-26T21:38:25.924-08:00Comments on Duane's PoeTree: David Allen writesDuanesPoeTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-81466468732469848622018-12-04T19:43:53.342-08:002018-12-04T19:43:53.342-08:00In 1969 David McCall of the ad agency McCaffrey &a...In 1969 David McCall of the ad agency McCaffrey & McCall realized that children who had trouble remembering schoolwork could easily recite popular songs. With the help of his creative director George Newall, who was also a jazz pianist, he recruited bebop and cool jazz vocalist, pianist, composer, songwriter, arranger, and producer Bob Dorough to put the multiplication tables to music. Tom Yohe then added animation to Dorough's song "Three Is a Magic Number," and McCall sold the idea of 3-minute interstitial programs to air during Saturday morning children's programming. Since ABC (the American Broadcasting Corporation) was the agency's biggest account, Newall and Yohe sold the series to Michael Eisner, the vice-president of the network's children's programming division. The "Schoolhouse Rock!" series ran from 1973 to 1985 and 1993 to 1999, under the direction of Newall, Yohe, and Dorough. The 1st season was devoted to "Multiplication Rock," but other subjects were added over time, including "Grammar Rock," which included nouns, verbs, adjectives, and other parts of speech (such as conjunctions, explained in "Conjunction Junction" written by Dorogh and performed by trumpeter/singer Jack Shelton. Newall won 4 Emmys for the program. <br /><br />Conjunction Junction, what's your function?<br />Hooking up words and phrases and clauses<br />Conjunction Junction, how's that function?<br />I've got three favorite cars that get most of my job done<br />Conjunction Junction, what's their function?<br />I've got and, but, and or<br />They'll get you pretty far<br /><br />And!<br />That's an additive, like this and that<br />But!<br />That's sort of the opposite<br />Not this but that<br />And then there's Or. O-R<br />When you have a choice like this or that<br />And, but, and or get you pretty far!<br /><br />Conjunction Junction, what's your function?<br />Hooking up two boxcars and making 'em run right<br />Milk and honey, bread and butter, peas and rice<br />(Hey that's nice)<br />Dirty but happy, digging and scratchin'<br />Losing your shoe and a button or two<br />He's poor but honest, sad but true<br />Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!<br /><br />Conjunction Junction, what's your function?<br />Hooking up two cars to one<br />When you say something like this choice<br />Either now or later<br />Or no choice:<br />Neither now nor ever<br />(Hey that's clever)<br />Eat this or that, Grow thin or fat<br />Never mind, I wouldn't do that<br />I'm fat enough now!<br /><br />Conjunction Junction, what's your function?<br />Hookin' up phrases and clauses that balance, like:<br />Out of the frying pan and into the fire<br />He cut loose the sandbags<br />But the balloon wouldn't go any higher<br />Let's go up to the mountains or down to the seas<br />You should always say, "Thank you"<br />Or at least say "Please!"<br /><br />Conjunction Junction, what's your function?<br />Hookin'-up words and phrases and clauses<br />In complex sentences like:<br />"In the mornings, when I am usually wide awake, <br />I love to take a walk through the gardens <br />and down by the lake, <br />where I often see a duck and a drake, and I wonder<br />as I walk by just what they'd say if they could speak, although I know that's an absurd thought."<br /><br />Conjunction Junction, what's your function?<br />Hookin'-up cars and making them function<br />Conjunction Junction, how's that function?<br />I like tying up words and phrases and clauses<br /><br />Conjunction Junction, watch that function!<br />I'm going to get you there if you're very careful<br />Conjunction Junction, what's your function?<br />I'm going to get you there if you're very carefulDuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-59972769465033143942018-12-04T17:36:54.042-08:002018-12-04T17:36:54.042-08:00Lloyd Morrisett, a psychologist with the Carnegie ...Lloyd Morrisett, a psychologist with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and Joan Ganz Cooney, a documentary producer for WNET, New York's pioneer educational TV station, created the Children's Television Workshop and its major production, "Sesame Street." The show premiered on 10 Novemeber 1969 and still airs daily, combining live action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry to prepare young children for school. It was the 1st children's TV show to use educational goals and a curriculum to shape its content. It was also the first time that a show's educational effects were formally studied. Much of its success was due to the Muppet creations of Jim Henson. As a Home Economics major at the university of Maryland, he began doing puppet shows for WRC-TV in Washington, DC, in 1954. He developed his Muppets from flexible, fabric-covered foam rubber, allowing them to express a wide array of emotions, and their arms were moved by rods <br />instead of strings for greater control of expression. In addition, he pioneered the use of the frame defined by the camera shot to let the puppeteer work off-camera. Over the years the program has won 167 Emmy Awards and 8 Grammy Awards.DuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.com