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The Best of Schoolhouse Rock!
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Number of episodes: 26
Original airing: January 6, 1973 - August 27, 2002
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The (25) Best of Schoolhouse Rock! or Schoolhouse Rock! Special 30th Anniversary Edition is a last Schoolhouse Rock! videotape featuring 7 songs from America Rock, 7 songs from Grammar Rock, 1 song from Money Rock, 4 songs from Science Rock, 6 songs from Multiplication Rock, and a new song "I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College" as a bonus. The videotape (and DVD) released in the year 2002.

Schoolhouse Rock! Special 30th Anniversary Edition is a first DVD featuring the episodes from Multiplication Rock, Grammar Rock, America Rock, Science Rock, Money Rock, and an all-new song. Also includes the lost episode The Weather Show and Scooter Computer and Mr. Chips.

Chapters (VHS version only)[]

  1. Schoolhouse Rock Intro (The Best of Schoolhouse Rock [the chalkboard's episode title does not appear in the DVD version])
  2. Elbow Room (As number 25, part of America Rock in the DVD version)
  3. Verb: That's What's Happening (As number 24, part of Grammar Rock in the DVD version)
  4. Them Not So Dry Bones (As number 23, part of Science Rock in the DVD version)
  5. Telegraph Line (As number 22, part of Science Rock in the DVD version)
  6. Naughty Number Nine (As number 21, part of Multiplication Rock in the DVD version)
  7. Mother Necessity (As number 20, part of America Rock in the DVD version)
  8. The Great American Melting Pot (As number 19, part of America Rock in the DVD version)
  9. Dollars and Sense (As number 18, part of Money Rock in the DVD version)
  10. Elementary, My Dear (As number 17, part of Multiplication Rock in the DVD version)
  11. Ready or Not, Here I Come (As number 16, part of Multiplication Rock in the DVD version)
  12. Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla (As number 15, part of Grammar Rock in the DVD version)
  13. Unpack Your Adjectives (As number 14, part of Grammar Rock in the DVD version)
  14. No More Kings (As number 13, part of America Rock in the DVD version)
  15. Figure Eight (As number 12, part of Multiplication Rock in the DVD version)
  16. My Hero, Zero (As number 11, part of Multiplication Rock in the DVD version)
  17. The Shot Heard 'Round the World (As number 10, part of America Rock in the DVD version)
  18. A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing (As number 9, part of Grammar Rock in the DVD version)
  19. Interplanet Janet (As number 8, part of Science Rock in the DVD version)
  20. Three Is a Magic Number (As number 7, part of Multiplication Rock in the DVD version)
  21. The Preamble (As number 6, part of America Rock in the DVD version)
  22. Interjections! (As number 5, part of Grammar Rock in the DVD version)
  23. Electricity, Electricity (As number 4, part of Science Rock in the DVD version)
  24. Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here (As number 3, part of Grammar Rock in the DVD version)
  25. I'm Just a Bill (As number 2, part of America Rock in the DVD version)
  26. Conjunction Junction (As number 1, part of Grammar Rock in the DVD version)
  27. I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College (Last song, part of America Rock in the DVD version)
  28. Schoolhouse Rock End Credits (The Best of Schoolhouse Rock, does not appear in the DVD version)

Script[]

  • Rocky: Hey, chef, what's the special today?
    • (VHS Version) Chef: My new 25 ingredient soup! I'm stirring in the 25 all time favorite songs of Schoolhouse...
      Chef and Children: Rock!
      Rocky: Wow! The all time favorites?
      Chef: That's right! It takes 30 years to make a soup this good!
      Rocky: 30 years! No wonder this suit is getting tight!
    • (DVD Version) Bob Dorough: The whole enchilada and a side of fun!
    • Bob Dorough V/O (VHS Version):
    1. Hey! Looks like there's plenty of "Elbow Room" in that pot. So let's start with number 25.
    2. Now here's number 24: Verb, now that's what's happening. Action!
    3. Number 23 is a bone–i–fied favorite: "Them Not–So–Dry Bones".
    4. Number 22: (Imitating telegraph) "Telegraph Line".
    5. Number 21, here's that cat with a 9 on his tie: "Naughty Number Nine".
    6. ♪"Mother Necessity," where would you be?♪ Oh, about number 20!
    7. Number 19 of the all time favorites is: "The Great American Melting Pot".
    8. Remember Becky Sue? She's in: "Dollars and Sense". Number 18.
    9. No-ah doubt about it, number 17 is: "Elementary, My Dear".
    10. Ready or not, here's number 16: "Ready or Not, Here I Come".
    11. "Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla". Phew. With a name like that you've gotta be glad that there are pronouns.
    12. Now let's unpack number 14: "Unpack Your Adjectives".
    13. Number 13 is: "No More Kings".
    14. Number 12, I'd figured it'd be: "Figure Eight".
    15. Who's your favorite hero? Mine is in the number 11 spot: "My Hero, Zero".
    16. And now we come to the top 10, right on target at number 10: "The Shot Heard 'Round the World".
    17. And now number 9: ♪"A Noun is a Person, Place or Thing", doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo♪
    18. Number 8, that galaxy girl: "Interplanet Janet".
    19. Number 7 is the song that got Schoolhouse Rock started: "Three Is a Magic Number".
    20. We the people pick number 6: "The Preamble".
    21. And number 5: Wow! Gee whiz! Oh boy! It's: "Interjections!"
    22. Flip that switch and what do you get? Number 4: "Electricity, Electricity".
    23. Number 3, indubitably: "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here".
    24. And now, number 2, the runner-up and still running strong: "I'm Just a Bill".
    25. And now the most popular Schoolhouse Rock song of all time, 1: "Conjunction Junction".
    26. And now to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Schoolhouse Rock, here's a brand new song that might help you understand the electoral college. It's called: "I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College".

Trivia[]

  • In the DVD version, Bob Dorough voices the chef, the children do not say "Rock!" and replaced by a one-note horn riff.
  • On the DVD case, several characters (Bill, the Conductor, Zero, Lolly, Molly, the Suffragette, and the Magician) appear on it. Lolly says "INDUBITABLY" as well.
  • In the video, the announcer does not say, "Number 15" before Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla plays (unless you count the closed-captions where "1: 'Conjunction Junction'." is transcribed as "What? 'Conjunction Junction.'").
  • In the VHS version, Rocky's way of saying, "Hey, chef, what's the special today?", sounds different.
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