Schoolhouse Rock, that series of catchy TV spots that made learning fun, debuted in the '70s. Ad exec David McCall was trying to find a way to help his 11-year-old son learn the multiplication tables. The boy could memorize lyrics yet couldn't master mathematics, so McCall had the idea of setting lessons to music. The catchy ditties were eventually turned into animated TV spots that ran between Saturday morning cartoons on ABC and taught millions of kids about grammar, math, history, and science.
Well, I don't know about the rest of you kids, but after I finished battling my friend with water guns on the wooden dining-room floor, I was so keyed up on sugar-laden cereals I didn't learn much. :-)
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