Sunday, November 15, 2009

Schoolhouse Rock! Conjunction Junction

Schoolhouse Rock! is a series of animated musical educational short films that aired during Saturday morning children's programming on ABC. Topics covered include grammar, science, economics, history, mathematics, and politics. The best of the series aired between 1972 and 1986.

Here is Conjunction Junction from 1973!

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Monday, November 9, 2009

Hershey's Syrup Commercial

Here's a classic 80's commercial for Hershey's Syrup, featuring Messy Marvin!

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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Otherwise Known As Sheila the Great

Otherwise Known As Sheila the Great is written by Judy Blume and was published in 1972.

Sheila Tubman sometimes wonders who she really is: the outgoing, witty, and capable Sheila the Great, or the secret Sheila, who's afraid of the dark, spiders, swimming, and dogs.

When her family spends the summer in Tarrytown, Sheila has to face some of her worst fears. Not only does a dog come with the rented house, but her parents expect Sheila to take swimming lessons! Sheila does her best to pretend she's an expert at everything, but she knows she isn't fooling her new best friend, Mouse Ellis, who happens to be a crackerjack swimmer and a dog lover.

What will it take for Sheila to admit to the Tarrytown kids -- and to herself -- that she's only human?

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Sesame Street: My Martian Cutie (Number 9)

Here is a classic tune, My Martian Cutie (Number 9), from the good old days on Sesame Street.

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