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Schoolhouse Rock!: The Election Collection DVD Review

Schoolhouse Rock!
Series & Election Collection DVD Details
Executive Producers: Tom Yohe, George Newall / Producer: Radford Stone / Creator: David McCall
Music Director: Bob Dorough / Music and Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens, George Newall, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg / Vocals: Jack Sheldon, Lynn Ahrens, Bob Dorough
Designers: Tom Yohe, Lew Gifford, Jack Sidebotham, Paul Kim / Animators: Phil Kimmelman Assoc., Kim & Gifford
Running Time: 44 Minutes (14 shorts + credits) / Rating: Not Rated
1.33:1 Full Screen (Original Aspect Ratio), Dolby Surround (English)
Subtitles: English; Closed Captioned; Extra Subtitled
DVD Release Date: September 23, 2008 / Shorts Originally Aired 1975-1979
Suggested Retail Price: $19.99 / Single-sided, single-layered disc (DVD-5)
Black Keepcase with Embossed, Holographic Cardboard Slipcover

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'Schoolhouse Rock!' is not your typical review subject. It's definitely not a movie. While it can be considered a series and one which aired on TV, it's not a TV series in the traditional sense. You could look at it as a collection of short films, but even that doesn't do it justice.

So what is it? Basically, a line of educational interstitials that convey elementary school level topics through the mediums of song and animation. That sounds simple and indeed it was. But it was also a special and effective use of ABC Saturday morning airtime for memorable, spirited children's instruction. Many agree with that assessment, as evidenced by the fact that I'm talking about 'Schoolhouse Rock!' over 35 years after it debuted. The line has endured as a source of nostalgic musical entertainment and as a teaching tool still fit for home or classroom use.

Recognizing those values, The Walt Disney Company, ABC's corporate owner since 1996, made 'Schoolhouse' accessible in the digital age with 2002's 2-disc, Disney-branded Special 30th Anniversary Edition DVD set. Housing every available short plus some nifty bonus features and a number of creative playback options, the moderately-priced collection immediately became a fan favorite. In the six years since the release, the price has come down a little lower and the DVD has never strayed too far from Amazon.com's Top 100 Sellers list (it's #85 at the moment I write this). Who could complain that something so sweet and noble treated to an inclusive, affordable, and technically proficient release would gain entry into countless families' homes?

Though it seems that's the happy ending to this story, we continue. That's not because Disney is engaging the familiar custom of taking a popular property out of print for a few years, to bring it back to increased demand. The 30th Anniversary Edition remains available and, by all signs, the franchise's definitive package. But as a timely alternative, the studio this month unveils Schoolhouse Rock!: The Election Collection, a much lighter serving of shorts that mostly adhere to a common theme -- the history and governmental practices of the United States. As an added gimmick, it will be available for a limited time only.

It just so happens that many of the hallmark Schoolhouse Rock song/lessons come from the headings Grammar Rock and Multiplication Rock. The songs that you're most likely to be familiar with -- like 'Conjunction Junction' and 'Three Is a Magic Number' -- aren't found here. Of course, one figures that the title 'Election Collection' is used for a reason, and not merely to mine amusement out of embarrassing mispronunciations by consonantally-challenged Japanese folks.

Instead, we get fourteen lesser-known tunes. Ten of the eleven America Rock installments make the cut, including popular ditty 'I'm Just a Bill' and 2002 creation 'I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College.' The one odd exclusion is territorial expansion number 'Elbow Room'; is manifest destiny too touchy for today's kids? Three additional numbers come from the Money Rock banner. And 'The Energy Blues' is the sole taste of Science Rock supplied. (The package's count of fifteen songs includes 'Presidential Minute', which is classified as a bonus feature and isn't exactly 'new to DVD' as advertised.)

Each song runs very close to 3 minutes. Most departing from that clip is young'un 'College', which runs a whopping 12 seconds longer.

'Energy Blues' (1978)
A globe gives us a brief history of energy sources, uses, and conservation.

'Tax Man Max'
A vaudevillian performer and his ladies chorus are far too cheery to be singing about all the different types of taxes and their functions.

'Walkin' on Wall Street'
A financially savvy New York pigeon explains the stock market, in the process investing in Whiz Bang Cola.

'Tyrannosaurus Debt'
Dinosaurs may be extinct but they still make a nice metaphor for America's titanic national debt.

'I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College' (2002)
By far the most recent and most relevant to the title, this DVD-premiered piece details how electoral colleges elect president.

'No More Kings' (1975)
A very '70s-sounding woman (Lynn Ahrens) sings this ditty about the pilgrims and their formation of a new nation. Never before has a revolution been so calm and soothing.

'The Shot Heard 'Round the World' (1976)
Another mellow, dated tune covers the American Revolution with a catchy refrain.

'Fireworks' (1976)
An indeterminate newsboy is at the center of this Bicentennial celebration of America's founding fathers.

'Mother Necessity' (1977)
The discoveries of American inventors, including Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell, are humorously dramatized through the terms of rocking chair granny Mother Necessity.

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