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SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK

SPECIAL 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION DVD

Every Song From Classic Series In One Collection With Bonus Features

BURBANK, Calif., March 1, 2002 -- Conjunction Junction, what's your function? In the 70's and 80's, the catchy Schoolhouse Rock tunes taught millions of children the fundamentals of math, grammar, science, history and money. Relive the pop culture sensation with the SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK SPECIAL 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION DVD, which includes every song from the landmark series in a collectible 2-disc DVD. Among the over 50 tunes are such classics as "Conjunction Junction, " "Three is a Magic Number," "I'm Just A Bill" and "Electricity, Electricity." The DVD features an all-new song about the Electoral College, "I'm Gonna Send Your Vote To College" written by the show's original creators. In addition, it includes behind-the-scenes footage, "play-all" and "shuffle-all" features, fun-filled games and much, much more!

The SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK-SPECIAL 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION DVD is priced at $29.99 (S.R.P.) from Buena Vista Home Entertainment. Prebook date for both titles is July 16, 2002.

The SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK-SPECIAL 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION DVD includes these features:
-- All 46 Schoolhouse Rock Songs
-- The All-New Song "I'm Gonna Send Your Vote To College" -- Written, Performed and Animated By the Show's Creators
-- Several Never-Before-Released-On-Video Songs
-- The Making of "I'm Gonna Send Your Vote To College" Featurette
-- "Play-All" and "Shuffle-All" Features
-- Top 10 and Top 20 Jukebox
-- "Arrange-A-Song" Puzzles
-- "Earn your Diploma" Trivia Game
-- "Three Is A Magic Number" Nike Commercial
-- Emmy Awards Featurette
-- Audio Commentaries By the Schoolhouse Rock Creators
-- Music Videos From Contemporary Artists

The SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK-SPECIAL 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION DVD has a running time of approximately 221 minutes and is unrated.

SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK Song Title List

MULTIPLICATION ROCK (11)
"My Hero, Zero"
"Elementary, My Dear"
"Three Is a Magic Number"
"The Four-Legged Zoo"
"Ready Or Not, Here I Come"
"I Got Six"
"Lucky Seven Sampson"
"Figure Eight"
"Naughty Number Nine"
"The Good Eleven"
"Little Twelvetoes"

GRAMMAR ROCK (9)
"Unpack Your Adjectives"
"Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here"
"Conjunction Junction"
"Interjections!"
"Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla"
"Verb: That's What's Happening"
"A Noun Is a Person, Place or Thing"
"Busy Propositions"
"The Tale of Mr. Morton"

AMERICA ROCK (10)
"No More Kings"
"Fireworks"
"The Shot Heard 'Round the World"
"The Preamble"
"Elbow Room"
"The Great American Melting Pot"
"Mother Necessity"
"Sufferin' Till Suffrage"
"I'm Just a Bill"
"Three-Ring Government"

SCIENCE ROCK (9)
"The Body Machine"
"Do the Circulation"
"Electricity, Electricity"
"The Energy Blues"
"Interplanet Janet"
"Telegraph Line"
"Them Not-So-Dry Bones"
"A Victim of Gravity"
"The Weather Song"

MONEY ROCK (8)
"Dollars and Sense"
"Seven-Fifty Once a Week"
"Where the Money Goes"
"Tax Man Max"
"Walkin' on Wall Street"
"This for That"
"Tyrannosaurus Debt"
"The Check's in the Mail"

SCOOTER COMPUTER & MR. CHIPS (4)
"Introduction"
"Software"
"Hardware"
"Number Cruncher"

ALL-NEW SONG (1) "I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College"

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