Product Details

• Actors: Lauren Yohe, Jack Sheldon, Darrel Stern, Sue Manchester
• Directors: Tom Warburton
• Producers: George Newall, Michael Eisner
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Walt Disney Video
• VHS Release Date: August 5, 1997
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1569494088
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,149 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Once upon a time kids learned many of their school lessons in the three-minute episodes of Schoolhouse Rock. These educational cartoons came on during the commercial breaks of the less-than-edifying Saturday morning fare in the 1970s, and despite their healthy content, kids stayed glued to the screen to sing along to the somewhat psychedelic cartoons. Countless children hummed their way through social studies. The Preamble to the Constitution is much easier to remember when it's set to music. And everyone who saw the cartoon remembers how a bill becomes a law ("Oh, I'm just a bill, a lonely old bill, sitting here on Capitol Hill"). These and eight other shorts make up America Rock, a 30-minute program that will stir patriotism and teach kids a bit of history. Whether you're an adult who remembers fondly his Schoolhouse Rock days or a parent trying to help a child with school, this selection will have you singing that "knowledge is power." A bonus cartoon of "My Hero Zero," performed by the Lemonheads, is included at the end. --Jenny Brown

From the Back Cover

Learning about American history and government is easy when you sing along with America Rock!

No More Kings (The founding of America)
Fireworks (The Declaration of Independence)
The Shot Heard 'Round the World (The start of the Revolution)
The Preamble (The Constitution)
Elbow Room (The pioneers opening the West)
The Great American Melting Pot (The ethnic diversity of America)
Mother Necessity (Great American inventors)
Sufferin' till Suffrage (Women's right to vote)
I'm Just a Bill (How a bill becomes a law)
Three-Ring Government (The judicial, legislative, and executive branches)
Bonus video: My Hero Zero (performed by the Lemonheads)

Schoolhouse Rock takes children on a fantastic scholastic learning adventure! The same great songs you knew and loved as a kid are now available to a whole new generation. Each volume in this special collection features exclusive bonus programming of some of today's hottest rock stars singing their favorite Schoolhouse Rock song! 30 minutes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars America Rock is a timeless classic, August 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Schoolhouse Rock! - America Rock [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a video my wife and I used to watch as children of the 70's. I learned the Preamble of the Constitution from watching this on ABC Saturday mornings (We the people...). What a thrill to be able to watch it again. I did not realize how educational it was until I was an adult. The folk/rock songs are quite different from today's popular music but the message is timeless.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars School House Rock, Classic...., January 14, 2000

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M. B Evans "Fusionman" (Madison, Mississippi United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Schoolhouse Rock! - America Rock [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you were a kid in the 70's, and were glued to your tv every Saturday morning, then you saw the School House Rock segments. These little 3 minute jewels were and still are GREAT. How else would you have learned your multiplication tables, or learned the Preamble. You owe it to yourself, to take a trip down memory lane, to a time when things were simple and fun. If you have kids, buy these tapes. They will love them, and you will love them also. Ohh the memories....

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars America Rock ROCKS!, December 13, 2000

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DHoggan (Dallas, TX, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Schoolhouse Rock! - America Rock [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I highly recommend all of the Schoolhouse Rock videos. Like many of the other reviewers, I learned my multiplication and got excited about history from these songs years ago during Saturday morning cartoons. Not to mention the fact that my 11th grade History teacher let the whole class off the hook for a homework assignment when we were able to sing the Preamble of the Constitution.

My two year old little girl loves to sing along and although she doesn't realize it yet, she's learning. Maybe someday when she's in High School she'll thank me for getting her Schoolhouse Rock.