Product Details

• Actors: Maretha Stewart, Zachary Sanders, Bob Kaliban, Blossom Dearie, Joshie Armstead
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: ABC Studios
• VHS Release Date: August 4, 1995
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303493653
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #168,298 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

There are two types of Schoolhouse Rock fans. Type A: those who--inspired in the '70s and '80s by "Conjunction Junction" and "Interjections!"--went on to become grammar gurus, copyeditors, and computational linguists. And type B: those who--less inspired by grammar than by catchy refrains--can still sing lines that today sound less than P.C.:

Though Geraldine played hard to get (uh huh),
Geraldo knew he'd woo her yet.
He showed his affection,
Despite her objection,
And Geraldine hollered some interjections!

(Geraldo, if you'll recall, is a goat.) No matter. Both kinds of fans will enjoy revisiting these Saturday-morning shorts--and hopefully this video will find its way into classrooms, to boot. Clever teachers who grew up on this stuff will know how to make Schoolhouse Rock fans (ideally of type A) out of the next generation, too. --Erik Macki

Customer Reviews

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75 of 76 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What's Your Function?, June 28, 2000

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Kevin Wohler (Lawrence, KS USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Schoolhouse Rock! - Grammar Rock [VHS] (VHS Tape)

By far my favorite of the School House Rock videos, Grammar Rock is a wonderful teaching tool for children and a fun trip down memory lane for those of us old enough to remember when it was first aired on television.

Anyone who has watched these videos knows that there is definitely a link between music and memory, and School House Rock taps into that phenomenon. With cute animation and catchy lyrics, each video utilizes music as a mnemonic device so children can remember the principles of speech just by humming a familiar tune.

Who can forget those timeless classics like "Conjunction Juntion," "Verb, That's What's Happening," "A Noun is a Person, Place or Thing," and my favorite from Grammar Rock, "Interjection!"? Many adults who grew up with these videos can still recall them today.

I urge everyone who has children to buy the entire School House Rock video set. Start with Grammar Rock, and then move on to Math, then History, then Science. Your children will thank you for it.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very effective teaching tool, February 24, 1999

By A Customer

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

I grew up watching these on ABC during Saturday morning cartoons in the early/mid 70's. These are fun to watch and quite effective. The song themes like "A noun is a person, place, or thing" stick in your mind and speaking for myself they did make learning grammar a lot easier. Recommended for kids today or for anyone who was a kid in the mid 70's. Also, as with America Rock, dig that 70's cultural influence in these, like the Shaft/Superfly blaxploitation theme in the Verb segment :) They just don't make 'em like this anymore!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grammar Rock is EXCITING,very creative,AND learnable!, May 24, 2002

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"wifenumberone" (America) - See all my reviews

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

I watched it as a child on saturday morning cartoons and now I play the tapes for my children 2 and 5. It is the best teaching cartoon music video on the market today. I keep waiting for new ones to come out!
My five year old can not yet spell or write well, but she knows what an adverb is. She is getting a strong foundation in grammar, math, history, and science from these tapes. I look forward to the complete collection in Aug 2002.
Highly recommended.

Renee Grover
USA