Product Details

• Actors: Lauren Yohe, Jack Sheldon, Darrel Stern, Sue Manchester
• Directors: Tom Warburton
• Producers: George Newall, Michael Eisner
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Walt Disney Video
• VHS Release Date: August 25, 1998
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1569494126
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,914 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The world of finance bewilders many adults, so it's not surprising that kids often find it incomprehensible. Money Rock tackles subjects like budgeting, taxes, interest, and the stock market with simple definitions, fun animation, and lots of catchy music. The country-inspired "Dollars and Sense" explores the concept of interest with respect to saving and borrowing, "$7.50 Once a Week" teaches money management, and the bluesy "Where the Money Goes" covers living expenses and how to control them. A vaudeville act featuring "Tax Man Max" looks at government spending, then "Walkin' on Wall Street" takes a jazzy glimpse of the stock market. The historical development of bartering and its modern applications supply the thematic material of "This for That," a hungry dinosaur in "Tyrannosaurus Debt" personifies our national debt, and the complicated process initiated by the simple writing of a check is broken down in "The Check's in the Mail." If all this sounds potentially dry, even mind-numbing, recall how the potentially dull subject of grammar sprang to life with similar treatment in Grammar Rock. Rest assured that this 1998 addition to the multi-Emmy Award winning Schoolhouse Rock! series is both informative and exciting. --Tami Horiuchi

From the Back Cover

Learning about money is easy when you sing along with Money Rock!

Dollars and Sense (Learn about savings and loans)
$7.50 Once a Week (What is an allowance?)
Where the Money Goes (How our salaries/allowances are spent)
Tax Man Max (Discover what the government does with our money)
Walkin' on Wall Street (Investments, stocks, and bonds)
This for That (Learn about barter and trade)
Tyrannosaurus Debt (Learn about our national debt)
The Check's in the Mail (How to write a check and where it goes)

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

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars National Debt? The check's in the mail, June 27, 2000

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Marci D Yesowitch Hopkins (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

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

I don't remember these from when I was a kid, but I'm sorry I missed them. From Tyrannasaurus Debt which talks about how how the national debt got started to pay for the Revolutionary War to how it grew to monsterous size, to how to manage your allowance, buy stocks, plan a budget, and mangage your checking account, this video chock full of advice and information that even helped this 28 year old.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Money Rock: great discussion-starter & provocative, July 9, 2001

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susan c tait (Aloha, United States) - See all my reviews

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

I was totally overwhelmed by the prospect of explaining to my 6-year-old what money was and why I couldn't just 'get it from the machine.'

This video was great: it's fun for adults as well as kids, and makes it possible to segue into discussions about allowances, presidents, history, and budgeting. Even Wall Street gets a mention. The music is unexpectedly good. Paired with the game 'Moneywise Kids' and 'Monopoly Junior', it's a great part of a little 'home curriculum' on finance, even if you're just on addition and subtraction.

Can't recommend it more highly as a place to start.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Want to know how the National Bank works?, July 3, 2001

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"lmphoenix" (The Valley of the Sun) - See all my reviews

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

How about DOLLAR COST AVERAGING? Interest? The National Debt? You have to buy this. Economics courses in college were never this interesting.