Let's Watch This: An Episode of "Teacher's Pet"

NOTE: Please do not take any of the little nitpicks in this review (or any of my other reviews, for that matter) seriously. I write these reviews in the hopes of making people laugh. Those nitpicks are really just dumb little observations that I'm attempting to make jokes out of, not complaints that add to whether or not I like something.

The day I wrote this review, I originally attempted to write a review of Mega Babies. After so many reviews of cartoons that were simply mediocre, I figured I needed to review something really bad to keep the blog from getting monotomous. Problem is, I really couldn't find anything funny to say about Mega Babies - it was horrible, but all I could think of to say was "This is disgusting!" over and over again. Plus, I didn't want to subject my readers to the gross imagery in the show, but the only way to do THAT would be to do a review with no screencaps, which wouldn't be very visually interesting. So instead...

Teacher's Pet is one of Disney's best 2000s cartoons, I'd honestly put it above their more popular stuff from that era like The Proud Family and American Dragon: Jake Long (not that I don't like the latter, I just think Teacher's Pet is more fun). What really helped it stand out was its distinctive art style: that of Gary Baseman, one of the show's three creators - the other two being Bill and Cheri Steinkellner. Even if you've never heard his name, you have to have seen his work SOMEWHERE. He's the guy who did the artwork for the Cranium games.

In my house, we had Cranium Cadoo.

Premiering on ABC as part of its One Saturday Morning block on September 9th, 2000, the show focused on a nine-year-old boy named Leonard Helperman, voiced by Shaun Fleming, and his pet dog Spot, voiced by Nathan Lane. Leonard already has an embarassing experience at school every day because his mother, Mary Lou Helperman (voiced by Debra Jo Rupp), is his class teacher. But things get even WEIRDER for him when Spot decides he wants to go to school too. Spot disguises himself as a boy named Scott Leadready II and joins the class. Even though he's just a dog wearing human clothes, everybody falls for it... presumably because everyone else in this world is already pretty bizarre-looking. Eventually, Leonard finds out that the new kid is his dog, but reluctantly allows Spot to continue the charade. Hilarity ensues.

In 2002, the show was moved from ABC to Toon Disney. Two seasons and a total of thirty-nine episodes were produced. It even got a movie that served as the finale. In theaters! Which was a box office bomb, but still, even Phineas and Ferb never got a theatrical movie!

For years, only one of the show's episodes - the pilot - was released on VHS or DVD, as a bonus feature on the DVD release of the movie. Aside from that, after reruns went off the air you'd have to look on YouTube or Dailymotion to watch the show, at least until Disney got them taken off YouTube for copyright infringement. Fortunately, the entire series is now on Disney Plus. Which means that I've been able to rewatch the show and rediscover how great it is.

So, what makes Teacher's Pet such a fun show? Let's watch the fourth episode, "A Lick is Still a Kiss", and I'll elaborate a little. This is Teacher's Pet.

It's another glorious morning in the Helperman household. In walks Mary Lou, who has a surprise for the Helpermans' pet cat, Mr. Jolly (David Ogden Stiers). He assumes that she's taking him to the vet and hides in his food bowl. Yes, he's actually able to fit in there. Cartoon physics, everybody.

"I hate Mondays."

The best way I can describe Mary Lou Helperman is that she's Linda from Bob's Burgers done right. I frequently see Linda praised for not being the stereotypical naggy cartoon mom who's much smarter than her husband. Well, Mary Lou ALSO isn't the stereotypical naggy cartoon mom who's much smarter than her husband (in fact, Leonard's father never even shows up). She's ditzy, she's cheery, she's a goof, but she still feels like a functioning member of society whereas Linda is a total moron. When Linda speaks, I often find myself wondering how she's even survived for this long. You don't get that with Mary Lou.

Anyhow, Mary Lou is NOT taking Mr. Jolly to the vet. The surprise is a collar with a bell on it. All the stylish cats are wearing them.

I like that dog clock hanging up on the wall. Where can I get one of those?

"Don't despise me because I'm beautiful!" Mr. Jolly tells the Helperman's surly pet bird, Pretty Boy (Jerry Stiller), after he insults his smell. Alas, the constant ringing of the bell soon gets on Mr. Jolly's nerves. Even the doorbell ringing sends him into a frenzy.

Leonard answers the door, and who should be there but his crush, Leslie (Mae Whitman). She asks if she can borrow a cup of milk. Before Leonard can get her one, he realizes that he's standing in front of her in his pajamas and, like Mr. Jolly, freaks out.

Hey, it could be worse. At least you're not in your underwear.

Spot covers for Leonard while he dashes into his room to put some clothes on. He returns, desperately trying to be cool but I'm sorry, it's really hard to be cool when you're wearing a shirt with pineapples on it. And when your hair is styled to look like a rooster's comb. Unless the "Chicken Run character at a luau" look is what you're going for.

I wonder why Mary Lou has a normal skin tone but her son is as white as a stick of
chalk. Maybe he's just really, REALLY pale?

After Leslie leaves, Spot comments that whatever she smeared on her lips today tasted like lemonade with just a hint of mint. Leonard is still too embarassed by the fact that Leslie saw him in his pajamas. By now, it should be pretty obvious that Leonard is basically the Disney equivalent of Charlie Brown. Complete with him not having a normal dog like everyone else.

Spot's being blue is probably the LEAST strange thing about him.

Later, Leonard and Spot... I'm sorry, Scott Leadready II... arrive at school and see the cool kids hanging out. Scott suggests that they ask them what kind of pajamas THEY wear (it makes sense in context), but Leonard is terrified of even speaking to them. "I just don't know how to hang with those guys, okay? I always feel like, they think I'm the teacher's kid so they don't want to say anything around me, then I don't know what to say, then they ignore me, and I end up feeling like a dork," he laments. Scott urges him to give it a try anyway, and guess what? They wind up talking about Leslie and how shiny her lips are. Leonard tells them that she's wearing pink lemonade lip gloss, which tastes exactly like actual pink lemonade with just a hint of mint. This makes the cool kids very impressed. I guess they really like pink lemonade...

"It's so much cooler than REGULAR lemonade! It's PINK, for Fonzie's sake!"

Now, most of this show's episodes can be summed up as thus: Leonard gets into trouble because of Spot's good intentions. Case in point, Leslie marches up to Leonard while they're in class and demands to know why he claimed that he kissed her on the lips. So now she's mad at him, even after he insists that he never said anything of the sort. Then the other kids in class start spreading a rumor that goes from "Leonard kissed Leslie on the lips" to "Leonard murdered Leslie's pet hippo with paper clips". Scott assures Leonard that it'll blow over by recess... just before Principal Strickler (Wallace Shawn) shows up and drags Leonard to his office.

Between this, A Goofy Movie, and Chicken Little, it seems that Disney really likes
casting Wallace Shawn as the voice of principals.

For the crime of spreading a rumor - the fact that the other kids in his class spread the rumor as well is completely ignored - Leonard is threatened with being expelled and sent to the School For Losers. Scott tries to defend him, but it doesn't seem to be doing any good. Leonard points out that he didn't say that he kissed her, just that her lip gloss tasted like pink lemonade, but Principal Strickler thinks there are only two ways he could know that: one, he kissed her, or two, he uses the same lip gloss. The only way Leonard can prove his innocence, he claims, is by showing up tomorrow with the lip gloss in hand.

Furthering Leonard's embarassment, now the class is talking about how Leonard wears his mom's lip gloss. Scott tells them to stop with the rumor-spreading and gives a big speech about how it hurts people. Back home, Leonard and Scott search for the lipstick in Mary Lou's makeup drawer while Pretty Boy mocks humans for not just secreteing like birds do.

"I was an angry bird before the app made it cool!"

Mary Lou doesn't have pink lemonade lip gloss, and a trip to the drugstore leaves Scott and Leonard empty-handed as well. So they go to the grocery store, where Scott buys a salmon ('cause it's pink), some lemons, vegetable oil (for the gloss), and minty bubble gum. Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't most supermarkets have lip gloss in stock? There's usually a whole aisle for body products. Heck, why doesn't Scott just ask Leslie if he can borrow her lip gloss? Seems a lot easier than making it from scratch.

So how does their homemade lip gloss turn out? Well, it does this to Scott's lips...

Disturbing, but still not as disturbing as Mega Babies.

"I guess I'll just have to go to the School For Losers," Leonard groans. But Scott isn't giving up yet. He remembers that Leslie has the very lip gloss they're looking for. So does he go to her house and ask if he can borrow it? No, no, that would be too obvious. Instead, he and Leonard carry a ladder over to her house, allowing Scott to sneak into her room via the window and steal the lip gloss. But Scott can't help taking his sweet time, and he hears the doorknob turning. Uh oh...

Thinking quick, Spot takes off his clothes and just acts like a dog. Leslie is very surprised to see Leonard's dog in her room, but at least he and Leonard aren't in even bigger hot water. As for Mr. Jolly, he's saved from having to hear that infernal ringing when Pretty Boy helps him remove the collar and dumps it in a trash can. But now he thinks it's too quiet, so Pretty Boy has to dig through the trash and find the collar. "Cats! Next time, leave 'em off the ark!" he shouts.

Leslie returns Spot to Leonard and makes it clear that she still hates his guts. On the bright side, Spot managed to grab the lip gloss on their way out, which means that Leonard can prove his innocence. Principal Strickler dubs him cleared, preventing Leonard from being sent to the School For Losers, and that night he tells Spot that he's learned a valuable lesson: NOT to never ever repeat what his dog says again, but to never answer the door again wearing cowboy pajamas. The next day, Leslie apologies to Leonard for everything... and sees Leonard in his firetruck pajama bottoms. But, aside from that, all's well that ends well... until Leslie realizes that her lip gloss is missing. Unless Spot somehow managed to return it to her house before she finds out, she might come to the conclusion that Leonard stole it.

Don't worry, Leonard. You're still not as much of a loser as the Leonard from The
Big Bang Theory.

What's the Verdict?

I wouldn't say this is the BEST episode of Teacher's Pet, but if you're just starting to watch the show, it's a good way to dip your toes in.

There's so much to love about this show. First of all, it's funny. Very, very funny. Most of that obviously stems from the delightfully hammy performances that Nathan Lane, Jerry Stiller, and David Ogden Stiers give, but the writing is incredibly sharp. The animation is well-done, with Gary Baseman's distinctive art style giving the show a unique look and allowing for some out there visuals without being too disgusting or disturbing.

...well, for the most part.

And the characters? Spot could've easily been another Newton, this annoying wacko who frequently causes problems for the kid and gets away with it. But two things help Spot avoid falling into that category. One, he has good intentions, and two, he usually fixes his mistakes. Leonard makes for a nice, sympathetic lead, and the other characters are fun as well (particularly Pretty Boy and Mr. Jolly).

So, yes, I recommend giving Teacher's Pet a watch if you haven't already. Now, whether or not you should watch the MOVIE as well, I don't know. I haven't watched it since 2004. Most of the internet seems to like it, though. Just start with the series, okay?

Rating: Five firetruck pajama bottoms out of five. After watching one episode, you'll sit up and beg for more.

My Personal Favorite Songs From "Schoolhouse Rock"

Let's be honest, everybody... we probably learned a lot more from Schoolhouse Rock than we did from our actual schools. No disrespect towards my teachers, of course, but I don't even remember anyone even saying the word "conjunction" at any point when I was in school. The only thing school taught me that Schoolhouse Rock didn't was how disturbing having to use a public bathroom was.

What's that? You've never heard of Schoolhouse Rock? Well, I suppose I could sing a catchy song to help you learn about it, but A) this is a written format so you wouldn't be able to hear it and B) I'm not much of a singer anyway. So instead, I'll just explain it to you the way I usually do: in the 1970s, advertising executive David McCall noticed that his son had difficulty learning multiplication tables but could memorize Rolling Stones songs with ease (I think we can all relate to that). So David hired musician Bob Dorough to write a song that would teach multiplication, a song that would eventually become "Three is a Magic Number". Tom Yohe, an illustrator at David's agency of McCaffrey and McCall, created visuals to accompany the song, and then television producer Radford Stone suggested that David pitch the idea to ABC as a TV series. At the time, the vice president in charge of programming at ABC was Michael Eisner, and when they pitched the idea to him he liked it - as did Chuck Jones, who Michael had brought with him to the pitch meeting. At the time, Chuck had a TV show on ABC for kids called Curiosity Shop, and so the pilot episode of that show included "Three is a Magic Number", making it the television debut of Schoolhouse Rock.

Schoolhouse Rock wasn't a series per say - it was a bunch of shorts that aired as part of ABC's children's lineup, which also included Time For Timer and The Bod Squad. In total, seven "seasons" of Schoolhouse Rock were produced - the original "Multiplication Rock" in 1973, "Grammar Rock", "America Rock", "Science Rock", "Computer Rock", "Money Rock", and the most recent one; 2009's "Earth Rock". I don't think Schoolhouse Rock was still airing on ABC when I was born, but my parents made sure I knew about its existence by buying the DVDs and at least one of the soundtrack albums. I also vaguely remember watching at least one short in school. Now, kids can discover Schoolhouse Rock for themselves by going on YouTube or Disney Plus.

Since this is a blog about animation, I think it'd be ridiculous not to do at least ONE post about such a big part of animation history. I was originally going to rank all sixty-six of the songs, but I quickly discovered that some of them I didn't have a whole lot to say about. So instead, I'm doing a top twenty list (ten seemed like too little) - with my favorite songs from the show listed in no particular order. I'm sure lots of other people online have already done that, but who cares? Let's get started!

"Fireworks"

I think the songs of Schoolhouse Rock that I'm the most familiar with are the ones from "America Rock" - my family had the soundtrack album and listened to it in the car, especially around the Fourth of July. Who doesn't love swingin' jazz music? And what is the Fourth of July without fireworks? Well, it'd probably still be the Fourth of July, but we still want to see fireworks. And we associate fireworks with Independence Day so much that it seems only natural to use 'em as a metaphor for what our ancestors did to gain freedom.

"Shot Heard Round the World"

Yeah, you can expect to see a LOT of "America Rock" songs on this list (I listened to the soundtrack album so much it's kind of jarring to hear the versions of these songs with sound effects!). Hamilton wishes it covered the Revolutionary War as well as this song does. This is also the first song on the list to feature the voice of Bob Dorough, whose folksy voice brings a lot of personality to these songs.

"I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College"

This song came out in 2002 as a response to the 2000 Election. Bob Dorough and Jack Sheldon are both featured, but it's Jack who gets the most to do as the voice of Boothy. You've gotta love the Dixieland-esque big band music, and the song takes us back to a simpler time when a new president might've actually been something to be happy about, as opposed to us being horrified by the fact that Donald Trump is in the White House AGAIN (seriously, WHY?).

"Walkin' On Wall Street"

You've heard of the Wolf of Wall Street, but do you know about the Pigeon of Wall Street? Neither do I - to be honest, until I gave this song another listen while going through songs from "Money Rock", I didn't remember watching this one at all. But I'm glad I rediscovered it! This song really nails the vibe of a trip to New York, even if you DON'T visit Wall Street. David Frishberg brings a nice amount of zest and laid-backness (that's a word, right?) to Lester the Investor. And I like how, if you remove the lyrics, the song sounds like elevator music. That's a nice touch.

"A Tiny Urban Zoo"

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6qa0yb (the video of the song, for some reason, isn't on YouTube, so I had to use a Dailymotion link)

I should admit that the main reason I'm putting this one on the list is because it was animated by Kurtz & Friends, one of my favorite animation studios. Fortunately, the song is pretty good too. If you don't recall this song, that's because it's from the 2009 Schoolhouse Rock video "Earth Rock", which my sister and I received for Easter that year. The songs featured in it aren't quite as iconic as the ones from the show's original run, but they're still worth seeking out. This is a nice little ditty shedding some light on the smaller members of the animal kingdom who we can get a glimpse of without going to a zoo (or to Africa), the ones we generally see whenever we step out the door and usually take for granted: birds and bugs (and one lizard). After listening to it, perhaps you too will be inspired to build a tiny urban zoo of your own, instead of sitting here reading my crummy blog. The fresh air would do you good.

"Rufus Xavier Sasparilla"

This is one of those songs where I remember the visuals more than the song itself. But there's a lot of things that stand out about the song: the overly-long names, the animals that could easily make for great cereal mascots, the fact that the pets of Albert and the Sasparillas are the same colors as their clothes, the characters jumping on pogo sticks, and of course, Jack Sheldon's lively performance. Much like Bob Dorough, Schoolhouse Rock just wouldn't be the same without Jack Sheldon. My only complaint is that it's a little weird having the aardvark actually be in love with Rafaella. What would the children look like?

"I'm Just a Bill"

This is one of two Schoolhouse Rock songs that I basically HAD to put on the list somewhere. There's a reason why poor Bill is for all intents and purposes the mascot of the series. Even if you've never been an avid watcher of Schoolhouse Rock, there's a very good chance you at least know about Bill, how he's just a bill, and how he's sitting there on Capital Hill waiting to become a law. Bill has been spoofed on Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, Family Guy, and even Johnny Bravo. Because of that appealing design and (of course) Jack Sheldon's voice, we find ourselves sympathizing with Bill and hoping that he'll become a law... even if we still don't quite understand how this whole law-making thing works.

"Energy Blues"

Oh, look. That's three Jack Sheldon songs in a row.

There aren't a lot of songs from "Science Rock" on this list - to be honest, I didn't watch that one a lot. Probably because it features the song "Them Not-So-Dry Bones", the one song from Schoolhouse Rock that scared the heck out of me. This was the OTHER song I remember the most from Science Rock. The one with the exhausted-looking Earth singing about how much energy we waste. And you think YOU don't have a lot of energy in the morning. "Energy Blues" does seem to be more about the environment than science per say, so it's not surprising that they featured the song in "Earth Rock" as well (Mr. Sentient Earth also appeared alongside the four polar bear hosts in interstitials between the songs).

"My Hero Zero"

A salute to the most unsung of numbers, this song feels almost like a lullaby between Bob Dorough's soothing performance and the gentle guitar music. And you can't tell me that little boy in the superhero costume isn't really cute.

Yeah, that's the main reason why it's on the list. I think the boy is adorable. Shut up, it's MY list.

"Busy Prepositions"

This 1993 addition to Grammar Rock, featuring both Bob Dorough and Jack Sheldon, I always found pretty funny. Just the visual of these little green bugs marching around amused me, as did the "Over the raaaaaaaaaaaaaaain-booooooooooow" parts. That was enough for me to (hey, that's a preposition!) put it on (another preposition!) the list. Despite being made in the 1990s, it feels a lot like something from the 1980s. The prepositions would be right at home alongside the Smurfs or the Care Bears.

"Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here"

Three Bob Doroughs sing about a store that sells adverbs. How come real ads for stores on TV aren't as much fun as this? Even if you still aren't sure after listening to it just what adverbs are, you'll certainly remember the main chorus... or the way they sing "Indubitableeeeeeeeeeee!" at the end. It will never leave.

"Tyrannosaurus Debt"

Perhaps the only good thing to come out of America being in debt. It's kind of strange that Tyrannosaurus Debt isn't a more iconic character - he's a giant dinosaur decked out in the colors of the American flag! Who WOULDN'T want a Funko pop of that?

Well, anyway, this song somehow manages to be upbeat, comedic, and a little ominous at the same time. And it features a cameo from Bill! I always loved how it featured a cameo from Bill.

"Unpack Your Adjectives"

A girl, accompanied by a gigantic knapsack and a turtle who can walk on two legs, explain just what the words we use to really describe things are. Blossom Dearie lends her Prairie Dawn-esque pipes to this song, which I'd use the following adjectives to describe with: catchy, bouncy, gentle, funky, and charming. Never before has hearing about somebody's lousy camping trip (which involved fog, rain, and angry bears) been this much fun.

Y'know what the best thing about this song is? It has a cover performed by Kermit the Frog. Take a listen to it - heads up, though, it's Matt Vogel's Kermit, and I'm in the minority of folks who like his take but I know there's still a lot of people who don't.

"This For That"

Hey, you got your B.C. in my Schoolhouse Rock!

Much like "Walking on Wall Street", I initially didn't remember this one. But then when I actually started watching the video, I thought, "Oh yeah, I think I remember watching this before..." I think it was the design of the Neandrethals that clued me in. I don't think there are any other Schoolhouse Rock songs done in calypso (if there are, please let me know), and that helps the song stand out. It doesn't help that it's incredibly catchy!

"Mother Necessity"

Were Thomas Edison, Samuel Morse, Elias Howe, and all the other famous folk mentioned in this song really inspired to invent their inventions by their mothers? We might never know. But they do say that necessity is the mother of invention. One neat thing about this song is that ALL of the usual Schoolhouse Rock singers get to contribute to it - Jack Sheldon, Bob Dorough, Blossom Dearie, and Essra Mowhawk all on the same track, a rarity for the show (although according to IMDB, they recorded their parts separately). Depicting Mother Necessity as the literal mother of all these inventors was a very clever idea, and there's a lot of great rhymes and wordplay ("Elias, how?" deserves a mention in particular) in the lyrics. I also like how the STYLE of the song keeps changing with every new inventor brought up... one minute the instrumental is a folksy banjo, then it's a bluesy piano, then it's a frantic rock song! It's like a jukebox in song form!

"Interjections"

Performed by Essra Mohawk, this song is the reason why we know what words like "Darn", "Hey", "Ouch", and "Crap" (which obviously isn't mentioned in the song) are considered. Sort of a halfway point between pop and a march, there's just something so upbeat about "Interjections" that it's hard not to like it. The song also features the voices of Tom Yohe's children Tom Yohe Jr. (as Reginald) and Lauren Yohe (the cheerleader girl), as well as Lynn Ahrens (as Geraldine and the girl who gets an A Plus) and co-producer Radford Stone (the guy who shouts "AW! You threw the wrong way!"). Neat, huh?

"Lucky Seven Sampson"

For years, even though I didn't remember how the song went, I remembered that rabbit. That happy-go-lucky rabbit, perhaps a relative of Brer Rabbit and Bugs Bunny, who helped us figure out how to multiply by seven. Bob Dorough's folksy voice really shines here (and according to a book I recently got about Schoolhouse Rock, Bob considered Lucky Seven Sampson to be sort of an animal caricature of himself). In school, we used a different song to learn about multiples of seven. We took "Happy Birthday To You" and gave it the lyrics "Seven, fourteen, twenty-one. Aren't we having fun? Twenty-eight and thirty-five, isn't it great to be alive?". With apologies to my teachers, this song is much better.

"The Rainforest"

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6qa1ci

Here's another one from "Earth Rock", and one that stands out amongst the other songs from the show. Not only does it use a slightly different art style, reminiscent of a painting, but it has a more eerie, almost tribal sound to it. And it's performed by Tituss Burgess, one of the few celebrities that have participated in a Schoolhouse Rock song. I actually find it reminiscent of the songs from Really Wild Animals.

According to Candy Kugel, the sequence's director at Buzzco Associates, "Phil Kimmelman had moved to South Florida and, coincidently, I had planned a trip to Fort Lauderdale and was able to meet with him in person.  He played a demo of “The Rainforest”, a song written by the very talented Lynn Ahrens.  I was immediately hooked, and I started drawing and photographing the Floridian tropical plants and trees. The Schoolhouse Rock team asked me to design something very different from the wonderfully traditional cartoony Tom Yohe design. In fact, the producers were interested in Buzzco’s independent films - specifically the neon color on black (like A Warm Reception in L.A.) and the painterly Fast Food Matador (what could be more different?).  I drew a colored storyboard in time for the final recording, sung beautifully by Tituss Burgess, who was performing in The Little Mermaid on Broadway.  Encouraged by the reaction from Phil Kimmelman, the Schoolhouse Rock team and ABC/Disney, we threw ourselves into production!" This song does a great job of describing the Amazon Rainforest and why it's so important. You'd think people who participate in deforestation would get the hint!

"Three is a Magic Number"

The one that started it all! Since it's the first Schoolhouse Rock song ever written, I knew I had to put it on the list. I like how the song manages to be both upbeat and soothing at the same time. It also brings up a good point - three kind of IS the perfect number, not too much and not too little. Maybe. I just like the song. And I like the visuals that go along with it (especially that freaked-out octopus).

"Conjunction Junction"

This is the OTHER one that just HAD to be on the list. We have this song to thank for us knowing what conjunctions are. Conjunction Junction is such a memorable character, with his blue clothing and his Dr. Bunsen Honeydew-esque face - not to mention the pipes of Jack Sheldon. When you hear that voice, chances are you think of either Conjunction Junction or Bill. Plus, there's something weirdly charming about the janky animation of the train cars moving around. And that swingin' music... there's nothing NOT to love about this song!

And in the words of the girl from "Interjections"... darn! That's the end. What are some of YOUR favorite Schoolhouse Rock songs?