Conductor : I got "and", "but", and "or". They'll get you pretty far. Sign In. Schoolhouse Rock! Animation Short Family. Writer Bob Dorough. Top credits Writer Bob Dorough. See more at IMDbPro. Photos 2. Add image. Top cast Edit. Jack Sheldon Conductor as Conductor voice.
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The song, along with the many more that Dorough and other musicians wrote, was set to animation for Schoohouse Rock! Sometimes, the musicians would perform their own tunes. Sometimes, guests were called in to sing them. RIP Bob Dorough Dorough proved exceedingly adept at composing these educational ditties. His songs included such hits as Conjunction Junction , a mediation on the usage of "and," "or" and "but"; The Shot Heard Round the World, which traces the beginning of the American Revolution; and Electricity, Electricity , a catchy lesson about various sources of power.
Tension sometimes existed between his musical instincts and his Schoolhouse Rock! During the writing process for the song, he sat at the piano in his home and played it again an again.
His wife "kept hearing me and said, 'What is that melody? So I said, 'Well, I'll give you this 'eight' song; I don't know if you'll like it or not. The songs were immensely popular. Schoolhouse Rock! It was nominated for eight Emmy Awards, winning half of them. ISSA "Verb! That's What's Happening" One of the 1st black superheroes was on Schoolhouse Rock singing about verbs.
RIP Bob Dorough pic. Despite the popularity of songs such as Conjunction Junction , an elder generation better knew Dorough as a highbrow jazz musician and composer. Conjunction Junction, what's your function? Hooking up two cars to one When you say something like this choice: "Either now or later" Or no choice: "Neither now nor ever" Hey, that's clever! Eat this or that, grow thin or fat, Never mind, I wouldn't do that, I'm fat enough now!
Hooking up phrases and clauses that balance, like: [spoken] Out of the frying pan and into the fire. He cut loose the sandbags, But the balloon wouldn't go any higher. Let's go up to the mountains, Or down to the seas. You should always say "thank you", Or at least say "please". Hooking up words and phrases and clauses In complex sentences like: [spoken] In the mornings, when I'm usually wide awake, I love to take a walk through the gardens and down by the lake, where I often see a duck and a drake, and I wonder, as I walk by, just what they'd say if they could speak, although I know that's an absurd thought.
Hooking up cars and making 'em function. I like tying up words and phrases and clauses.
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