Product Description

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. Learning multiplication tables is easy when you sing along with MULTIPLICATION ROCK. Songs include "My Hero, Zero"; "Elementary, My Dear" (multiplying by 2); "Three Is A Magic Number"; "The Four-Legged Zoo"; "Ready Or Not, Here I Come" (multiplying by 5); "I Got Six"; "Seven Sampson"; "Figure Eight"; "Naughty Number Nine"; "The Good Eleven"; and "Little Twelvetoes."

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1606 in VHS
• Released on: 1997-08-05
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Formats: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Running time: 30 minutes

Amazon.com
From 1973 to 1985, a generation of kids watching Saturday morning television learned the function of conjunctions and the preamble to the U.S. Constitution with the help of an animated series called Schoolhouse Rock! The brainchild of executives at McCaffrey and McCall Advertising, the three-minute segments combined whimsical cartoons with catchy music (rock was only one of the styles) to help kids learn seemingly dry topics as easily as they could learn popular songs. Multiplication Rock tackles the multiplication tables, covering numbers 0 through 12 (but not 1 or 10), and chances are few people who grew up watching can multiply by 3 or 5 without hearing the familiar voice of composer-singer Bob Dorough. Other underlying talent included jazz drummer Grady Tate ("I Got Six," "Naughty Number Nine") and jazz pianist Blossom Dearie ("Figure Eight"), who contributed vocals. (Subsequent installments would feature many other jazz musicians and songs written by jazz pianist-composer Dave Frishberg and future Broadway composer Lynn Ahrens, who at the time was a fledgling secretary for McCaffrey and McCall.) Years later, the series was considered so hip that now-grown-up rock stars rerecorded the songs, and Multiplication Rock includes a music video of "Electricity, Electricity" by Goodness. --David Horiuchi

From the Back Cover
Learning multiplication tables is easy when you sing along with Multiplication Rock:

My Hero, Zero
Elementary My Dear (Multiplying by 2)
Three Is a Magic Number
The Four-Legged Zoo
Ready or Not, Here I Come (Multiplying by 5)
I Got Six
Lucky Seven Sampson
Figure Eight
Naughty Number Nine
The Good Eleven
Little Twelvetoes
Bonus video: Electricity, Electricity (performed by Goodness)

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

Any kid can Learn Multiplication from this video
As a child I had a horrible time learning my Multiplication tables. Watching these animated lessons on Saturday morning made a world of difference. As a parent now, I have a child with the same difficulties and this video had him doing the tables in his head in only a few weeks. This is an invaluable resource for any child learning multiplication.

Make Learning Multiplication Easy and Fun.
Wow, these songs really help the kids learn their facts. Thesongs are catchy and they review the concepts of multiplication. Iusually introduce a song at a time along with a printed version of the words to the song. [...] If you teach you need this tape!

One of the best instructional videos in the world!!!
I remember watching this on television when I was a child and learning my multiplication tables. When I found it was available publically, I immediately purchased it for my son who is now 11. He remembers his the same way I remembered mine -- by singing the songs!!! I would recommend all of the Schoolhouse Rock videos for anyone who has children, because it's never to early to learn. By the way, the only way I can remember the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States is to sing the song from America Rock!