Rating: - Schoolhouse memory magic.
I remember when these were first reissued, at least the videos.... My friend (7 or 8 year younger than I am - he hadn't really sen them) and I were in a huge media superstore, and they were playing them on the monitor. I was watching "Figure Eight" and my friend, finished with his shopping, came up to me and said "Why are you crying?"
I hadn't noticed that I was, but there was something very wonderful about seeing it again, always thinking it was a forgotten footnote of my childhood. It's wonderful to know that I'm not alone and that these are still pertinent enough to still be teaching kids something all these years later. I don't know if it's the chords or the little daydreaming girl, but "Figure Eight" still moves me to tears every time I see or hear it now. It's nice to know we don't have to let everything go as we grow older. We're so lucky to have recorded media as part of our culture. So much of it is awful, but there are priceless gems mixed in. Schoolhouse Rock is one of them.