Schoolhouse Rock!
Telegraph Line
TV Flash files “Telegraph Line” as hour 40 of 65 in the TV Flash guide — Schoolhouse Rock! (1973–1985) on ABC, season 4, episode 8, aired 1979-06-30.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E08: listed hour 40 of 65 in the Schoolhouse Rock! guide, hour 8 of 9 in season 4. It aired 1979-06-30. The listed hour before it is “Electricity, Electricity” (S04E07). Next is “The Greatest Show on Earth (The Weather Show)” (S04E09).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Telegraph Line sit in the Schoolhouse Rock! guide?
S04E08 is listed hour 40 of 65 — hour 8 of 9 in season 4, season 4 episode 8.
When did Schoolhouse Rock! S04E08 air?
Telegraph Line aired 1979-06-30.
Is this a series I binge like a sitcom?
No. Three-minute interstitials between Saturday-morning ads. Sample by subject: grammar, math, science, civics — I'm Just a Bill and Conjunction Junction first.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Three-minute cartoons between Saturday-morning ads taught conjunctions, how a bill becomes law, and a generation's civic earworms. Educational interstitial as permanent American memory. Replay I'm Just a Bill and Conjunction Junction to remember when networks hid actual genius inside the commercial bumper.
Calendar first: Saturday morning, 1973, ABC, three minutes between cartoon ads, and a network hides a textbook in the bumper. Schoolhouse Rock! began after a kids-can't-multiply observation, from David McCall, George Newall, Tom Yohe, and Bob Dorough. Short animated musical lessons in grammar, math, science, and civics. Jack Sheldon's I'm Just a Bill and Dorough's Conjunction Junction became cultural forever; Lynn Ahrens wrote and sang later entries. **Three minutes.** That is the window. Not a half-hour sitcom.…
Filed against
- Bob Dorough as Vocals / Songs
Bob Dorough sang Schoolhouse Rock! between Saturday-morning ads — three-minute cartoons that taught conjunctions, how a bill becomes law, and a generation’s civic earworms. Educational interstitial as permanent American memory. Replay I’m…
- Jack Sheldon as Vocals (I'm Just a Bill)
Jack Sheldon sang I’m Just a Bill on Schoolhouse Rock! — three-minute Saturday-morning genius hiding civic homework between ads. Conjunctions, how a bill becomes law, a generation’s earworms with jazz in the throat. TV Flash still files…
- Lynn Ahrens as Writer / Vocals
Lynn Ahrens wrote and sang the civic earworms of Schoolhouse Rock! — three-minute cartoons between Saturday-morning ads, conjunctions and how a bill becomes law, educational interstitial as permanent American memory. Replay the bill. TV…