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Schoolhouse Rock!

Season 1

11 listed hours · 1973–1985 · ABC

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How this season is filed

Filed by Max Sterling · Streaming Confidential

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.

TV Flash files Season 1 of Schoolhouse Rock! (1973–1985) on ABC as the first listed season of 7 — 11 listed hours, 1973-01-06–1973-03-31 from “Three is a Magic Number” (S01E01) to “Little Twelvetoes” (S01E11). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S01E01 Three is a Magic Number

    Three is a Magic Number opens the interstitial as American memory. Three-minute cartoons between Saturday ads: multiplication as a hook, networks hiding actual genius in the bumper.

  1. S01E01

    Three is a Magic Number

    Three is a Magic Number — Season 1, Episode 1 of Schoolhouse Rock!. Aired 1973-01-06. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  2. S01E02

    My Hero, Zero

    My Hero, Zero — Season 1, Episode 2 of Schoolhouse Rock!. Aired 1973-01-13. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  3. S01E03

    Elementary, My Dear

    Elementary, My Dear — Season 1, Episode 3 of Schoolhouse Rock!. Aired 1973-01-20. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  4. S01E04

    The Four-Legged Zoo

    The Four-Legged Zoo — Season 1, Episode 4 of Schoolhouse Rock!. Aired 1973-01-27. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  5. S01E05

    Ready or Not, Here I Come

    Ready or Not, Here I Come — Season 1, Episode 5 of Schoolhouse Rock!. Aired 1973-02-03. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  6. S01E06

    I Got Six

    I Got Six — Season 1, Episode 6 of Schoolhouse Rock!. Aired 1973-02-10. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  7. S01E07

    Lucky Seven Sampson

    Lucky Seven Sampson — Season 1, Episode 7 of Schoolhouse Rock!. Aired 1973-02-17. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  8. S01E08

    Figure Eight

    Figure Eight — Season 1, Episode 8 of Schoolhouse Rock!. Aired 1973-02-24. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  9. S01E09

    Naughty Number Nine

    Naughty Number Nine — Season 1, Episode 9 of Schoolhouse Rock!. Aired 1973-03-03. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  10. S01E10

    The Good Eleven

    The Good Eleven — Season 1, Episode 10 of Schoolhouse Rock!. Aired 1973-03-24. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  11. S01E11

    Little Twelvetoes

    Little Twelvetoes — Season 1, Episode 11 of Schoolhouse Rock!. Aired 1973-03-31. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

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