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   Zachary Zulkowski to Kevin J. Cheek   
   Re: Help Identifying Obscure Science Tel   
   06 Oct 08 22:12:48   
   
   From: zeeker518@verizon.net   
      
   Cold this have been "Science Rock"?   
   In the Schoolhouse Rock series   
      
   "Kevin J. Cheek"  wrote in message   
   news:7q0md4lm4asg0c205419alqktt3rhjuelj@4ax.com...   
   > I'm trying to recall a short series of science programs from the early   
   > 1970s. These may have went straight to syndication, as they aired as   
   > "fillers." These popularized science with skits, song, and satire. One   
   > program had the greats of science, with a Sir Isaac Newton who liked   
   > to drop fruit and vegetable to watch them burst. One song and dance   
   > number had the history of transportation, starting with "We're going   
   > to walk, proceeding to a rocket ride to a another planet- where they   
   > get around by walking. It may or may not have stared Artie Johnson - I   
   > can't it under a list of shows he's appeared in.   
   >   
   > One skit in particular  had the discovery of the bow and the arrow -   
   > which promptly went off and killed an innocent caveman. This led to a   
   > protest of sign-carrying cavemen singing "Ban the Bow and Arrow" as   
   > they danced around a stuffed woolly mammoth.   
   >   
   > Does anyone else remember this show?   
   >   
   > - Kevin J. Cheek   
      
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