Three Is a Magic Number, “Schoolhouse Rock!” was a magic series
The Very First Episode of “Schoolhouse Rock!” in 1973 Had an Alto Kalimba in it! From the opening of “Three is a Magic Number” Listening to NPR this week, I learned of the passing of Bob Dorough, the dude who wrote all of the songs in the TV segment Schoolhouse Rock! OK, dear ones, if you are younger than, oh, 35, you might not have any clue about Schoolhouse Rock! If you are my age, you might thank Schoolhouse Rock! for your ability to count by fives, or to multiply by 11. Or for your eternal knowledge of how conjunctions function in the English language. I was born in 1962, and