“Mr. Morton waaaaaaaaaaasssss …”

Posted on July 17, 2007 by sheila

Ted and Michael and I watched Schoolhouse Rock on Sunday … what joy. I had forgotten about dear DEAR Mr. Morton. Mr. Morton is the subject of the sentence, don’t ya know.

The Tale of Mr. Morton

Brilliant.

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18 Responses to “Mr. Morton waaaaaaaaaaasssss …”

  1. Eric the...bald says:
    July 17, 2007 at 8:52 am

    My kids and I sing that one. Mr. Morton’s inability to express himself to the object of his affection always clutches at me, even now.

  2. red says:
    July 17, 2007 at 8:54 am

    Yes!!! Me too!

  3. Gypsy says:
    July 17, 2007 at 9:29 am

    I did this in Schoolhouse Rock Live!! I had the most fun EVER doing that show.

    I was the cat. :)

  4. melissa says:
    July 17, 2007 at 11:30 am

    I love Schoolhouse Rock… and a DVD set of another childhood obsession showed up today – Electric Company v2.

  5. mere says:
    July 17, 2007 at 11:43 am

    oh I have the VHS of all the Grammar rock videos. I love them. Conjunction Junction?? Interjections?? so when you’re happy HOORAY, or sad AAWWW or frightened EEK, or mad DRAT or excited…WOW(groovy hippie girl) or..well you know..
    Saturday mornings are not the same as they used to be.

  6. ricki says:
    July 17, 2007 at 1:33 pm

    Those were so funny, and so sweet, and so nicely done. When I hear educators talking about making up rap songs (usually pretty horrible rap songs) to try to make stuff “relevant” to kids, I think nostalgically of Schoolhouse Rock…it didn’t really try to be the most up-to-the-minute idiom (some of the styles were very jazzy, and some were kind of country-folk), but it WORKED.

    I can still recite the Preamble to the Constitution thanks to Schoolhouse Rock (and yes, I know the one tiny alteration they made).

    I wonder what it was that made it work so well? Was it the talent, or the time it was made, or what? I look at “modern” educational stuff and a lot of it is crap compared to SHR.

  7. red says:
    July 17, 2007 at 1:50 pm

    Mere – do you remember the one about a “bill”? He’s just a bill trying to turn into a law. It’s so so funny!!!

    I think I need to buy Schoolhouse Rock – it was so fun to relive all of it, and I was amazed at how much I had retained.

  8. red says:
    July 17, 2007 at 1:58 pm

    ricki –

    I don’t know. If kids love rap, and they can learn thru rap songs, then whatever – I think that’s great. Who cares? I don’t anyway.

    Doesn’t take away from the cool-ness of Schoolhouse Rock, because nothing could. Cool-ness such as that is eternal!

    I prefer to celebrate on my blog. That’s pretty much always my point here. Most posts are celebrating SOMEthing. Just my personal preference.

  9. mere says:
    July 17, 2007 at 2:02 pm

    I’m just a bill, yes I’m only a bill and I’m sitting here on Captital hill…
    And I love Unpack your Adjectives. and the groovy verb song.
    http://www.school-house-rock.com/index.html

    this site has all the songs and lyrics

  10. red says:
    July 17, 2007 at 2:07 pm

    Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, get your adverbs here!

    hahahahahaha

    I love that site, mere – when you open up each page the song plays!!

  11. red says:
    July 17, 2007 at 2:16 pm

    And the whole song about “No more kings”?? Member the king of England perched on his throne across the Atlantic, pooh-poohing the tea in the harbor and stuff?

  12. mere says:
    July 17, 2007 at 2:16 pm

    isn’t that great? too bad they don’t play the whole song.

  13. red says:
    July 17, 2007 at 2:18 pm

    I need to buy the album. I really do.

    “Mr. Morton WAAAAAAAAAASSSS….”

    hahahaha

    I love that guy’s voice too. The schoolhouse rock voice. Kinda Randy Newman-ish, kinda BB King-ish.

  14. Eric the...bald says:
    July 17, 2007 at 2:28 pm

    Hope this isn’t too risque, but I just read a funny about Jack Sheldon, the jazz trumpeter whose voice you hear in I’m Just a Bill and Conjunction Junction. He lent his voice to a bit on Family Guy (which I find hysterical) where they were doing a sex education thing to the tune of Conjunction Junction. It contained these lyrics: “Vagina junction, what’s your function? Taking in sperm and spitting out babies.” This guy must have one good sense of humor.

  15. red says:
    July 17, 2007 at 2:32 pm

    Eric – HA! I never heard that!! We watched a little “making of” documentary that was on the DVD – and it was so funny to actually SEE the guy who sings all those songs.

  16. nightfly says:
    July 17, 2007 at 5:59 pm

    Hello cat – you look good!

    And, of course, there was the Amendment Song on the Simpsons (sung by Sheldon himself):

    I’m an amendment to be
    Yes, an amendment to be
    And I’m hoping that they’ll ratify me
    See, there’s a lot of flag-burners
    And they got too much freedom
    So I wanna make it legal
    For policemen to beat ’em

    What if they say you’re not good enough to be in the Constitution?

    Then I’ll crush all opposition to me
    And I’ll make Ted Kennedy pay
    If he fights back
    I’ll say that he’s gaaaaaaayyyyy

    I have the boxed set on CD and listen to it all the time – at work and everything.

  17. Sharon Ferguson says:
    July 18, 2007 at 5:46 pm

    Had SO MUCH FUN introducing SHR to my daughter – my own favorites were “No More Kings” and “The Preamble” and “Interplanet Janet.” and the one for the Number Eight…

    Gypsy – you were in the stage production?! Ive wanted to do that for so long..had tried talking the local theatre into doing it…theyve been getting into musicals lately so maybe I can try again…hrrmmm

  18. katie says:
    August 11, 2007 at 3:17 pm

    omg…i love that song.when i was a kid i loved that song!!!mr.mortan is the subject of my sentence and the predict says he does!!mr.mortan was very shy…..yeah mr.mortan was!!i forget….who sings that song???what eva!peace out .

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