Ye Olde Games: Grammar Rock

[@caroldefender4144]

Little me, who loved Schoolhouse Rock, would have loved this game.

[@mr.jes5e12oss2]

“Knowledge is Power.”

[@MafiaAlexander]

24:13 the gameplay music is nostalgic

[@6mondays65]

13:42 The bank scene

[@LeslieWai]

Holy crap. I had this game. It was the best when I was 8 years old and had no internet.

[@KBAFourthtime]

I played this as a child, but being too young at the time of its release, I played it way later in my childhood.

[@KBAFourthtime]

@thano myloans No.

[@KBAFourthtime]

@thano myloans Oh, yeah, never mind. I just didn't see it in full. Just some of the song segment redos.

[@DinoBravo11]

This is nostalgia over load. I was so young when I first played this. I must have been 5, that was 20 years ago! I loved this game....damn...I'm welling up over here.

[@DinoBravo11]

@thano myloans I did not. Good?

[@CoverGirly422]

This brings me back to my childhood more that almost anything else. I used to love this game SO much!

[@Rasselgeiss]

man, i loved this game when i was little. i always liked the verb guy. "I guess I don't know my own strength!'

[@Rasselgeiss]

@thanomyloans2585 i didn’t

[@Stephanie-cd6pc]

I USED TO PLAY THIS SHIT ON THE FUCKIN DAILYYYY

[@nmh2112]

thank you for posting this. incredible nostalgia.

[@pigmaster1000]

Ohh man, what an AWESOME throwback! Thank you! This game helped me develop my mind.

[@cutemimi25]

The 2 I remember were the Torturous and the Bears and the Space one because they made it over to Lucky's Arcade. though on Lucky's arcade they change the name from Grammer rocks to Lucky's rocks and added background music.

[@cutemimi25]

@thano myloans no

[@dauncena3877]

I remember owning and playing this game when I was 5. Good times

[@mr.jes5e12oss2]

Soared or Sword? The same word.

[@crcoghill]

wow. i haven't played this since i was in 2nd grade. that was about 11 years ago. whew~ time has flown by and this game hasn't aged as well as the videos.

[@alyssakraft7360]

Wow, I remember playing the demo of this game! After playing "Is The Noun Brown?" I would sing along to the song "A Noun is A Person, Place, or Thing."

[@alyssakraft7360]

@thano myloans No I haven't yet

[@Pooky1991]

I used to play the bear maze and space shooter in this one schoolhouse rock game that took place in a arcade with the rabbit.

[@911tomcat]

knowledge is power party

[@girlygi96]

I was just thinking about this game the other day. I wish I could play it 😂

[@mrmean4182]

"That sure is a tasty burger" Pulp fiction quote in a kids game? classy

[@andreapatane4204]

Since when does the loud School-Age cheerleader eat a poor dead cow with cheese on it?

[@BluPhoeniX7]

i'm trying to hold back these tears but i CAN'T

[@najamalone4295]

Omgggggggg. I remember this game. It was my favoriteeeeee. I miss being little so much. This is crazy!!

[@olboyas1]

nostalgia is painful.

[@geraldhill7439]

I use to play this game all the time and I got it for Christmas back in 2010. It's too bad I can't get it working on my new laptop, but I still got Schoolhouse Rock on DVD. Including Grammar Rock and other subjects.

[@alexeidarling]

I've played the Tortoise and the Bear game, but it was in a Schoolhouse Rock Math Arcade. I was always wondering what it was doing there.

[@alexeidarling]

I had to add: sometimes when the game ends, the turtle would do a cartwheel. I'm kinda bummed that I didn't get to see that.

[@averyturner6741]

NO THE NOUN IS NOT BROWN!

[@strawberrysoulforever8336]

That was the demo game. I had it on my old Sesame Street and Madeline demos when I was very little.

[@caesarretamal3152]

Lolly, you shouldn't shake a soda. Sarah, don't you know it's not polite to talk while eating? Geraldine, hay is for horses.

[@mmandmcb14]

I liked the part where the cheerleader played the piano with her teeth.

[@JoeManza]

@Sarioya 15:41-15:46 Here's a tip: Words than can be made into adverbs are mostly adjectives. Sure, "year" can become the adverb "yearly" with "ly", but that word is a noun, and not all nouns can be adverbs with "ly". Got that so far?

[@gavinwoah7338]

One of the funny scenes from the games are some of the pictures that are revealed when all the noun bubbles cleared (Whats The Pronoun) one picture shows the hobos having cooking hotdogs, when the picture is revealed it goes into animation. it shows the chubby hobo burning his hotdog, than grabbing the short hobo's hotdog and starts to eat it causing him to yell HEY! that was one of funny memorable scenes from the game

[@ErikZarins]

I PLAYED THIS GAME AS A KID. MEMORIES!!!

[@mattheweskender7781]

Christmas Chopsticks 46:28

[@jazzykid1]

Ah the old Creative Wonders opening.

[@dasnoivern]

That turtle game! I remember the music from it the most.

[@cutemimi25]

+A Noivern Yep, you gotta love that music, can't go wrong with "Unpack your ajectives" that's the whole song used for the game.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

Especially since Blossom Dearie, jazz legend, sang both it and Math Rock's solemn "Figure 8".

[@cartoonman1570]

I agree here. In memoriam: Blossom Dearie (1924-2009)

[@jazzykid1]

I think it also played "A Noun Is A Person, Place Or A Thing"

[@dracosamm]

I remember this back when I was in school

[@emeraldwind4897]

Omg, I remember playing this back in 3rd grade in my computer lab, My teacher would always let us play the games if we completed the assignments. xD

[@BrennanRogers]

I LOVED the song in the Credits. I played that song OVER and OVER( repeat like heck) I really would have liked it if that song was done in the vid

[@Django-mx6qf]

-sigh, memories!

[@SirChubbyBunny]

My childhood!

[@Channeleven2345789]

I used to own this game. I believe I've beaten it before.

[@xcastruckeysquad3373]

man i remember this from when i was a kid... although i remembered it being a bit more.... yellow

[@Sarioya]

It could have been the monitor doing that. Or maybe you just remember things in yellow. :-p

[@SuperMarkerComicBro]

Oh, Mr. Blob...you were always my favorite game on the CD. You and Is the Noun Brown? were always so fun...

[@Charizard632]

I used to have that game. It is one of the best computer games I ever had. Don't know what happened to it; wish there was a way to save them all so that none of them will be completely gone.

[@CyberKaz3]

the series. Math would be awesome

[@retroscenery]

I used to play this all the time! It really is horribly boring though looking back. Oh well at least the arcade games were fun.

[@MrsCK1012]

I used to play this!!!

[@jazzykid1]

I only had a demo of this (haven't watched this properly yet). Think the game was "Is The Noun Brown?"

[@strawberrysoulforever8336]

The woman making herself over is Geraldine from "Interjections", isn't she? Who's the girl from that game? I know who Franklin was, but I don't remember any girl being mentioned in the song.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

If you mean the kid cheerleader ("Darn! That's the end."), I'd call her Lauren, since Lauren Yohe, daughter of lead animator Tom Yohe Sr. and the younger sister to both Tom Yohe Jr. (who was the basis for Reginald when younger, but later animated The Tale of Mr. Morton & Busy Prepositions when Grammar Rock was re-released and Tom Yohe Sr. had passed away, but Tom Yohe Jr. copied his father's style to the letter when he became head animator himself, so the new segments that were tacked on felt identical to the earlier ones) and his younger brother (the "RATS!" kid whose soap box car broke down) was really into wanting to be a cheerleader at the time - for she was just a little girl after all, which meant that she naturally loved to cheer on others - so when "Interjections!" was originally made, not only was the kid cheerleader at the end modeled after her, she also provided the character's voice, too!

[@strawberrysoulforever8336]

I meant the woman in the diner at the end. She's sitting behind the "Unpack Your Adjectives" turtle.

[@JoeB0y16]

Hannah Shribman-Brown I believe she's the girl from Interjections (the one who says "WELL! You've got some nerve! OH! I've never been so insulted in all of my life! etc)

[@strawberrysoulforever8336]

That's the one. The song says her name is Geraldine.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

Yep. Per Ezra Mowhawk's vocals (written by Lynne Ahrens): "Though Geraldine played hard to get, uh-huh-huh, Geraldo knew he'd woo her yet. He showed his affections, despite her objections, and Geraldine' s hollered some interjections..."

[@derekkinman7492]

Hello sarioya could you upload this pc cd rom game playthrough of schoolhouse rock exploration station?

[@Aelita1234]

oh plus you forgot the matching game at the TV station

[@toonboydan1787]

I remember that computer software game

[@brainstar64]

Someone needs to do a video of the funny clips when u finish a challenge. That would be awesome!

[@xteleporterpower]

How/What did you use to record this game and other computer games?

[@Sarioya]

+Xteleporter Power For the longest time, I just used the built in recorder for DOSBox. More recently though, I've been using OBS.

[@xteleporterpower]

+Sarioya Ok Thanks!

[@turboburnmarkbaron7163]

Xteleporter Power Schoolhouse Rock is interactive PC for ages 12 to 9. By teaching them study, health insurance, and they are also new version of Schoolhouse Rock.

[@Sarioya]

More of what? This game, or games in general? Commentary probably won't happen for a bit though. Unless people don't mind the sound of my PC, with its side open and four fans (five, if you count the one on the video card), running in the background. :-P

[@Antipiperosdeclony]

I still own a grammar rock disc, it's a petty windows 7 64 bits can't support old game, oh well maybe this games should release at gog.com.

[@Sarioya]

Thankfully, it's not too terrible to get Windows 3.1 working in DOSBox. I somehow doubt that GOG will ever get it though.

[@Antipiperosdeclony]

yeah you are right is a petty

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

Did you try the compatibility tool? It's FUNCTION is to be able to make modern computers compatible with old operating systems, including those that run these games.

[@derpjobi9599]

Mazewaliztli Lucky I used to have this game but now I lost it

[@sbblakey]

I'm crying at the nostalgia......or should I say, DOStalgia? :'D

[@TheJonGlasses3245]

I've never played this game before but this seems fun! Does anyone know where I can download this?

[@Sarioya]

Google or Duck Duck Go will be your best bets for finding leads at this point.

[@supermappytime2799]

oh man, I used to play this so many years ago! hahaha hey, does anyone remember the game Math Munchers?

[@TheJonGlasses3245]

I do

[@jacktayl]

One time, I heard from +Katie Cadet that the cheerleader who does the "Yea!" pose and says "Darn! That's the end." is named Sarah. Is this true, +Katie Cadet?

[@Sarioya]

Ah. Unfortunately this is the only one I have from the series.

[@Sara06227]

Oh my god, I have searching long and hard for the name of t his game.

[@ThePonygirl14]

Prepositions.

[@Sarioya]

Really? I thought I hit them all. Which one did I miss?

[@kejennings13]

Where the one with the light beam lab?

[@KarlSturmgewher]

23:50 ALAAAAAAAAAAAARM!

[@nicholasmedovich8691]

15:42. what sound is that

[@Sarioya]

Educational games usually don't. :-p

[@travisgoodman2132]

Request:School Zone Alphabet Express Full Gameplay/Walkthrough!

[@tylermoviepro]

can someone upload multiplication rock game

[@ErinLuxe]

make a longer one

[@SparkerR1987]

hahaha! perfect comment and love the mgs reference. :)

[@matthauslam3021]

You forgot to do the prepositions game

[@Sarioya]

Er... You need scissors? Sixty-one?

[@andreapatane4204]

I know all of the parts of speech. Don't you? Do you remember Mr. Blob? He looks like Flubber, but weirder than the game creators thought. You forgot the Busy Preposition Over The 🌈 scene with the 2⃣activities which were: 1⃣. Bridge The Gap and 2⃣. The Busy Builders. I really miss playing this game very much when I was younger, because it helped me learn parts of speech well. 👍🏻 if you agree.

[@CyberKaz3]

Will you post more with commentary? Ill sub for that :D

[@911tomcat]

1 more night bad to the bone hospital broken leg four wheeler broken kids dirty bubble broken shells i don t know drinking tears hospital sleeping angles poor man forty eight five eight

[@crcoghill]

well, yes and no. like, take putt putt for example: it's kind educational and it's not half bad. but this, is just old school.

[@KBAFourthtime]

What does that have to do with anything?

[@ethanarevalo3763]

WHAT THE HE IS THIS WERE TIS THE ORIGINAL

[@jazzykid1]

Also, I get the feeling that this game is VERY American. Not sure why. Anyone wanna tell me if I'm right or just sounding discriminatory against America?

[@KBAFourthtime]

Well, Puddle Books are completely irrelevant to this gameplay.

[@ThePonygirl14]

Why did you stop? You only had one more to do.

[@DinoBravo11]

40:26 dat music....