Saturday, July 30, 2016

The Magic School Bus - Saturday Morning Acapella

In their latest addition to their "Saturday Morning A Capella" playlist, YouTube channel Triforcefilms has unveiled an a capella version of the The Magic School Bus opening theme tune, which you can watch in the super music video below!:



Original Composer - Peter Lurye & Little Richard

The Magic School Bus is a animated series that follows Ms. Frizzle and her class as they set off on field trips. Based on the best-selling book series of the same name, The Magic School Bus magically transforms into a plane, submarine, spaceship or surfboard to take Ms. Frizzle and her students on super adventures to learn about science. The Magic School Bus featured the voices of Danny Tamberelli (The Adventures of Pete and Pete, All That, Figure It Out) as Arnold Perlstein, Daniel DeSanto (Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Totally Spies) as Carlos Ramon, Lily Tomlin as Ms. Valerie Frizzle, Lisa Yamanaka (Tales from the Cryptkeeper, Babar, The Busy World of Richard Scarry, Stickin' Around) as Wanda Li, Erica Luttrell (As Told By Ginger, Random! Cartoons) as Keesha Franklin, Tara Meyer as Dorothy Ann, Maia Filar as Phoebe Terese, Stuart Stone (Little Bear) as Ralphie Tennelli, Renessa Blitz as Janet Perlstein, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner (The Cosby Show, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) as The Producer. The series originally ran on PBS in the USA and Nickelodeon UK & Nick Jr. UK in the mid-1990s. Scholastic Media are currently working on a all-new CG-animated series inspired by the original show, entitled The Magic School Bus.

In the video clip, Mr. Dooves records himself singing and humming different parts (which you can see individually), while the theme song's familiar opening titles play in the centre of the screen. It's another of those videos you can watch multiple times, yet continue to notice new things!

Here's the original Thomas the Tank Engine theme song, in all its glory!:



Sing-along with the lyrics below!:

Ms. Frizzle: Seatbelts, everyone!

Arnold: Please let this be a normal field trip!

Wanda: With the Friz?

All except Arnold: NO WAY!

Arnold: Awww!

Cruisin' on down Main Street. You're relaxed and feelin' Good! (Yeah!)

Next thing that you know, You're seein'..

Ms. Frizzle: WA-HA-HA-HOOO!!

An Octopus in the neighborhood?

Surfin' On a sound wave! Swingin' through the stars! (Yee-Ha!)

Take a left at your intestine. Take your second right past Mars!

On The Magic School Bus!

Navigate a nostril!

(Ralphie: Achoo!)

Climb on The Magic School Bus!

Spank a plankton, too!

Wanda: Take that!

On Our Magic School Bus!

Raft a river of lava!

On The Magic School Bus!

Such a fine thing to do!

Whole Class: Wooooooooooaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!

So strap your bones right to the seat.

Come on in and don't be shy.

Just to make your day complete,

You might get baked into a pie!

On The Magic School Bus!

Step inside, It's a wilder ride!

Come On!

RIDE ON THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS!!!

(Bus Honking)

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Additional sources: Wikipedia, IMDb; "Ride On The Magic School Bus" lyrics via The Magic School Bus Wiki.
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