On Saturday mornings from 1973 to 1985, ABC filled the gaps between children's shows with three-minute animated lessons, using catchy music to explain the basic principles of grammar, arithmetic, ...

George R. Newall, an advertising executive who was the last surviving original creator of "Schoolhouse Rock," the musical, animated snippets that taught juvenile Generation X television viewers ...

The educational snippets are the ultimate font of Gen X nostalgia. But what is it we’re nostalgic for? By James Poniewozik When I was in second grade, my teacher held a contest: The first students to ...