{"id":147876,"date":"2020-01-02T08:20:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T15:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=147876"},"modified":"2020-01-02T14:38:50","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T21:38:50","slug":"rip-jack-sheldon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2020\/01\/02\/rip-jack-sheldon.html","title":{"rendered":"RIP, Jack Sheldon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Sheldon, jazz musician who lent voice to many Schoolhouse Rock videos of the 1970s, has <a href=\"https:\/\/kdvr.com\/2020\/01\/02\/schoolhouse-rock-singer-jack-sheldon-dies-at-88\/\">passed away<\/a>, age 88.<\/p>\n<p>Two of his most famous hits were &#8220;Conjunction Junction&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RPoBE-E8VOc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&#8230; and &#8220;I&#8217;m Just a Bill&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FFroMQlKiag?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>He actually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0791026\/\">played a role<\/a> in a number of the Schoolhouse Rock videos:<\/p>\n<div class=\"filmo-episodes\">&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1546254\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1\">The Little Things We Do<\/a>\u00a0(2009) &#8230; Vocals (voice)<\/div>\n<div class=\"filmo-episodes\">&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1546253\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1\">Report from the North Pole<\/a>\u00a0(2009) &#8230; Vocals (voice)<\/div>\n<div class=\"filmo-episodes\">&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1548447\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1\">FatCat Blue: The Clean Rivers Song<\/a>\u00a0(2009) &#8230; Fat Cat Blue (voice)<\/div>\n<div class=\"filmo-episodes\">&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1548453\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1\">Windy and the Windmills<\/a>\u00a0(2009) &#8230; Vocals (voice)<\/div>\n<div class=\"filmo-episodes\">&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1548449\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1\">Presidential Minute<\/a>\u00a0(2002) &#8230; Vocals (voice)<\/div>\n<div id=\"more-episodes-tt0069627-actor\">\n<div class=\"filmo-episodes\">&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1548448\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1\">I&#8217;m Gonna Send Your Vote to College<\/a>\u00a0(2002) &#8230; Boothy (voice)<\/div>\n<div class=\"filmo-episodes\">&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1465758\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1\">Where the Money Goes<\/a>\u00a0(1995) &#8230; Dad (voice)<\/div>\n<div class=\"filmo-episodes\">&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1354482\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1\">The Tale of Mr. Morton<\/a>\u00a0(1993) &#8230; Vocals \/ Mr. Morton (voice)<\/div>\n<div class=\"filmo-episodes\">&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1354478\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1\">Busy Prepositions<\/a>\u00a0(1993) &#8230; Vocals (voice)<\/div>\n<div class=\"filmo-episodes\">&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1567057\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1\">Them Not-So-Dry Bones<\/a>\u00a0(1979) &#8230; Vocals (voice)<\/div>\n<div class=\"filmo-episodes\">&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1541385\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1\">The Energy Blues<\/a>\u00a0(1979) &#8230; Earth (voice)<\/div>\n<div class=\"filmo-episodes\">&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1541384\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1\">The Body Machine<\/a>\u00a0(1979) &#8230; Vocals (voice)<\/div>\n<div class=\"filmo-episodes\">&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1375211\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1\">Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla<\/a>\u00a0(1977) &#8230; Albert Andreas Armadillo (voice)<\/div>\n<div class=\"filmo-episodes\">&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1465750\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1\">Mother Necessity<\/a>\u00a0(1976) &#8230; Vocals (voice)<\/div>\n<div class=\"filmo-episodes\">&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1218484\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1\">I&#8217;m Just a Bill<\/a>\u00a0(1976) &#8230; Bill (voice)<\/div>\n<div class=\"filmo-episodes\">&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0952263\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1\">Conjunction Junction<\/a>\u00a0(1973) &#8230; Conjunction Junction Conductor (voice)<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sheldon was a noteworthy trumpeter, as a number of his other IMDb credits show. 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