Schoolhouse Rock - ''The Great American Melting Pot''
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- Опубліковано 25 лют 2013
- Music & lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Vocals by Lori Lieberman. ABC-TV, 1977
It's interesting to watch this video in light of modern debates on immigration and cultural assimilation. I remember watching this cartoon as a kid and then hearing many years later in school that America was not a "melting pot" after all but in fact a "salad bowl." The debate rages on. Still, it's a memorable tune and an earnest effort to teach children that the United States is a nation of immigrants.
New Yorkers look so calm and innocent in this film.
Ya
watch "Gangs of New York" movie or read the book version because that's Reality; this film is a cleaned up version of Reality.
@The serpent must die Hollywood is often the enemy of historical fact.
Lmao 😂 this is an amazing comment. Hope you are well.
@@leviathantoobz I’m fine lol...
"Welcome to Ellis Island, may I take you order?"
"Yeah, I'll have one Irish stew"
"Coming right up!"
**Screams are heard from the kitchen**
customer: ack! this tastes like Guinness, sheep and lucky charms!
Jacob Dauphinais customer: why doesn't my soup have any potato in it?
*oh wait lmao
Ezra Legum Sounds tasty!
@@bobbygospodinov5687 Oh... You didn't...
Screaming then silence
My mother watched this in school.
I watched it in school.
My children watched it school.
Ok
I remember watching this along other Schoolhouse Rock cartoons on TV as a kid.
You know these videos are good when your College Professor requires it for a class.
Gender studies professor, or liberal arts professor?
Uh, conservatives agree with a melting pot, too.
Gee Buttersnaps aye lol
Spanish Professor...
Gee Buttersnaps Culinary arts.
If only people today would understand this lesson
Spot ON, Alex!
Alex Talbain
On either side. Both migrants and those who oppose them.
@@austinreed7343 no one is opposing immigration. This is the problem, people don't want to have an intelligent conversation about it. There is a vast difference between immigration and illegal immigration.
Sean Skelton and If we were to have a serious debate about immigration then our borders would be closed.
@@heydudedolfan13 according to our laws there is such a thing.
Love this! As an immigrant from Iraq, I am proud to be part of the USA 🇺🇸
And we descendants of the colonies are proud to have you as part of the USA.
Glad you could join the party my friend! Hope things are going well for you!
Thank you for coming here. We need more people like you here - people who appreciate what a great place this really is.
Welcome to American my fellow citizen!
From one American to another, glad to have you here!
This video makes me even more proud of my identity. I'm proud to be a Bulgarian American.
I love Bulgaria
Hannah Stringer I'm Bulgarian too but your parents should have told you not to Americanize so you can keep religion and also once you Americanize so do your kids and then they forget how to speak Bulgarian and then marry other Americans and lose their culture
Your comment, sir with the Pepe icon, is an example of NO melting pot. If you don't want to Americanize because Bulgaria is so better, flipping stay in Bulgaria.
im not saying i dont want to americanize because "bulgaria is better" (obviously not btw) i'm saying that the ultimate form of degeneracy is losing your ties to your heritage, therefore i dont race mix or culture mix i dont want my pure bulgarian lineage to become a mutt
GasmaskAvenger if your anything other than 100% European do not speak to me
This is what America is truly all about. Celebrating and appreciating the things that make us diverse, not harassing or demoralizing the things that make us diverse.
Take your Word DIVERSE and shove it. The word is called AMERICANS.
Yeah, well it's nice to believe America is/was a melting pot, but it really isn't.vAlot of it is based on genetics. For example, I'm not Italian, and I have little desire to eat pizza or canaloni. I've never watched a kung fu movie and I think Greek dancing is silly. Does that make me a bad person? No, just means that somebody appreciates those things even if I dont. Go to any Chinatown and see if they'd like to go to a Polish festival and have a perogi, or come to an Octoberfest. Do I think Americans can work together for a collective good: sure.To call it a melting pot isi academic sorcery. Even during WW2 after seventy years of being here, Germans were persecuted by the Wasps in the first belt. For a better idea of what America really is check out UA-cam's trippy 1970s us propaganda psa video.
That's not what a melting pot is. A melting pot is something where those who immigrate keep some of their culture but also assimilate to the prevailing culture of that country. Celebrating differences, by definition, is what divides people into cultural bubbles. The way my family came to be is that my German, Irish, and English ancestors came to this country at different times. They hung onto some of their old ways but as the years went by their descendants became a part of the prevailing American culture of their time while inheriting a few things from the first generation to arrive here.
I'm siting here with tears rolling down my face. To think a long time ago this was the idea of what America could be, and to see how far we've strayed and become to view our fellow Americans as villains instead of allies. I hope when all this is over or perhaps when I'm older that we can get back to what this country was founded on...
I wasn't alive in 1973 when Schoolhouse Rock began but I have watched alot of it. The past few years in school I have brought it up to my teachers and we ended up singing schoolhouse rock songs all day long.
Yes, go back on the ideals our nation is based upon, not so much the history of the US which often reflects the opposite. We want to strive for improvement, VOTE!
I grew up watching this. It's makes me both nostalgic and sad to see where we are. We are better than this, and we will be better tomorrow than we are today. Our diversity makes us unique and special in this world.
I am to comment because I was crying and want our country to as amazing as this video makes it seem again
I was born in Texas in 1971 and I can still sing along to these songs by memory and still believe in them wholeheartedly. Hang in there and don't give up hope! The full potential of America has yet to be fulfilled.
WAIT! lady liberty's eating us
Claudia Walker so
The Great American Vore Party
Maybe this was Jeffery Dahmer's inspiration!
+Claudia Walker It’s a metaphor.
Claudia Walker You know it's just a metaphor
We need to start showing this on sat mornings once again!!
The message will teach our youth and perhaps remind the older ones!!
Good thought, but children don't watch TV on Saturdays anymore, or anytime really. Just UA-cam and Netflix.
That part in the song with the grandmother and then she has a button that says "Kiss me I'm Polish" really stuck with me since MY grandmother is Polish...
I like that part too. It kind of brings tears to my eyes. I feel like saying ask your Grandma is telling me she'll always be here.
I had a great grandmother from the area traditionally known as Bohemia (Czechia). I have memories of her much like that grandma knitting in the chair. She died when I was about 7. When she came through Ellis Island, her paperwork said she was from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Me too. And I sang that part of the song solo when I was in the Jr. version of the live show. Hahaha. So it always stuck.
Around 2:26 - 2:37 of this video, when I SAW this, I nearly laughed SO loudly, I could have WAKEN up my guardian, whom I've been living with for at least 11 years NOW
My best friend's from Poland, I want 2 learn polish language!
Whos here after watching last week tonight
Lol same
Me, although I am right wing.
This was my jam when I was younger!!! Also for those of you concerned about the Africans and other races, "it said it doesn't matter what your skin".
Specifically shows Africans, Chinese, and Puerto Ricans in the ingredient list. (Won't lie, I wish they'd had American Indians on the docket too)
it’s sad that people today deteriorated to the point where this seems like most of them forgot THIS IS AMERICA.
We were raised on this stuff and not twitter and cnn that’s why we turned out better I think
Michael Schuler You were raised on propaganda
A.S.M I guess I was if it means equality , opportunity , freedom, and COMMON SENSE, so yeah I guess you know all about propaganda specially being fooled yourself
america has not deteriorated, it has always been this way. you just weren’t paying attention.
Jules Chavez so basically what your doing now
I’m tearing up because I fear we will loose the idea here if we don’t remember our history. Just a thought. Not meant to be politically charged in anyway.
US takes in 1 million green card holders every year, it’s an unthinkable number for many countries.
I travel the world quite a bit. I get tears from nostalgia. I loved this as a kid. The singer’s voice is so beautiful. I love how Americans represent every other country in our own ranks, yet we are still unique as Americans. I don’t care your politics, religion, race or creed… I will still fight for our country and love everyone in it… regardless of what others think… We are Americans! That means something still.
Is nobody going to question how Lady Liberty's torch stays in the air when she flips through the book?
It's supposed to be a joke, you have to have a certain sense of humor to get it
no because it’s not important
Cartoon.
Lady Liberty exhibits magic powers lol
Great American ingenuity, obviously.
America needs to watch this again. I think the message has been forgotten.
I don't think it was ever agreed upon. This song is a myth; America did not always treat the immigrants kindly until they had assimilated after a couple of generations.
@@bobbyc1120 The episode was made to be kid friendly. The message it was intended to instill is that American culture and population has always been a mixup of many different cultures. The age of 5 to 7 might not be the appropriate age to be introduced to genocide, bigotry, and ethnic phobias. There always has been and will be groups that are oppressed and looked down on. It is not always based on race, but can also be based on religion or even language. Example, Irish catholics were ostracized for quite awhile when they started entering in larger numbers. The Jewish community has always had issues with acceptance. Those of Japanese decent during and after WW2. Chinese people suffered stereotypes. The list is long. But, their foods, customs, and genetics has found a place in American culture. Think about when and how things like astrology, Saint Patrick's day, etc came into popular culture. This is not even touching on food influences. How many Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, Kosher, Indian, and German restaurants can you find in your area. Do you know many people in the US that don't have blood from multiple races or nationalities in their makeup?
I'm a babe of the generation when this first came out. It's so nostalgic but so sad because we are so far from melting. They should play the school house rock videos on tv again like back in my day. They were very educational and inspirational; something media today is truly lacking.
If only the people who believed “If you come here you need to speak English” remembered this beautiful song. Everyone here is different. ❤️
I know people are nitpicking this, but it was super progressive for the 1970s. I'm glad those of us born in the 1970s-1980s were shown this in school, because I sincerely think this video and others like it helped make us the more inclusive generations that we are compared to our parents and grandparents. They made multiculturalism accessible and beautiful for us.
Remember when TV had heart...I miss those days 😀👍💙🇺🇸
@Trevor Sedis how is that relevant to what he's saying at all
The verses are so Joni Mitchell-like with both the melody and the harmony... :)
My thoughts zagacki.
My family is Mexican we were kicked out from east Texas like 100 or so years ago we went to Mexico.so it’s a strange feeling because I’m an immigrant and at the same time we were here before Texas was American. Not angry about it bad things have always happened but still sad it’s just interesting and unique story to tell my grandchildren how we are immigrants and original colonists, as well as part native because we are meztizo
Could you imagine if this was played in between cartoons today?? So many people (who sang along with this song when they were young) would be scolding the media for pushing their agenda on small children.
The right wing media, that is.
You're full of shit dude.
@@nicholasrowley947 It's true they're the kind of people that attack a 16 year old on twitter... fucking cowards.
@@AnnabelRoss6789 *cough* smirking maga kid *cough*
@@nicholasrowley947 actually a commercial by coke had a VERY similar message and the exact thing happened.
i love lori lieberman forever and always
2020. I still cry when I watch this.
My teacher showed me this and it is just so catchy I can't stop hearing it xD
Same with me
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SAME LMAO
I'm currently writing a paper about being American. This is very helpful indeed. Long live Schoolhouse Rock!!
Notice how theyre all europeans
I grew up on Schoolhouse Rock. I absolutely loved it. The Great American Melting Pot was one of my favorites.
It is hard to say whether America is truly a 'melting pot' or a 'salad bowl'. But one thing that the song put correctly is 'our heritage is mixed'. We are truly a nation of mixed ethnicities and i personally and proud of that.
Amen! Lest all follow Martin Luther King Jr's dream and all sit at the table of brotherhood.
Dan Kisly so am I
The Melting Pot has lost the image it once had. People decry it because of the sense that as we melt we give up our structure to become homogenous. But the original meaning was the melting pot at a foundry, where different elements-like iron, carbon, and chromium, pretty much useless on their own-became steel-something new, different, and stronger than any single part before.
MarioBrony You're proud being an Amerimutt?
@@user-ic9vz8sp1x
I am an Amerimutt (especially on my maternal side), and I wouldn't want to be anything else.
2:16 - they even represented my Greek Yiayia (grandma), who came to America and had a daughter who married my Irish dad!! Yiayia became an American citizen and was one of the first U.S. women to vote. I still have her Green Card.
This song is so beautiful, it brings a tear to my eye whenever I hear it.
This came out in 1977 and Today in 2020,we are So divided.
It’s So Sad!!!
If you do Not learn from your past,you’ll be Dammed to Relive it!!!
That’s not how Santayana said it but okay.
My teacher showed us this every day in class about nine years ago. I still know the lyrics by heart
My teacher showed this everyday DO YOU SEE IT YET you just need look into that which you said and maybe start to be very afraid
Ask yourself were the students in your class special needs or have other learning disabilities not making fun of you honestly answer that then again I say
DO YOU SEE IT YET
Did your teacher also tell you 6+4= 10 everyday or just once at most twice
DO YOU SEE IT YET
Go study propaganda and the first rule if to repeat a lie enough times and people will believe it.
@@cravenlestat7006 dude what
Never took note of the powerful message of this song until now...
I agree wholeheartedly that many can learn so much from this song! Never forget one's roots!
We need videos like THIS right now in this difficult election year.
Shirley Burton took bad trump won
Meanwhile conservatives see this song and think "I can't believe liberals expect people not to melt in like the good ol American dream". Conservatives want a melting pot. Liberals want separate ingredients. We can't take in so many immigrants at once that the pot loses its consistency. Look at Sweden, where the immigration situation is so bad one Somalian immigrant from a few years before (who had fled civil war) wanted to go BACK to Somalia because "it's a warzone here".
Bull. Show me something to prove "Conservatives want a melting pot." I see the exact opposite. You are good at twisting reality and trying to prove it with ridiculous examples, so I know you'll find something irrelevant.
Joyce Lansky I'm a conservative and what you're saying is bull. We love people as much as you do. If it were up to me, nobody would judge by race. If it helps further convince you, I'm a mixed race female, cause you like that useless information.
Rae Smith Oh snap!
This song always chokes me up.
Thinking about our ancestors coming here with nothing but hope and whatever they could carry.
America was founded by Europeans. It was over 95% white until the 1960s. We were a melting pot of European cultures. That is our ancestors.
It seems that America has not understood the spirit of this song.
I WROTE ABOUT THIS VIDEO FOR MY CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY CLASS
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For this post, I specifically studied the "Where Race Lives" section. This section discusses modern segregation and inequality in the housing market, specifically. One of the pieces discussed is the concept of "ethnic enclaves" like Chinatown. Some may think that these communities segregate themselves, but more often it is a response to inequality. Ethnic enclaves offer community and support and are not the same as the way racism in the housing market creates modern-day segregation. This reminded me of the "melting pot" metaphor discussed in Chapter 6. Minorities are expected to assimilate into the "melting pot" (Guest, 171).
Honestly, I have heard this term so many times and it never clicked for me that the term "melting" referred to the literal definition of melting a physical object. When you melt something you break it down completely, which I had not considered could apply to humans. However, when you look at history there are so many examples of dominant groups trying to erase the cultures and identities of minorities, for example with the US attempts to assimilate Native Americans using boarding schools from 1819 to 1969 (Waxman).
Ethnic enclaves are an example of multiculturalism, the opposite of the melting pot where ethnic identity and culture are preserved (Guest, 171). Even though they are done more out of a need for community in the face of rampant institutional racism, I think ethnic enclaves like Chinatown are a great example of how multiculturalism is beneficial for all. For example, our local Vegas Koreatown is a great place to go for tourists and locals, but it also provides the community and resources needed for Korean Americans to celebrate their culture and continue their cultural practices.
When I was a kid I was taught a lot of things through the 1970s "Schoolhouse Rock" which was an education TV program. There was a song about the "great American melting pot" which showed the melting pot as a big jacuzzi that immigrants to America get to joyfully share (Yohe). With new eyes, I think this TV show aimed at children romanticizing the "melting pot" is also a great example of the intersection of power and cultural institutions, as discussed in Chapter 2 (Guest, 48). I think this is a big reason why I never fully consider the implications of this term.
Adelman, Larry, et al. “Race - the Power of an Illusion.” PBS, California Newsreel, 2003, www.pbs.org/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm.
Guest, Kenneth J. Cultural Anthropology: A Toolkit for a Global Age. Edited by Peter Lesser, Third ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2020.
Waxman, Olivia B. “The History of Native American Boarding Schools Is Even More Complicated than a New Report Reveals.” Time, Time, 17 May 2022, time.com/6177069/american-indian-boarding-schools-history/.
Yohe, Tom, et al. Schoolhouse Rock- The Great American Melting Pot. Performance by Lori Lieberman, UA-cam, TV Über, 27 Feb. 2013, ua-cam.com/video/5ZQl6XBo64M/v-deo.html&ab_channel=TV%C3%9Cber. Accessed 11 Nov. 2023.
If only...this is what America should be
Quick Fix Lunatic ---
I forgive you. May God have Mercy on your hateful soul. Crime is down since the past 20 yrs.
Quick Fix Lunatic ---'
I forgive you. May God have Mercy on your hateful soul. Crime has been down. Its not the 80's 90's crime rate in today's time.
Although crime has gone up a bit since 2012, it has dropped significantly since 1970.
Don't feed the trolls. Love your neighbor and let history show the past where they belong in due time.
I think the text at 2:16 is Greek; can anyone offer a translation? I wouldn't care except it's obviously important to the woman and the boy in a great cartoon, so now I'm involved.
timharrod It looks like Greek, but I honestly don't know.
I personally believe that America is a "salad bowl' instead of a 'melting pot' because when you melt things, it all becomes one thing where you can't distinguish one thing from another. Cultures in America are distinguished, though, by holidays and traditions. In a salad bowl, it's easier to pick out things and distinguish it from others.
TRUE!
@Abraham Budson-McQuilken A really good salad with lots of ingredients that complement each other can be quite tasty. Unfortunately, some want to have that salad by picking the ingredients out and eating them separately, or want to throw beets on it to overpower all of the other flavors and stain everything purple, or think that a salad should only be some iceberg lettuce, some croutons, and maybe some cheese.
Jesslovelyone is correct that in a salad bowl it's easier to pick out things and distinguish it from others. But by keeping it all separated, it's also easier to pick out things and set them aside on the napkin, removing them from the salad. If you want a tasty dish that can't be divided, segregated, or picked apart, yet is still only as good as it is because of all of the different ingredients, the soup is the way to go.
@@stevensauer5597yo that makes sense
And this attitude is PRECISELY the problem.
A melting pot blends things together, creating a unique and beautiful concoction with many flavors. All are present, and they combine together to make a beautiful whole. It does not make the ingredients any less of what they are individually; in fact, they are more than what they started out to be because of the association with other flavors.
The salad bowl thing is the BS they tried to teach me in college. A salad bowl is where each ingredient remains separate unto itself and all it ever does is touch other ingredients. It never becomes one with them. The tomato you threw in that salad is still a tomato and nothing more.
See the difference?
@@stevensauer5597PRECISELY!
Currently writing this in the year 2022
With everything that’s happening right now I wish people would remember this
It doesn’t matter your race
It doesn’t matter your skin
Your nationality, religion, language, who you love
we are all humans, we live, bleed, love, cry.
It doesn’t matter that we’re different, different is fun , exiting , wonderful
I loved Schoolhouse Rock growing up and this was one of my favorites. I would love some Irish Stew, however. We need to heed this wonderful message. 🇺🇲🇺🇸🇿🇼🇿🇲🇿🇦🇾🇪🇽🇰🇼🇫
Show this to I.C.E.
...& they'll say "Fine & good, as long as it's LEGAL immigration", something you pandering libs don't seam to understand.
@@fortunekookimon4610 You’re acting as if these European Americans were legal lol
@@Pink_pr1ncess thay were.
Yo anyone else here cause there history teacher played this a couple of hears ago and you finally had flash backs
The singer of Lovely Lady Liberty, Lori Lieberman, was the original composer and singer for “Killing Me Softly With His Song” in 1972. But her version didn’t chart. It was Roberta Flack’s version that made the song famous a year later. Lori has a beautiful voice which reminds me a bit of Joni Mitchell.
I love how this was meant for children and people are taking it apart and getting offended so easily.
THRILLING, isn't it?
That's alt-reich snowflakes for ya.
Are people getting offended? Or are you just talking shit because you can't go an hour without doing so?
It was meant for indoctrinating children.....
@@angelbarajas9180 Uh huh, sure, a song about how great it is to be an American, but also to be proud of where you came from.
I had the schoolhouse rock civics dvd growing up and watched it all the time. Now I'm in university studying political science. Watching these videos 10+ years later still inspire me!
This is a banger bru
I watched this in the 70's, and it was great!! I really miss the 70's!
We were trying to get over the division of the late 60s back then.
I feel like calling America a melting pot now is inaccurate. At the time School House Rock was made, that sentiment was understandable. But today I think it would be more accurate to call America a salad. All the cultures get mixed together but I have rarely seen a melting together of them. But that could just be me.
I'd say that it's pretty melted but it's also in some parts of salad. The fact that you can go down the road and get tacos Chinese food burgers and then some sort of fusion food from a restaurant nearby shows the melting is but because of recent polarisation it does feel like more of the salad
They used to melt together but not anymore.
No, I agree. I was in an anthropology class years back and we talked about this. Sure we blend, and there are ideal "seasonings" of equality, hard work and liberty that all Americans should share (and yes, we clearly need to work on that). However, in the end its is more of a blended salad than an assimilated soup.
I've been saying for a while we went from melting pot to mixed salad to dinner plate of an OCD toddler who freaks out if his foods are touching.
That's been our downfall-- multiculturalism-- and its why Europe is always fighting with each other.
We need more of this now
Came here because of John Oliver
Same
Shame he denigrated the song as it's amazing.
The same guy who said not to "dress up as people of a different race" on Halloween? How can America be a melting pot when people are divided by race?
Schoolhouse rock was way ahead of its time
This song is truly what america is about, I’m welsh-irish-german and proud of it
School House Rock had so much greatness and, without a doubt, this was my favorite.
I have 2 that I like a bit MORE than the OTHERS: "No More Kings", and "The SHOT heard 'round the World"
I always smile when I watch this video, it makes me feel so proud and fortunate to be a part of this wonderful nation and it also fills me with such gratitude for the immigrants who enriched and built this country to what it is today. How lucky to be American and "something else as well". That is why we are the most unique nation on earth.
I'm glad too see someone commenting on how this song is positive and how wonderful it is to be American and something else as well. Other people only come on here to say, the song is lie and our country is full of people who only care about money. I'm glad good people like you and I are proud of where we live and who we are and know this is a wonderful song and message. The part that gets to me is about go ask your Grandma. It reminds me of my dear friend Boots and my late great Grandmother
Very few people on the earth can be lucky enough to call themselves "American" and what separates us from the rest of the world is the unselfish spirit of our people and the understanding that there is more than just money. And there is an appreciation of our elders and the leaders who built this country. And the ability to know that something can always be made better, and that anyone can be anything. No other society has that luxury.
metsdudenj
Are you referring to people from the United States of America or some other type of "American"? There are no shortage of selfish people in this country to care more about money than other things.
I am referrring to USA citizens. Not every American is obsessed with money. I mean, I'm rich and work hard but it isnt all about money
purplemutantas I'm sorry you feel that way but it upsets me you do.Be glad of where you live. It a blessing and a gift to b an American.
Great show
These days I just listen to this one and sob. Once upon a time we had hope, I struggle to find it today. My love and blessings to those of you who still believe America is for everybody and our democracy is sacred.
Fun Fact: The woman who sings this song, Lori Lieberman, was the original singer of "Killing me softly with his song" (it wasn't Roberta Flack, she did a cover version). Not only that, but she provided the inspiration for the lyrics of the song by composing a poem titled "Killing me softly with his blues".
@walterfox4781 :Lori Lieberman wrote the song after she went to a Don McLean concert bet you never knew that, huh???!!!!!...I hope you will reply to this
@sherryhannah498 I did indeed 👍. Here's another fun fact: it was his song "Empty Chairs" that inspired the poem that would become the song.
The pot doesn't have Florida as the panhandle
Ah yes! The countries of the world! Italy, China, Portugal, France...
*Africa.*
That's literally what I was thinking everytime it showed all the countries of origin lol
This comment made me laugh like a windex spray
Where does it say this?
:D Thank you for this comment.
@C. Blake 2:03. Words cannot describe the irony.
Have you ever seen the movie An American Tail? Fievel and his family came from Russia, Henri the pigeon who built the Statue of Liberty came from France, Tony came from Italy and Bridget came from Ireland. So that was like the great American melting pot.
I remember that one! It's such a good movie!
I remember watching that movie as a kid and laughing as the mice sang “There are no cats in America” as I had my cat curled up in my lap!
My teacher showed me this in 6th grade,few months after this video was uploaded
I had forgotten how lovely this song is... gentle, yet moving and powerful. Glad to see that songwriter Lynn Ahrens went on to have a successful and productive musical career.
And then the song line "Great American Melting Pot" keeps looping in my head. Damn.
Throughout CERTAIN areas, this is REPEATED a number of times - AT THE END, it's spoken AD INFINITUM
This song is so wonderful and amazing and I am proud to be American here in USA
Me too
Ye
My high school teacher made us watch this. It was awesome.
Even more relevant today. I know a lot of adults that could benefit from watching this!!!
@@donovanwheeler4906 And than there are the natives.
Alwsomex Studios yeah native Americans don’t even number -5000
Is anyone else a little disturbed to learn that the book under the Statue of Liberty's arm is essentially the equivalent of "To Serve Man" from that Twilight Zone episode? Irish Stew indeed!
Werebat I knew she was up to no good. i love that episode of The Twilight Zone
Werebat Serve Irish stew swift-ly and in "modest proportions".
to quote Principal Skinner: "you might say there's a little Üter in all of us"
TV Über "I think I'll start, as you so often suggested, by EATING YOUR SHORTS!!!"
I love that episode.
This show is my childhood! But on the subject of current immigration, it is important to note that people back then were more willing to assimilate into American culture. Not by giving up there heritage or religion or language but adapting to the laws and regulations that were in place. Many immigrants today come here for the financial benefits alone without even attempting to assimilate or adapt to the already established American culture. This causes tension and hostility on both sides rather than acceptance and understanding. I am not trying to put the blame solely on the immigrants because many bigoted Americans refuse to accept other religions and back grounds as well. It just seems counterproductive to blame one people on issues that involve just about everyone. It didn't work well with the treaty of Versailles and it isn't going to work here.
I agree with another commenter you're missing the point the point was that and The song specifically says that immigrants "gave us our culture"
my teacher showed me this and now i just need to hear it again
My grandmother was there for that. Straight from Ireland. 🇮🇪
0:27 his hat just magically turns by itself 👌👏
people stop thinking in a negative way and think positive we as Americans need to defend our rights! this world in general needs to love on another
I think I remember listening to this song on my 4th birthday in 2012. Tuesday, February 7, 2012.
I watch this in elementary school in 4th grade and it’s sad that some Americans have forgotten this. It’s sad
Did I miss the part where they mentioned there were already Native Americans living in "America"?
I don't BELIEVE anyone would have HEARD this, BUT if anyone had, PROVE me wrong
@@JENDALL714 yeah I'm sure they appreciated being raped and given measles
@Lil Dudy actually plenty of people were figuring out technology without caucasian people but yall bullied yall way into almost everyone else's culture. The point is the caucasians were immigrants who took over and forced other humans into servitude because they thought themselves better this includes Spaniards because they were apart of it too.
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I can see this from both sides.
@@austinreed7343 yeah one side is from the imperialist and the other is the side that lost everything to them.
The Monuments Mythos made this song hit hard but in a bad way
A whole new meaning to “melting.”
As a high schooler, this song always brings me back to elementary school.
I just found this video because our teacher was showing us a video of the melting pot and our class loved this sing 😢💖
Anyone else here because of Last Week Tonight?
Native American tribes were here first way before Europeans migrated here as immigrants.
Of course. New evidence shows multiple migrations, some from Europe even, to the Americas before the founding of the America as a nation. This short is about immigrants to American in general, and those of the 19th century specifically.
Aisha Bowens and we owe a lot to them the US government is partially based on the Iroquois Confederacy and their “great law of peace” they’re the reason the bald eagle is our national bird
@@phogroian1 not true about from Europe. that's a fringe pseudoscience hypothesis that has been discredited and is mainly spread because of white people trying to justify their claim to the land.
Aisha Bowens yeah they came from Siberia originally
So true Angela, people were here and thriving, before European colonization. I wonder if this will be replayed when we settle or colonize other planets. Like America and Australia from England. I pray we do it better in the future.
I remember this on Saturday mornings on ABC.. this was one of my favorites
I will always love this... Too many forget..:(
"They've all come to look for America....."
-Simon & Garfunkel
Trump clearly didn’t have the pleasure of Schoolhouse Rock in his childhood.
Allison Ellayne we are not a nation of immigrants
GTU_AK lol
Allison Ellayne we are a nation of Germanic settlers, conquers and revolutionaries.
The thing about the immigrants in this video back in the days when immigration was large and wide spread is they came here legally with the intention of making a life for themselves. They had to put up with a lot things in those days just to become Americans and they ended up contributing to America and American culture, they did not just sneak under the wire and take up space expecting the social systems in place to provide for them.
I miss songs like this to show we are all part of the same country
idk why but every time i watch this i cry
Lmao. They didn't show African Americans.
Guess that would have been a tad akward.
*Lady Liberty's torch just floats there... odd.*
Also one assumes the melting pot is brought to a boil LOL!
Still a classic clip! Good lesson, to be "proud to be an American and something else as well".
As an aspiring cartoon physicist, I think I can field this one. The effect of the torch floating in mid air is similar to the technique of being able to stay airborne without anything supporting you as long as you don't realize that you are in mid air and should not be able to do that. That is the point where gravity kicks in and you fall with a splat.
Likewise, had Lady Liberty suddenly noticed her torch was floating in mid air, gravity would have taken over, the torch would have fallen, and the island would have burned.
@@nowthatsjustducky LOL Good point! Did you learn that at the Acme School of Physics? Good thing the apple didn't just hover over Newton's head.... that would have made the study of gravity... awkward!
@@Aramanth Actually, I would love to get in good with someone from a prestigious institution (MIT would do) and convince them to whip up an authentic looking diploma for a PhD in cartoon physics.
That would actually be pretty cool. And it would be no less useful than one in theoretical physics. :D
Perhaps I should work up a thesis on the most dangerous song in the world: Those Endearing Young Charms...
@@nowthatsjustducky LOL! Great song...
I believe it also known as "Sonata No. 1 for Piano and Dynamite (Legato & Sforzando)".
This song was so good to watch on Saturday morning when I was a little child and it was very education and relaxing, we should bring it back to ABC TV'S all over the United States of America again 👼
I think ALL of the songs done by SHR should be sung as SHORTS on either ABC or Freeform (nee ABC Family)
This song is seriously awesome
There's always room here in America for another who truly wants to be American. We just don't cater to those who have entitled attitudes about it. If you work hard, do your own thing, and don't make problems, you are more than welcome here. My dad know one undocumented citizen who he works with who works his off, and always give back, plus his little boy has cancer, and my dad (who's a big history fanatic, seriously, unless you have five hours or more of free time, dont ask him about history, especially the Vietnam war) is helping him learn about our history so he can take the test and become American. You are more than welcome here, just as long as you want it and you love America and consider yourself an American♥️🇺🇸
Wow,,,I just watched this video for the first time in 37 years. This video has always been in the back of my mind when I thought America was a better place than Canada as to when i was a kidd. Not anymore.
The internet is the most impressive invention that man had ever invented for all to use for free. Nothing will top the internet in a million years !!
glad you enjoyed it. thank you for watching
+Star Light hi
Yep because of the internet showcasing and revealing what's not apparent or disguised is regularly accessible to the public at large for their own critique an analysis. Pretty much a wrap.
***** I'm 44 years old !
***** 5 years old,,, I was born in 72
I’m just high af and I just burst out singing “the great American mellllting potttt” lmfao. I can’t believe I still know this from elementary school.
This brought so much nostalgia I cried. Where is my country?! I don’t see her anymore. I was born a Puerto Rican but live and will die a proud American! I love this country. No complaints here.