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I'm Just a Bill. An anthropomorphic bill sings of his efforts to become a law to a young child. " I'm Just a Bill " is a 1976 Schoolhouse Rock! segment, featuring a song of the same title written by Dave Frishberg. The segment debuted as part of "America Rock," the third season of the Schoolhouse Rock! series.
Genres. Jazz. Occupation (s) Musician, actor. Instrument (s) Trumpet, vocals. Beryl Cyril " Jack " Sheldon Jr. (November 30, 1931 – December 27, 2019) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and actor. He performed on The Merv Griffin Show and participated in episodes of the educational music television series Schoolhouse Rock!
Schoolhouse Rock! is an American interstitial programming series of animated musical educational short films (and later, music videos) which aired during the Saturday morning children's programming block on the U.S. television network ABC. The themes covered included grammar, science, economics, history, mathematics, and civics.
Sheldon's résumé included 18 years on 'The Merv Griffin Show' and 23 albums, but he may be best remembered for "Conjunction Junction" and "I'm Just a Bill.”
Jack Sheldon, known to children as one of the voices of "Schoolhouse Rocks" and adults as a master trumpeter who served as music director on "The Merv Griffin Show," has died at age 88. Sheldon ...
But possibly just as interesting is Jack Marshall’s own history of work before he died of a heart attack on Sept. 20, 1973, leaving the tape in limbo; his son shares a bit about what it was like ...
1. 1. "Three is a Magic Number". Bob Dorough. Bob Dorough. January 6, 1973. (1973-01-06) A magician shows how magic the multiplication of 3 really is, including a family of three and a football team whose uniforms are numbered in threes. "Three Is a Magic Number" was the pilot episode and had originally aired in full as part of Curiosity Shop ...
The "Amendment To Be" segment is a parody of the educational show Schoolhouse Rock, and more specifically "I'm Just a Bill", and refers to the Flag Desecration Amendment. [2] [9] Jack Sheldon, who sang the original song in "I'm Just a Bill", voices the song in the "Amendment to Be" segment. [4]