Sesame Street/Conjunction Junction (from Schoolhouse Rock)

Cast

 * Hoots the Owl as Jack Sheldon
 * Prairie Dawn as Terry Morel
 * Roxie Marie as Mary Sue Berry

Lyrics
Prairie Dawn and Roxie Marie : [su ng] Conjunction Junction, what's your function? Hoots the Owl: Hooking up words and phrases and clauses. Prairie Dawn and Roxie Marie : Conjunction Junction, how's that function? Hoots the Owl: I got three favorite cars That get most of my job done. Prairie Dawn and Roxie Marie : Conjunction Junction, what's their function? Hoots the Owl: I got "and", "but", and "or", They'll get you pretty far.

[spoken] "And": That's an additive, like "this and that". "But": That's sort of the opposite, "Not this but that". And then there's "or": O-R, when you have a choice like "This or that". "And", "but", and "or" Get you pretty far.

Prairie Dawn and Roxie Marie : [su ng] Conjunction Junction, what's your function? Hoots the Owl: Hooking up two boxcars and making 'em run right. Milk and honey, bread and butter, peas and rice. Prairie Dawn and Roxie Marie : Hey th at's nice! Hoots the Owl: Dirty but happy, digging and scratching, Losing your shoe and a button or two. He's poor but honest, sad but true, Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

Prairie Dawn and Roxie Marie : Conjunction Junction, what's your function? Hoots the Owl: Hooking up two cars to one When you say something like this choice: "Either now or later" Or no choice: "Neither now nor ever" Prairie Dawn and Roxie Marie : Hey th at's clever! Hoots the Owl: Eat this or that, grow thin or fat, Never mind, I wouldn't do that, I'm fat enough now!

Prairie Dawn and Roxie Marie : Conjunction Junction, what's your function? Hoots the Owl: Hooking up phrases and clauses that balance, like: [spoken] Out of the frying pan and into the fire. He cut loose the sandbags, But the balloon wouldn't go any higher. Let's go up to the mountains, Or down to the seas. You should always say "thank you", Or at least say "please".

Prairie Dawn and Roxie Marie : Conjunction Junction, what's your function? Hoots the Owl: Hooking up words and phrases and clauses In complex sentences like: [spoken] In the mornings, when I'm usually wide awake, I love to take a walk through the gardens and down by the lake, where I often see a duck and a drake, and I wonder, as I walk by, just what they'd say if they could speak, although I know that's an absurd thought.

Prairie Dawn and Roxie Marie : [su ng] Conjunction Junction, what's your function? Hoots the Owl: Hooking up cars and making 'em function. Prairie Dawn and Roxie Marie : Conjunction Junction, how's that function? Hoots the Owl: I like tying up words and phrases and clauses. Prairie Dawn and Roxie Marie : Conjunction Junction, watch that function. Hoots the Owl: I'm going to get you there if you're very careful. Prairie Dawn and Roxie Marie : Conjunction Junction, what's your function? Hoots the Owl: I'm going to get you there if you're very careful. Prairie Dawn and Roxie Marie : Conjunction Junction, what's your function? Hoots the Owl: I'm going to get you there if you're very careful...