Learn About American States

Another didactic song that you could see in one of the episodes of the animated series The Animaniacs. This time, it's all about the American States and their capitals. The song writers are definitely crazy.



In order to refresh your memory, here are the nations of the world:



And the US presidents:

Enlarge Your Knowledge Thanks to the Animaniacs!!!

When I was younger — and even if I watched several episodes two years ago — I watched this program, which was a kind of sequel to the beloved Tiny Toons. (More about them in a later post.) The Animaniacs were a frame for other cartoon sequences, but I absolutely don't know their original names (I have to look it up). There's the beginning tune:



In one episode, they decided to teach the viewers the world's geography — which is, to most Americans (and also to all fools in the world) something they've never heard about — in a didactic way. Check it out! And fasten your seatbells!



I wish we had Geography teachers like Yakko!!

Oh, and I see that they also did something about US Presidents…



"… and Gerald Ford fell down a lot"!!!