Whip It! Kids Turn to 80s Music For Classroom Makeover

Kate Tuttle — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:58:00 GMT

Today's adorable kid-vid: first-graders in the Woodrow Cummins Elementary School in Conway, Arkansas, entered a contest to win a high-tech upgrade for their classroom, and they chose the best possible soundtrack: Devo's "Whip It," re-mastered as "Click It," now a schoolkid's exhortation to go forward, move ahead, and finish that damn long division lesson already.

While other classrooms used music to sell themselve, including a cover of The Romantics' "What I Like About You," the Devo-loving kids were the most inventive, joyful, and irreverent. And their teacher looks like the kind of teacher we all wish we'd had at least once. Voting ends today!

Yo Gabba Gabba: Can a Kid's Show Be Good?

Kelly Mills — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:02:00 GMT

It's coming... The premiere of Yo Gabba Gabba is just around the corner. That's the new kids show that hopes to dispense with annoying characters and insipid songs by featuring some folks with talent (no offense to Steve from Blue's Clues, who I will love eternally.) The line-up is impressive, to say the least: the August 20 - August 30 premiere week stars include Elijah Wood, Mya, Biz Markie, Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo), Hector Jimenez (Nacho Libre) and The Aquabats. Later episodes will have appearances by Laila Ali, Tony Hawk, The Shins, Sean Kingston, Sugarland, Rahzel and Nikki Flores. In other words, "Dang, that sounds good."

The program will introduce kids to a range of musical genres, from electronic to British Invasion to hip hop. Elijah Wood teaches the "Puppet Master" dance in the premiere episode on Nick Jr. and NOGGIN on Monday, August 20 at 10:30 a.m. (ET/PT). Here's a clip of the Shins, and I adore them, so I'm happy. But you know what gets me giddy? Mark Mothersbaugh. And he's a recurring character. Ah, Devo...

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Whip It! Kids Turn to 80s Music For Classroom Makeover

Yo Gabba Gabba: Can a Kid's Show Be Good?