Wopanga nawo 'Schoolhouse Rock' George Newall wamwalira ali ndi zaka 88

Adman anakhala wotsogolera zojambula George Newall, m'modzi mwa omwe adayambitsa zojambulajambula zamaphunziro Schoolhouse Rock! , anamwalira Nov. 30 m'chipatala pafupi ndi mudzi wake wa New York wa Hastings-on-Hudson. Nkhani za imfa yake ali ndi zaka 88 kuchokera ku kumangidwa kwa cardiopulmonary adagawana nawo  ndi New York Times ndi mkazi wake, Lisa Maxwell.

Choyambirira Saturday Morning Schoolhouse Rock! zazifupi zimawulutsidwa kuchokera ku 1973 mpaka 1984. Lingalirolo lidabwera pamene mkulu wotsatsa malonda David McCall wa McCaffrey & McCall adafikira woyang'anira bungwe la bungwe, Newall, za kuika nthawi matebulo ku nyimbo kuti athandize mwana wa McCall kuwaloweza. Mothandizidwa ndi olemba nyimbo a Ben Tucker ndi a Bob Dorough komanso wotsogolera zaluso wa bungweli Tom Yohe yemwe anapereka zithunzizi, lingalirolo linasintha kukhala akabudula otsatizana.

McCaffrey ndi McCall adayika zojambulazo kwa Michael Eisner, yemwe anali mkulu wa mapulogalamu a ana ku ABC panthawiyo. Kudziwitsa owonera achichepere za mitu yosiyanasiyana kuyambira sayansi, mbiri yakale ndi galamala mpaka zachilengedwe ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu, Schoolhouse Rock! adatulutsa nyimbo zodziwika bwino monga "I'm Just a Bill" ndi "Conjunction Junction" mu chikhalidwe cha pop chikhalidwe cha 70s ndi 80s.

Rock school! adapambana ma Daytime Emmy Awards anayi kuposa momwe amachitira poyamba, ndi maina ena angapo a zojambula zoyambirira ndi chitsitsimutso cha m'ma 90s. Kanema wakunyumba wokhala ndi mutu  Schoolhouse Rock! Dziko lapansi inatulutsidwa mu 2009, yomwe ili ndi nyimbo 11 zatsopano. Chiwonetserochi chinayambitsanso zisudzo zoimba nyimbo mu 1993. Kampani ya Walt Disney (yomwe inatsogoleredwa ndi Eisner) inapeza chilolezo mu 1996; Newall ndi Yohe adalemba nawo  Schoolhouse Rock! The Official Guide  wa chaka chomwecho.

Newall wasiya mkazi, mwana wopeza ndi alongo atatu. Adakhazikitsidwa ndi omwe adathandiza nawo McCall (1999), Yohe (2000), Tucker (2013), ndi Dorough (2018).

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