Umdidiyeli we-'Schoolhouse Rock' uGeorge Newall ushone eneminyaka engu-88

I-13 December 2022

U-Adman waba umqondisi wekhathuni uGeorge Newall, omunye wabadali bekhathuni yezemfundo eyisakhiwo sodumo I-Schoolhouse Rock! , washona ngoNovemba 30 esibhedlela esiseduze nedolobhana lakubo eNew York eHastings-on-Hudson. Izindaba zokushona kwakhe eneminyaka engu-88 ubudala ngenxa yokuboshwa kwe-cardiopulmonary kwabelwana naye i-New York Times ngumkakhe, uLisa Maxwell.

Okwangempela NgoMgqibelo Morning Schoolhouse Rock! izikhindi zasakazwa kusukela ngo-1973 kuya ku-1984. Lo mbono waba khona lapho umphathi wezokukhangisa u-David McCall we-McCaffrey & McCall ekhuluma nomqondisi wezobuciko wale nhlangano, u-Newall, mayelana nokubeka amatafula ezikhathi emculweni ukuze asize indodana kaMcCall izibambe ngekhanda. Ngosizo lwababhali bezingoma u-Ben Tucker no-Bob Dorough kanye nomqondisi wezobuciko wale sikhungo u-Tom Yohe onikeze imifanekiso, umbono uguquke waba uchungechunge lwezikhindi ezipopayo.

UMcCaffrey noMcCall bathumele opopayi kuMichael Eisner, owayengumqondisi wezinhlelo zezingane kwa-ABC ngaleso sikhathi. Ukwazisa ababukeli abasebasha mayelana nohlu lwezihloko kusukela kusayensi, umlando kanye nohlelo lolimi kuye ku-ecology kanye nezomphakathi, I-Schoolhouse Rock! ikhiqize amathrekhi okufundisa ayisakhiwo sodumo afana nokuthi “Ngiwumthethosivivinywa nje” kanye “Nendawo Ehlangene” endaweni yesiko le-pop yama-70s nama-80s.

Isikole se-Rock! iwine Izindondo ze-Daytime Emmy ezine ngaphezu kokugijinywa kwayo kwasekuqaleni, nokuqokwa okuningi okwengeziwe kopopayi bokuqala kanye nemvuselelo yama-'90s. Ividiyo yasekhaya enesihloko esithi I-Schoolhouse Rock! Umhlaba ikhishwe ngo-2009, inezingoma ezintsha ezingu-11. Lo mdlalo uphinde waveza umdlalo weshashalazi obukhoma ngo-1993. I-Walt Disney Company (ngaleso sikhathi eyayiphethwe ngu-Eisner) yathola le franchise ngo-1996; UNewall no-Yohe babhala ngokuhlanganyela I-Schoolhouse Rock! Umhlahlandlela Osemthethweni wonyaka ofanayo.

UNewall ushiye emhlabeni unkosikazi, indodana kababa nodadewabo abathathu. Uhlulwe ngaphambili ngabahlanganyeli bakhe uMcCall (1999), Yohe (2000), Tucker (2013), kanye noDorough (2018).