The thing about Also Sprach Zarathustra; decades ago there was this kids’ educational show, The Electric Company. F’rex they had a little song about the -ly suffix. They had short cartoons; a 2001 styled monolith would appear then crumble to the tune of Also Sprach Zarathustra, revealing a letter combination like OO or ALK, and they’d pronounce it and show words that included it, like CHALK.

So when I got old enough to finally watch 2001, I was real surprised when the monolith *didn’t* crumble…

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@GraySpots I have no clue how it made it to Georgia PBS but I’m grateful anyway.

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