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05x04 - Number Cruncher

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Schoolhouse Rock!". Aired: January 6, 1973 – March 31, 2009.*
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Themes covered included grammar, science, economics, history, mathematics, and civics.

05x04 - Number Cruncher

Post by bunniefuu »

[chorus singing] ♪ To have some fun
Or pass a quiz ♪

Just follow this computer whiz

♪ Scooter Computer and Mr. Chips ♪

♪ They got the answers
At their fingertips ♪

[music playing]

[Scooter singing]
Baseball's supposed to be fun!

Can't wait to hit a home run!

But they got me playing
The wrong position

Since they made me the statistician

I'm in numbers up to my ears!

This is going to take me
Years and years

And years and years and years

Numbers? Scooter, did you say numbers?

Yes, numbers, Mr. Chips--

batting averages, earned run averages,
team standings...

I can probably figure this stuff out,
but I'll miss batting practice.

Feed me those numbers, I'll do the work.

-You mean--
-Precisely!

Sit down, Scooter
You're in for a treat

Numbers, you see, are just my meat

'Cause I'm a number cruncher

A mathematical muncher

I can round numbers off
I can square them

I can line numbers up and compare them

I can change them around
Rearrange them around

I can deal with them in any way
You choose

I'm not a math professor

I am a data processor

I can mix numbers up
And combine them

I can take them apart and align them

I can shake numbers up

I can break numbers up

I can turn then into something
You can use

If you can punch them
I can crunch them

'Cause I'm a number cruncher

Mr. Chips, you're amazing!

Elementary, Scooter. A piece of cake.

Just feed me the numbers
and I'll process them for you.

In other words, I punch them...

Precisely, and I crunch them.

I process numbers as quick as a flash

For whatever results you need

I process numbers into measuring tools

To measure sound
And time and speed!

I process numbers
To find just how fast

A rocket can get to Mars

I project the future
And recall the past

And I can show you a map of the stars

Wow!

I process numbers
Into curves and lines

Display them on a graph or chart

I process numbers
Into colors and shapes

To make a digital work of art!

A work of art!

'Cause I'm a number cruncher

A mathematical muncher

I can round numbers off
I can square them

I can line numbers up and compare them

I can change then around
Rearrange them around

I can deal with them in any way
You choose

I'm not a math professor

I am a data processor

I can mix numbers up
And combine them

I can take them apart and align them

I can shake numbers up

I can break numbers up

I can turn then into something
You can use

-My baseball statistics?
-A piece of cake!

But remember,
first you have to punch them...

I know, then you can crunch them.

'Cause you're a number cruncher!

Precisely.

[theme music playing]