The Magic School Bus Rides Again… Are You On Board?

It’s the first week(s) of school across America. Teachers’ hands are stained from dry erase board lint and smelly markers. Parents have expelled an inexorable amount of money on school shoes, binto lunch boxes, crayons and hand sanitizer. Bells rang unanimously the day after Labor Day and Netflix came from the back of the classroom, hand raised and waving, butt out of the seat, shouting “look at what I got” like it was Show and Tell. Before anyone could call on them, or remind them to “Be Responsible, Be Respectful and Be Safe” with little bumble bee die cuts, Netlfix ran to the front of the classroom with the official trailer for The Magic School Bus Rides Again blasting on the Smartboard. You heard me, Mrs. Frizzle is back!

Actually, Mrs Professor Frizzle is introducing us to her younger sister Ms. Fiona Felicity Frizzle (Ms. FeFe if ya nasty). You heard me. Lily Tomlin reprises her role as Mrs. Frizzle from the 1994 original animated field trip series, yet tosses the keys to the ‘lac bus to baby sis Fiona Felicity (voiced by SNL’s Kate McKinnon). Not only that, but many of the former school mates are back, including the show’s producer Stu Stone who voiced red cap to the back Ralphie in the original series. You know what else? They got Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton) singing the theme song.

Maybe you’re hype for the reboot, or maybe you’re criticizing it’s every move. Honestly, I love me some Lin-Manuel, but he ain’t no Little Richard. Give me Little Richard singing that …