Schoolhouse Rock!

"Interplanet Janet"

Original Air Date

November 18, 1978

This song teaches about our solar system, as explored by the titular character, an extraterrestrial character with a rocket tail, wings and a humanoid head who explores the solar system, meant to represent a comet. Like the later Computer Rock series, Interplanet Janet has since become outdated, due to Pluto being included as the farthest planet from the sun, though its placement in the song could allow for it to be easily be edited out without any inconsistencies. (Pluto was closer to the sun than Neptune between 1979 and 1999; it was subsequently reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006, long after the series left television.) This song was voted #8 on the 30th Anniversary DVD Top 25.

Lyrics to Interplanet Janet :

They say our solar system is centered around the sun

Nine planets, large and small, parading by

But somewhere out in space

There's another shining face

That you might see some night up in the sky

Interplanet Janet, she's a galaxy girl

A solar system Miss from a future world

She travels like a rocket with her comet team

And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen

No, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen

She's been to the Sun, it's a lot of fun

It's a hot-spot, it's a gas!

Hydrogen and helium in a big, bright, glowing mass

It's a star, it's a star!

So Janet got an autograph!

Mercury was near the Sun so Janet stopped by

But the mercury on Mercury was much too high

So Janet split for Venus but on Venus she found

She couldn't see a thing for all the clouds around

Earth looked exciting, kind of green and inviting

So Janet thought she'd give it a go

But the creatures on that planet looked so very weird to Janet

She didn't even dare to say hello

It's a bird, it's a plane!

Why, it must be a UFO, but it was:

Interplanet Janet, she's a galaxy girl

A solar system Miss from a future world

She travels like a rocket with her comet team

And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen

No, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen

Mars is red and Jupiter's big

And Saturn shows off its rings

Uranus is built on a funny tilt

And Neptune is its twin

And Pluto, little Pluto, is the farthest planet from the Sun

They say our solar system is not alone in space

The Universe has endless mystery

Some future astronaut

May find out that what he'd thought

Was a shooting star instead turned out to be

Interplanet Janet, she's a galaxy girl

A solar system Miss from a future world

She travels like a rocket with her comet team

And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen

No, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen