I doubt that Ms. Frizzle will be driving. Her anthropomorphic lizard, Liz, will be nowhere to be found. The bus can’t fly.
Still, I’m nothing short of excited.
A different magic school bus is rolling into campus Thursday.
And it will have no relation to the school bus from the kids’ TV show from the ‘90s, The Magic School Bus, which I was referring to above.
C-SPAN’s Digital Bus is making a stop at LCC.
That’s right, folks. The most boring news channel on basic cable — C-SPAN — has a bus and for some reason they want you inside it.
I kid, I kid.
C-SPAN is a fine channel. One of the most effective, in my opinion. C-SPAN live feeds news events to allow a break from the commentary found on other networks.
Anyway, what’s up with the bus?
“The [bus] reflects the latest in media and educational technologies,” C-SPAN’s co-president Susan Swain said.
The environmentally friendly 45-foot coach is equipped with TV monitors, computer kiosks, laptops and mobile apps.
The bus is meant to demononstrate C-SPAN’s many outlets available both on TV and online.
“We promise that when this bus comes to town, it will be noticed. It’s got a ‘wow’ factor, inside and out,” Swain boasted in a press release last June.
I guess we’ll see about that on Thursday, right?
What do you think? Interested in checking out the C-SPAN Digital Bus?
It may be a once in a lifetime opportunity. I’m told it will be in Lot C west of Building 19 from noon-2 p.m. Thursday, March 31.
If you’re absolutely thrilled about this thing, you can watch a video here: http://bit.ly/dTZBHg.
To be honest, it looks really freaking cool — but I’d never admit it.
C-SPAN first started driving these buses around the country in 1993.
In June, The Digital Bus replaced two yellow buses that traveled more than a million miles — including an oversea trip to Hawaii. I suspect the real Magic School Bus could have done an underwater trip.
In the words of Ms. Frizzle: “To the bus!”
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