<Standard Introduction Sequence>
*** MULTIPLICATION ROCK *** (1973)
Zero, My Hero
Music & Lyrics: Bob Dorough
Sung by: Bob Dorough
Animation: Focus Design, Inc.
- Key to symbols within the lyrics
- >> <Zero?>
- <Yeah. Zero is a wonderful thing. In fact, zero is my hero.>
- >> <How can zero be a hero?>
- <Well, there are all kinds of heroes, you know.
- A man can get to be a hero for a famous battle he fought.
- Or by studying very hard and becoming a weightless astronaut.
- And then there are heroes of other sorts,
- Like the heroes we know from watching sports.
- But a hero doesn't have to be a grown up person, you know.
- A hero can be a very big dog who comes to your rescue.
- Or a very little boy who's smart enough to know what to do.
- But let me tell you about my *favorite* hero...>
- My hero, zero.
- Such a funny little hero,
- But till you came along, we counted on our fingers and toes.
- Now you're here to stay,
- And nobody really knows
- How wonderful you are,
- Why we could never reach a star,
- Without you zero, my hero,
- How wonderful you are.
- >> <What's so wonderful about a zero? It's nothing, isn't it?>
- <Sure, it represents nothing alone.>
- But place a zero after 1
- And you've got yourself a 10.
- See how important that is?
- When you run out of digits,
- You can start all over again.
- See how convenient that is?
- That's why, with only ten digits, including zero,
- You could count as high as you could ever go...
- Forever, towards infinity...
- No one ever gets there, but you could try.
- 10 billion zeros,
- From the cavemen till the heroes who invented you,
- They counted on their fingers and toes
- <And maybe some sticks and stones>
- >> <Or rocks and bones>
- <And their neighbors' toes, yeah>
- And nobody really knows
- How wonderful you are,
- Why we could never reach the star,
- Without you, zero, my hero,
- Zero, how wonderful you are.
- Place one zero after any number,
- And you've multiplied that number by 10.
- See how easy that is?
- Place two zeros after any number,
- And you've multiplied that number by 100.
- See how simple that is?
- Place three zeros after any number,
- And you've multiplied that number by 1000.
- Et cetera, et cetera.
- Ad infinitum, ad astra, forever, and ever,
- With zero, my hero, how wonderful you are!
Great thanks to:
David Strauss / dss2k@virginia.edu (PsiCop P12+ & B5 Waiter, Fresh Air)
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