Lin-Manuel Miranda belts his boisterous remake of the Magic School Bus theme song in the new trailer for the Netflix revival of the classic kids show, The Magic School Bus Rides Again. The clip also features Lily Tomlin reprising her role as Ms. Frizzle now Professor Frizzle and handing over the bus keys to her younger sister, Felicity Frizzle, voiced by Kate McKinnon.
Mirandas new theme puts a contemporary spin on Peter Luryes original, trading a jaunty rock and roll sound for snappy drum machines and synth stabs. Miranda, however, does keep the songs original lyrics and delivers an energetic vocal performance befitting the theme songs original singer, Little Richard.
Like the original show, The Magic School Bus Rides Again will be set at Walkerville School and feature plenty of physically impossible, but educationally valid adventures, such as field trips into the clouds, the internet and even the sun. And, as both the trailer and Mirandas theme song tease, Ms. Frizzles new class will very likely get baked into a pie.
The Magic School Bus Rides Again premieres September 29th.