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The Best Of The Electric Company - Volume 2
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Editorial Reviews:
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With roots in the Motown Sound, Broadway and "The Carol Burnett Show", The Electric Company became a cultural phenomenon in the ?70s as the wildly popular educational television show with big laughs and an even bigger message?teaching children basic reading and grammar skills, with the emphasis on fun. Now, even MORE of your favorite episodes are all here in true nostalgic glory, for the first time ever on The Best Of The Electric Company - Volume 2 4-DVD Set! An impressive cast (such as Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno and many others) embodied characters and enlivened skits the whole world knows and loves: Easy Reader, Fargo North Decoder, Jennifer of the Jungle, J. Arthur Crank, Paul The Gorilla, The Adventures of Letterman, Love of Chair, The Short Circus, Spider-Man, and much more!
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Each episode was an explosion of creativity. From 1971-1977, The Electric Company made learning to read not just fun, but downright hip. Designed more as a complement than an alternative to Sesame Street, that means skits, animated segments, musical interludes, and funky fashions--always a plus. (Dig those fringed jackets and snakeskin stretch pants.) The cast includes Emmy winner Bill Cosby, Oscar winner Rita Moreno, Fame star Irene Cara (a member of the Short Circus), and a skinny beanpole named Morgan Freeman, who would pick up his own Academy Award a few decades later. In this 20-episode set, cast members Judy Graubart, Luis Avalos, Skip Hinnant, Jim Boyd, and Hattie Winston provide introductions. In addition, pop-ups dispense fun facts, like the show's original title: The Reading Program. As in the first four-disc collection, episodes appear out of sequence, but work fine as stand-alones--although it would be nice to have all of them available at some point. Musical highlights include Freeman's hobo lament "Shoo Shoo Sunshine" (episode 12), Short Circus funk jam "Knock Knock Rock" (35A), and let's not forget that "empowering" theme: "We're gonna turn it on / we're gonna bring you the power!" Watch carefully or you'll miss quick-as-a wink cameos from the likes of I Dream of Jeannie?s Barbara Eden (150), Bonanza?s Lorne Green (223), and All in the Family?s Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton (166). Other notables to contribute their talents include Tom Lehrer, author of the "Silent E" song, Mel Brooks, voice behind "Blond-Haired Cartoon Man," and Producers pals Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel, voices behind The Adventures of Letterman (with Joan Rivers as narrator and Mostel as the evil Spell Binder). The Electric Company set its sights on children aged 7-10, but there's plenty of fast-paced fun here for younger kids and adults, too. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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The Best Of The Electric Company - Volume 2
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User Comments About The Best Of The Electric Company - Volume 2
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So great to see these again!
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What a wonderful series that was way before it's time. These episodes of The Electric Company not only conjure up wonderfully nostalgic feelings in me, but they are wildly educational for my 5 year-old son. He loves them.
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I got this for my son but we both get a kick out of watching it, brings back some old memories.
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Just remember you are never too old to learn. This is a show that has stood up to the test of time. In volume two the cast intros show some of the members graying with age. Great time down memory lane with the likes of The Electric Company. For those of you who have kids struggling with reading may I recommend both this and volume one of the Best of the Electric Company. I wish in volume three they would show "Sing Out" in addition to Billy Licks A Lolly and the L-Y song as previously mentioned.
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Excellent DVD, have a wife who is an Elementary School teacher and this helps to assist in learning educational fundamentals.
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A lot of videos on the cd's. The commentaries are way cool too. The 2 yr old LOVES these movies, he is just learning to speak and is in speech therapy, so he can relate to the oral skills involved and orients him to our language. would buy again, am very proud to have these. AND as for me.LOVE seeing these vintage times and classic actors. 5 yr old does not have as long of attention span, mostly osmosis education and entertainment. Really adds to her understanding.
She can really relate to the learning as it relates directly to her classroom experience. Have to be really into them. We watch one or two before going to bed. Love the chance to share times with my kids. As usual wish the item was less expensive. The 7 yr old is just learning the ropes of reading and LOVES these videos. Bought for my 7 yr old (first grade) girl and 5 yr old (pre k) girl and 2 yr old boy.
Reminds me of my childhood.
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