The Best of the Best of Electric Company

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The Best of the Best of Electric Company Editorial Review:
The Best Of The Best Of The Electric Company™

FEATURING BILL COSBY, MORGAN FREEMAN, RITA MORENO and More!

"We’re gonna turn it on.
We’re gonna bring you the power."

If you were between six and ten years old during the years 1971 through 1985, then there is a good chance you learned to read with help from The Electric Company.

Comedy sketches, music, animation and special effects were the tools of this "video" classroom. The show was so terrific that it attracted major talent. In addition to stars Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman and Rita Moreno, Joan Rivers, Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel were the characters in "The Adventures Of Letterman." Mel Brooks was the voice of the animated Blond-Haired Cartoon Man. The satirist Tom Lehrer wrote ten songs for the shows.

The Electric Company was a product of its time — perennially cool and hip, while never wavering from its educational goals; it was full of wit and energy and made learning to read fun.

So, take a trip back in time with Letterman, Easy Reader, J. Arthur Crank, Fargo North, Decoder, the Short Circus, Jennifer of the Jungle, and all the rest with THE BEST OF THE BEST OF THE ELECTRIC COMPANY.™

5 GREAT EPISODES, INCLUDING SERIES PREMIERE

SPECIAL FEATURES
Rita Moreno Remembers
Outtakes
New Episode Intros by Rita Moreno
Trivia

Customer Reviews:
Lots of Laughs from a classic old show
Great reminiscence of an old favorite that taught lots of us to read! Love seeing Morgan Freeman in his first "starring" role.

Fond memories
If you grew up watching TV in the 70s, it will touch you to see some of this stuff again.

ho hum
Perhaps this is a little too old for me. It has nothing that I remember about The Electric Company from my childhood. It is also a bit much for my 3 year old. I will keep it and try it again later but first viewing was not exciting at all.

Morgan Freeman grooves!
The best part of this nostalgic, but dated, DVD is the skit with Morgan Feeman dancing in those groovy 70's clothes. As one actress says in the extras section, "He's a tall drink of water!" I got the DVD for my kids, who liked it enogh to watch it once, but that was enough for all of us.

A bit of a let down compared to my memory
It is the Electric Company, alright-- and your favorites are here, "Easy Reader", "I'm the plumber, I've come to fix the sink", the silhouettes that sound out word pairs (like ggggg- oat, gggg- reat, ggggg- one) etc...

It is all kinds of supa fly and SOOOOO 70s. But, as an adult I notice the "economical" sets and low-tech special effects more than the groovy retro vibe. I think there are more effective videos to teach reading out there, and the Muppet shows and School House Rock stand the test of time better for entertainment value.

The most interesting aspect of the show that I certainly never grasped as a little kid: the cheesy innuendos. It made the first watch thru moderately funny, but not enough so for me to watch it again.

I will be most likely to play this on a TV with no sound during a party.

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