"The Best of The Electric Company" DVD to be released February 7

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According to Amazon.com...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AA4F2O/ref=pd_kar/103-6171547-8392637?n=130

Anybody remember watching this show at school as a kid? It featured a little known actor named Morgan Freeman. Some of those songs and ditties still ring in my head, even after all these years. I can't wait to see some of this stuff again.

"We're gonna turn it onnnnnnnnn!!!
We're gonna bring you the powwwurrrrrr!"

:lol:

[Johnny Footstool]

Spider Man
Where are you comin' from, Spider Man?
Nobody knows who you are...

[westofyou]

I'm pre EC... but my wife is EC trained.

[Unassisted]

I hope Netflix adds this to their library. I want to watch it, but I doubt I'll want to watch it over and over again.

I'd like to see a Best of Zoom compilation, too. "Send it to Zoom... Box 350, Boston Mass. 0-2-1-3-4"

woy, our household is just the opposite. I was turned on by the Electric Company and Mrs. U never saw it.

[RBA]

Letterman! Not Dave.

[RedFanAlways1966]

I'd like to see a Best of Zoom compilation, too. "Send it to Zoom... Box 350, Boston Mass. 0-2-1-3-4"

Wow, U... I bring the "ZOOM" thing up to people my age. Nobody ever seems to remember it. You remember it well... and I wondered what that darn zip was that they always sang at the end.

Just when I thought I was the only one who remembered it! :thumbup:

[SunDeck]

"Awe"
"Some"

"Awesome"

[pedro]

I was more into the "New Zoo Revue"

http://www.flexiety.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/250x/New%20Zoo%20Revue%20-%20Season%20One%20(19625_f_250.jpg

[Falls City Beer]

"Easy Reader" sounds like a pimp's name.

[westofyou]

I was more into the "New Zoo Revue"

http://www.flexiety.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/250x/New%20Zoo%20Revue%20-%20Season%20One%20(19625_f_250.jpgMuch to my chagrin

[Yachtzee]

I hope Netflix adds this to their library. I want to watch it, but I doubt I'll want to watch it over and over again.

I'd like to see a Best of Zoom compilation, too. "Send it to Zoom... Box 350, Boston Mass. 0-2-1-3-4"

woy, our household is just the opposite. I was turned on by the Electric Company and Mrs. U never saw it.

Imagine an entire game thread in "Ubby Dubby."

[Johnny Footstool]

I was more into the "New Zoo Revue"

Mmmm...Emmy Jo...

[TeamCasey]

Iba wasba aba Electric company / Zoom kidba.

[Blimpie]

I'd like to see a Best of Zoom compilation, too. "Send it to Zoom... Box 350, Boston Mass. 0-2-1-3-4""....and don't forget your saay-see (S.A.S.E.)"

[Unassisted]

Wow, U... I bring the "ZOOM" thing up to people my age. Nobody ever seems to remember it. You remember it well... and I wondered what that darn zip was that they always sang at the end.

Just when I thought I was the only one who remembered it! :thumbup:If you want to refresh some more Zoom memories, check this out.

http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/tv/kids/zoom.htm

[TeamCasey]

I remember shoving about 10 saltines in my mouth and trying to whistle.

[Tony Cloninger]

Spider-Man rocked.....could not wait for the moment he was on.

His costume looked better than the one CBS had on their show in the late 70's.

[savafan]

I loved the Electric Company! Bill Cosby and Rita Moreno were on there too!

I used to watch another show on PBS around that time too, I believe it was called Powerhouse, and it was about a group of kid detectives. I want that on DVD too.

Ooh, and 3-2-1 Contact! Wherever there's trouble, we're there on the double...we're the bloodhound gang.

Also need Read All About It on DVD...that would be the topz!!!

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I loved the Electric Company! Bill Cosby and Rita Moreno were on there too!

Hey, check out this photo of Cosby, which I believe is a screen shot from an episode of The Electric Company. I have no idea why this helmet was chosen, but ain't she a beauty?!

[Doc. Scott]

The Electric Company was pretty much the extent of my exposure to African-Americans until I was old enough to follow the late-'80s Reds. Such is/was life in the lily-white suburbs.

[TeamMorris]

Zoom is still on. They brought it back about 5 or 6 years ago.

[Red Leader]

OMG!!!!!!!!!

Elektrick Compny RULEZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!!!!!!LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't wait. LETTER-MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

[creek14]

My youth
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http://wcpo.com/wcpo/localshows/uncleal/img/tour/gallery3.jpg

[Red Leader]

I watched a lot of Capt. Kangaroo and Uncle Al, too creek.


I was on the Uncle Al show on my birthday and got to do the Uncle Al twist. I thought I was a star.

[Rojo]

While we're strollling down the memory lane of PBS, anyone recall Villa Allegre?

[Johnny Footstool]

While we're strollling down the memory lane of PBS, anyone recall Villa Allegre?

I remember the song:

LAAA la la-la laaa la
la la LA la la la la

Villa Alegre!

[RBA]

As long as we are going down memory lane. This is a local Los Angeles show, so most here will probably not be familiar with it:

H-O-B-O K-E-Double L-Y
Hobo Kelly, sure and be-gor-ah 'tis I!
Come on along to Hobo Junction
Where fun happens ev'ry minute
It's a mythical, magical kind of place...

http://home.comcast.net/~kptv4/shows/kelly1.jpg

[Rojo]

H-O-B-O K-E-Double L-Y
Hobo Kelly, sure and be-gor-ah 'tis I!
Come on along to Hobo Junction
Where fun happens ev'ry minute
It's a mythical, magical kind of place...

http://home.comcast.net/~kptv4/shows/kelly1.jpg

Racial stereotyping the whole family could enjoy.