Talk:The Electric Company
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[edit] Rita Moreno
Was she with the cast through the entire run? I noticed she wasn't in the final "That's All" segment on the last show and generally wasn't very prominent in the later episodes (showing up mainly in reruns of older sketches).
>>> Yes, Rita was with the cast through its entire run. However, she had other acting duties toward the end of the series and was not always available on certain days. Apparently, the "That's All" sketch was taped on a day when she wasn't available (I guess they figured kids wouldn't notice), as were many of the sixth season sketches. Jphillst 04:22, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Is this quote fair use?
Who can turn a can into a cane?
Who can turn a pan into a pane?
It's not too hard to see,
It's Silent E.
- I think that as a limited quote, not representing a major fraction of the whole, it's probably fine as fair use. Mpolo 18:34, Oct 18, 2004 (UTC)
I don't know where Morgan Freeman's career was at the time, but Bill Cosby had already had two tv sereis and a lot of successful comedy albums, and Rita Moreno had won an Oscar by the time the show aired. They didn't "go on" to become big stars, they already were big stars.
[edit] theme
Question: someone said that the words to the show's theme were 'frequently misunderstood'. What do they mean? (Smoke from a Distant Fire and Bad Moon on the Rise come to mind here).
Well, there were three variations of the theme: the first one was just a chorus. The third is basically an expansion of the first to a two-verse song with a bridge. It's the second one I can't completely make out - it has a totally different first verse leading into the chorus. The DVDs don't have subtitles or CCs, so they're little help..
Lambertman 18:08, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
I think it's We're gonna turn it on! (repeat x4) We're gonna open a book, and read every word we can see. We're gonna give you the power to learn about anything, and the power's gonna let us free... power's gonna let us free...
(Chorus)
>>> I think it's "SET us free." Jphillst 04:22, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Mmmmm, is it "legal" to post a link here? I found the lyrics online at http://www.cfhf.net/lyrics/electric.htm (which made me very happy, as I could never figure 'em out, either). I think there are a few small errors there, but it supplies the most difficult lines nocely. Now I'd like to find the "Yards and Yards of Yellow Yarn" number... :) Hierophany 09:56, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Gary Gnu
Wasn't there a Gary Gnu character? No ganuun is good ganuu with(/out?) gary ganuu (gnuu)--Jondel 14:48, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
- "No gnews is good gnews with Gnu." He was on the daytime kids show The Great Space Coaster syndicated to commercial TV stations. Morganfitzp
I remember Gary Gnu and his g-news show, but I can't remember if this was a feature of The Electric Company or some other show. Also, didn't the Blue Beetle (whom DC later acquired) also appear on the show? This may or may not have been limited to the Spidey Super Stories skit. --Archola
- Hmmm...Gary Gnu is a character from the The Great Space Coaster --Jojit fb 07:18, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] The typewriter animation
Am I just misremembering my long-ago childhood, or was the Electric Company in fact the home of the typewriter animation? You know the one: anthropomorphic typewriter on wheels rolls out humming to itself ('noo nee noo nee noo noo'), says a letter and a short word ('C! Cat!') accompanied by typing the letter/word on itself. Voiced by Bill Cosby as I recall. Am I completely making this up?
- No, I remember it too, but I'm not sure if this was on electric company or sesame street. ike9898 17:17, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
- No, that's definitely a Sesame Street piece. Sesame Street concentrated on individual letters, Electric Company concentrated on more advanced reading concepts. thespian 03:27, 26 January 2006
- I think he actually appeared on both. It wasn't unusual for TEC to do segments on a single letter.
- It was strictly a Sesame Street thing. I remember this because it seemed kind of risqué on Sesame Street for the typewriter to suffer some hilariously slapstick fate that would usher it off of the screen. Morganfitzp 13:28, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
- I think he actually appeared on both. It wasn't unusual for TEC to do segments on a single letter.
- No, that's definitely a Sesame Street piece. Sesame Street concentrated on individual letters, Electric Company concentrated on more advanced reading concepts. thespian 03:27, 26 January 2006
[edit] Corporate sponsorship
The section on corporate sponsors seems excessive - I feel like I'm being subjected to advertisements. Truly PBS had its share of corporate sponsors in the 1970s whose on-screen presence was greatly augmented in the following decades, but do we really need the play-by-play of what their credits looked like in an article about a childrens' television show? Morganfitzp 13:32, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Slow Reader
I watched the show and I swear I remember the "Giant" episode of Slow Reader reading, "Do not bother this sleeping giant," not "Do not bother this giant person." Can anyone confirm? 67.34.42.36 01:07, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- My kids watch the DVDs every day. I can absolutely confirm that it's "Do not bother this giant person." That's how I remember it from my childhood, too. ObtuseAngle 01:17, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
