The Best of the Best of Electric Company
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Actor: Jim Boyd, Judy Graubart, Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno, Skip HinnantBrand: SHOUT FACTORY (UNDER GENIUS)
Producer: Andrew B. Ferguson Jr.
Writer: Elaine Laron
Writer: Jim Thurman
Writer: Paul Dooley
Writer: Sara Compton
Writer: Thad Mumford
Writer: Tom Dunsmuir
Writer: Tom Whedon
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 165 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-03-07
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Shout Factory Theatr
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- The Best Of The Best Of The Electric CompanyT 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 we
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Movie Review: Great content, but previews are not for kids!
Summary: 4 Stars
The Electric Company did a great job of helping me learn how to read when I was a kid, and when I noticed my son has the same problems that I had this DVD was my first idea to help him. The sketches are nice in that they move at a slower pace than TV does these days, so kids have time to absorb what is going on. The humor is always there, and in many cases sneaks up on you before you see it coming. My favorite, it still makes me giggle, is when Winnie muses that "she felt like a girl in a shampoo commercial" while pining for her lover. There is even a few jokes for adults. Nothing racy or off color, but the humor is sophisticated enough to make us grownups laugh. The problem is with the previews at the start of the disk! They are TOTALLY inappropriate for children to watch, one is for a teen movie about college with plenty of sex and adult humor. I didn't watch the rest, having skipped them over before my son started asking questions.
I'm no prude, but the moron who put teen sex-romp previews on a DVD for kids should be getting a negative quarterly performance review.
Summary of The Best of the Best of Electric Company
The Best Of The Best Of The Electric CompanyTFEATURING 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.T
5 GREAT EPISODES, INCLUDING SERIES PREMIERE
SPECIAL FEATURES
Rita Moreno Remembers
Outtakes
New Episode Intros by Rita Moreno
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