The Best of the Best of Electric Company
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Actor: Jim Boyd, Judy Graubart, Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno, Skip HinnantBrand: SMD
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 (Unknown); 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 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 we
Movie Reviews of The Best of the Best of Electric Company
Movie Review: 5 episodes is not enough....
Summary: 5 Stars
Trust me, you're gonna want more. I made the 'mistake' of buying this(the single-disc version of their 'best of' box set) awhile back because I remembered watching this when i was a kid back in the 70's, but didn't fully remember how much i enjoyed it. So i played it safe and bought this bargain-priced sampler dvd with 5 episodes(spanning the series entire run including the pilot episode). Anyway, when i first saw it again, i just had this big grin on my face as nostalgia of me watching this as a kid went through my mind. Unfortunately, after i exhausted the 5 episodes, i was craving for more. Then i realized...I should've bought the bigger, 20-episode, 'Best of'(@ about $40) box set. Solution? I'll just give this to my nieces to introduce them to this wonderful 70's 'kids' show, while i order the box set for me. Don't worry, i'll share the box set with my nieces as well.
About the show though, it's been said that it was a show for kids to help them learn, and be interested in, reading. The reason why so many adults like it now and can still appreciate it though(outside of it being a nostalgic 70's time capsule), is because it taught its lessons through clever, interesting, or hip comedy skits and animations. It helps that you had a great cast of regulars too like Bill Cosby, Rita Moreno, Morgan Freeman, etc and even Spider-Man! And the list of memorable, long-running skits and animated segments is just too numerous to mention here. And that theme song...catchy as heck. And the ever-changing, opening montage credit sequences set to that theme song...cheesy and fun as heck.
Ok, the dvd. It comes with a few minutes of outtakes, trivia to open and close the episodes, and a nice Rita Moreno interview(who also does the episode intros). I'm not a dvd-expert, but the picture quality looks great considering this is a 70's public broadcasting show. The mono sound you're gonna have to turn up, but hopefully you've got some type of enhanced audio system anyway(some good musical bits plus the theme song demand that you have a stereo hook-up at the very least). Overall, if you're unfamiliar with this show, the 5-episode $10 version is a great intro and highly recommended. But i can almost guarantee you're gonna want to see more and you're probably going to purchase the 20-episode $40 version at some point so keep that in mind. Die-hard fans(esp with kids) should go straight to the box set, or hope they release season sets soon.
Summary of The Best of the Best of Electric Company
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
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