I used to watch this show when I was a kid, and it taught me to read when I was 3. By the time I was in kindergarten I was reading at an 8th grade level, and I attribute that GREATLY to this show.
Still relevant today
This was a blast from the past for my husband and I. We purchased this for our 6 and 7 year olds and they really like it. It fits right where they are in school, and they laugh while they are learning. Often when we are doing homework, I'll say "That's what they said on the Electric Company" or "Remember what the Electric Company said this letters sound like?" And they do. It's been a joy to see something from my childhood work for them. It's great to play in the morning while they are getting ready for school. -- Plus I have to admit, seeing Morgan Freeman and Bill Cosby in this is quite hilarious (mistakes and all!)
Lee Chambelin is alive and well! A post from her daughter
Lee Chamberlin is alive and well and has made many, many appearances on numerous television shows including a long running stint as Pat Baxter on "All My Children". In addition to her movie roles in the 70's with Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby in" Let's Do It Again" and "Uptown Saturday Night", she has appeared in All's Fair, Paris, James at Sixteen, The Practice, Touched by an Angel, Moesha, Viper, NYPD Blue, LifeTime Network and many, many more. She has blossomed into a Writer and Director and has won no less than 9 AUDELCO Awards for excellence in Black Theatre for her muscial" La Metisse". She recently read her one woman show "Object in a Mirror ...are Closer than They Seem" in NYC's Theatre Row on September 19, 2006. She also has a MYSPACE page maintained by her daughter (That being me). It's set to private so make a request first. Thanks for reading.
-Ekayani Chamberlin
Each episode was an explosion of creativity. From 1971-1977, The Electric Company made learning to read not just fun, but downright hip. Designed more as a complement than an alternative to Sesame Street, that means skits, animated segments, musical interludes, and funky fashions--always a plus. (Dig those fringed jackets and snakeskin stretch pants.) The cast includes Emmy winner Bill Cosby, Oscar winner Rita Moreno, Fame star Irene Cara (a member of the Short Circus), and a skinny beanpole named Morgan Freeman, who would pick up his own Academy Award a few decades later. In this 20-episode set, cast members Judy Graubart, Luis Avalos, Skip Hinnant, Jim Boyd, and Hattie Winston provide introductions. In addition, pop-ups dispense fun facts, like the show's... More Info about this DVD Director(s): John Tracy (II) - Chuck Jones - Henry Behar DVD Release Date: Released the 14 November 2006 Usually ships in 24 hours
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When the Children's Theater Workshop's Sesame Street first aired on television in 1969, it was a revolutionary new show aimed specifically at preschool children--an audience previously untargeted by television programming. Exhaustively-researched and tested on real audiences of preschoolers, this "experiment in kid programming" aimed to teach preschoolers the alphabet, numbers, body parts, rhyming, and basic reasoning skills while thoroughly entertaining them. Through the use of humor, the amazing puppetry of Frank Oz and Jim Henson, animation, the incredibly catchy music of Joe Raposo and Jeffrey Moss, and a fast-action pace borrowed from the television commercial format, Sesame Street was, and still is, more successful at educating and entertaining children than anyone... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 24 October 2006 Usually ships in 24 hours
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It's a good bet that any American kid growing up in the '70s or '80s learned some elementary lesson from the seminal musical series Schoolhouse Rock!. Airing from 1973 to 1984 (and often revived), the ABC Saturday morning shorts effortlessly introduced kids to grammar, science, multiplication, money, and American history--three minutes at a time. In one smart, comprehensive 2-disc set, all 46 songs and plenty of extras are collected. The four creators developed the series slowly, a welcome diversion from their advertising agency jobs, and ended up taking home four Emmys over the years. The background material includes 10 audio commentaries and a making-of feature for the new song, "I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College." The DVD subtitle option is a great bonus for those who need to... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 27 August 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The charm, the zaniness, the corny jokes, the showbiz cliches--every element of The Muppet Show holds up 30 years after Jim Henson's legendary variety series' debut season. Well, perhaps not everything: Today's younger viewers might have a hard time placing some of The Muppet Show's then-guest stars, such as Florence Henderson or Ruth Buzzi. But then, the Show's real celebrities are perennial icons Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo the... whatever, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and the rest of the Muppets' harried, well-meaning family of entertainers. Season One finds the show pretty much in the basic shape longtime fans will remember: A musical introduction followed by backstage chaos, another musical number, a sketch, a scene with the guest star, and so on. A... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Philip Casson - Peter Harris DVD Release Date: Released the 09 August 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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