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[spatch]

The coolest bit of the Electric Company DVD box set has got to be the oldschool PBS bumper at the end of every episode.

and here's a video clip in RealVideo for those who want the groovy synth stuff, too.

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[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

I saw a bunch of Electric Company on Noggin a little while ago, and the thing that struck me about it was that my childhood was COMPLETELY FUNKATIZED and I never consciously realized it at the time.

I mean, even Letterman had a blaxploitation-quality funky intro even though he was narrated by Joan Rivers. I would kill to have that play whenever I was about to appear.

[dskasak.livejournal.com]

This is why I can't hear some older Pointer Sisters songs from the 70s without thinking of Sesame Street. Not only did they do the pinball song, but they also performed their first single, "Yes We Can-Can."

[ubiquity75.livejournal.com]

I know we can make it!
I know darn well (we can work it out)
Oh yes we can can
yes we can

I FUCKING LOVED THAT.

[ubiquity75.livejournal.com]

They also sang a funked out version of the ABCs. The Pointer Sisters were all kinds of up in some Sesame Street grill, son.

[spatch]

Letterman was voiced by Gene Wilder, that much I knew, but I didn't realize Zero Mostel was the voice of the villian! (Bialystock & Bloom in a cartoon!)

Thank you DVD liner notes!