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  1. Xerus

    The Classic Electric Company Memories Thread

    "S & L" Does anyone remember this Electric Company cartoon? We see a guy looking at the entrance of a fancy new restaurant called the S & L. "I gotta try it," said the guy as he entered and sat at a table. He asked the waiter for their specialty. The waiter replied, "Our Sludge." The guy asked...
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    The Classic Electric Company Memories Thread

    Another great cartoon, sung by Tom Lehner with music by Joe Raposo.
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    The Classic Electric Company Memories Thread

    Here's a beautifully animated TEC cartoon animated by Gerald McDermott.
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    Rebusquest

    D'Snowth made this great RebusQuest fanart for my fanart page. It's Carson and Reba wishing me a Happy birthday in rebus form. Located at the top. Thanks again, Snowthy. :) http://www.therebusquestwebsite.com/fan-creations.php
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    The Classic Electric Company Memories Thread

    Letterman in: A Big Nothing. We see a bunch of kids gathered around Letterman admiring him and calling him their hero. The Spellbinder was watching and had an evil idea. He turned the H in HERO into a Z making ZERO. And Letterman got turned into a short round red number zero with eyes. "Well...
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    The Classic Electric Company Memories Thread

    There was also a third one in between Happy and sad and Clean and Dirty. A basketball player dribbling a ball enters the machine and the machine answers, TALL OR SHORT, and the basketball player comes out really tiny.
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    The Classic Electric Company Memories Thread

    Does anyone remember this skit? We see Hattie Winston hosting an awards show. She announced that the Road Runner was going to receive a lifetime achievement award. She took out a trophy and said, "And here's the famous Road Runner!" But instead, Jim Boyd came in wearing a fat Road Runner suit...
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    The Classic Electric Company Memories Thread

    The later Electric Company episodes had guest appearances by the Road Runner and Coyote, animated by Chuck Jones.
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    Happy Birthday Xerus!

    Thank you, everybody. :) I feel honored and I had a good day too. :)
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    The Classic Electric Company Memories Thread

    Does anyone remember this skit? We see J. Arthur Crank (Jim Boyd) sitting on his couch and receives a phone call. It was a game show host, with Morgan Freeman's voice. He told Crank if he could name these four sounds, he will win a big prize. The first sound was a meow, Crank said it was a CAT...
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    The Classic Electric Company Memories Thread

    Yes, as a kid of the 70's, I too had to live without VCR and cable luxuries. And went crazy if I missed an episode of Sesame Street and the Electric Company. Also, while I was in school, PBS aired these cool and creative 15 minute educational shows like The Letter People, Math Patrol, Readalong...
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    The Classic Electric Company Memories Thread

    There were times when Letterman didn't have the right letter with him or even no letters at all. So he had to find ways to improvise the best he could.
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    The Classic Electric Company Memories Thread

    LETTERMAN in, A ROLLING STONE: We see the Spellbinder watching a little old lady named Miss Stone walking down a hill. SB decides that what she needs on her heels are wheels. So he adds a W to HEELS turning Miss Stone's HEELS into WHEELS. And she starts to roll down the hill to an approaching...
  14. Xerus

    The Classic Electric Company Memories Thread

    Not only did Gene Wilder voice Letterman, he also voiced the agreeable Arnold.
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    The Classic Electric Company Memories Thread

    FREE FRENCH FRIES? We see Skip Hinnant as a little boy with a T-shirt, baseball cap, and glasses. He was talking about his favorite FR words like French Fries and Free. He said he likes getting free fries. And he gets them free because he just takes them without paying. Then a cop, played by...
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    The Classic Electric Company Memories Thread

    As I remember, Rita left and accidentally took the sign with her. And Morgan growls, "That's the 4th sign I lost this week! PEOPLE!"
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    The Classic Electric Company Memories Thread

    WHO EVER THOUGHT OF THE ZIPPER?: Does anyone remember this skit? We see a cloth with a zipper and someone unzipping it revealing a musical number. First, we see Gregg Burge wearing winter clothes and can't get the zipper undone. And he started singing how it's 90 degrees, but can't get the...
  18. Xerus

    The Classic Electric Company Memories Thread

    Here's an audio of Hattie Winston singing, Temptation. It sounds so groovy and 70's.
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    The Classic Electric Company Memories Thread

    In the later sign reading episodes, they decided to be a lot nicer to the guy. Like when he read, Blow a Kiss, a girl ended up showering him with kisses. And, Feed the Dog, the guy feeds his dog and the dogs starts hugging him lovingly.
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    Phonic Foolery

    Here's a new Phonic Foolery cartoon entitled, The K vs K Knockout Match, where two letter K's try to knock each other out. http://www.therebusquestwebsite.com/k-vs-k-page1.php
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