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The Classic Electric Company Memories Thread

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The New Adventures of Letterman

Hot Hockey Match

A fanfic by Cullen Pittman

It's hockey season. And we see a stadium full of fans, along with the two ice hockey teams. The X-rays, who got the name for being x-rayed so many times for broken teeth and bones. And the Xylophones, who got their name for having colorful personalities, while tough with the sticks.

As the game started, we see Letterman in the high top row enjoying the game while wearing a letter x jersey. Say Letterman, whose team are you rooting for? The X-rays or the Xylophones?

"Oh, I'm just rooting that both teams will have fun and not hurt themselves at all." smiled Letterman.

"Goody good sport!" shouted the Spellbinder from the bottom row. Then our villain looked at his hot dog. "This dog is not cooked all the way!" he shouted. "I should fix that concession stand."

Just then, he noticed one of the Xylophones about to make a winning GOAL.

"Or better yet, make my own BBQ pit right here." cackled the Spellbinder. "He took out his magic wand and changed the G in GOAL into a C. Creating COAL.

Suddenly, the hockey players smelled something burning. They looked down and found hot red coals all over the ice. "Quick everyone!" shouted the referee. "To the penalty boxes!"

"But we didn't do anything wrong." said one of the players.

"It's wrong to get our feet burned!" shouted the ref. "Follow me!" And the ref and all the players rushed into the safety of the penalty boxes. The crowd watched horrified as the red coals in the rink started to catch fire.

"Now that's better!" laughed the Spellbinder evily, as he stuck his hot dog on a stick and started to roast it over the coals. "Now this is a real hot game!"

"This is definitely a fire hazard!" shouted Letterman as he flew above the flaming rink. Faster than a rolling O. Stronger than Silent E. Able to leap capital T in a single bound. It's a word. It's a plan. It's Letterman!

"I'm Letterman," said our hero, but then looked at his sweater. "But all I have is an X. How can I stop those burning coals? Wait, this might work." So Letterman removed the X from his chest and put it over the L in COAL and made the word COAX.

"COAX?" asked one of the hockey players in the box. "Good, I'm thirsty. We all could use some ice cold colas."

"Not that kind of coax." sighed the referee.

Letterman then flew a little closer to the coals, but not too close to the flames. "Hi, little coals," said Letterman calmly. "How about turning down the heat? These nice people came here to see a hockey game and you're all kind of ruining it for everyone. Both the fans and the noble players who got unfairly sent to the penalty boxes. So can you all cease the burning, please?"

The coals, who had been coaxed by Letterman's reasoning, suddenly stopped burning and became harmless. Then the cleaners and zambonis came and removed the gray coals and smoothed out the ice again.

"Hey, my hot dog's still not done!" shouted the Spellbinder. But then the zamboni swerved by and covered the villain in snow making him looking like a snowman with a turban. Along with giving him eyes, nose, and a mouth made of coals.

"YAAAAY!" shouted the crowd as well as the hockey players and the ref who got back on the ice. "Thank you Letterman!" shouted the players who raised their sticks in gratitude.

"My pleasure," smiled Letterman as he took out one last harmless coal and dropped it on the ice so they could use it as a hockey puck and continue playing.

So who will win this game, the Xylophones or the X-rays? Guess you'll have to read all about it in tomorrow's sports page, since this is the end of the episode.

THE END
 

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The New Adventures of Letterman

Hot Hockey Match

A fanfic by Cullen Pittman

It's hockey season. And we see a stadium full of fans, along with the two ice hockey teams. The X-rays, who got the name for being x-rayed so many times for broken teeth and bones. And the Xylophones, who got their name for having colorful personalities, while tough with the sticks.

As the game started, we see Letterman in the high top row enjoying the game while wearing a letter x jersey. Say Letterman, whose team are you rooting for? The X-rays or the Xylophones?

"Oh, I'm just rooting that both teams will have fun and not hurt themselves at all." smiled Letterman.

"Goody good sport!" shouted the Spellbinder from the bottom row. Then our villain looked at his hot dog. "This dog is not cooked all the way!" he shouted. "I should fix that concession stand."

Just then, he noticed one of the Xylophones about to make a winning GOAL.

"Or better yet, make my own BBQ pit right here." cackled the Spellbinder. "He took out his magic wand and changed the G in GOAL into a C. Creating COAL.

Suddenly, the hockey players smelled something burning. They looked down and found hot red coals all over the ice. "Quick everyone!" shouted the referee. "To the penalty boxes!"

"But we didn't do anything wrong." said one of the players.

"It's wrong to get our feet burned!" shouted the ref. "Follow me!" And the ref and all the players rushed into the safety of the penalty boxes. The crowd watched horrified as the red coals in the rink started to catch fire.

"Now that's better!" laughed the Spellbinder evily, as he stuck his hot dog on a stick and started to roast it over the coals. "Now this is a real hot game!"

"This is definitely a fire hazard!" shouted Letterman as he flew above the flaming rink. Faster than a rolling O. Stronger than Silent E. Able to leap capital T in a single bound. It's a word. It's a plan. It's Letterman!

"I'm Letterman," said our hero, but then looked at his sweater. "But all I have is an X. How can I stop those burning coals? Wait, this might work." So Letterman removed the X from his chest and put it over the L in COAL and made the word COAX.

"COAX?" asked one of the hockey players in the box. "Good, I'm thirsty. We all could use some ice cold colas."

"Not that kind of coax." sighed the referee.

Letterman then flew a little closer to the coals, but not too close to the flames. "Hi, little coals," said Letterman calmly. "How about turning down the heat? These nice people came here to see a hockey game and you're all kind of ruining it for everyone. Both the fans and the noble players who got unfairly sent to the penalty boxes. So can you all cease the burning, please?"

The coals, who had been coaxed by Letterman's reasoning, suddenly stopped burning and became harmless. Then the cleaners and zambonis came and removed the gray coals and smoothed out the ice again.

"Hey, my hot dog's still not done!" shouted the Spellbinder. But then the zamboni swerved by and covered the villain in snow making him looking like a snowman with a turban. Along with giving him eyes, nose, and a mouth made of coals.

"YAAAAY!" shouted the crowd as well as the hockey players and the ref who got back on the ice. "Thank you Letterman!" shouted the players who raised their sticks in gratitude.

"My pleasure," smiled Letterman as he took out one last harmless coal and dropped it on the ice so they could use it as a hockey puck and continue playing.

So who will win this game, the Xylophones or the X-rays? Guess you'll have to read all about it in tomorrow's sports page, since this is the end of the episode.

THE END
Wow, that is an AWESOME story! I love it, and so will fans of the OA sound and the letter X everywhere!
 

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Okay, guys, here's the rundown. The University of Maryland only lets you request 50 free pages a month, so here's what I did.

22 of those 50 I requested are from Box 77, so we'll find out new stuff about the last few episodes of Electric Company.
The remaining pages are from Boxes 56 and 57, so from there we'll learn more about the EC curriculum. I wonder if those include lists of every Electric Company segment for a certain topic, like all the DR skits, all the EA ones, or what?
 

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So, a bit of progress is being made on making all the episodes quote unquote "public", hope we don't get into trouble for this...
 

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Anyone remember any of these Scanimates?
circus
cough
fat/flat
ghost
hiccup
jerk
judge
pizza
quake
quiet
saw
vase/save
x-ray
 

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Yeah we haven't made any significant progress since the UMD suspended us from asking for Electric Company scripts, leaving us in a state of limbo.
 

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Does anyone remember this skit? We see a wild west prospector, played by Jim Boyd, on a horse pulled wagon. His wife, Rita Moreno, came over to give him a picnic basket lunch, a bottle of lemonade, and two bags of gold. The prospector said, "I'm gonna sleep tonight, knowing this gold will be dropped off at the bank." He said goodbye to his wife and started off for the town. Just then, he was stopped by a bandit, played by Luis Avalos, who shouted, "HOLD IT! This is a HOLD UP! And I want you to give me all of your, uh, your, uh, I forget!" "Was it something to eat?" asked the prospector, "Give me all of your lunch?" "No," said the bandit, "It was something yellow." "Lemonade?" asked the prospector. "No, it was also something valuable," said the bandit. "You're not a horse thief, are you?" asked the prospector, "Give me all of your horsies?" Then the prospector offered to give the bandit a lift to the town and help him remember that thing. The prospector asked the bandit to hold his gold bags. The bandit had no idea what was in the bags, for he said he couldn't read. As they continued to ride, the prospector asked, "Was it bigger than a breadbox?" "Yes," said the bandit. "Was it bigger than a house?" asked the prospector. "No," said the bandit, "But you can buy a house with it."
And here, from an activity book, is a script of that very segment!
 
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