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The Best of The Electric Company
from Shout! Factory
directed by Henry Behar, John Tracy (II), Bob Schwarz

Features:

• Box set
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• DVD-Video

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• Fun Walk Down Memory Lane For The Sesame Street Generation
  This was a fun and goofy walk down memory lane for me, as a former child of the early 1970's. Your kids born after say 1995 or 2000, might not find this all that compelling, and in fact, they might even laugh and snicker at the cheap cardboard backgrounds that were used to film so many of the scenes in the Electric Company.
  However, this isn't about your kids. It's about you. I had great fun explaining to the kids that there was once a world without a thousand cable TV channels. We had cable TV when I... more info

• Memories + Good learning = Great Set!!
  This volume and volume 2 are both fantastic. Not only to they bring back lots of great memories and include wonderful actors and talent, but the Electric Company teaches BOTH sight reading and phonics. Most other teaching tools pick one, and I really like how they use both. My toddler is totally entertained, and so am I. And he's learning, too. Priceless!

• Blast from the past
  This video took me right back to my youth and I still found nearly all the of the content relevant and fun. My four year old is in love with it!

• Groovy.edu
  It was fun to see this again after so many years. When I compare these videos with today's standard I can honestly say that this is a bit more to real life. This program was brought to you by the same people that created "Sesame Street." However, there is more "funk" added to the jargon and delivery. You will find some historical commentary from the creator as well as having most of the content hosted by Rita Moreno (as she is today). Sometimes the flow was a little spotty if compared with today's programs.... more info

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