# HEY YOU GUYYYYYYS!!! The Electric Company on DVD **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-guyyyyyys-the-electric-company-on-dvd/342745 "2006-02-02T22:52:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-guyyyyyys-the-electric-company-on-dvd/342745/1 "2006-02-02T22:52:38Z")
Ho…ly…Holy! Cr…ap…Crap! [The Electric Company is coming to DVD next week!](http://www.shoutfactory.com/selection/270/The_Best_of_The_Electric_Company.html) Granted, it’s a Best Of type thing, but four disks ain’t bad. I’ve been waiting for this ever since I taped two hours of TEC off of Noggin when that channel first started. I’m not the only one excited about this, am I? Am I??? [Here’s a trailer to get you pumped!](http://www.shoutfactory.com/av/electric_co/ElectricCo_trailer.mov) They don’t make educational shows like that anymore ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-guyyyyyys-the-electric-company-on-dvd/342745/2 "2006-02-02T23:02:46Z")
And with good reason! Disco is best left dead and buried. Amazon wish list: opened, added. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-guyyyyyys-the-electric-company-on-dvd/342745/3 "2006-02-02T23:05:21Z")
One of my regrets from my teenage years is that I let my mother give away my Electric Company album. Probably won’t buy this set but I’ll rent it. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-guyyyyyys-the-electric-company-on-dvd/342745/4 "2006-02-02T23:13:29Z")
Oh, man. I can’t wait to get my refund so I can drop fifty bucks on this. If it was good enough for me, it’s good enough for my kid! Robin ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-guyyyyyys-the-electric-company-on-dvd/342745/5 "2006-02-02T23:14:33Z")
Oooooh…temptation! Spaghetti with a Spoon. Who can turn a dam into a dame? Silently, silently, silent - l.y. Upside-down Town. Spiderman, where are you comin’ from? Spiderman, nobody knows who you are! Heyyyy, youuuuu guyyyyys! And what about…Naomi? Oh, man. Oh, man. Oh, man. My mouseclick finger’s twitching… ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-guyyyyyys-the-electric-company-on-dvd/342745/6 "2006-02-02T23:45:50Z")
I remember a song, sung in the style of Johnny Cash, about how to convert verbs to the past tense; _Old Friend E-D_. That one might not play quite the same these days. And I’ve heard that Morgan Freeman wasn’t happy during his time there. Really, really wasn’t happy. That’s put a bit of a damper on my memories of the show. But I was a Tom Lehrer fan for years before I actually knew that I was. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-guyyyyyys-the-electric-company-on-dvd/342745/7 "2006-02-02T23:51:25Z")
I had no idea that Gene Wilder was the voice of Letterman. I’ll be ordering it as soon as I get home from work. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-guyyyyyys-the-electric-company-on-dvd/342745/8 "2006-02-03T00:07:07Z")
COME ON EVERYBODY!! We’re gonna turn it on We’re gonna bring you the power We’re gonna light up the dark of night like the brightest day in a whole new way We’re gonna turn it on We’re gonna bring you the power It’s coming down the lines, strong as they can be through the courtesy of The Electric Company The Electric Company The Electric Company! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-guyyyyyys-the-electric-company-on-dvd/342745/9 "2006-02-03T00:27:11Z")
> [@Suburban Plankton](#): > > I had no idea that Gene Wilder was the voice of Letterman. > > I’ll be ordering it as soon as I get home from work. And Joan Rivers was the narrator for Letterman. And Tom Lehrer wrote so many songs for the show! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-guyyyyyys-the-electric-company-on-dvd/342745/10 "2006-02-03T02:12:50Z")
That’s a great trailer 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-guyyyyyys-the-electric-company-on-dvd/342745/11 "2006-02-03T02:41:35Z")
OMIGOSH. I KNEW those gift certificates to Best Buy were being saved for something 😃 . Now if they’d release _3-2-1 Contact_, so that I can get the Bloodhound Gang, I’ll be very happy. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-guyyyyyys-the-electric-company-on-dvd/342745/12 "2006-02-03T02:44:59Z")
> [@Elza B](#): > > OMIGOSH. > > I KNEW those gift certificates to Best Buy were being saved for something 😃 . > > Now if they’d release _3-2-1 Contact_, so that I can get the Bloodhound Gang, I’ll be very happy. Heh! Whenever there’s trouble, we’re there on the double! Bloodhound Detective Agency. Mr. Bloodhound isn’t here. Damn…you people are evoking my childhood here… ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-guyyyyyys-the-electric-company-on-dvd/342745/13 "2006-02-03T03:20:06Z")
T-I-O-N, shun shun shun shun! Spells revolutiooooonnnnn… YAY! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-guyyyyyys-the-electric-company-on-dvd/342745/14 "2006-02-03T03:57:33Z")
So, whatever happened to that guy who played _Easy Reader_? He was my hero when I was a kid. Scraping the bottom of the obscurity barrel, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-guyyyyyys-the-electric-company-on-dvd/342745/15 "2006-02-03T04:03:06Z")
I missed the demographic for The Electric Company, but probably ought to check it out for the grandkids. What I want are 3-2-1 Contact and Square One. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-guyyyyyys-the-electric-company-on-dvd/342745/16 "2006-02-03T04:04:36Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > So, whatever happened to that guy who played _Easy Reader_? He was my hero when I was a kid. > > Scraping the bottom of the obscurity barrel, I’m sure. 😃 I know what happened to the guy who played Fargo North, Decoder. He voiced a certain cat in a certain Bakshi x-rated cartoon…