# "The Electric Company" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-electric-company/344073 "2006-02-12T02:52:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mazinger\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mazinger\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mazinger_z)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-electric-company/344073/21 "2006-02-17T16:44:37Z")
Hey you guys! Holy cow, I totally forgot about Spiderman. Are there any vidcaps or screen shots of Spidey on the Electric Company? My googling is weak. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-electric-company/344073/22 "2006-02-17T17:05:09Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > …and, what about _Naomi_? I quote this all the time, but it’s a rare bird that gets it. Then again, I was too old for The Electric Company, but I used to watch with my youngest sister, who’s 11 years younger than I. Maybe I need to use that line on younger folks?? ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-electric-company/344073/23 "2006-02-17T17:05:38Z")
“Jennifer of the Jungle, you’re a joy!” ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-electric-company/344073/24 "2006-02-17T18:24:38Z")
T-I-O-N “Shun-shun-shun-shun” T-I-O-N “Shun-shun-shun-shun” Don’t throw it in the water. You will get pollution. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-electric-company/344073/25 "2006-02-17T22:45:41Z")
> [@saoirse](#): > > Private property? No! Fishing allowed. Works on contigency? No, money down! Hmm, seems like Lionel Hutz got his legal ideas from _The Electric Company_. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-electric-company/344073/26 "2006-02-22T04:24:55Z")
Dang. Having watched one of the DVDs, I’m now filled with all sorts of magical nostalgaic memories. I would be thrilled if CTW would release a CD of _The Electric Company_ songs. I’d also love to see a DVD compilation of their musical numbers. I am absolutely dying to hear “Sweet Sweet Sway” again. Dang. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-electric-company/344073/27 "2006-02-22T19:58:00Z")
> [@dangermom](#): > > Ooh! There are DVDs!! → Y … ay ← …Yay! Just got mine in the mail over the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-electric-company/344073/28 "2006-02-22T20:10:11Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Dang. Having watched one of the DVDs, I’m now filled with all sorts of magical nostalgaic memories. > > I would be thrilled if CTW would release a CD of _The Electric Company_ songs. I’d also love to see a DVD compilation of their musical numbers. I am absolutely dying to hear “Sweet Sweet Sway” again. > > Dang. I talked with some reps from WGBH at a conference a couple of years ago about whether they knew if CTW was planning to offer the Electric Company episodes for sale. The woman I talked to said that there were many rights problems that had to be worked out before they could be offered on DVD/VHS. It looks like they’ve worked out some of them at last, so keep your eyes open for other offerings. This “Best of…” set is a good sign!!! ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-electric-company/344073/29 "2006-02-22T20:59:25Z")
I can’t hear you. There’s a banana in my ear. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Bongo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9adbd/32.png) [@Winston\_Bongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Bongo)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-electric-company/344073/30 "2006-02-22T21:32:29Z")
There’s a hole . . . There’s a hoooole . . . There’s a hole in the bottom of the seeeeeeaaa . . . ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-electric-company/344073/31 "2006-02-22T21:54:27Z")
This week’s issue of _the Onion_ has a [review of the Electric Company DVD](http://www.avclub.com/content/node/45673) in the A.V. Club. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-electric-company/344073/32 "2006-02-22T22:03:38Z")
BTW, did anyone else think that Allison of _The Short Circus_ was really, really cute? As a young lad, I certainly did. ---
**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 22, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-electric-company/344073/33 "2006-02-22T23:35:37Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > BTW, did anyone else think that Allison of _The Short Circus_ was really, really cute? As a young lad, I certainly did. I dunno. I was too fixated on Buddy. (Especially the one skit they do where he’s in the tub…) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Punkyova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@The\_Punkyova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Punkyova)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-electric-company/344073/34 "2006-02-23T02:56:11Z")
JThunder wants Electric Company songs: On the box set of Tom Lehrer that came out a year or so ago, a lot of the Electric Company songs are included. I don’t remeber the name of the set or the play list, but I suspect that Google is your friend. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-electric-company/344073.md?page=1)