Title The best of The Electric Company. Vol. 2 / Children's Television Workshop ; executive producers, Samuel Y. Gibbon, Jr., Dave D. Connell ; head writers, Paul Dooley, Tom Whedon ; writers, John Boni, Sara Compton, Tom Dunsmuir, Elaine Laron, Thad Mumford, Alan Riefe, Albert Rosenzweig, Jeremy Stevens, Jim Thurman ; Sesame Workshop.

Publication Info.	Los Angeles : Shout! Factory ; New York : Distributed by Sony BMG Music Entertainment, [1971]
	©2006

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South Windsor Public Library - Children's Audio-Visual Materials	JDVD ELECTRIC COMPANY VOL. 2 DISC 1-4	Check Shelf

Description	4 videodiscs (630 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD; region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital.
Note	Title from container.
Cast	Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno, Jim Boyd, Judy Graubart, Skip Hinnant, June Angela, Mel Brooks, Joan Rivers, Gene Wilder, Luis Avalos, Zero Mostel ; guest stars, Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Wilt Chamberlain, Victor Borge, Gary Owens, Dean Martin.
Credits	Music director, Joe Raposo.
Event	Originally broadcast on PBS television from 1971-1976.
Summary	Comedy sketches, music, animation and special effects were the tools of this video classroom. Full of wit and energy this popular educational show from the 1970's made learning to read fun.
Contents	Disc 1. Episode 12 (Nov. 9, 1971) ; Episode 73 (Feb. 2, 1972) ; Episode 150 (Nov. 17, 1972) ; Episode 166 (Dec. 11, 1972) ; Episode 197 (Jan. 23, 1973) -- Disc 2. Episode 223 (Feb. 28, 1973) ; Episode 227 (March 6, 1973) ; Episode 230 (March 9, 1973) ; Episode 232 (March 13, 1973) ; Episode 253 (April 11, 1973) -- Disc 3. Episode 322 (Jan. 29, 1974) ; Episode 375 (March 29, 1974) ; Episode 502 (March 25, 1975) ; Episode 27A (Nov. 25, 1975) ; Episode 35A (Dec. 5, 1975) -- Disc 4. Episode 57A (Jan. 6, 1976) ; Episode 60A (Jan. 9, 1976) ; Episode 77A (Feb. 3, 1976) ; Episode 105A (March 12, 1976) ; Episode 122A (Oct. 6, 1975).
Note	Special features: New episode intros; trivia ; Disc 1: Play all songs; "Remembering 'The Electric Company'": ensemble members Luis Avalos, Jim Boyd, Judy Graubart, Skip Hinnant and Hattie Winston look back ; Disc 2: Play all songs; 'The Electric Company' documentary (1975): the effect of the show on schoolchildren ; Disc 3: Play all songs; Bill Cosby on 'The Dick Cavett show' (Nov. 10, 1971) ; Disc 4: Play all songs.
	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	English language -- Grammar -- Juvenile films.
	English language -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Juvenile films.
	Reading -- Juvenile films.
	Reading (Early childhood) -- Juvenile films.
	Vocabulary -- Juvenile films.
	Word recognition -- Juvenile films.
Genre/Form	Children's television programs.
	Television programs.
	Educational television programs.
Subject	Reading.
	English language.
	Vocabulary.
	Word recognition.
	Reading.
	English language.
	Vocabulary.
	Word recognition.
Added Author	Gibbon, Samuel Y.
	Connell, David D.
	Dooley, Paul, 1928-
	Whedon, Tom.
	Boni, John.
	Compton, Sara.
	Dunsmuir, Tom.
	Laron, Elaine.
	Mumford, Thad.
	Riefe, Alan.
	Rosenzweig, Albert.
	Stevens, Jeremy, 1938-
	Thurman, Jim.
	Cosby, Bill, 1937-
	Freeman, Morgan.
	Moreno, Rita.
	Boyd, Jim, 1933-2013.
	Graubart, Judy.
	Hinnant, Skip.
	Angela, June.
	Brooks, Mel, 1926-
	Rivers, Joan.
	Wilder, Gene, 1935-
	Mostel, Zero, 1915-1977.
	O'Connor, Carroll.
	Stapleton, Jean, 1923-2013.
	Chamberlain, Wilt, 1936-1999.
	Borge, Victor.
	Owens, Gary.
	Martin, Dean, 1917-1995.
	Raposo, Joe.
	Children's Television Workshop.
	Sesame Workshop.
	Shout! Factory (Firm)
	Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
Added Title	Electric Company (Television program)
ISBN	0738935093
	9780738935096
Standard No.	826663101416
Music No.	826663-10141 Shout! Factory (set)
	DVD10142--DVD10145 Shout! Factory (discs)

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