The Electric Company's greatest hits & bits the public television retrospective
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Children's television programs.
Electric Company (Television program).
English language -- Grammar -- Juvenile films.
Reading (Early childhood) -- Juvenile films.

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Published
Los Angeles, CA : New York : Shout! Factory ; Distributed by Sony BMG Music Entertainment, c2006.
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
826663103618

Notes

General Note
Title from container insert.
General Note
Originally broadcast on television, beginning in 1971, as segments of: The Electric Company.
General Note
Special features: Deleted scenes--In the footsteps of Sesame Street, Target audience, Kicking it around, Mommy's doing a show, The Uncle Jimmy show, Joan Rivers on-- , In the classroom, You taught me to read, man; A conversation with Tom Lehrer recorded August 25, 2006 (audio only)
Restrictions on Access
"For noncommercial private exhibition in homes only"--Container insert.
Creation/Production Credits
Art direction and design, Meat and Potatoes, Inc.; editor, Peter S. Lynch, II.
Description
A clip-filled celebration featuring many of the series' most popular segments, with Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno, and the multi-talented Electric Company cast. A cultural phenomenon in the '70s, this wildly popular educational television show with big laughs had a bigger message: teaching children basic reading and grammar skills with the emphasis on fun. Includes interviews with cast members Jim Boyd, Judy Graubart, Skip Hinnant, Tom Lehrer, Rita Moreno, Joan Rivers, and series creator Joan Ganz Cooney.
Target Audience
General audience.
System Details
DVD.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Leaf, D., Scheinfeld, J., Cosby, B., Freeman, M., Moreno, R., Boyd, J., Graubart, J., Hinnant, S., Lehrer, T., Rivers, J., & Cooney, J. G. (2006). The Electric Company's greatest hits & bits: the public television retrospective . Shout! Factory ; Distributed by Sony BMG Music Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

David. Leaf et al.. 2006. The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits: The Public Television Retrospective. Shout! Factory ; Distributed by Sony BMG Music Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

David. Leaf et al.. The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits: The Public Television Retrospective Shout! Factory ; Distributed by Sony BMG Music Entertainment, 2006.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Leaf, David., et al. The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits: The Public Television Retrospective Shout! Factory ; Distributed by Sony BMG Music Entertainment, 2006.

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