Title The best of The Electric Company. Vol. 2 [(DVD) videorecording] / Children's Television Workshop ; 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.

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

Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1035379~S1

Location	Call No.	Status
95th Street Juvenile DVD Fiction	J ELE	AVAILABLE
Nichols Juvenile DVD Fiction	J ELE	MISSING

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Description	4 videodiscs (approximately 630 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital, NTSC.
Note	Title from container.
	Contains 20 episodes from the television series.
	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.
	For specific features see interactive menu.
Cast	Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno.
Performer	Voices: Mel Brooks, Joan Rivers, Gene Wilder, Zero Mostel.
	Special guest stars on episode 166: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Wilt Chamberlain, Victor Borge.
	Special guest stars on episode 223: Gary Owens, Dean Martin.
Credits	Music director, Joe Raposo.
Event	Originally broadcast on PBS television from 1971-1976.
Audience	General audiences.
Note	General audiences.
Summary	'The Electric Company' makes learning fun and reading a joyful experience through songs, animation, comedy and dance.
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).
Subject	Reading (Elementary) -- Juvenile fiction -- Videodiscs.
	English language -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Juvenile fiction -- Videodiscs.
	Vocabulary -- Juvenile fiction -- Videodiscs.
	Word recognition -- Juvenile fiction -- Videodiscs.
Local Subject	DVDS, JUVENILE.
Genre	Video recordings for children.
	Educational television programs.
Added Author	Cosby, Bill, 1937-
	Freeman, Morgan.
	Moreno, Rita.
	Brooks, Mel, 1926-
	Rivers, Joan.
	Wilder, Gene, 1935-
	Mostel, Zero, 1915-1977.
	Children's Television Workshop.
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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