Don't forget that there were live-action Spider-Man bits during The Electric Company!

Gotta love Spidey teachin' the little'uns.

UnpluggedCrazy | January 09, 15:19 CET

This was a great show. I wasn't the target audience by any means and I loved it. My favourite section was a spoof of soap operas.
And look who else it featured! Mel Blanc, Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder. This is great stuff. Thanks thespian.

Lioness | January 09, 17:17 CET

Who can turn a can into a cane? Who can turn a man into a mane? It's elementary for Silent E! Tom Lehrer at his best! :-D

And let's not forget that Morgan Freeman got his start on EC as Easy Reader!

OzLady | January 09, 18:00 CET

"HEY YOU GUUUUUYS!!!!
We're gonna turn it on!
We're gonna bring you the power...!"
I loved TEC.
I wasn't in the target audience either, but I was a regular viewer.
Yeah, Morgan Freeman as Easy Reader. He was hella cool.
: )

AmazonGirl | January 09, 19:25 CET

Faster than a rolling O
Stronger than silent E
Able to leap capital T at a single bound!

It's a word
It's a plan
It's Letterman!

Ah. Good times. Why didn't Joss sneak in an EC reference on Smile Time? It would have been a natural!

cjl | January 09, 22:38 CET

Another Electric Company kid here. I was just a little too old/advanced in reading to really "need" it, but I still loved the show. Yes, we learn from two generations of Whedons. And I remember when Morgan Freeman started popping up in movies regularly and thinking "hey, that's Easy Reader!"

Which leads me to wonder about we'll be seeing from Joss's brother, Zack. I assume he's still assisting David Milch on "Deadwood", but Joss referred to a student film he did on the "Serenity" commentary. Hopefully, he'll continue to do the name proud.

bobster | January 10, 00:48 CET

I was way past the target audience for The Electric Company, yet, I still sing the silent e song to myself on occasion.

lycoming | January 10, 01:43 CET

How cool! It turns out I was a Whedon fan decades before Buffy! Fargo North, Decoder was my hero...and of course, who can forget Love of Chair?

Which reminds me: what about Naomi?
;-)

tehipite_tom | January 10, 03:31 CET

That's it! Love of Chair! Will the boy sit on the chair? Will the chair stand alone? Stay tuned till next week for "Love of Chair"

Lioness | January 10, 03:43 CET

1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
11 12!

That's all I remember. Oh, and of course, the "Hey You Guys".

My best friend loves Golden Girls as much as I love Buffy, so I LOVED letting her know that Tom Whedon was a writer. She makes way too much fun of me.

Harmalicious | January 10, 08:37 CET

I didn't see The Electric Company - not the target audience, either - but I am a big fan of Tom Lehrer's and have "The Silent E" on one of his albums.

samatwitch | January 11, 06:09 CET