A few years ago I was thrilled to find a DVD compilation of childhood favorite The Electric Company. You can read a bit about it — and in particular its crossovers with predecessor Sesame Street — on the Muppet Wiki, as well as in greater depth on Wikipedia.
I have fond memories of the show, from Rita Moreno’s familiar opening shout to the animated Adventures of Letterman shorts to Morgan Freeman as Easy Reader to Skip Hinnant in Fargo North, Decoder, to — of course — the strangely silent Spider-Man. What surprised me when I popped in the DVD was how much was unfamiliar, including the delightfully absurd soap-opera parody Love of Chair. The first episode of the serial is up on YouTube, albeit bootlegged; one minute long, just when you think it’s started running on fumes it finishes with a couple of laugh-out-loud moments. Some interesting but spoilery trivia follows in the comments section below.
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ReplyDeleteI didn't want to bring this up in the post because you really had to hear "What about Naomi?" out of the blue in the video, but... It turns out that the mysterious Naomi was named for Naomi Foner, a producer on the series who went on to become an Oscar-nominated screenwriter as well as the mother of actors Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal.
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ReplyDeleteI wish I'd been old enough (sorry, guys) to watch the original, but I only saw any of it thanks to Blam. Hey, guy! More blogging, please! PS: My verification word is "glormoog"!!!
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