The Electric Company

protrusion · 2023-05-23T22:06:38.425Z

obscurerobot:

Newton’s Apple used a bootleg of Kraftwerk’s Ruckzuck for their opening music.

I remember my first time listening to Kraftwerk 1 in high school and hearing that song and being immediately transported back to my childhood. It was astonishing.

DimensionsTomorrow · 2023-05-23T22:39:32.713Z

Yep. Loved it as a kid in the 80s. Electric Company and Sesame Street from that era were amazing. I bought an Electric Company DVD years ago when people still bought DVDs.

shigginpit · 2023-05-23T22:44:39.175Z

I have all my dvd’s in a special box somewhere. I still have trouble with the idea of buying things and not having something in my hand to show for it, lol. I’d rather buy a cd than a download but I don’t even know if any of my cd players work anymore.

Those old sesame street episodes were pretty star packed also if you think about it.

obscurerobot · 2023-05-23T22:46:32.385Z

shigginpit · 2023-05-23T22:49:15.119Z

so gangster. I didn’t know tatiana ali was on sesame street either.

DimensionsTomorrow · 2023-05-23T22:51:57.917Z

Yep. Was actually thinking of that one.

While the show might suck if I went back and rewatched it, the Reading Rainbow song will forever be burned into my memory.

Also, shout out to Mr Rogers. This National Lampoon’s play on it with Bill Murray is one of my favorite comedy skits of all time. Sampled by the Beastie Boys as well.

shigginpit · 2023-05-23T22:57:28.223Z

I loved levar burton on that show, how could I not watch star trek TNG when he was on it? He was a great host

DimensionsTomorrow · 2023-05-23T23:05:58.490Z

Reading Rainbow for some reason reminds me of memories of staying home sick from elementary school and spending all day watching TV like that and Nickelodeon.

That also reminded me of this show, I had forgotten about

Saw this on YouTube just now. Those opening commercials will bring a lot of people back, although I don’t actually remember those specific toys. Parallel universe perhaps, Lol. I love that there is a ninja toy. Ninjas are a big part of that era.

shigginpit · 2023-05-23T23:08:43.374Z

I don’t think we had cable until I was about 12 so I’m not sure I remember pinwheel but I’m going to watch this.

thoughtstarZ · 2023-05-23T23:09:14.068Z

I remember The Electric Company. Great show.

DimensionsTomorrow · 2023-05-23T23:10:17.626Z

Yeah, my parents were early with getting cable and a VCR.

shigginpit · 2023-05-23T23:10:44.347Z

we had beta lol

shigginpit · 2023-05-23T23:11:59.447Z

wow these ads are disturbingly familiar. no wonder I wanted all those toys, the same people doing voiceovers on toy commercials were doing voices on other cartoons

shigginpit · 2023-05-23T23:12:46.239Z

I started thinking about that spiderman record and it took me down this detour to the electric company lol

DimensionsTomorrow · 2023-05-23T23:12:55.525Z

We had a wood panel VHS. One of the earliest I imagine. This thing is a gem. We had it forever.

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shigginpit · 2023-05-23T23:15:36.350Z

whhhaaattt our beta was also fake wood panel! to this day I still like fake wood, no wonder!

just like this:

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shigginpit · 2023-05-23T23:32:28.612Z

something about watching this feels unavoidably like taking drugs. I don’t really know any other way to describe it.

obscurerobot · 2023-05-24T01:44:17.822Z

Mr Rogers: I don’t do drugs, I AM drugs!

(I might be misattributing that)

shigginpit · 2023-05-24T02:12:08.930Z

Mr. Rogers wore something like 3 different sweaters per episode. That’s dedication.

That show was pretty tripped out if you think about it. Had a little train in his house that went through the wall into a fucking magic puppet kingdom.

Even the train on silver spoons was just a status symbol of rich people, if you have a magic puppet kingdom on the other side of your wall it’s either a heavy delusion or a metaphor for drug use.

obscurerobot · 2023-05-24T02:19:48.441Z

WorldStar, but it’s trippin’ out building model railroads through your house.