"d" song - The Electric Company

[@monogee]

RIP, IRENE CARA!!!

[@toddstokes9909]

Irene was an Electric Company favorite back in the day.

[@itchyandred4131]

Just learned of her passing 😥 R.I.P. Miss Irene 🙏

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

Featured in episode 181, which originally aired 50 years ago today, on Monday New Year’s Day 1973. Happy New Year,🎆 2023!!!

[@lazynow1]

WOW...the old kids shows had top talent...not like today...that is for sure....

[@bighand1530]

R.I.P.

[@jasonvancura2139]

I've been singing this one for the last few days!

[@shaheedturner9485]

That’s my favorite actress in the world Ms. Rita Moreno from West Side Story and my favorite The Electric Company she is a knockout and still looks good!!!! Thanks for posting!!!! I love the 70s!!!!!

[@lucyfernandez8304]

The short circus and the letter people live I act Ii act

[@robertvelez9557]

Wow! Check out how gorgeous Irene Cara looks! I'm going to faint!

[@traceymallard]

Robert Velez Does anyone know what happened to the episode where they are wearing old fashioned swimsuits on the beach, singing laffy taffy...words that rhyme!

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

Daffy taffy, you mean. Anyway, you're not alone in being after that one, I vaguely remember that one too, from Season 1. Lee Chamberlain sang the words as "Screen Stanley" displayed them on screen. A remake of it was then made in season 5, where Hattie Winston led the Short Circus kids in singing(by then the crew was Julie, Samantha, who had replaced Kathy, Jesse who took Buddy's place, Gail who was Kelly's replacement, and finally, Charlie who took Dwayne's place in the show's final two seasons. Dwayne had replaced Zachary and Kelly had replaced Allison (Denise Nickerson of Willy Wonka fame, all going backwards in time as you can see here)who in turn had replaced Iris(Irene Cara) only in the second season. Kelly had taken Allison's place in the third and fourth seasons and again, was then supplanted by Gail for the last two seasons. Julie was the only SC member to remain with the show during its six season production.

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

The remake of Daffy Taffy, aka the rhyming song by the Short Circus, is on the box set, it was featured in the episode which aired(originally) on January 6, 1976, from season 5.

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

Episode 57A(I believe) is the aforementioned episode which was broadcast originally on January 6, 1976.

[@seanmontgomery801]

MrJamieMurph Hi.Im a superfan of The Electric Company.I can tell you I loved the 1970s version better than the one in 2009.My question is can you try to find the episode,I believe it was 15 A the one where it was the letter h,the ow sound,the letter s and the word danger?That was when Hattie Winston had the 4 nightmares during the Help!Help!Help! song sketch and the music was ominous albeit uptempo.Ill appreciate your efforts.Have a good day.

[@hyacinthlynch843]

The great Rita Moreno accompanied by (left to right), June Angela, Melanie Henderson and Irene Cara.

[@rphuntarchive1]

The one on the right was Irene Cara.

[@meyerj75]

How come this never resurfaced on Sesame Street after PBS pulled the plug on TEC in 1985?

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

Yes, I do remember this one, from (1970s) Electric Company. This is still another one, you will find on the DVD box set(Best of EC, Volume 1)-it was featured in the episode that (first)aired on New Year's Day, 1973(Season 2). This is definitely from Season 1(Irene Cara is the dead giveaway, plus, Melanie Henderon, SC member Kathy, did wear glasses and wore her hair down, in Season 1),but it was featured in the aforementioned Season 2 episode(Episode #181). Rita and the three Short Circus girls(Season 1 crew)worked GREAT together, doing these vaudeville-like numbers-this, plus "Broadway Bob," and "The "un"song,"to name a couple more. You can also find the aforementioned other two vaudevilles, on the box sets. --1:23-- is GREAT-"Hats off to the letter d!" as the camera cuts to the letter, atop the post.

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

This is very similar to "Thanks to th," which was sung by Morgan Freeman and the (now)late Lee Chamberlain-at the end of that one also, the camera cuts to the "th"atop the post, at the end.

[@mattlufcy1254]

Would love the lyrics to this song. The Short circus girls are adorable here.

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

Like someone else had said years back, and as you can plainly see, why would you need or want to? As it’s all D’s.

[@davidmoore535]

My name starts with that letter!!

[@palsyddad]

0:50 cracks me up

[@andyleclerc3600]

Bob Fosse would've loved the choreography...very much his style. The actual choreographer was Patricia Birch

[@TnseWlms]

Mr. Rogers had a similar song called "Tree, tree, tree."

[@SufferingFoolsMusic]

+TnseWlms That had more lyrics, though. "We love you, yes we do."

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

Hmm..I don't remember that at all,and I watched Mr. Rogers as well.

[@andyleclerc3600]

"Tree , tree , tree" actually sounds a lot like "Bring Him Home", I recently discovered

[@matthewweatherford6566]

The original head writer before Tom Whedon (and the show's creator) was Paul Dooley, who also voiced Sarge in Pixar's Cars franchise.

[@timemachine5641]

This is sounds like the Sesame Street version with Enrnie and Cookie Monster, only there's no lyrics to this besides the letter.

[@derekmtheriault]

Joe Raposo produced it genius

[@haroldalexis4200]

Funny you mentioned that I remember That! Ernie & Cookie Monster music skit with the letter" D " from Sesame Street, that was featured almost very similar to The Electric company's D.

[@TnseWlms]

Where can I download the lyrics to this song?

[@SufferingFoolsMusic]

+TnseWlms bit.ly/1hPNSOZ

[@benquicks]

Why? it's all d's

[@lubbulz1]

SufferingFoolsMusic do anybody have the clip in which June Angela tapdance to the word TAP

[@l.salisbury1253]

I keep forgetting the lyrics...

[@KokoGogo1728]

...They're just saying "d" over and over again.

[@KW-gb9cd]

I like the tune, but I can never remember the lyrics.