The Electric Company opening credits season 5

Electric Company opening credits from season 5

[@jamesedgar3442]

I'm surprised to see all the comments about the opening. It had the opposite effect on me. Where I was living, Sesame St came on at 4, Mister Rogers at 5, Electric Company at 5:30 and ZOOM at 6. My mom was the one running away with her ears covered at 5:30, becaue she knew I was about to scream, "HEY YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!"

[@bethshair]

God this brings back memories. This is the version I remember!!!

[@Princess07ish]

This is the season I remember watching when I was little and right after Sesame Street would go off!!

[@SoundDeva5]

Season 5 opening song is by far the best opening ever, the characters changing into their true life actor counterparts, Fargo, Jennifer of the Jungle, Easy Reader, etc....Love Rita Moreno's yell, "Hey you guys!' My cousins and I still talk about it and I'm 46 years young! Can't replace memories like this, it was entertaining as well as educational.....a rare and successful combination in any decade!

[@TVHouseHistorian]

Yes! I was about to say the same thing, just 13 years late 😆

[@ufo5440]

ahh yes , this was and still for me was the best season opener!

[@edannat]

I remember watching this when I was very little (77-80). I'm 38, so most of the episodes were already in repeat. Thanks to this show, along with Sesame Street, I was already able to read by the time I started Kindergarten. I call it PBS Preschool!!!

[@georgemaster6826]

PBS Preschool is a BRILLIANT title!

[@briantimotiuspratama2151]

Idk why but the song here is awesome

[@VanNeuterslove30]

Wow, I wasn't born in the '70s, but that, THAT was cool! WHOA!

[@TheZandra17]

OMG!!! I love this show! And I think I'm the only 14 year old who does!

[@t-squared6406]

What an intro,that was incredible!!!

[@TVHouseHistorian]

I totally agree!

[@RobertoLopezstudyis]

This was the best show that Public Television has ever produced in the 1970s. Long live the Electric Company!

[@DLBlckwl]

@mezzofondo Just what I was thinkin'. I loved Zoom too.

[@MrRoland1967]

Wow, hard to believe I'm 42 now....time has passed by so quickly.....hard to believe I was watching this over 35 years ago in the early and mid 1970's. I thought the music was catchy and now I have a new appreciation of how cool the show was for its time. It brings me back to a much more simple, carefree and happy time.

[@reesecups100]

Memories of yesteryear!!! I love it!!!

[@sumame47]

Gee, I remember watching this show when I was a kid (I'm 50, now!!). Great show!

[@DonnieBuehrig]

Easily the best intro of all the seasons with the characters phasing from their skit characters to reality. The song is catchy and like everyone else says it throws you back into the past with fond memories of the show. I liked the whole show, including Spidey and The Adventures of Letterman (he quickly took the G off his sweater and changed the goat...into a coat!!!). Thank you, Morgan Freeman, for always being one of the coolest actors of all time!

[@paktype]

Why oh why are there no kids shows like this anymore?? I loved this show when I was little. And what a talented cast - Rita Moreno (Grammy and Oscar winner already by then), Morgan Freeman (a great talent even then), Bill Cosby and everyone else.

[@indeck77]

Can never get over Morgan Freeman. Awesome!!

[@Tamaslammer]

I love the wah guitar.....

[@Bluzey30]

LOVE IT!!

[@hockley91]

Yep...Morgan Freeman. Wow. I totally forgot about this intro. Once I saw it again it totally took me back! Seeing those opening scenes with the actors really just made me feel like a kid again. I had heard Morgan Freeman was on the show, but it didn't click until I saw the intro after all these years. I haven't seen this since I was a kid!

[@goodoldbill]

Yes!!! There's my 'HEY,YOU GUYYYYYYS!'

[@14DaveHunter]

Morgan Freeman was my favorite actor, of "The Electric Company" troupe. In the current Batman franchise, "Driving Miss Daisy", "Lean On Me" and "Alex Cross" franchise; he still proves to be the greatest actor.

[@calito44]

HI.... I am not in USA but living near an american base in my country gave me access to the afrts tv and some kool programs.... this is the one I always remember...OHHH the funky music at the end of the intro I still love it!!

[@angelahartman7677]

I remember watching this show too when I was little

[@Coolkingman]

Some of the cartoon voices on TEC were Gene Wilder (Letterman), Joan Rivers (the Letterman narrator) and Zero Mostel was the Letterman villain. Mel Brooks did some voices too.

[@davidmoore535]

I just love this show!! I would usually go to the screen and do what the cast does!! Heyyyyy Youuuuu Guuuuuysss!!!!

[@devangelis]

And check this out..the little black girl who was like 10 at the time is Rejane Magloire- a very cool experimental hip-hop/opera fusion artist. She has a video on here!

[@patrickballoonman]

(chuckles) Yeah, well, Jim Boyd always did have a nice smile.

[@joeypieper6384]

Happy 50th Birthday to The Electric Company!

[@Princess07ish]

@Kohntarkosz , you and me both remember this opening version back in 1975!!!

[@richdars2515]

Seeing those kids in the intro jumping remains in my memory

[@ikenbrodt]

@Bigbadben7 I know!!! The rush of joy is overwhelming! These opening credits (Seasons 5 & 6) perfectly capture the sense of empowerment and energy that made the Electric Company must-see kid's TV in the 70's. My progressive little elementary school-without-walls in MD let us watch it every single week in class. Teachers loved it; we'd all laugh together and groove together, and then apply the concepts immediately after. We adored the cast. This show was dyn-o-mite!

[@devangelis]

Dont forget Rita Moreno was on this too! But she was already a big star at the time, so yeah I think you're right about Morgan.

[@CyberianHusky74]

Wow... takes me right back. Ok, now I'm looking for my PB&J cut into triangles and a juicey box. HA!

[@cfcantavero]

Bill Cosby was one the show to earn college credits for his PhD in Education. He left here to work on and create his doctoral thesis, a semi-autobiographical cartoon called "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids."

[@DrMackSplackem]

Because they, in fact, "Turned it on!" &, In doing so, brought us The Power, w/ a heads up to maximize the effect.

[@calito44]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh The funky basssssssssssssssss now I have 8 years again :)

[@apatheticempathy]

me to im young and happy again .... Lordie, growing old is SO depressing !!!

[@MrMojoRisinII]

I was borin 1969, so I remembrr the Electric Company pretty well..Not so much Season 1 or 2, but around season 3, 4, 5..Especially the part where Rita Moreno goes "Hey you guys"!!!!

[@truserenity1]

@Bigbadben7 watching this made me emotional too so you are not the only one. It brings back so many great memories . I loved this show more than sesame street and was so disappointed when it got cancelled. Of all the cast, I would always remember Morgan Freeman being cool, confident and smooth, I didn't realize Rita Moreno was on the show though.

[@Astraldragon1]

@SoundDeva5 , I agree 100% this show was great, I enjoyed it as a kid. I'm now 43 yrs old and have great memories of this show.. your right it was entertaining as well as educational. this kids of today should have this Classic show.

[@datothachic]

@Bigbadben7 youre not alone when you say almost cried and being in your 30s, I have so many memories of this show... and some others like it from my childhood..aww the memories

[@TerryT1976]

I wish this particular episode was on DVD! Morgan and Hattie and the gang look great!

[@Lectronimo]

Oh boy, there goes half the show. This was on PBS, which didn't air commercials. A thirty-minute show was a lot closer to thirty minutes than anything on commercial TV then, and especially these days, when half-hour shows are, what, something like 22 minutes now?

[@thatjpwing]

When I was a kid I noticed Luis’ transition effect was different (without the fade out) and I felt much better when they fixed it in the next season

[@christopherjudge1138]

One of my favorite Electric Company moments from season 5 is the Johnny Cash-spoof, where Skip Hinnatt, satirizing the Man in Black, sang "Back to Boogaloo", with Hattie Winston and an extra, both as sexy black-clad backup singers!

[@doloreshuntoon7698]

Amazing!!!

[@TatumMcNichole]

This is the intro I remember.

[@RideMyBMW]

min 0:27 Morgan Freeman doing his best "Panic in Needle Park" jog... XD! Coolest dude on TV.

[@DavidNicholson101]

The memories.

[@999manman]

I always loved those cryptic show numbers...as a kid I thought they had some strange significance.

[@Princess07ish]

@Kohntarkosz , I remember watching it from 1975-76 but don't really remember what year it went off the air because by 1977, I had started Kindergarten meaning I didn't get to watch it anymore since it would be shown weekday mornings. The Electric Company may have ran til 1979, I know it came out in 71.

[@Kelski1998]

This is true educational TV!!!! Rita Moreno and Morgan Freeman!! Always loved the sounding of the word Ba LL BALL!!! And you know eventually you and your friends used swear words for that!!!

[@bobadork]

nothing is as important as teaching kids about crank. He looks at her tight leotard and asks, "are you happy?"

[@TheLizardKing1967]

Ahhhhhhh, 1975 The good old days!

[@jcfbell3001]

@Wellch LOL excellent

[@falconflyer34]

@Bigbadben7 I felt the same way. This is literally the first time I've seen this since I was 5 or 6. I could picture myself sitting in my babysitter's living room watching this. It really was a strange but pleasant experience watching this again. I couldn't have told you what the intro was before seeing it, but as I watched it, I recogized each person and remembered it.

[@marc7391]

Rita Moreno....sigh 😍😍

[@yellofury]

oh man this was the intro that I grew up with!! remmeber Spider Man and Morgan Freeman as the Count??

[@DanMowry]

The Eeeeassy Reader - Morgan Freeman was the man even back then.

[@PatrioticPirate]

@Bigbadben7 ...and I dare ANYONE to poke fun at you. My first year of the 3d grade was in '78-79, and we used to watch this in class. After The Electric Company, this is how I identified Freeman and Moreno!

[@MrJoshinJosh]

Even my little sister was tough on me when we were kids. When Moreno shouted "Hey you- I would immediately turn off the TV before she would've screamed "Guys!" Long and loud. But my sister got real pissed off at me and forced me to turn the TV back on and it figures that mom would easily side with my sister back then. So much for people being caring and understanding about how I felt when I was a boy.

[@Marckymarc71]

Moving out in a new way We're gonna turn it on- We're gonna bring you the power- We're gonna light the dark of night like the brightest day in a whole new way We're Gonna Turn it On We're Gonna Bring you the Power We're gonna tell you the truest words that you heard anybody say Moving out in a new way Moving out in a new way We're gonna turn it on We're gonna bring you the power It's coming down the lines, strong as they can be through the courtesy of the Electric Company

[@Lectronimo]

I miss longer theme songs, in most cases. I read something a few years ago, where networks were getting producers to get rid of them altogether, and just flash the title and get right into the show to grab the audience before it has a chance to change channels. People like Vic Mizzy (The Addams Family) got rich off leasing the rights to their catchy theme songs! No more theme song millionaires these days!

[@stephaniebeeboo2793]

Anybody remember a sketch that Jim Boyd did that he impersonated Kojak? Him and Morgan Freeman and Skip Hinnant were all in the skit

[@afriendofbean]

Thank you. I didn't know about that. I guess the reason why I felt they should have called this show "The Speech Company" instead of "The Electric Company" was because, when I was very young, I used to be afraid of this show because of the loud screaming "Hey You Guys" which always made me cry. (Everytime Sesame Street ended, I thought "Mister Rogers Neighborhood" would be next, and when the loud screaming came I cried). I probably would have watched this show if there was no loud screaming

[@Marbles471]

I also mistook him for Moschitta at first. There definitely is a resemblence.

[@Kohntarkosz]

This is the version of the opening that I remember from when I was little. I didn't know there had been earlier versions until like 20 years later, when I saw reruns on the Noggin channel, I think it was.

[@MrJustin2rue]

ummm, oh....my..... GOD. Its amazing,the things that are stored in the back of ur mind that you forgot you even remembered. Thanks for posting this season 5 opener. the Crank!! Spiderman!!! and the Cranky Film director(Rita Moreno??) that would scare the S^&t out of Morgan Freeman with her bull horn. lol

[@Kelski1998]

Arent you glad we were kids when we were our shows we grew up on FTW!!!!!

[@jgworkstation]

Copping some Spector big time.

[@Dawgator]

I agree...definitely a Moog Synth.

[@dcmretro]

Nice little up-skirt shot @ 0:46!

[@abook2008]

man i learn english fromet i love the 70ts

[@afriendofbean]

Yes, I remember commenting wondering why they have this loud screaming instead of someone quietly saying in the background "Welcome To The Electric Company" while showing the title card and someone else said the reason why they have the loud screaming was because, it was in one episode and the producers liked it so much that they put it in the intro. I remember the baker from Sesame Street but, he never scared me. The only thing that scared me was Mysterious Theater from Sesame Street.

[@djoeandlav]

THAT GUITAR IS FUNKY-MAN i WAS ABOUT 6 YEARS OLD

[@Wellch]

Crank for President!

[@MrJacMac1968]

Jim Boyd was on a recent episode of Law and Order

[@DrMackSplackem]

Yeah, I vaguely recall that freaking me out as well when I was really little. Although, so did the baker from Sesame Street who falls down the staircase after announcing the number of pies he is holding...

[@truuguy]

I need to find out if I can buy a box set of all these seasons! I LOVED this show as a kid. I think my kids would appreciate it as well!

[@MrJoshinJosh]

By the way. That really old Electric Company emblem that was shown at the very beginning was originally used from a Season 3 skit. Skip Hinnant and Luis Avallos were playing construction workers I think carrying The Giant Electric Company emblem for something. I can't remember what for. It's been so long. But whenever they left for a few minutes, Paul The Gorilla would come along and touch some advice that would make the emblem explode and making Skip and Luis explode as well.

[@mrbones102]

HEY YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I get where thats from, TEC, then goonies, now...immobilized in the english language lol

[@pardyhardly]

I can actually smell the crayons and paste.

[@Toocards]

ahhh memories

[@Kohntarkosz]

Actually, I remember from more like 79-80. I think my family was still in Germany in 1975.

[@starwarsrebel2006]

I watched this when I was a little kid from 1971 to 1977. I keep hearing there is a new Electric Company out now but I've never seen it. Are there any clips of it here on KZbin because I couldn't find any?

[@dolphinbuc]

This is when is was fun to be smart.

[@MrJoshinJosh]

Don't worry. You're not alone. I cried in terror myself whenever that horrible screaming came along. And to make matters worse, my mother would force me to watch the last two seasons from the very beginning to the very end because she thought that I was being weird and silly. She said that Rita Moreno's scream is funny and enjoyable and that I shouldn't miss out on anything good. It may have been funny to my mom, but it was horrifying for me. So much for family friendly programs for kids.

[@MyTurboReviews]

@Princess07ish The Electric Company ran first run episodes from 1971 to 1977 and then ran in reruns until 1985.

[@mezzofondo]

Now I have to look for Zoom opening songs.

[@DaveWollenberg]

As old as Janina Mathews was, I wondered why she still liked to wear her hair in the 2 ponytails. Janina, if ya read this, let us know.

[@kennnethtreistman1973]

Well, look for the HEY YOU GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUYYYYYYYYYYYYSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to be screamed into a stethoscope in the one scene I got done writing called "Stethoscope Fiasco" Stephen Thompson is in his father's doctor's office and he screams into his father's stethoscope! The child going for the checkup got a big laugh out of it but his father nearly died in that because it was so fucking loud!! Then his cousins and their friend bring him home!

[@Lectronimo]

I used to think Hector Elizondo and Luis Avalos were the same person.

[@squidman22]

Morgan Freeman was so groovy...jogging thru the park in street clothes and dare I saw I never knew Rita Moreno was so hot till now! LOL!

[@taffy8davenport]

I don't remember they guy who played Crank being so hot.

[@Marbles471]

On what PBS station? They're all different---none of them are obligated to imitate each others' scheduling decisions.

[@jcfbell3001]

@BIG7THHEAVENFAN well said, i noticed that too

[@Marbles471]

And I don't kmow about actual entertainment shows, but I've heard that the network nightly news programs are actually closer to 19 minutes now. It's getting ridiculous.

[@ZyllAvatar]

Prob was done with a Moog synth.

[@disneydanny2]

what do the letters after each number mean? was each day's episode labeled with a different letter (IE 18 A Monday's episode?)

[@Marbles471]

The first four seasons were numbered chronologically, as in 1-130, 131-260, 261-390, and 391-520. But seasons 5 and 6 were designed to function as a set of two seasons, A and B, to be shown in rotation. (Seasons 1 through 4 were never aired again.) Hence, season 5 was 1A-130A, and season 6 was 1B - 130B. And they aired in six-month rotations for a few years until the show was retired. If they had stuck to straightforward chronological numbering, 18A would be 538.