As my husband is wont to say, God bless Youtube. One of the girls
was confused about whether or not to drop the silent e in
"unfortunately." I know how I resolved that question at her age, and I
went a-googling to see if I could find a certain video clip.
And sure enough, faster than a rolling O, there it was.
Of
course you know we spent the next hour watching more Electric Company
clips, with the girls cracking up at my terrier-like 70s-child
excitement. The lolly song! And that other lollipop song, the creepy one. Hey, you guys! Silent E! The uberfunky TION
song, which I now realize may have been the genesis of my
environmentalist streak. (Rewatching it, I'm rather shocked by the
garmentlessness of the crowd at the end of the song. I guess the Age of
Aquarius touched kiddie TV too.)
Look, there's Morgan Freeman with a broken leg singing "There's a Hole at the Bottom of the Sea." Frankly, I always thought the gang was a little hard on the gorilla.
Rose and Bean liked Letterman best, and who can blame them?
Oh, we love the old Electric Company too. The -ly song (and Silent E) are both on one of our Tom Lehrer cds, so we listen to those a lot. 🙂
The cast was amazing. Everybody was on the show. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066651/fullcredits#cast
Last week we spent a bunch of time watching the old School House Rock videos on YouTube.
We used to listen to audio CDs of those in the car. But the kids loved to see the video versions and were cracking up.
I’ve not seen Electric Company videos since they aired live on TV!!
We actually watched an Electric Company DVD from our local library! We watched it several months ago. My 6 yo is STILL singing this “LY” song! It’s always so funny when it pops up, and the great thing is that he knows when to sing it! This song works!
I didnt think of searching YouTube for these types of videos. Thanks for the tip!
Love and Joy in Jesus,
Marietta