Comments on: The Electric Company: PBS to Turn the Power Back On http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/electric-company-pbs-to-turn-the-power-back-on/ TV show cancellations, last episodes, reunions, and revivals. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:11:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Russell (San Jose, CA) http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/electric-company-pbs-to-turn-the-power-back-on/comment-page-1/#comment-52925 Russell (San Jose, CA) Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:19:19 +0000 http://tvseriefinale.com/articles/electric-company-pbs-to-turn-the-power-back-on/#comment-52925 Just this past Friday, (January 23, 2009) my local PBS station aired the updated version of The Electric Company. As a child, I adored the original version as a child, and my own son enjoyed the re-run classics when The Electric Company aired on cable's NOGGIN Network. I am very pleased with the new updated version! They mainly use a background of hip-hop music, and the set-up really is set to grab interests of today's child. They still use similar curriculum in comparison to the original 70s version, and was obviously very carefully put together. I hope The Electric Company is a big success. We are in such great need of wholesome educational shows for kids. I wish the cast and producers a long and very successful journey with their newest venture of this re-newed classic! Just this past Friday, (January 23, 2009) my local PBS station aired the updated version of The Electric Company. As a child, I adored the original version as a child, and my own son enjoyed the re-run classics when The Electric Company aired on cable’s NOGGIN Network. I am very pleased with the new updated version! They mainly use a background of hip-hop music, and the set-up really is set to grab interests of today’s child. They still use similar curriculum in comparison to the original 70s version, and was obviously very carefully put together. I hope The Electric Company is a big success. We are in such great need of wholesome educational shows for kids. I wish the cast and producers a long and very successful journey with their newest venture of this re-newed classic!

]]> By: anon http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/electric-company-pbs-to-turn-the-power-back-on/comment-page-1/#comment-48696 anon Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:36:21 +0000 http://tvseriefinale.com/articles/electric-company-pbs-to-turn-the-power-back-on/#comment-48696 I remember the old show vaguely. I have to say this to the schoolteacher -- I profess that I never went to kindergarten nor knew how to write my name when I entered first grade. By the end of first grade, I was in the top reading class and could write my name. My parents were poor and never graduated high school, but they knew the importance and value of education. Three of their four children went on to college and all graduated from high school. What was the key to all this 'success'? Parents who cared, and a mother who was a stay at home mom and went over our lessons with us. Nowadays, kids are either left alone or with some nanny or babysitter. I remember the old show vaguely. I have to say this to the schoolteacher — I profess that I never went to kindergarten nor knew how to write my name when I entered first grade. By the end of first grade, I was in the top reading class and could write my name. My parents were poor and never graduated high school, but they knew the importance and value of education. Three of their four children went on to college and all graduated from high school. What was the key to all this ‘success’? Parents who cared, and a mother who was a stay at home mom and went over our lessons with us. Nowadays, kids are either left alone or with some nanny or babysitter.

]]> By: Donna http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/electric-company-pbs-to-turn-the-power-back-on/comment-page-1/#comment-48516 Donna Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:49:51 +0000 http://tvseriefinale.com/articles/electric-company-pbs-to-turn-the-power-back-on/#comment-48516 As a 2nd grade teacher, I am seeing that most children are not entering kindergarten as prepared as they should. In 'the olden days', a lot of children didn't go to kindergarten because parents taught them at home. To help with this, children had shows like Sesame Street and Electric Company. It seems now, that parents are not teaching the children at home but just throw them into kindergarten. Even though these parents sit their children in front of the TV set, they are watching shows like Sponge Bob instead of educational programming. i applaud the return of the Electric Company and hope that it truely will be an educational show like the old version. "HEY YOU GUYS...! As a 2nd grade teacher, I am seeing that most children are not entering kindergarten as prepared as they should. In ‘the olden days’, a lot of children didn’t go to kindergarten because parents taught them at home. To help with this, children had shows like Sesame Street and Electric Company. It seems now, that parents are not teaching the children at home but just throw them into kindergarten. Even though these parents sit their children in front of the TV set, they are watching shows like Sponge Bob instead of educational programming. i applaud the return of the Electric Company and hope that it truely will be an educational show like the old version. “HEY YOU GUYS…!

]]> By: renza http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/electric-company-pbs-to-turn-the-power-back-on/comment-page-1/#comment-46395 renza Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:37:00 +0000 http://tvseriefinale.com/articles/electric-company-pbs-to-turn-the-power-back-on/#comment-46395 wholesome is not in today. I wish that my children could get this kind of understanding and explaining the way we did as a way of improving the literacy. spongebib has their attention, but it is teaching stupid. I am trying to find the old stuff. My children really enjoy the bit they an get from youtube. wholesome is not in today. I wish that my children could get this kind of understanding and explaining the way we did as a way of improving the literacy. spongebib has their attention, but it is teaching stupid. I am trying to find the old stuff. My children really enjoy the bit they an get from youtube.

]]> By: tracey c. smith http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/electric-company-pbs-to-turn-the-power-back-on/comment-page-1/#comment-17405 tracey c. smith Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:54:19 +0000 http://tvseriefinale.com/articles/electric-company-pbs-to-turn-the-power-back-on/#comment-17405 04 08 2008 It would be great to watch more reruns on "The Electric Company." I am hoping "The Electric Company" is back on DVD again. Tracey C. Smith 04 08 2008

It would be great to watch more reruns on “The Electric Company.”

I am hoping “The Electric Company” is back on DVD again.

Tracey C. Smith

]]> By: John Bledsoe http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/electric-company-pbs-to-turn-the-power-back-on/comment-page-1/#comment-14737 John Bledsoe Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:05:38 +0000 http://tvseriefinale.com/articles/electric-company-pbs-to-turn-the-power-back-on/#comment-14737 Show was that way on purpose to make children learn. From an adult's perspective, it is "dumb" but for a kid, it may be a great show. Depends on how old you were when you watched the original show. Show was that way on purpose to make children learn. From an adult’s perspective, it is “dumb” but for a kid, it may be a great show. Depends on how old you were when you watched the original show.

]]> By: Anonymous http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/electric-company-pbs-to-turn-the-power-back-on/comment-page-1/#comment-9242 Anonymous Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:27:16 +0000 http://tvseriefinale.com/articles/electric-company-pbs-to-turn-the-power-back-on/#comment-9242 i loved it if it wasnt for the show i would be dumber then dirt i loved it if it wasnt for the show i would be dumber then dirt

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