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The 70's classic Electric Company is coming back to PBS!

Y'all can look forward to hearing kids across the land screaming EC's famous opening, "Hey you guys!"

Production on the new Electric Company started this week, Tuesday.

The show’s new format will encompass interactive online elements and community-based activities across the country.

Music for the show's being looked after by Broadway babes, Chris Jackson, Thomas Kail and Bill Sherman (all from musical In the Heights, which was just nominated for a bunch of Tony awards).

We want Lambchop or Madam to come back next!!!!!!

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    1. kenzie says – reply to this


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      Re: ldy –
      thats all you care about is $$ ??! what about a little thing called LOVE??

    2. gina says – reply to this


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      WTF?!@#$%^&*

    3. twelveoclock says – reply to this


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      yes! i loved this show growing up. now if only they would show the old episodes on cable like they used to. first the return of portishead, now this. this makes life a little bit more bearable. little bit.

    4. READING RAINBOW! says – reply to this


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      Bring Back Reading Rainbow!!! That song still gets stuck in my head…take a look, its in a book, with reading rainboooooow!

    5. robin says – reply to this


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      awwww lambchop… the good ol' days

    6. tina says – reply to this


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      Team Audrina!!!!!!!!!!
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    7. amy says – reply to this


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      THAT IS THE BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD ALL DAY. THAT IS EFFIN' AWESOME!
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    8. Rebecca says – reply to this


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      Lambchop is totally already on a station called QUBO. I just discovered it the other day (in the 100's by NOGGIN), and my daughter is already hooked. Shari Lewis is effing fabulous.

    9. Chelsea says – reply to this


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      I miss Lambchop!

    10. AMANDAlovesJoshua says – reply to this


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      Never heard of the show

    11. YES TO LAMBCHOP!!!!!!! says – reply to this


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      YESSSSSS BRING BACK LAMBCHOP!!!
      SHERI DIED ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO BUT HER DAUGHTER STILL HAS THE SAME LAMBCHOP PUPPET HER MOM HAD SO THEY SHOULD REVIVE IT!!!

    12. cyn says – reply to this


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      i loooooved electric company!!!! good stuff!

      hey perez? i know i call u a fat fuck, and say mean things, im sorry.
      now, can u pleeeease do something about your fucking spammers?????
      sooooo out of control on your site!!!!
      color your hair blue, and i will forgive you of all your sins!! stop trying to be so main stream!!! we love you because you WEREN'T!!!!
      love,
      cyn

    13. kevin says – reply to this


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      lambchop can't come back

      sherry lewis died

    14. valerie says – reply to this


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      def bring back lambchop!

    15. madam, YES!!! says – reply to this


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      Start the petition, tubby!

    16. Corey Carrier - Boston, Mass. 02134 says – reply to this


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      HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY
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      YOU
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      GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYS!!!! :-) Woot-Woot! Let's hope there's no Jared Nathan post-'ZOOM' car crash deaths.

    17. morgan freeman fan says – reply to this


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      I remember Morgan Freeman from this show. Even as a kid I remember enjoying watching him. We were both so young then.

    18. Binky says – reply to this


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      What? No Morgan Freeman?

    19. courtney says – reply to this


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      I'll only watch it if Morgan Freeman comes back to it as well….

    20. screenstare says – reply to this


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      i LOVED the electric company. I think it was the reason i took so many drugs as a young adult. i hope it's as awesome as it used to be…

    21. laura says – reply to this


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      lambchop!!!!!!

    22. Cherry Blossom says – reply to this


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      I loved Electric Company! Do you remember when an image of a kid running across the screen, only it looked like a 10 kids? Really dumb, but memorable!

      And 3-2-1 Contact, too!

    23. sunstar says – reply to this


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      MY FAV!

      Anyone know when Chicago stopped broadcasting the original The Electric Company?

    24. CamusKitten says – reply to this


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      yeah! this is so cool, I can't wait to see this show again!

    25. j says – reply to this


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      I always thought Madam was really creepy.

    26. me says – reply to this


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      HUGE YAY! new-school children's programming is totally soulless. and thanks to the electric company, I was able to read when I was three.

    27. Jenn says – reply to this


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      I felt old when you posted about the Fraggle Rock thing. Now I feel even older. Hey - at least my 9-year old daughter can partake. Electric Company rocked. Remember the silent Spiderman? Creepy.

      Oh, and once again, thanks for the classy #1 post. I'm curious what country these people are from. No one in America says things like, "It is said…" or "Maybe this news be useful." Well, I guess no one I know.

    28. Bri says – reply to this


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      Since everyone is "going green" nowadays, bring back Captain Planet!! He's a hero! Gonna take pollution down to zero!

    29. KellyAnne says – reply to this


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      ****** I used to watch this show all the time & none of my friends now ever heard of it ! I thought this was a show that was only aired in Philly where I'm from !!!! I loved this fucking show !

    30. sam says – reply to this


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      perez…you can't bring lamb chop bag…that would be kind of disrespectful dont you think…i dont think i could watch lamb chop with another person doing the voices

    31. ShockwaveRocks says – reply to this


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      Actually the show has a new twist - using a phenomenal beat-boxer named Chris Sullivan who doesn't speak. It's really fun!

    32. Linda says – reply to this


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      Yes!!!

    33. zombiezgrl says – reply to this


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      OMG, OMG, OMG!!! I can't wait! Now, if only Carnation would make Instant Breakfast Bars……

    34. me says – reply to this


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      i know one of the kids on that show.

    35. ha ha says – reply to this


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      Perez, you weren't even borned when this show was on the air.
      WE took drugs and watched it
      It was your parents' version of Teletubbies.

    36. A says – reply to this


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      yeah lambchop!

    37. raisa says – reply to this


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      Wow. Lambchop so totally needs to come back, it's insane. They taught me how to make the colour pink when I was little lol.

    38. ryry says – reply to this


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      wait fraggle rock is coming back?????????????????

    39. Heather says – reply to this


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      AWESOME! I loved this show as a child! I will have my youngest child watch. Wish it was sooner for my 15 and 16 year old!

    40. Bleau says – reply to this


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      Ahhh, the electric company…I watched that and I grew up in Los Angeles (for the perosn who thought it might only be in Philly). Does anyone remember the opening song? All I remember is:

      "The electric company
      we're gonna turn on the power…"

      The rest is lalalalala. (haha) And remember ZOOM?

      "Come on zoom, zoom, zoomah, zoom
      come on and zoomah, zoomah, zoomah, zoom.
      Come on give it a try…"

      Yeah, I know…I'm a scary person.

    41. Hell to the Yes says – reply to this


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      Another big w00t here!

    42. Lanie says – reply to this


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      Wait, Fraggle Rock is coming back?! Woohoo!!!!

    43. times3fam says – reply to this


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      Oooh, now they should bring back 3-2-1 Contact and The Bloodhound Gang!!

    44. Nickysue says – reply to this


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      LOVE LOVE LOVE IT.. YEAH!

    45. dillie says – reply to this


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      for nostalgic reasons i understand the want to see some of our childhood favorites, but, really, they are OUR childhood favorites. why the hell can't companies come up with brand new ideas? it blows my mind. we have the freakin' pound puppies, strawberry shortcake, and now all of OUR shows? pretty annoyingvif you ask me…

    46. stephanie says – reply to this


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      Down at FRAGGLE ROCK!!!! OMG The ELECTRIC COMPANYYYYYYYYYY!!! Woohoo That is awesome YAY!

    47. mbizzle says – reply to this


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      write zoom
      box 365
      boston mass 02134

      not sure if that box # is right! god i loved that show and i grew up in michigan so it was definitely all over the u.s.a

    48. mbizzle says – reply to this


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      H R Puffinstuff!!!!
      I was totally in love with that boy…was his name Jimmy?

    49. mons says – reply to this


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      I heard Dave Attell will be the new host of the Gong Show on Comedy Central!

    50. kimpossibly says – reply to this


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      Electric company Rawks! Watch the re-runs at 2 am on NOGGIN. Sheer genius- -along with a much younger still truly cool MORGAN FREEMAN. Cheers:)

    51. kimpossibly says – reply to this


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      Re: dillie – Good point- -everything is recycled into the nostalgia machine nowadays. haha! However, one good thing about the old stuff was the innovation in learning and a focus on diversity…something we could definitely stand to recycle.

    52. SanD says – reply to this


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      I own the box set. There will never be another like the original.

    53. Won't Last says – reply to this


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      Thiis won't last. They had Zoom come back with kind of a hip-hop flair and that didn't last long at all.

    54. onemomwhosnuts says – reply to this


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      absolutely one of the best shows of the 70s!!!!! I hope they don't fuck it up …

    55. Leese says – reply to this


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      Awe….I remember that show when I was 5 and 6 years old! "Hey you guys!" LOL>….I remember the lady who used to sit in the BIG chair and act like a little girl….and the two shadowed faces saying….c - at -CAT!!! We would watch it in school and wow Perez did that bring back some fun memories!!!!!!!

    56. Leese says – reply to this


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      Does anyone also remember the New Zoo Review ???? LOL

    57. Christina says – reply to this


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      Lamb to the Chizzop? Hellllllz yeahhh!

    58. Lanla says – reply to this


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      yay! hope they don't ruin it!

    59. melanie says – reply to this


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      my friend is going to be in this show!!!

    60. BLEAU says – reply to this


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      Re: Leese – OMG I remember the new zoo revue. WithHenrietta the Hippo, the owl, Freddy the Frog. Yeahup. "IT's the New Zoo Revue comin right at you." Ahhhhh nice memory.

    61. DIANE says – reply to this


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      WHAT ABOUT VILLALLEGRA????

    62. john dixon says – reply to this


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      Will Morgan Freeman be back as Easy Reader? And will they have Spider Super Stories intermissions? They fucking better!

    63. Sarah says – reply to this


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      Uh. Shari Lewis died. And, if anyone EVER made a new Lambchop's Playalong it would be a crime! That was THE best kids show ever.

    64. XTINA says – reply to this


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      OMG…Madam kicked much ass!!!!

    65. hi says – reply to this


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      ah..Lambchop, I remember those days where I didn't go to preschool so all I did all day was watch Barney and stuff like that(it's kinda like online collage except it is on TV and made for 3 year olds LOL).

    66. Cassandra says – reply to this


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      Reading Rainbow is still on my PBS station every afternoon.

      Lambchop with someone else would be like that new Kermit. It's just wrong. Yeah, Jim Henson and Shari Lewis would want their puppet friends to live in for new generations, but it's different and wrong and very, very disturbing to hear a different voice come out of Kermit's mouth.

    67. lovelee38 says – reply to this


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      Madame, def!!!!!! btw, Lambchop is dead and annoying. Wayland & Madame FOREVER!

    68. nickey says – reply to this


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      dude,,,,,,you know that sherri lewis- whom voiced lambchop and half the "friends" has been dead for……like…..10 years, right?

    69. Kelley says – reply to this


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      oh so there is going to be a NEW Electric Company??? eh, won't watch that one
      they should show the '70's one at night, that would be cool

    70. Cass says – reply to this


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      What I would do for lambchop!!!! yess

    71. bri says – reply to this


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      Lambchop's Play Along needs to come back and teach these new children's shows how to work it.

    72. Elmo SUCKS!! says – reply to this


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      How about re-playing Sesame Street MINUS Elmo! He's annoying as HELL!!!!

    73. jenbunny says – reply to this


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      my brother started reading spider-man because of this show and never stopped!

    74. Ms Mellymel says – reply to this


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      I want Morghan Freeman to comeback, but what kid would get 'Easy Reader' as a character. Then again what kid got it back then?

      And let's not forget Rita Moreno in her jungle outfit screaming the phrase "hey you guys" and Bill Crosby were also regular cast members.

      I hope they all come back. It was my favorite show as a kid in the 70's!!! I wish it played in reruns.

    75. tiny dancer says – reply to this


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      Solid Gold was the best show on TV!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    76. ss794 says – reply to this


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      I loved this show as a kid. I remember Morgan Freeman and Rita Moreno were some of the stars of Electric Company.

    77. ss794 says – reply to this


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      Another classic I liked was The Great Space Coaster. I still remember some of the theme song.

    78. brian says – reply to this


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      Get your LAMBCHOP fix: www.qubochannel.com

    79. Generation assholes says – reply to this


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      young kids won't care. they only watch shows where girls are sluts and the boys are fags who act straight. The generation of shitheads and gimmie gimmie right now but I won't work for it

    80. sw-eet, sweet says – reply to this


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      I can't wait! I loved watching the Electric Company when I was little!!! So many cool people were on that… Morgan Freeman anyone???? WOO-HOO!!!!

    81. Katie G says – reply to this


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      OMG!!! I was just talking with my friends yesterday about how we'd love Lambchop to come back!!! One of my best girls has a little one on the way and after reading about the Fraggle Rock movie she started talking about what shows she wish would come back so her kid could experience them. Lambchop was at the top of my list! And Reading Rainbow was at the top of hers.

    82. Joanne says – reply to this


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      This is so exciting! What about The Great Space Coaster?

    83. Juice Tuna says – reply to this


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      SWEEET!!!!

    84. Ashley D says – reply to this


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      Let's bring back something good, like, You Can't Do That On Television!!

    85. Grammy says – reply to this


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      I never thought I would see the day that Lambchop and the "F" word would be used in the same sentence! You didn't learn that from the Electric Co.!!!
      My 5 yr old grandkids love all of the shows I've introduced to them..Under Dog, Looney Toons, Tom & Jerry, Fraggle Rock ,The Wacky Races and their favorite..Rocky&Bullwinkle and Friends. So, if you produce it and it's good they will watch it!!!

    86. Grammy says – reply to this


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      Re: Generation assholes –
      see comment # 86

    87. Miss Miaunow says – reply to this


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      This IS exciting!!! I also LOVED 3-2-1 Contact and the BLOODHOUND GANG!!! Awww GOOD TIMES!!!

    88. akizora says – reply to this


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      Unfortunately, Wayland Flowers passed away a long time ago. You should be the one to bring back Madam, Perez!

    89. HEIDI says – reply to this


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      I WANT THE LETTER PEOPLE AND READING RAINBOW!

    90. Psyched says – reply to this


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      This is great! This is the kind of show six-year olds should be watching instead of "Hannah Montana"!
      PS. the old episodes are on dvd - my niece watches them & loves the old shows!

    91. heathen says – reply to this


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      Re: Cherry Blossom – wow, thanks for the flash back! I loved this show, and 3-2-1 contact! why aint this shit on cable already?