All Seasons

Season 1 - The Best of the Electric Company, Volume 1 - Disc 1

  • S01E01 Show 1

    • October 25, 1971
    • PBS

    This program concentrates on the two sounds of G.

  • S01E02 Show 14

    • November 11, 1971
    • PBS

  • S01E02 Show 10

    • November 5, 1971
    • PBS

  • S01E03 Show 21

    • November 22, 1971
    • PBS

  • S01E03 Show 26

    • November 29, 1971
    • PBS

Season 2 - The Best of the Electric Company, Volume 1 - Disc 2

  • S02E01 Show 109

    • March 23, 1972
    • PBS

  • S02E02 Show 131

    • October 23, 1972
    • PBS

  • S02E03 Show 181

    • January 1, 1973
    • PBS

  • S02E04 Don't Bug Me

    • November 23, 1973
    • PBS

    Discussed: Short U, silent e, and quotation marks.

  • S02E05 Hircus of the Circus

    • January 14, 1974
    • PBS

    Discussed: the consonant R, the vowel digraph ow as in grow, the consonant blend gr-, and the same vowel sound spelled two ways: ir and ur.

Season 3 - The Best of the Electric Company, Volume 1 - Disc 3

  • S03E01 Circus

    • April 4, 1974
    • PBS

    The consonant blend cl, the two sounds of C, the vowel pair ea, and the prefix un- are presented in this episode.

  • S03E02 Snip

    • April 15, 1974
    • PBS

    The consonant n leads to the consonant blend sn-. Also featured are the vowel pair ea and the possesive 's.

  • S03E03 To the Queen

    • October 21, 1974
    • PBS

    Among the concepts highlighted: the consonant Y and the consonant blend sp-.

  • S03E04 There Was

    • December 24, 1974
    • PBS

  • S03E05 Tight

    • January 15, 1975
    • PBS

    The sounds featured in this episode are ou, gr-, and -ight.

Season 4 - The Best of the Electric Company, Volume 1 - Disc 4

  • S04E01 Sneakers

    • March 10, 1975
    • PBS

  • S04E02 Is It Love?

    • January 27, 1976
    • PBS

  • S04E03 The Sports Monster Will Bowl

    • March 19, 1976
    • PBS

    Preview: sports monster will bowl sn Bo Peeps sings: sneak a snack ll Spidey Meets the Blowhard the sports monster will bowl ow ly Snowball and the 6 dwarves

  • S04E04 Nutty

    • February 3, 1977
    • PBS

    The vowel y as in dry and in happy, along with the plural s, are highlighted. This show has a sight word: if.

  • S04E05 Coach

    • April 15, 1977
    • PBS

    The two sounds of i.e., the sound of ch, and words ending in -all are featured.

Season 5 - The Best of the Electric Company, Volume 2 - Disc 1

  • S05E01 Show 12

    • November 9, 1971
    • PBS

    The short O sound is tops among the phonetics concepts in this episode. (No pun intended.) But the show also discusses the consonant digraph sh.

  • S05E02 Show 73

    • February 2, 1972
    • PBS

  • S05E03 Show 150

    • November 17, 1972
    • PBS

    Favorite word: Wand graphic win wind showing a couple an apartment rich couple at a resaurant 'Waiter, I want water!' Switch/swim/swing Easy Reader 'wall full of words' Lorne Greene and Michael Landon listen to their boot Robin Hood 'ph' 'telephone' 'My Name is Kathy' Friday credits included

  • S05E04 Show 166

    • December 11, 1972
    • PBS

  • S05E05 Show 197

    • January 23, 1973
    • PBS

Season 6 - The Best of the Electric Company, Volume 2 - Disc 2

  • S06E01 Show 223

    • February 28, 1973
    • PBS

  • S06E02 Show 227

    • March 6, 1973
    • PBS

    Bag g grease song ea Easy Reader and Lorelei sing about LY silent e punctuation song love of chair

  • S06E03 Show 230

    • March 9, 1973
    • PBS

  • S06E04 Show 232

    • March 13, 1973
    • PBS

    Jump! J jet if Here's Cooking at you dinner/diner Fargo north: Your Dinner is Bitter Diddle Diddle A very short book: The Little Dutch Boy Love of chair

  • S06E05 Show 253

    • April 11, 1973
    • PBS

Season 7 - The Best of the Electric Company, Volume 2 - Disc 3

  • S07E01 Some

    • January 15, 1974
    • PBS

    Short O sound, compound words, and the word stop are featured.

  • S07E02 Sticks and Stones

    • March 29, 1974
    • PBS

    The consonant blend st, the vowel pair ai, and the consonant Y are featured.

  • S07E03 Not Good

    • March 25, 1975
    • PBS

    The consonant blend gr-, the vowel pair oa, and the suffix -ing are highlighted.

  • S07E04 Yankee Doodle

    • November 25, 1975
    • PBS

    Y as a consonant, the suffix -ed, and the two sounds of ie are featured. This show has a sight word: you.

  • S07E05 Knock Knock Rock

    • December 5, 1975
    • PBS

    The vowel pair -ck, and the vowel digraph sh are featured. Today's Spiderman story: ""The Birthday Bandit.""

Season 8 - The Best of the Electric Company, Volume 2 - Disc 4

  • S08E01 Silver Sipper

    • January 6, 1976
    • PBS

    The consonant blend gr-, the short I, and double consonants are featured. Punctuation marks are featured next to today's sight word: stop.

  • S08E02 Jelly Belly

    • January 9, 1976
    • PBS

    Among the phonetics concepts in this program are the consonant blend pr- and the vowel digraph ow as in cow. This show has a sight word: stop.

  • S08E03 Light

    • February 3, 1976
    • PBS

    The consonant B, the vowel digraph oy, and the ending -ight are featured. This episode has a sight word: and.

  • S08E04 Mr. Vinton's Pants

    • March 12, 1976
    • PBS

    Among the concepts in this program: the possessive contraction 's.

  • S08E05 Think Tank

    • April 6, 1976
    • PBS

    Igor and monster nk The Adventures Of Letterman: shrunk Spiderman: Spidey Meets the Prankster Junkers is pure junk oi Greystone the magician