The Electric Company opening credits season 2

[scottbaino]

I taught myself how to play this on piano. Jazzy! :)

[crispycritterz]

This to me was the best. Same group singing from season one but polished with just a little edge to it. PERFECT!

[14DaveHunter]

I always thought Rita Moreno and Judy Grubett could pass for sisters.

[MarxcoHokage619]

I always thought it was a sitcom...

[TJCATLOVER]

Hey you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!lol

[ghostdancer2302]

Takes me back to the 70's as a little kid. Great theme song!

[comicxreaderx101]

thumbs up if you saw this from family guy

[Kelski1998]

And you wonder why the DVD's of older shows like this. And shows like Family Guy have to copy stuff like this. Its because we were the last generation of children that had something called Quality Educational Television oh and on top of that I was allowed to watch Tex Avery cartoons Woody Woodpecker Looney Tunes AND Three Stooges and Little Rascals!

[mccarrpo]

Why wasn't Florence Henderson included in any of these shows?

[pardyhardly]

@mccarrpo Because she was doing commercials for Wesson oil at the time.

[tejaswoman]

I remember learning to recognize the numbers at the beginning of these and the Mister Rogers episodes to be able to see if the afternoon episode was the same one I'd watched in the morning. I felt so smart!

[70stacy]

Wow! I remember watching this as a kid.

[macychick]

this show taught me to read!

[JohannaGotTalent41]

That brings Back great memorys HEY YOU GUUUYYYYSSSS!!!!

[quiktymevideo]

Pretty far out 70s graphics.

[pepsibookcat]

Squeeee! Happy!!! This is one of the first TV shows I EVER remember watching. I remember it and Sesame St. from when I was 2 or 3 years old! :)

[rkkim]

"HEEEY YOU GUUYYYS" used to scare the crap out of me as a kid.

[JohannaGotTalent41]

Lmao I remeber this show always uesed to open up with HEY YOU GUYS!!

[elwin38]

i grew up on shows like this and sesame st. the early 70's was my young childhood(2-8yrs old)

[Lt1bw]

OMG tooooo funny at :29.......Laughing my ass off

[CadillacL]

Today's Electric Company just doesn't have that same feel, magic. At least ZOOM kept alot of the old feel, concept, etc.

[killersoundboy]

imagine drop kicking someone while screaming that  "HEY YOU GUUUYSS!!" BAM!!!

[scottbaino]

Impressive graphics for September 1972!

[jjpeterson1]

The 173 is the grade of herb that was available to the cast at the time...it's an inside code,,hehe.

[etraig]

@jjpeterson1

I'm sure "173" is the episode number.

but as far as it also being a grade of pot, i wouldn't know.

[RABBIDGamfan]

It's interesting to see how the theme song for the original series evolved and matured over time.

[evanellis]

"HEY YOU GUUUYSS!!"

[sbchelldiver]

@evanellis the Great Rita Moreno Puerto Rican like me!!!! :D:D:D

[CraigFoye80]

At 0:45, what's "173"??

[DanMan869]

I'm pretty certain that's the show number (as in the 173rd show they produced).

[WileyCoyote69]

Yes, it's the show number. Sesame Street does the same thing.

The numbering wasn't always that straightforward though. Seasons 5 and 6 restarted the numbering back at 1, with letters after them (they did this because one way the show later made money was to package each of those later seasons a part of a school-year long curriculum, and were sold to schools that way).

[thevisualboy37]

Season number, followed by episode number.

Season 1, episode 73.

[kungfujiapple]

From 1972.

[avengergurl1]

My favorite educational funny show!

[CollinsLuvsAngel]

Ugh...the 70's sure had some damn catchy themes songs...makes me kinda sad I wasn't alive then to be around when it was original on (DAMN YOU 1990's FOR MAKING ME BORN THEN!)

But I do like the revival series of it that PBS Kids has just started.

[Tamaslammer]

Man.... people sure did a lot of drugs back then.....

[devangelis]

LOL!!!!

[cybersurf5]

Inane comment...but hilarious all the same.

Gotta love the nets!

[Oblivion1313]

OMG! They're raping the hell outa her!!! D=

[lawrenze13]

@megarouge2001 OMFG my stomach is hurting from reading your comment while replaying this clip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lionhearted38]

I will always remember that line: "Hey, you guys!" It's what caught my eye when they planned to film a new version in Newark, NJ: The headline was "Hey, you guys! 'Electric Co.' to film in Newark". Too classic! Thanks.

[tokyofreaky]

I miss this show!! Thank you for bringing it back.

[oltlghfan2008]

OMG, I remember watching this show when I was little. I definitely remember the "hey you guys!!!!" in the beginning of the introduction, Spider Man, and that jungle lady. I even had the record! I now own "The Best of Electric Company Volume 2" on DVD. I want to get volume one as well. Thanks for the memories. :)

[luciapamela]

God, I loved this show.

[patton303]

Yeah I'm sure pot and acid had nothing to do with these graphics....lol

[Rtvoll1]

HEY YOU GUYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYS (says screaming!)

[BigBlueBeast]

This was the beginning that was spoofed on Family Guy!

[FirstClassHeel]

Yeah. On the episode where Meg works at this Wal-Mart-esque store and the store begins using the town's power to keep itself in business (though I think the FG version was a little different than this. Either they used the first season or they changed it to avoid a lawsuit).

[belairmania]

remember that scholastic magazine called dynamite?!?!?

[pressman95]

Sure do, i have a couple somewhere.

[mec441]

Oh yes! and Bananas and Highlights

[Americanautistic]

OK, that is real wierd, like, the visual effects, man! WHOA! HEEEEEEEEEY YOU GUYYYYYYYYYYYS!

[enolastraight]

Rita Moreno AND Morgan Freeman!

One of the Short Circus was Irene Cara!

Has there been any talk of the gang doing a Reunion Episode?

[BettyBoopBoots]

dont forget bill cosby!!

[ShotsloppyD]

I don't remember this one much- hey, are they humping that chick at 00:30?!!

[Loubellamia]

This takes me back to simpler times...wonderbread and skippy, yoohoo, or hawaiian punch... my plastic record player and my 45's...playing up, up and away in my beautiful balloon.

[fieldsfan336]

HEEEEEEEY YOU GUYYYYYYYS!

[shorts]

HEEEEY YOU GUYYYS

[uzzle65]

This is the theme that I remember, and after comparing it with the other seasons, I think it's the best, transports me back to the carefree '70s :-)

[juanieboy12]

LMFAO O there's where the "Hey You Guys!" part was from that spoof on Family Guy!

[iamdeprogram]

Family Guy spoofs a lot of stuff from waaaaay back when, like Electric Company and classic Sesame Street too.

[Kolfritz]

If my parents hadn't rented 'Electric Company' tapes from the library when I was young (early 90's), my childhood would've been incomplete!

[iamdeprogram]

You can rent the Electric Company on VHS from the library?!

In some of my files I actually found some pages from the Electric Company MAGAZINE, which I was subscribed to in the 1st grade. Great, groovy, goofy stuff, just like the show. Part of being a cool kid.

[Kolfritz]

There was a magazine, too? Cool! By the way, I don't think they have 'The Electric Company' tapes at the library anymore, but I bet all the seasons can be bought on DVD now.

[dh1173]

Don't forget SPIDEY SUPER STORIES a comic by Marvel feat. Spidey w/characters from the and the Short Circus!

[Sammy4549]

HEEEEEEY YOU GUYYYYYYYS!!!!!

[josegomez101]

Everyone hhould try this: sync up the theme songs from season one and two (the beginning drumbeats must match) to hear a collected and full bodied theme song.

[pegbars]

OMG, The Short Circus! I used to have such a crush on Denise Nickerson. :)

[Certified1983]

Holy crap man, growing up in the 70's must of been seriously fun. It seems like everyone was madddd trippin

[skoolafish]

yo vcr's were like $500 back then. i wouldnt be surprised if you got these on beta...wow

[gglarue]

Does someone have these all in order? Would be cool to see what came first. Hard to remember that long ago. :)

[Rkerekes13]

Crank up the volume and play this theme song loud! Yeah!!!

[saanzacs]

Was this the Electric Company's very first credits segment or did this come later?

[Rkerekes13]

I believe this came later.

[diesfaustus]

These were the credits for the second season (1972-1973) and they were credited to "The Short Circus and Friends" on the original cast LP. The first season opening credits featured only the adult cast and the opening music was the same, but Rita Moreno's "Hey you guys!" wasn't at the start of the theme, and it was sung by the "adult cast."