The Electric Company - Hubley - I Want the Truth, Ruth

[zulunurse2009]

Lol! Thanks so much for posting.

[kimmy1984]

LOL!!! gotta love the TEC!!!

[OrionSound]

YES!!! Thank you...its been a 30 year quest

[Sparkina]

This. Man. Cannot. Sing. Great memory flash

[spacebullseye]

Bet she hated to see him waste all that talent.

[aldiakaroofus]

OMFG LOL This deserves an Oscar!

[MsPandaRosa]

@aldiakaroofus

or at least a Grammy.

[Charla1606]

He sorta reminds me of 'My name is Fred' guy on SS.

[MsPandaRosa]

I like the girl's look at 0:22, kind of a "he hasn't figured it out yet" attitude.

[RooseveltFranklinFan]

Great little clip. Thanks for uploading it. "Pearl" sort of reminds me of "Daria". Not the outfit, but the hair, face and especially her mannerisms.

[NantoVision1]

@RooseveltFranklinFan Of course if it was her, she would have said: "Actually, my name is Daria. But you can go on singing your little song there, who knows, maybe this Ruth will show up eventually and present you with a Grammy Award."

[ebf1957]

If there was an Electric Company tribute album, I can picture Tom Jones singing this.

[cstoczyn]

@ebf1957 Me 2

[jeopardy60611]

What rhymes with Pearl that is a synonym for "truth?"

[cstoczyn]

@jeopardy60611 IDK

[jeopardy60611]

@cstoczyn I got it:

Be a truthful girl, Pearl!

Let the truth unfurl, Pearl!

[cstoczyn]

@jeopardy60611 Sounds Good

[hjmcgill]

The best sang song of youth.

0:42 "gotta have, gotta have, gotta have the truth."

[cstoczyn]

@hjmcgill LOL

[cstoczyn]

Singer: WWWWWHHHHHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[cstoczyn]

Poor Guy

[306gamerization]

my names pearl..... :D

[cstoczyn]

@306gamerization LOL

[MsPandaRosa]

Every time I hear the song "Sleepwalk" the opening reminds me of I Want the Truth, Ruth.

Maybe Pearl and Ruth are twins, and the guy isn't bothering to notice the difference.

[djdavemick]

0:42--Help, he's grabbing me!

[cstoczyn]

@djdavemick OMG

[cstoczyn]

@djdavemick Poor Ruth Or Pearl

[Assisi4]

@cstoczyn Why poor Pearl? She's the one who lied to him and said her same with Ruth? ;-)

[cstoczyn]

@Assisi4 O I C

[MsPandaRosa]

@Assisi4

Or else Pearl did tell the truth, and the singer didn't pay attention to what she said. Still think Pearl and Ruth are sisters, better yet, twin sisters :-)

[cstoczyn]

@MsPandaRosa That's True

[muppetfan33]

Short, but so what?

[muppetfan33]

Not a bad song, though.

[cstoczyn]

@muppetfan33 MMM HMM

[QBCNetwork]

My name is Pearl, or St. Paul, Akard or West End (all light rail stations on Downtown Dallas).

[See918]

Is it just me or does Pearl look like she's wearing a diaper?

[traydogwoof]

This is brilliant -- thanks for the memories.

[parkercadie1]

That look on her face as he's singing is priceless! Holy shit.

[TaTgurl1003]

my name's pearl! LOL!

[SnowbirdFlock]

I used to say Pearl was wearing glasses with invisible frames!

[240ups]

I also need to learn that dancing style. 

[240ups]

oH HOW i LOVE THIS OLDY. mY OLDER BROTHERS RAZZED ME FOR WATCHING THIS SHOW WAY PAST THE AGE OF IT'S TARGET AUDIENCE. I just liked funny! And EC was FUNNY!

[ebf1957]

LOL! Thanks Nanto.

[triceatl67]

@maidenrls. MY mom loved this too i remember calling her to the TV so she could see this one. She passed away years ago thank again for posting this bit of my childhood and a memory of her. She was full of laughter and we sure laughed at this guy pouring his heart out to PEARL!

[triceatl67]

OMG I LOVED THIS AS A KID ALWAYS WISHED I COULD FIND THIS!

[djdavemick]

Is her name *really* Pearl? :)

[zacandtaylorrule]

Haha!  Oh what a childhood memory this is. Love it.

[maidenrulz1]

Yeah, heh heh! Or maybe his hair got in his eyes and he couldn't see he was talking/singing to the wrong girl!

[maidenrulz1]

Yay Nanto! Great to see this one again! Hadn't seen it since my EC days as a kid! It wasn't on the DVDs or Youtube before. Always loved that dude's crazy dance and the way the girl says "My name's Pearl" at the end. Never call a girl by the wrong name, that'll always piss her off, LOL. And my mom liked this one too, LOL.

[d72jjpilc]

@maidenrulz1 Then again, I wonder if the man was actually looking at Pearl (or 'Ruth') while he was singing, so maybe he was totally oblivious to the fact!

[JEEminn3000]

Thnks nanto, I was lookin for this.

[skingerskanger]

the song just came back to me after 25 yrs! thanks, Nanto.

[PinballWhiz]

Thank you so much Nanto for posting this classic clip from the Electric Company. I thought I would never see this one ever again.