Deep Thoughts about The Electric Company

Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture Podcast

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On this week’s Deep Thoughts, Tracie revisits a classic of GenX childhood: The Electric Company. This children’s sketch comedy program with an all-star cast (Morgan Freeman! Rita Moreno! Bill Cosby?) showcased the wonderful ways that informal education can be intentional, subversive, funny, and validating. While not everything from The Electric Company has aged well (the Spell Binder relied on racist stereotypes about Arabs and did we mention Bill Cosby?), there is much to enjoy in this staple of 1970s television.

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1. Deep Thoughts about The Electric Company (00:00:00)

2. Electric Company and Pop Culture Exploration (00:00:01)

3. Educational Kids Shows and Pop Culture (00:15:52)

4. Power of Informal Education in Media (00:30:46)

5. Evolution of Education and Entertainment (00:36:10)

6. Electric Company's Influence on Generation X (00:50:16)