Ne-Yo, Common, Wyclef and the PS22 Kids Light Up the New "Electric Company" [We're Gonna Turn You On]

A few months back, when PBS relaunched the classic kid's educational show "The Electric Company," there was a small freakout amongst my pals who hold the sanctity of these things dear. They were worried that the modern version would lose all the charm and panache of the original, which starred Morgan Freeman, Bill Cosby and Rita Moreno (among others), and included music contributions from Tom Lehrer (above) and the original songwriters from Sesame Street. Well, their fears were definitely unwa...

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