What a lovely memory!!!!! So, this is where I get that word yagga from! 😂 Its been buried deep in my childhood memory banks! Blessings to the person who uploaded this and to those seeing this.
It's interesting how The Electric Company works. They have to put multiple words in the same context to demonstrate a particular aspect of phonics, such as a word with or without the silent E, so that is where they get the phrase "That is not the note." I have also been enjoying their thing about the letter "J" that features Jennifer of the Jungle.
Trivia: It was actually Dmitri Shostakovich who wrote fifteen symphonies (Beethoven only wrote nine, of course!). These few funny tuba notes that the guy plays are from that 15th Symphony by Shostakovich; which was written in the summer of 1971 (first performed in Moscow on 8 January, 1972). I remember this from The Electric Company, Episode #372; which premiered on March 26, 1974.
The Electric Company: where the kids learned reading skills and the adults got a good laugh.... And people in the know got a little wink from the writers, who did their research!
😄😄😄😄First of all Tubas are low pitched of course it's going to come out that way in "Note". 🤓. Take a real look i saw this sketch lots of times, when the maestro chewed & ate up his baton part of his fake mustache came unglued! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. This is a bravo to Jim Boyd & Luis Avalos for this memorable teaches of" Not & Note" funny but educational a job well done. 👋👋👋👋👋👋👋
Now that I think about it, I didn't understand what was going on when I saw this for the first time at 3 years old. It wasn't until I got to high school and played in the Marching Band and realized that the conductor taps his stick on the podium and restarts the piece because someone messes up.
It would be great if they had put more time after the "That is not the note" sketch to have the 3 second sketch for Crankto read the word not.Were all the words and times random for each cast member?Do you remember the lemon-lime ,M or Q,Spiderman reading yeti in 5 seconds ,the one where Hattie Winston sings Help!at least 18 times when she had nightmares, See Sam sit sketches?
Best part of this skit was having Kathy as part of the main cast. She fit in well there. That's how it should have gone down, instead of simply dismissing her from the Short Circus. (Because they wanted new blood?) I love that they kept Julie there, but looking back now I can see Kathy was ready to make the leap over to the "adults." Lost opportunities...
I originally saw this when I was a little kid in the 70s, but I didn't find it funny until now. I love how the conductor hovers over the tuba guy on the last playing because the conductor knows the tuba is going to play it wrong again. When I was in high school, we played Beethoven's 5th in the Marching Band.
2:00 By this third practice of the piece, the conductor knows that the tuba is going to play it wrong, and he comes right over to the tuba to dump on him!
Could you show the sketch where Crank had to read the following words in 3 seconds,not,and and grouch?Also ,the sketch where Winnie had to read the word prunes,btw,was that in 3 or 5 seconds?What about the sketch where Morgan Freeman and the lady who was Vi,something Chamberlin were at the movie theater and he kept saying Stop over and over and that got the latter pretty aggravated,however,it wasn't his fault.The reason he kept saying Stop so much,was because Judy Graubart kept tickling him.
I remember that segment with Mark(Morgan)and Brenda(Lee)at the movies, where he kept exclaiming “Stop!” because it turned out Winnie(Judy Graubart) on his other side had been ticking him. HILARIOUS, the way Brenda got QUITE annoyed! I can also remember her telling Mark: “And stop saying “Stop!” Mark:”I can’t! Stop!” as it’s revealed Winnie has been tickling him. Something I can easily picture as a typical Bert and Ernie at the movies segment: Ernie would be exclaiming “Stop!” over and over, Bert would tell him,”Ernie, please, be quiet! And stop saying Stop!” Ernie:”I can’t, Bert! Stop!” and it would be revealed that say, Grover had been tickling him all the while. Ha ha.
jim68 I do wonder why Morgan Freeman is the only one you hear about and the only one that’s now a legendary academy award winning actor and all that stuff. The others just seem to fall under the radar. But then you do hear from Rita Moreno once in a while.
Derek Roberts I know. I forgot to mention her. That Louis Avalos was one outstanding Cuban character actor. Very underrated. Takes a lot of talent to act like American people like the characters he played on this series.
I am quite a lover of classical music, myself, and every time I would learn, in say, some music literature class, that Beethoven did indeed, write only NINE symphonies, I would IMMEDIATELY be reminded of Jim Boyd(as the tuba player here, who keeps playing the wrong note), driving Luis Avalos(as the FRUSTRATED conductor), when Jim claims he was playing Beethoven's FIFTEENTH symphony,"BUt that's impossible! Beethoven only wrote NINE SYMPHONIES! So how could you POSSIBLY be playing a 15th symphony? Explain yourself!" ANd YES, I can tell this would have been from either Season 3 or 4--SHort Circus member Kathy(Melanie Henderson), the way she is wearing her hair, here(she started to wear her hair "down", in Seasons 3 and 4.) And, of course, as all classical music lovers know, Beethoven's 9th, is the famous "Ode To Joy," with that FABULOUS,DahdahDAHdahdahdahdahdah...melody; I hear religious hymns, at church, set to that melody, frequently. Thanks for posting.
Again, anytime I am reminded of the fact that Beethoven's total number of symphonies was nine, I am immediately reminded of this skit, of Jim driving Luis over the edge, when Jim claims to be playing a 15th symphony, and of course, the way he keeps playing the wrong note.
Maestro was nasty.Boyd tried to explain but he was interrupted and told twice to be quiet.I know the maestro was frustrated,but needs to understand that nobody's perfect.
heh...watch the background, the cast can barely keep it together. Luis went so overboard with the tempermental conductor and poor Jim as the truly shocked tuba player.
NNNNNNNyaga!! Lol!! I laughed so hard in that apartment in Brooklyn when I saw this the first time. I still laugh now.
This is why I adored The Electric Co., even though I was a teenager. Great skits, silly cartoons, just fun.
What a lovely memory!!!!! So, this is where I get that word yagga from! 😂
Its been buried deep in my childhood memory banks!
Blessings to the person who uploaded this and to those seeing this.
One of my favorite Electric Co. sketches of all time!
Jim and Luis at their best in this clip. Both of them will be missed by far.
Some of their best work on this show was as a duo.
Imho, this was Luis Avalos's masterpiece performance. He was perfect in this.
And I see they upheld the Rule of 3 in this one. (Just a side note that was not in this piece)
Luis Avalos and Jim Boyd were a really good comic duo.
It's interesting how The Electric Company works. They have to put multiple words in the same context to demonstrate a particular aspect of phonics, such as a word with or without the silent E, so that is where they get the phrase "That is not the note." I have also been enjoying their thing about the letter "J" that features Jennifer of the Jungle.
"That note is not in this piece! That is not the right note!"
Morgan is playing a recorder? LOL!
Trivia: It was actually Dmitri Shostakovich who wrote fifteen symphonies (Beethoven only wrote nine, of course!). These few funny tuba notes that the guy plays are from that 15th Symphony by Shostakovich; which was written in the summer of 1971 (first performed in Moscow on 8 January, 1972). I remember this from The Electric Company, Episode #372; which premiered on March 26, 1974.
The Electric Company: where the kids learned reading skills and the adults got a good laugh.... And people in the know got a little wink from the writers, who did their research!
I have never heard Beethoven’s piece of music since I was 4 years old without that wrong note.
That is my favorite classic!
😄😄😄😄First of all Tubas are low pitched of course it's going to come out that way in "Note". 🤓. Take a real look i saw this sketch lots of times, when the maestro chewed & ate up his baton part of his fake mustache came unglued! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. This is a bravo to Jim Boyd & Luis Avalos for this memorable teaches of" Not & Note" funny but educational a job well done. 👋👋👋👋👋👋👋
I STILL hear that tuba piece when I think of the 5th Symphony by Beethoven.....some 45 years later.
Wow, he’s the only completely frustrated conductor who eats the conductor’s baton like a stick of uncooked spaghetti pasta!😂
2:08 Hattie Winston trying not to laugh :D
Luis Avalos, in this skit, represents what I picture to be the human image of SS's Chattaley, especially the hair.
Seeing this again at long last brings tears of joy to my eyes! And does anyone know that Beethoven wrote sketches for a 10th symphony? It's true
R.I.P. Jim Boyd--aka Paul the Gorilla, Maurice the Plant, the Blue Beetle, Steve Awesome, and the infamous J.Arthur CRANK!!!
Lol! When he finally snaps, he says CACA. This is so cute.
Now that I think about it, I didn't understand what was going on when I saw this for the first time at 3 years old. It wasn't until I got to high school and played in the Marching Band and realized that the conductor taps his stick on the podium and restarts the piece because someone messes up.
this is sooo funny!!
Whenever I want to go over the top and act like I'm having a conniption, I tend to yell "Hnnnnnn, YAGGA!" Got it from this sketch.
Brad Hampton OOGY-GOOGY-YAGGY-YAGGU-GUAGGA! :D
I was 5 when that sketch was out , and I thought he was saying Eeee-yucca, chewy chewy qucca
It would be great if they had put more time after the "That is not the note" sketch to have the 3 second sketch for Crankto read the word not.Were all the words and times random for each cast member?Do you remember the lemon-lime ,M or Q,Spiderman reading yeti in 5 seconds ,the one where Hattie Winston sings Help!at least 18 times when she had nightmares, See Sam sit sketches?
And to this day, qucca is a made up curse word I use, meaning worse than the Spanish curse word cucca.
Best part of this skit was having Kathy as part of the main cast. She fit in well there. That's how it should have gone down, instead of simply dismissing her from the Short Circus. (Because they wanted new blood?) I love that they kept Julie there, but looking back now I can see Kathy was ready to make the leap over to the "adults." Lost opportunities...
Absolutely!! Kathy (Melanie Henderson) was/is my favorite of the original Short Circus!! I wish her all the best!! :) :) :) :)
2:08 Lee Chamberlain is FIGHTING to keep from laughing....
2:42 Skip Hinnant isn't even trying to fight it. He's enjoying the show.
That's Hattie Winston at 2:08.
@@ebf1957 Oops! Thanks! Let me rephrase....
2:08 Hattie Winston is FIGHTING to keep from laughing.
Right, Lee Chamberlain had left at the conclusion of season 2. Hattie Winston was her replacement.
Looking at this today for the first time after all these years, I venture to say I think Luis Avalos is rather melodramatic in this skit.
I originally saw this when I was a little kid in the 70s, but I didn't find it funny until now. I love how the conductor hovers over the tuba guy on the last playing because the conductor knows the tuba is going to play it wrong again.
When I was in high school, we played Beethoven's 5th in the Marching Band.
Does anyone remember the sketch where Mr. Backwards says "Eton eht ton sthat"?
I do, that was Skip Hinnant as “Mr. Backwards”; that was in fact “That is not the note” backwards that he was saying as you know.
I think Boyd probably got a counterfeit Beethoven symphony.
LMHO!!!! :) :) ;)
2:00 By this third practice of the piece, the conductor knows that the tuba is going to play it wrong, and he comes right over to the tuba to dump on him!
Exactly!
Could you show the sketch where Crank had to read the following words in 3 seconds,not,and and grouch?Also ,the sketch where Winnie had to read the word prunes,btw,was that in 3 or 5 seconds?What about the sketch where Morgan Freeman and the lady who was Vi,something Chamberlin were at the movie theater and he kept saying Stop over and over and that got the latter pretty aggravated,however,it wasn't his fault.The reason he kept saying Stop so much,was because Judy Graubart kept tickling him.
They are also upholding the comedy tradition known as the Rule of 3.
I remember that segment with Mark(Morgan)and Brenda(Lee)at the movies, where he kept exclaiming “Stop!” because it turned out Winnie(Judy Graubart) on his other side had been ticking him. HILARIOUS, the way Brenda got QUITE annoyed! I can also remember her telling Mark: “And stop saying “Stop!” Mark:”I can’t! Stop!” as it’s revealed Winnie has been tickling him. Something I can easily picture as a typical Bert and Ernie at the movies segment: Ernie would be exclaiming “Stop!” over and over, Bert would tell him,”Ernie, please, be quiet! And stop saying Stop!” Ernie:”I can’t, Bert! Stop!” and it would be revealed that say, Grover had been tickling him all the while. Ha ha.
@@MrJamieMurph4141969 I honestly don't recall the segment you are referring to, but it sounds like something typical on the show.
"Today on The Electric Company"...Episode 372.
RIP Jim Boyd and Lois Avalos.
Bill Kaliszewski yup. 2 very underrated great character actors. As a matter of fact they were all great performers.
jim68 I do wonder why Morgan Freeman is the only one you hear about and the only one that’s now a legendary academy award winning actor and all that stuff. The others just seem to fall under the radar. But then you do hear from Rita Moreno once in a while.
Derek Roberts I know. I forgot to mention her. That Louis Avalos was one outstanding Cuban character actor. Very underrated. Takes a lot of talent to act like American people like the characters he played on this series.
sorry to correct. it is Luis Avalos.
I wonder if you can find where Crank reads the word not in 3 seconds after the symphony sketch?
I am quite a lover of classical music, myself, and every time I would learn, in say, some music literature class, that Beethoven did indeed, write only NINE symphonies, I would IMMEDIATELY be reminded of Jim Boyd(as the tuba player here, who keeps playing the wrong note), driving Luis Avalos(as the FRUSTRATED conductor), when Jim claims he was playing Beethoven's FIFTEENTH symphony,"BUt that's impossible! Beethoven only wrote NINE SYMPHONIES! So how could you POSSIBLY be playing a 15th symphony? Explain yourself!" ANd YES, I can tell this would have been from either Season 3 or 4--SHort Circus member Kathy(Melanie Henderson), the way she is wearing her hair, here(she started to wear her hair "down", in Seasons 3 and 4.) And, of course, as all classical music lovers know, Beethoven's 9th, is the famous "Ode To Joy," with that FABULOUS,DahdahDAHdahdahdahdahdah...melody; I hear religious hymns, at church, set to that melody, frequently. Thanks for posting.
Again, anytime I am reminded of the fact that Beethoven's total number of symphonies was nine, I am immediately reminded of this skit, of Jim driving Luis over the edge, when Jim claims to be playing a 15th symphony, and of course, the way he keeps playing the wrong note.
Imagine Seiji Ozawa eating HIS baton when someone in his orchestra plays the wrong note or gets on his bad side! LMHO!!! :) :) :)
Or Arthur Fiedler or the great John Williams
That was probably a breadstick
He looks more like Mark Twain than Beethoven..
Or C.C. Deville from Poison
Albert Einstein anyone?
This sketch was my introduction to Beethoven.
Same here!
Mine too! Next thing I know, there’s a disco version of the Fifth
This is similar to the sketch where the violinist keeps playing off-key, and the conductor keeps yelling, "STOP!"
If you like this, you'll also like Peter Schickele's "sports commentary" of Beethoven's Fifth.
Yeah, Peter Schickele; aka P.D.Q. Bach!
@@rayandreina R.I.P. Peter Schickele. I heard he just passed away recently.
I'm thinking they had Herbert von Karajan in mind when they created this character...
Quiet, prevail? I am having trouble understanding what Luis said at that point and also after he says "Quiet! Silencio!"
It sounds like "fideo" and "gentlemen, begin once more".
I thought he called him Fidel
Oh, look, edible conductor sticks.
He probably ran out of chewing gum.
2:37 I was playing something else his lost 15th Symphony
When I was a kid, I didn't get the reference to Beethoven until I was a little older and read Peanuts.
The way Schroeder is so into Beethoven, yes.
Episode 91A
Season 5 (1976)
If the Maestro had let Jim Boyd talk, he would've realized what the error was.
Maestro was nasty.Boyd tried to explain but he was interrupted and told twice to be quiet.I know the maestro was frustrated,but needs to understand that nobody's perfect.
when did luis pass away
Luis Avalos was born 9/2/1946 in Havana, Cuba; passed away 1/22/2014 in Burbank, California. R.I.P.
heh...watch the background, the cast can barely keep it together. Luis went so overboard with the tempermental conductor and poor Jim as the truly shocked tuba player.
I remember
0:40 That note isn't in the piece, in other words that isn't the right note.
Lots of composers are like this.
I think of this Beethoven's title fifth is like a bowl of overcooked pasta.....
Haven’t seen since 1980
What was Beethoven's favorite fruit?
+TnseWlms Ba-na-na-na!
@@stevenscottoddballz I've also heard "Plum, plum, plum, plum" since I don't think they had bananas in 18th century Germany.
Where’s the trumpet?😂😭😂
Right, I also hear a piano but don’t see one
It actually is correct, he is just playing it too low.
02:05 My favorite part! {Groans} "Yagga! Oogy googy yaggy yagu guaga!"
When I was a kid I thought he said, eee yucca chewy chewy qucca.🤣🤣 My family said cucca a lot, so I invented the word qucca, which means the f word
Luis Avalos was funny muttering in Spanish in past skits