The Electric Company - episode 285 - modified version

Teaser: "Today on The Electric Company the movie star doesn't say... ("Don't bug me.")"

 Cast Carmela, in the woods, snugs inside her blanket.

 Scanimate Animation Snug/hug (cut from the Noggin version)

 Cast Carmela isn’t waiting for the "bus," "bug," or "tug" stop. Rather, she’s waiting for the "tub" stop, which turns out to be a bath tub she enters in.

(First: Show 3)

 Mel Brooks cartoon The blond haired man comes across the words "tug," "bug," and "rug." Out of all of those three words, "bug" is his favorite and states that he likes "hugging a bug." But with just one tight squeeze, the word itself crumbles apart, leaving the man to say "Oh, sorry bug!"

(Animated by Cliff Roberts)

(EKA: Show 147)

Cartoon A man hangs up a horseshoe (as a letter "U") in the word "luck," then the horseshoe falls on the man, and the woman comments "Bad luck."

(cut from the Noggin version)

Message Man Cartoon Message Man reads a sign bearing the word "Run!" without realizing it's warning him about someone sawing a hole in the floor just beneath him.

(First: Show 7)

Cast "F/fu/fun" song (The Sound of Short "U")

 The Adventures of Letterman A Rolling Bun Gathers No Seeds

Cast Three woman hold up words that make the word "sun." Then someone with a letter "T" joins them to make the word "stun."

Scanimate animation Star word animation

(different colors)

(First: Show 75)

The Director "Don't bug me. Please stop."

Scanimate animation Starch word animation

(First: Show 42)

Cartoon A kid, walking during the nighttime, comes across a falling star in a jar, which he sends far into the sky.

(Animated by John and Faith Hubley)

Bumper "The Electric Company will continue right after this word: ("Star")"

Cast Crank critiques the sounds of the vowel U on the "Fun" song set, by demonstrating Silent E in the words "cut" and "cute."

Scanimate animation A scissor cuts the letter "e" out of "cute" to make it "cut."

(cut from the Noggin airing)

(First: Show 116)

Scanimate Animation A baby cub bear morphs into a "cube."

(cut from the Noggin airing)

(First: Show 29)

Cast A man (Luis Avalos) tells Brenda that inside the tube he has, there’s a "tub" inside it.

(cut from the Noggin airing)

Cast J.J. narrates that Mark is sitting in a tube in a tub.

Cast Buddy tells Zachary, "I said, I'm playing my drums."

(First: Show 83)

Jennifer of the Jungle Jennifer teaches Paul about quotation marks.

(First: Show 125)

Cartoon Two fireman teach a man (who’s in a house that’s in fire) about quotation marks, but numerous times when the chief says things like "jump" and "get up," the man can’t understand what the chief is saying, which leads to the other fireman to correct him by saying "The chief said…" to him.

(Animated by John and Faith Hubley)

(cut from the Noggin airing)

(First: Show 60)

Cast Harvey (Jim Boyd) and his date (Rita Moreno) eavesdrop Mark and Brenda’s date using quotation marks to show what they are saying.

Cast/Song Mark sings about how "It’s Not the Same Since "U" Left."

Teaser "Tune in next time when you’ll see Paul be… (sloppy)"