Today on The Electric Company, Dr. Dolots and his assistant say "kettle".
To start off the episode, Paul the Gorilla (Jimmy Boyd) bursts onto the scene to introduce the first topic, the letter K, and is showered with a round of applause... and bananas. The letter K appears in such words as "kick", "kid", and "ketchup", which is exactly what Dr. Dolots (Luis Avalos) thinks is the treatment that will revive Hattie Winston, who has just fainted. Pandora the Brat (Rita Moreno) sings an upbeat song called "I Get a Kick Out of ICK", all about the ICK word family in words like "sick" and "brick". All too soon J. Arthur Crank (Boyd) interrupts the fun to remind viewers to look out for the SK blend, whether it starts a word like "skeleton" or ends a word like "mask". Winston is in charge of introducing the sight word of the day, "who", followed by a sketch in which Lee Chamberlin and Rita Moreno try to figure out just who sent them a bouquet of flowers. The Blond-Haired Cartoon Man (Mel Brooks) finds himself asking, "Who is that?" when faced with three similar-looking people. Julia Grownup (Judy Graubart) shows up to kick off the final topic, the ED suffix that turns "cook" into "cooked". The very last segment features Avalos as an astronaut obeying orders from Skip Hinnant: "Lift latch." "Latch lifted!" Will the liftoff be a success? Fingers crossed! Scanimate words include "key", "ask", and "screamed".
Tune in next time when Paul will see this sign: "No Jumping, Playing, Throwing".