Skills

Series Name
Season 1, Episode 1
Air date	January 19, 2009
Written by	Gordon Bessack
Directed by	Michael Walker
Episode Guide
previous electric company pilot	next Scent of a Human

Skills was the first episode of The Electric Company 2009.

PlotEdit

Keith Watson discovers his ability to throw wordballs and is invited to become a member of the Electric Company. Francine Carruthers, the leader of the neighborhood troublemakers called the Pranksters, steals Keith's special skill (the ability to draw in the air) and weakens the Company. Keith comes up with a brilliant plan to retrieve his skill. He convinces Francine and the other Pranksters that he in on their side by making it appear as though he has all the special skills of all the other Electric Company members. When Francine is fooled by this, she offers to trade special skills with him, meaning that he gets his ability to draw in midair back, and Francine doesn't get anything out of it (except backlash from the other Pranksters.)

Full EpisodeEdit

TriviaEdit

This is the episode where we first find out what the special skills are of all the Electric Company members. (Keith Watson- The ability to draw in the air. Lisa Heffenbacher- The ability to scramble and unscramble the letters of words. Jessica Ruiz- The ability to play back any sound that she heard. Hector Ruiz- The ability to generate an image of anything that he saw.)
This is the only episode of the first season where all four of the Pranksters are featured.
When this episode as part of The Electric Company Experiment, the cutscenes of Keith talking to the kid at the basketball court were removed and replaced with Hector explaining the concept of the series.
This is one of three episodes in the series that does not actually happen in real time. Instead, the whole story exists as a flashback when Keith is telling this story to a kid on the basketball court. (The other two episodes are one Bad Apple and The Unmuffins.)
this isn't keith jessica lisa and hector's debut

Segments Edit

Sound Carnival- s
Odd Couple- The Sticky Seat on the Seesaw
Daily Sound- st
Shock Matrix- stereo, fast, combust, thrust

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Silhouettes Blends- first, storm, stairs, star, last
Prank Cam- Ninja of the Alphabet (Manny Spamboni discusses silent E)
Silent E Song with James Iglehart
Shock & Lin Manuel Miranda- Silent E Is a Ninja

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Music Man- Silent E
Sound Out- stove (Hector Ruiz)
Shock Turntables- oke
Special Agent Jack Bowser- Cake
Vocabulary- Thumb War

VocabularyEdit

•Skill

•Feature

•Athlete

•Visualize

Characters Edit

Goofs Edit

The pranksters should know that Keith would never team up with Francine.
The episode skills aired after the old electric company so the old viewers wouldn't know who the pranksters were.

SongsEdit

We've Got skills- Act 1

Take the Plege -Act 4

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