Was there a better learning aid for kids in the ’70s and early ’80s than the edifying hilarity of The Electric Company? That era was really a heyday for educational programming, much of it produced by the Children’s Television Workshop, the same good people behind Sesame Street.

The Electric Company was meant for kids who had “graduated” from Sesame, and used comedy and superhero antics (like the bumbling Blue Beetle) to instruct. And what a cast! Bill Cosby, Rita Moreno, Morgan Freeman, Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder and Joan Rivers all appeared or voiced animated characters. The Best of the Best of the Electric Company is a new disc containing five choice E.C. episodes, a “Rita Moreno Remembers” featurette and selected outtakes.

Another childhood favourite to hit DVD in a deluxe collector’s edition is Disney’s classic Lady and the Tramp, featuring the voice and music of the late great Peggy LeIt’s a “50th Anniversary Edition,” despite the fact that the movie came out in 1955 (you do the math), and, like all Disney boxsets, it’s generously stocked with special features—deleted scenes, storyboards and more. —Mark Slutsky