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Creators reveal secrets to ‘Electric City’ | Electric City - Yahoo! Screen
"Electric City" Who knew " Electric City " was a secret minireunion of "Bosom Buddies"? Well, not quite — but the cast for Tom Hanks' animated post-apocalyptic Web series included not only Hanks himself (as square-jawed spy Cleveland Carr), but also Holland Taylor. Her character Ruth Orwell, a shadowy matriarchal power, was named after a producer's great-aunt. Taylor though associated the name with Ruth Dunbar, her role in the 1980 show starring Hanks and Peter Scolari. The comedy — about pals so desperate for affordable New York housing that they went undercover in a women-only boarding house — lasted just two seasons, long enough to be Hanks's breakout vehicle. Other fun bits of trivia emerged during a Yahoo!Famous Uncracked Codes | Electric City - Yahoo! Screen
Codes have done everything from transmitting crucial information during World War II to keeping little brother from snooping in your diary. Here are some that have remained uncrackable. The Zodiac Killer's codes It's been 40 years since the serial killer terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area. The murderer sent letters to the newspapers and police, and four contained coded messages.Devices That Suck (Power) | Electric City - Yahoo! Screen
"Electric City" We live for gadgets. But even the smallest ones can consume an enormous amount of power.Tom Hanks on "Electric City" The Oscar-winning star boasts an impressive career. His next big step: the Web.

