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The Electric Company (1971)

Ended ★ 7.1/10 6 Seasons 780 Episodes 29m Comedy, Family
Network: PBS

Description

The Electric Company is an educational American children's television series that was produced by the Children's Television Workshop for PBS in the United States. PBS broadcast 780 episodes over the course of its six seasons from October 25, 1971 to April 15, 1977. After it ceased production that year, the program continued in reruns from 1977 to 1985, the result of a decision made in 1975 to produce two final seasons for perpetual use. CTW produced the show at Teletape Studios Second Stage in Manhattan, the first home of Sesame Street. The Electric Company employed sketch comedy and other devices to provide an entertaining program to help elementary school children develop their grammar and reading skills. It was intended for children who had graduated from CTW's flagship program, Sesame Street. Appropriately, the humor was more mature than what was seen there.

Top Cast

Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman Mark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello
Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno Carmela
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks Blond-Haired Cartoon Man (voice)
Hattie Winston
Hattie Winston Sylvia / Valerie the Librarian
Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder Letterman (voice)
Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers Letterman Narrator (voice)
Zero Mostel
Zero Mostel Spell Binder (voice)
Todd Graff
Todd Graff Jesse - Member of the Short Circus

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