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The Electric Company

Series1971

ComedyFamily
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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.

Cast

  • Morgan Freeman
    Morgan FreemanMark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello
  • Rita Moreno
    Rita MorenoCarmela
  • Mel Brooks
    Mel BrooksBlond-Haired Cartoon Man (voice)
  • Hattie Winston
    Hattie WinstonSylvia / Valerie the Librarian
  • Gene Wilder
    Gene WilderLetterman (voice)
  • Joan Rivers
    Joan RiversLetterman Narrator (voice)
  • Zero Mostel
    Zero MostelSpell Binder (voice)
  • Todd Graff
    Todd GraffJesse - Member of the Short Circus
  • June Angela — artwork unavailable
    June AngelaJulie - Member of the Short Circus
  • Luis Ávalos
    Luis ÁvalosRoberto / Dr. Doolats / Igor / Pedro