The Electric Company (1971)

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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.

• Released: 1971-10-25
• Genres: Comedy, Family
• Seasons: 6, 780 episodes
• Episode length: 28m
• Network: PBS
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 7.3/10 from 26 votes

Top cast

• Morgan Freeman as Mark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello
• Rita Moreno as Carmela
• Mel Brooks as Blond-Haired Cartoon Man (voice)
• Hattie Winston as Sylvia / Valerie the Librarian
• Gene Wilder as Letterman (voice)
• Joan Rivers as Letterman Narrator (voice)
• Zero Mostel as Spell Binder (voice)
• Todd Graff as Jesse - Member of the Short Circus
• June Angela as Julie - Member of the Short Circus
• Luis Ávalos as Roberto / Dr. Doolats / Igor / Pedro

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Electric Company

• United States: buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
• Canada: buy on Apple TV Store
• Australia: buy on Apple TV Store

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