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The Electric Company
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.
Where to watch The Electric Company
The Electric Company is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video and Apple TV Store.
Seasons
- Season 1 — 130 episodes (October 25, 1971)
- Season 2 — 130 episodes (October 23, 1972)
- Season 3 — 130 episodes (October 22, 1973)
- Season 4 — 130 episodes (October 21, 1974)
- Season 5 — 130 episodes (October 20, 1975)
- Season 6 — 130 episodes (October 18, 1976)
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
- Judy Graubart as Winnie /Jennifer of the Jungle /Julia Grown-Up /The Witch
- Jim Boyd as Andy /J. Arthur Crank /Paul the Gorilla /The Blue Beetle /The Wolfman /Loreli Loverly /Max /Steve Awesome the $6.39 Man
Details
- First aired
- October 25, 1971
- Episodes
- 780
- Genres
- Comedy, Family
- Network
- PBS
- Status
- Ended
- TMDB score
- 7.3 / 10 from 26 votes
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