The Electric Company (1971)

About 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.

The Electric Company air dates

First aired

25 October 1971

Season 6 premiered

18 October 1976

Final episode aired

1 June 1977

Air dates: TMDB.

Cast and crew of The Electric Company

• Morgan Freemanas Mark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello(780 episodes)
• Bill Cosbyas The Milk Man(260 episodes)
• Rita Morenoas Carmela(780 episodes)
• Mel Brooksas Blond-Haired Cartoon Man (voice)(780 episodes)
• Skip Hinnantas Boy (Love of Chair)(260 episodes)
• Hattie Winstonas Sylvia / Valerie the Librarian(520 episodes)
• Denise Nickersonas Allison - Member of the Short Circus(130 episodes)
• Gene Wilderas Letterman (voice)(780 episodes)
• Lee Chamberlinas Brenda /Vi /Madame Rosalie /Gladys the Glow-Worm(260 episodes)
• Joan Riversas Letterman Narrator (voice)(780 episodes)
• Irene Caraas Iris - Member of the Short Circus(130 episodes)
• Zero Mostelas Spell Binder (voice)(650 episodes)
• Todd Graffas Jesse - Member of the Short Circus(260 episodes)
• June Angelaas Julie - Member of the Short Circus(780 episodes)
• Luis Ávalosas Roberto / Dr. Doolats / Igor / Pedro(650 episodes)

Producer

Andrea Palumbos, Miles Ludwig, Andy Ferguson, Emily Friendroberts, Erica Branch-Ridley, Ashley Fenwick-Naditch

Cast and crew: TMDB.