The Electric Company (1971)
The Electric Company (1971)
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Cast & Crew.
Bill Cosby
The Milk Man
Jim Boyd
Andy
Morgan Freeman
Count Dracula
Irene Cara
Iris - Member of the Short Circus
Judy Graubart
Jennifer of the Jungle
Skip Hinnant
Clam
Rita Moreno
Carmela
June Angela
Julie - Member of the Short Circus
Mel Brooks
Blond-Haired Cartoon Man
Luis Ávalos
Dr. Doolats
Miles Ludwig
Producer
Andrea Palumbos
Producer
Ashley Fenwick-Naditch
Producer
Zero Mostel
Spell Binder
Hattie Winston
Sylvia
Erica Branch-Ridley
Producer
Ken Roberts
The Last Word (voice) / Announcer (Love of Chair)
Samuel Y. Gibbon Jr.
Executive Producer
Andy Ferguson
Producer
Emily Friendroberts
Producer
David D. Connell
Executive Producer
Tom Lehrer
Music
Jean Stapleton
Michael Landon
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The Electric Company is an American educational children's television series produced by the Children's Television Workshop (CTW, now known as Sesame Workshop). It was co-created by Paul Dooley, Joan Ganz Cooney, and Lloyd Morrisett. The series aired on PBS for 780 episodes over the course of its six seasons from October 25, 1971, to April 15, 1977. The program continued in reruns until October 4, 1985. The Electric Company later reran on Noggin, a channel co-founded by the CTW, from 1999 to 2003. Noggin also produced a compilation special for the show.
The Workshop produced the show at Reeves Teletape Studios in Manhattan. The Electric Company employed sketch comedy and various other devices to provide an entertaining program to help elementary school children develop their grammar and reading skills. Since it was intended for children who had graduated from CTW's flagship program, Sesame Street, the humor was more mature than what was seen there.The show was directed by Robert Schwarz (1971 and 1977), Henry Behar (1972–1975), and John Tracy (1975–1976), and written by Dooley, Christopher Cerf (1971–1973), Jeremy Stevens (1972–1974) and John Boni/Amy Ephron (1972–1973).
In many areas, a preview special, Here Comes The Electric Company, was seen in syndication through sponsor Johnson Wax on many local commercial stations during the week before its 1971 debut.