The Electric Company 53 years old

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.

Credits

Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman

Mad Scientist

Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman

Count Dracula

Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman

Easy Reader

Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno

Carmela

Cast

Name Character
Morgan Freeman He was 34 , now 87 years old as Mad Scientist
Morgan Freeman He was 34 , now 87 years old as Count Dracula
Morgan Freeman He was 34 , now 87 years old as Easy Reader
Mel Blanc He was 63 , 81 years old when he died
Rita Moreno She was 39 , now 92 years old as Carmela
Joan Rivers She was 38 , 81 years old when she died
Gene Wilder He was 38 , 83 years old when he died
Lily Tomlin She was 32 , now 85 years old
Michael Landon He was 34 , 54 years old when he died
Todd Graff He was 12 , now 65 years old
Bill Cosby He was 34 , now 87 years old
Zero Mostel He was 56 , 62 years old when he died
Mel Brooks He was 45 , now 98 years old
Luis Ávalos He was 25 , 67 years old when he died
Skip Hinnant He was 31 , now 84 years old
Carroll O'Connor He was 47 , 76 years old when he died
Denise Nickerson She was 14 , 62 years old when she died
Tony Longo He was 1952 , 1996 years old when he died
Irene Cara She was 12 , now 65 years old
June Angela She was 12 , now 65 years old
Lee Chamberlin She was 33 , now 86 years old
Jean Stapleton She was 48 , 90 years old when she died

Crew

Name Job title
The Electric Company poster
The Electric Company (53 years)

Ended

  • First Air Date: 1971-10-25
  • Runtime: [28,30] minutes
  • Number of Episodes: 781