The Electric Company(1971)

Name: The Electric Company
Genre: Comedy, Family
Released: 1971-10-25
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno, Mel Brooks, Hattie Winston, Gene Wilder

★ 7.3(26)28m780 episodesEnded

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.

First aired:: 1971-10-25
Country:: US
Network:: PBS

Episodes

Season 1(130)Season 2(130)Season 3(130)Season 4(130)Season 5(130)Season 6(130)

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1. To the Queen
1974-10-21
Among the concepts highlighted: the consonant Y and the consonant blend sp-.
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2. Show 392
1974-10-22
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3. Show 393
1974-10-23
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4. Show 394
1974-10-24
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5. Show 395
1974-10-25
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6. Show 396
1974-10-28
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7. Show 397
1974-10-29
8. Show 398
1974-10-30
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9. Show 399
1974-10-31
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10. Show 400
1974-11-01
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11. Show 401
1974-11-04
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12. Show 402
1974-11-05
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13. Show 403
1974-11-06
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14. Show 404
1974-11-07
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15. Show 405
1974-11-08
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16. Show 406
1974-11-11
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17. Show 407
1974-11-12
18. Show 408
1974-11-13
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19. Show 409
1974-11-14
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20. Show 410
1974-11-15
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21. Show 411
1974-11-18
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22. Show 412
1974-11-19
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23. Show 413
1974-11-20
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24. Show 414
1974-11-21
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25. Show 415
1974-11-22
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26. Show 416
1974-11-25
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27. Show 417
1974-11-26
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28. Read
1974-11-27
The consonant F leads to the consonant blend fr-. Also featured are the vowel digraph ou and the suffixes -ed and -est.
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29. Show 419
1974-11-28
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30. Show 420
1974-11-29
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31. Show 421
1974-12-02
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32. Show 422
1974-12-03
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33. Show 423
1974-12-04
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34. Show 424
1974-12-05
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35. Show 425
1974-12-06
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36. Show 426
1974-12-09
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37. Show 427
1974-12-10
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38. Show 428
1974-12-11
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39. Show 429
1974-12-12
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40. Show 430
1974-12-13
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41. Show 431
1974-12-16
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42. Show 432
1974-12-17
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43. Show 433
1974-12-18
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44. Show 434
1974-12-19
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45. Show 435
1974-12-20
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46. Show 436
1974-12-23
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47. There Was
1974-12-24
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48. Show 438
1974-12-25
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49. Show 439
1974-12-26
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50. Show 440
1974-12-27
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51. Show 441
1974-12-30
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52. Show 442
1974-12-31
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53. Show 443
1975-01-01
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54. Show 444
1975-01-02
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55. Show 445
1975-01-03
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56. Show 446
1975-01-06
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57. Show 447
1975-01-07
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58. Show 448
1975-01-08
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59. Show 449
1975-01-09
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60. Show 450
1975-01-10
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61. Show 451
1975-01-13
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62. Show 452
1975-01-14
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63. Tight
1975-01-15
The sounds featured in this episode are ou, gr-, and -ight.
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64. Show 454
1975-01-16
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65. Show 455
1975-01-17
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66. Show 456
1975-01-20
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67. Show 457
1975-01-21
68. Show 458
1975-01-22
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69. Show 459
1975-01-23
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70. Show 460
1975-01-24
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71. Show 461
1975-01-27
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72. Show 462
1975-01-28
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73. Show 463
1975-01-29
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74. Show 464
1975-01-30
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75. Show 465
1975-01-31
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76. Show 466
1975-02-03
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77. Show 467
1975-02-04
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78. Show 468
1975-02-05
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79. Show 469
1975-02-06
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80. Show 470
1975-02-07
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81. Show 471
1975-02-10
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82. Show 472
1975-02-11
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83. Show 473
1975-02-12
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84. Show 474
1975-02-13
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85. Show 475
1975-02-14
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86. Show 476
1975-02-17
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87. Show 477
1975-02-18
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88. Show 478
1975-02-19
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89. Show 479
1975-02-20
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90. Show 480
1975-02-21
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91. Show 481
1975-02-24
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92. Show 482
1975-02-25
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93. Show 483
1975-02-26
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94. Show 484
1975-02-27
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95. Show 485
1975-02-28
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96. Show 486
1975-03-03
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97. Show 487
1975-03-04
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98. Show 488
1975-03-05
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99. Show 489
1975-03-06
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100. Show 490
1975-03-07
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101. Sneakers
1975-03-10
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102. Show 492
1975-03-11
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103. Show 493
1975-03-12
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104. Show 494
1975-03-13
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105. Show 495
1975-03-14
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106. Show 496
1975-03-17
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107. Show 497
1975-03-18
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108. Show 498
1975-03-19
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109. Show 499
1975-03-20
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110. Show 500
1975-03-21
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111. Show 501
1975-03-24
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112. Not Good
1975-03-25
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113. Show 503
1975-03-26
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114. Show 504
1975-03-27
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115. Show 505
1975-03-28
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116. Show 506
1975-03-31
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117. Show 507
1975-04-01
118. Show 508
1975-04-02
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119. Show 509
1975-04-03
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120. Show 510
1975-04-04
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121. Show 511
1975-04-07
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122. Show 512
1975-04-08
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123. Show 513
1975-04-09
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124. Show 514
1975-04-10
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125. Show 515
1975-04-11
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126. Show 516
1975-04-14
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127. Show 517
1975-04-15
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128. Show 518
1975-04-16
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129. Show 519
1975-04-17
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130. Show 520
1975-04-18

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Cast

Morgan Freeman
Mark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello
Rita Moreno
Carmela
Mel Brooks
Blond-Haired Cartoon Man (voice)
Hattie Winston
Sylvia / Valerie the Librarian
Gene Wilder
Letterman (voice)
Joan Rivers
Letterman Narrator (voice)
Zero Mostel
Spell Binder (voice)
Todd Graff
Jesse - Member of the Short Circus
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June Angela
Julie - Member of the Short Circus
Luis Ávalos
Roberto / Dr. Doolats / Igor / Pedro
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Judy Graubart
Winnie /Jennifer of the Jungle /Julia Grown-Up /The Witch
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Jim Boyd
Andy /J. Arthur Crank /Paul the Gorilla /The Blue Beetle /The Wolfman /Loreli Loverly /Max /Steve Awesome the $6.39 Man