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. Show 1A
1975-10-20
The consonant blend sw- is among this episode's concepts. This episode's Spider-Man story: The Old One-Two.
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2. Show 2A
1975-10-21
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3. Show 3A
1975-10-22
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4. Show 4A
1975-10-23
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5. Show 5A
1975-10-24
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6. Show 6A
1975-10-27
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7. Show 7A
1975-10-28
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8. Show 8A
1975-10-29
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9. Show 9A
1975-10-30
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10. Show 10A
1975-10-31
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11. Show 11A
1975-11-03
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12. Show 12A
1975-11-04
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13. Show 13A
1975-11-05
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14. Show 14A
1975-11-06
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15. Show 15A
1975-11-07
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16. Show 16A
1975-11-10
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17. Show 17A
1975-11-11
18. Are You Happy?
1975-11-12
Among the concepts in this episode: the vowel y as in happy.
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19. Eyeball
1975-11-13
The sight word eye becomes the basis for longer words.
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20. Show 20A
1975-11-14
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21. Show 21A
1975-11-17
The vowel pair ee, the consonant digraph ch, and the suffix -tion are featured.
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22. Show 22A
1975-11-18
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23. Show 23A
1975-11-19
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24. Show 24A
1975-11-20
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25. Show 25A
1975-11-21
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26. Show 26A
1975-11-24
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27. Yankee Doodle
1975-11-25
Y as a consonant, the suffix -ed, and the two sounds of ie are featured. This show has a sight word: you.
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28. Show 28A
1975-11-26
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29. Show 29A
1975-11-27
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30. Show 30A
1975-11-28
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31. Show 31A
1975-12-01
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32. Show 32A
1975-12-02
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33. Show 33A
1975-12-03
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34. Show 34A
1975-12-04
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35. Knock Knock Rock
1975-12-05
The vowel pair -ck, and the vowel digraph sh are featured. Today's Spiderman story: ""The Birthday Bandit.""
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36. Show 36A
1975-12-08
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37. Show 37A
1975-12-09
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38. Show 38A
1975-12-10
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39. Show 39A
1975-12-11
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40. Show 40A
1975-12-12
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41. Show 41A
1975-12-15
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42. Show 42A
1975-12-16
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43. Show 43A
1975-12-17
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44. Show 44A
1975-12-18
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45. Show 45A
1975-12-19
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46. Show 46A
1975-12-22
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47. Show 47A
1975-12-23
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48. Show 48A
1975-12-24
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49. Show 49A
1975-12-25
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50. Show 50A
1975-12-26
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51. Show 51A
1975-12-29
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52. Show 52A
1975-12-30
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53. Show 53A
1975-12-31
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54. Show 54A
1976-01-01
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55. Show 55A
1976-01-02
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56. Show 56A
1976-01-05
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57. Silver Sipper
1976-01-06
The consonant blend gr-, the short I, and double consonants are featured. Punctuation marks are featured next to today's sight word: stop.
58. Show 58A
1976-01-07
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59. Show 59A
1976-01-08
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60. Jelly Belly
1976-01-09
Among the phonetics concepts in this program are the consonant blend pr- and the vowel digraph ow as in cow. This show has a sight word: stop.
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61. Show 61A
1976-01-12
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62. Show 62A
1976-01-13
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63. Show 63A
1976-01-14
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64. Show 64A
1976-01-15
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65. Show 65A
1976-01-16
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66. Show 66A
1976-01-19
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67. Show 67A
1976-01-20
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68. Show 68A
1976-01-21
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69. Show 69A
1976-01-22
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70. Show 70A
1976-01-23
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71. Show 71A
1976-01-26
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72. Is It Love?
1976-01-27
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73. Show 73A
1976-01-28
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74. Show 74A
1976-01-29
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75. Show 75A
1976-01-30
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76. Show 76A
1976-02-02
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77. Light
1976-02-03
The consonant B, the vowel digraph oy, and the ending -ight are featured. This episode has a sight word: and.
78. Show 78A
1976-02-04
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79. Show 79A
1976-02-05
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80. Creepy Creature
1976-02-06
The consonant digraph sh, the consonant blend cr, and the vowel digraph ow as in grow are highlighted.
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81. Show 81A
1976-02-09
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82. Show 82A
1976-02-10
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83. Show 83A
1976-02-11
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84. Flower Power
1976-02-12
The vowel digraph ow and the consonant blend fl are highlightedd.
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85. Show 85A
1976-02-13
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86. Show 86A
1976-02-16
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87. Show 87A
1976-02-17
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88. Show 88A
1976-02-18
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89. Show 89A
1976-02-19
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90. Show 90A
1976-02-20
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91. I Am Batting
1976-02-23
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92. Show 92A
1976-02-24
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93. Show 93A
1976-02-25
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94. Show 94A
1976-02-26
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95. Show 95A
1976-02-27
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96. Show 96A
1976-03-01
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97. Show 97A
1976-03-02
98. Show 98A
1976-03-03
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99. Show 99A
1976-03-04
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100. Show 100A
1976-03-05
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101. Show 101A
1976-03-08
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102. Show 102A
1976-03-09
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103. Show 103A
1976-03-10
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104. Show 104A
1976-03-11
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105. Mr. Vinton's Pants
1976-03-12
Among the concepts in this program: the possessive contraction 's.
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106. Show 106A
1976-03-15
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107. Show 107A
1976-03-16
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108. Show 108A
1976-03-17
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109. Show 109A
1976-03-18
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110. The Sports Monster Will Bowl
1976-03-19
Preview: sports monster will bowl sn Bo Peeps sings: sneak a snack ll Spidey Meets the Blowhard the sports monster will bowl ow ly Snowball and the 6 dwarves
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111. Show 111A
1976-03-22
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112. Show 112A
1976-03-23
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113. Show 113A
1976-03-24
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114. Show 114A
1976-03-25
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115. Show 115A
1976-03-26
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116. Show 116A
1976-03-29
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117. Show 117A
1976-03-30
118. Show 118A
1976-03-31
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119. Show 119A
1976-04-01
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120. Show 120A
1976-04-02
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121. Show 121A
1976-04-05
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122. Think Tank
1976-04-06
Igor and monster nk The Adventures Of Letterman: shrunk Spiderman: Spidey Meets the Prankster Junkers is pure junk oi Greystone the magician
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123. Show 123A
1976-04-07
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124. Show 124A
1976-04-08
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125. Show 125A
1976-04-09
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126. Show 126A
1976-04-12
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127. Show 127A
1976-04-13
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128. Show 128A
1976-04-14
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129. Show 129A
1976-04-15
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130. Show 130A
1976-04-16

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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
J
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