Electric Company Morgan Freeman Rita Moreno

Born in memphis tennessee freeman was raised in.

Electric company morgan freeman rita moreno.

25 1971 until it was canceled in 1977 freeman starred on the electric company a sketch comedy program on pbs that helped kids with their reading and grammar skills. From its first episode on oct. He is particularly known for his distinctive deep voice and has appeared in a range of film genres portraying character roles. Morgan freeman born june 1 1937 is an american actor director and narrator.

A comedy variety show that teaches basic phonetic and grammar concepts using live action sketches cartoons songs and spider man episodes. Freeman is the recipient of various accolades including an academy award a golden globe award and a screen actors guild award. Easy reader fargo north decoder jennifer of the jungle j. We re gonna turn it on.

The electric company is an american educational children s television series created by paul dooley and produced by the children s television workshop now called sesame workshop for pbs in the united states. We re gonna bring you the power if you were between six and ten years old during the years 1971 through 1985 then there is a good chance you learned to read with help from the electric company. Arthur crank paul the gorilla the adventures of letterman love of chair the short circus spider man and much more. Pbs broadcast 780 episodes over the course of its six seasons from october 25 1971 to april 15 1977.

With jim boyd morgan freeman judy graubart skip hinnant. After it ceased production in 1977 the program continued in reruns until october. Rita moreno is presenting morgan freeman with the lifetime achievement award at the 2018 screen actors guild awards on sunday and she is apparently making sure things won t be entirely serious.