57 yrs old & totally remember this show - it was the coolest show for kids back in 70's!!

@DJ_BROBOT

16 күн бұрын

fact on fact...that show was life for many of us growing up as latchkey kids in the 70s/80s

@patrick764

12 күн бұрын

Remember Zoom?

@Roughneck26

7 күн бұрын

54 yr old remembers this too. Man Morgan Freeman "Out a Site Diiiinnnoomite" yep lol! The part where they have shadows of themselves saying the words Ch.....ick Yea that I do remember that was my Favorite thing to see.

@17dragonflymoon

7 күн бұрын

Omg right? Same here at 63. And Morgan freeman. Still didn't hit till now lol

@17dragonflymoon

7 күн бұрын

​@patrick764 yes I do remember now that you said it !!!!

This kind of children’s shows need to make a comeback.

@alitlweird

4 күн бұрын

The degenerate commies hijacked all of our beloved children’s shows.

@kevintownsend3840

4 күн бұрын

I agree this helped us love books when I was a kid. This along with parents who had active library cards

@C.C.493

3 күн бұрын

A lot of the kids wouldn't have the attention span for it

@mtrich8113

2 күн бұрын

Help me a lot to read when I was young.

The Electric Company will forever have a place in my heart... they simplified reading and made it fun when I was in school in the 70's.

@jbwc

15 күн бұрын

Me and you must be around the same age frame

This came on right after Sesame Street. It was groovy🎉 Morgan Freeman will always be the guy from The Electric Company to me. 😂

@hunkajunkracing134

6 күн бұрын

I forgot about Freeman in this...I forgot this show existed.

@oliviastar3812

4 күн бұрын

@@hunkajunkracing134 It never made it across the pond so we've never heard of it in Europe. Looks good though, even if MF's dialogue is now a bit cringeworthy.

Gen-X childhood stuff right here.

@justanotherguy469

5 күн бұрын

No, we were never called Gen X. That was a 1990 invention. The last time a label was attached to a group of people, were those born immediately after WW2, and then there were none. The usage of labels are now being used to separate us. Google is rewriting history.

@Potandthekettle

2 күн бұрын

Older Gen X childhood

@warrenny

2 күн бұрын

@@justanotherguy469 Not sure if you are trolling or what......but interestingly sorta related to your comment is that "those who were born immediately after WW2" were also referred to as Gen X by some writers in that period. Only later did "boomers" actually stick. Tbh, I understand your point that labels make enemies. I have never been comfortable with labeling people. Everyone is on a unique path and things like age, gender, race are roadblocks to getting to know the real person.

I will always have a special place in my heart for all the people on this show. No matter how many movies Morgan Freeman does, he'll always be "Easy Reader" to me.

@hektorlinko

18 күн бұрын

Hell yeah!! Same here. A+++

@61countdown

15 күн бұрын

You could see the talent right there, in the beginning. And many others. Except maybe the very talented Rita Moreno, who was almost acting alumni by the time Electric Company came on the scene, as she was in movies since 1950.

@carolynmoreland4574

11 күн бұрын

Same

And don't forget Rita Moreno being an iconic part of the EC too! She's the voice behind the "HEY YOU GUYS!" during the opening titles of every episode.

@ellenbryn

13 күн бұрын

Oh my goodness! It's like a piece of Darmok embedded in my brain I didn't even know as there! I used that all the time and didn't realize where it came from!

@artrogue4150

12 күн бұрын

and She's a true GOAT.

@dancingpixie6120

5 күн бұрын

I didn’t know that 🤯

@Zoloft77

4 күн бұрын

Millie the Helper

@Tonyvideoguy

2 күн бұрын

I was going to comment the same thing, then saw your comment. They didn’t have her yelling it in this clip!

Young Morgan Freeman had his groove on, and he was lookin good! Thanks for the memory!🥰

@alimantado373

10 күн бұрын

I only know him as God😆

Morgan--straight from his gig as JIMMY HENDRIX!

@spideranansi929

4 күн бұрын

Haha, you really think so?

@jacquesjoseph2022

3 күн бұрын

Yes, I have heard this before as well! There was a guitarist in LA who told me this in the 80’s. But it’s a hush, hush topic.

@seanryan3020

2 күн бұрын

🤫

@justman4891

2 күн бұрын

Human cloning has been a thing for many years

@ookie4179

Күн бұрын

I was looking for this comment lol. Something something tavistock and another.

Today I retire after 37 years of teaching in the public schools. I remembered watching the electric company when I was in elementary school, but I am just now grasping the genius of exactly what it was they had done for me and all the other kids who watched the show. Music is very much been a part of my teaching, still today, on my last day of teaching, I played music for my kids (Mozart’s. Slovakian symphony) and I am starting to understand subliminally how this appealed to me they and how they guided and directed me, as to what kind of teacher, I would become. Pure genius by Morgan Freeman and Rita Moreno. Pure genius.

@chilenitaprotrump

4 күн бұрын

Thank you for "serving." Literally.

@19sl57

12 сағат бұрын

Enjoy your hard-earned retirement! Mine came in ‘17 after 30 years teaching high school Spanish.

I needed this nostalgic moment before i explode tonight because of life

@HereForTheComments

Жыл бұрын

What was gonna explode you?

@jacb630

11 ай бұрын

Thank God for KZread! I hope it gets better for you.

@lavellhall7650

19 күн бұрын

And shows like "Zoom"

@zephyrr108

11 күн бұрын

Before you explode?

@glitzyglam7827

10 күн бұрын

Same! Hope you’re doing better

Wow I'm 58 years old and I grew up watching The electric company just brings back so many good memories

It's amazing how this phenomenal show has stood the test of time and people who had grown up watching quality educational shows such as this are still talking about how it has impacted there lives forever. Morgan Freeman and Rita Moreno were two of the reasons why I was such a great fan of the Electric Company.

I grew up in the 60's & 70's, and I watched The Electric Company.. I remember watching Morgan Freeman!😊💟

I was born in 1971, and I loved this show. I preferred it to "Sesame Street" because we actually learned things watching "Electric Company."

@Potandthekettle

2 күн бұрын

I learned English watching Sesame Street.

Morgan Freeman as Jimi Hendrix sings every bit as good as I had expected him to!

@PoetryETrain

3 ай бұрын

lol...

@brettshrekington

3 ай бұрын

Agreed. Weird how he appeared 1 year after jimis death. He looks EXACTLY like jimi

@brettshrekington

3 ай бұрын

Also notice how he’s almost always wearing sunglasses as if he’s almost trying to not blow his cover

@ladyrocker63

Ай бұрын

That's the style in the 70's

@hittingnote75

21 күн бұрын

Maybe they should have put him in a bio movie when they made this.

When I was in 2nd grade, we would all go sit in the hallway (they were big) and a tv was rolled out and we would watch The Electric Company.

@carolynmoreland4574

11 күн бұрын

Me too!

@aequoria2949

6 күн бұрын

Me three!

@seanryan3020

2 күн бұрын

Me four!

I'm 63. I used to watch this show when I was a teen. I always thought Morgan Freeman was a great actor back then, even in these kinds of skits. I'm so glad he got the credit due him and received his Oscar. BRAVO!!! 🧡🧡

Loved this show , when i was 8 , nearly 50 years later ,happy to see this ❤

I'm 51 and this just took me to my childhood.

Wow! I remember being glued to the television 📺 when the Electric Company would oon. I really miss the 70s. It was the coolest place in time.💕💕💕

I grew up on 'Electric Company' but didn't realize until now the music was so FUNKY.

I am glad Moreno and Freeman are still heroes today like when I was a kid. I can still respect and admire them for their talents and personal morals!💕🙏💕🙏

@hanginlaundry360

4 күн бұрын

Wasn't Freeman carrying on with his adopted granddaughter?

I have so much respect for Morgan freeman. A symbol of confidence, belief and patience and tolerance

I loved The Electric Company!❤ Easy Reader was my favorite character. I’m 58 now and even when I was in my early teens I still use to watch it!❤

Brenda Bradley sounded like Peter Griffin.

@Intentionaltia

Ай бұрын

😂😂

@squigtonianmayhem4602

16 күн бұрын

Ya beat me to it! Never realized Crank was an inspiration to Seth McFarland.

@seanryan3020

2 күн бұрын

​@@squigtonianmayhem4602 J. Arthur Crank! And don't youse fuhget it!

@daowonimdee

2 күн бұрын

Lol. It did.

@chantellebravo2493

Күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂

58 years old & this song still plays in my head ❤❤❤❤

Electric Company was the first time I remember seeing Morgan Freeman. As I watched him, I wondered why this actor was in a kid show. He had something so much more than this sweet kids program could hold for long. I expected to see him in big films one day. He has been one of my all time favorite actors ever since! Fun! Thank you Electric Company and thank you, Morgan Freeman! ❤❤

@jeanneratterman

Жыл бұрын

PS my little girl’s favorite show at only months old. She would ‘dance’ to the music. Big toothless smiles! Too cute!

@edwardmchalejr8214

3 ай бұрын

totally agree.

@jennyjumpjump

Ай бұрын

Growing up when I saw Morgan Freeman in a movie I say "it's that guy from Electric Company!"

@kenb2671

15 күн бұрын

Him with Spider Man.

Oh wow! I am 59 and do remember watching The Eletric Company along with The Big Blue Marble, growing up in El Paso Tx. These programs were for me very Educational and just fun too watch.

@christienelson1437

11 күн бұрын

Awe Big Blue Marble!❤

@nowintroducinghertome

8 күн бұрын

Mr Rodgers in the neighborhood 😂😂😂

I so remember him on there. I remember telling someone he was on here and they didn’t believe me. What memories. Use to watch this in school,for a school TV day.

Born in 72 loved this and Mr. Rogers after daycare..

I loved this show as a boy growing up wow Morgan was in it no wonder I love him today he taught me how to read

I remember watching this show as a kid. Thanks for the memories.

Wow, this took me back some 50+ years! This was awesome!!! 😊

I remember my mother getting a subscription of The Electric Company magazine for me in the 2nd grade -- about 1972 or 73. Great show!

@inesdelahoya2045

Жыл бұрын

Is your mama still alive?

I do remember Electrical Company Tv Show for Children. I watch this tv show back then in 1970,s year. When I was in grade school in 1970,s.

@pibly7784

18 күн бұрын

Same here.

HOLY CCCCRRRAAAPPPPP. IS THAT MORGAN FREEMAN!!????... Beautiful!!

@maryroberts2099

10 күн бұрын

Yep

@samueleversley3956

7 күн бұрын

62 years old and I still remember this show from my school days 🎓

I loved the electric company

I was reading at 4 because of my Mom and this show!😍

The gift of this positive programming, so grateful!

I LOVED this show when i was a kid, never realized that was morgan freeman!

LOVED this show. It's like the educational version of SNL and every gag show ever produced.

This show gave me show much in my childhood. The intros always filled me with a magical feeling. The actors were so very intelligent funny & so very open minded & cool, & free & quirky, & crazy & authentic & nothing fake with any of the cast somehow. I needed to have psychedelia in my awful childhood & these people were kind of like my parents, or I like to think it was that important, -I wouldn’t have been so screwed up if the cast were my parents, and if time would have simply stayed froze between the years 1971-1971 then I might have been perfectly fine. I love singing the Theme Song, the lyrics have incredibly beautiful meanings to me. I used to think it went “ we’re going to light up the darkest night… with the brightest star… that you ever scene” is how I sang it, but I realized I was wrong, it actually goes “we’re going to light up the darkest night… with the brightest light… in a whole new way” I think, but I like both ways.

@edwardmchalejr8214

3 ай бұрын

I remember. :)

@philliphwillis2854

Ай бұрын

I do remember it as a young child in the 1970,s years.

I learned so many things from this show. I wish kids nowadays had something like this other than all the cartoons. I mean I know teaching comes in many forms but to me people can say more than a cartoon can. Maybe I'm old... God I sound like my Mama.

Freeman is giving me Hendrix flashbacks. Dug this show back as a young teen.

I hadn’t thought about this show in over 40 years! My dad would get home from work every day as this show was going off. Hearing that song took me back to the early 70’s for a minute. Better times. Thanks!

That time was more free!! Thanks for this..

We were so so lucky to have flippin Morgan FREEMAN teaching us how to read. (But i loved him even more as Vincent the Vegetable Vampire or that incredible "I love to take a bath in a casket" song)

@inisipisTV

5 күн бұрын

OMG, I remember those. That’s so surreal and hilarious. The Bath in the Casket thing.

Loved this show as a kid

Morgan Freeman looked a lot like my dad(especially back then), I lived in that city and my parents pushed education. Sesame Street, Mr. Roger's Neighborhood and The Electric Company were my favorite tv shows. I haven't heard these songs since I was a kindergartner!😂😂😂💙☮️💚

I miss this childrens show. The Electric Company...

I just learned that Morgan Freeman was in one of my childhood TV shows!! That is so awesome!

@melissahirst3078

10 ай бұрын

Me too!!! I watched this as a little girl, but I never made the connection lol... I had no idea!!❤

Love this. So many memories of when you could just be a kid.

Now I want to go watch Morgan Freeman in "Lean on Me"!!!

@blkpanther11

13 күн бұрын

Love That Movie

@maryblaufuss7533

5 күн бұрын

I'm gonna watch him in "Glory." And reminisce about when I developed a crush on Denzel Washington.

I do remember this tv show Electrical Company. I watch it at home and grade school in the 1970,s year. When I was a young kid.

I watched this when I was a kid..it's interesting seeing people on one of my favorites shows evolve😊

I am 56 and I loved watching The Electric Company as a kid. Didn't know Morgan Freeman or Rita Moreno then. Just enjoyed the show.

OMG!!!!! I was like 6 years old back then.... I didn't know who Morgan Freeman was back then.... and did not care! I loved The Electric Company!!!!! Ranked right up there with Sesame Street and Captain Kangaroo with Mr. Green Jeans and Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood!!! Thank you for some glorious childhood memories Mr. Freeman! lolololol So, I guess that means that we literally have been following you for our entire lives. LOLOLOL

Wow, young hippyish Morgan Freeman. Couldn't have ever imagined seeing him like this.

I miss this. This and all the innocence of youth. I learned so much from this, Sesame Street, Zoom, Mr. Rogers, New Zoo Review ❤️ thanks for sharing ❤️

Watched electric 💡⚡ company with my son & daughter. 💯 Kilowatts 😅 outofsightgeous ~ Morgan Freeman.!

I wasn’t born in the 70s but even still this was back when life was normal and our country was not imploding.

@bob4analog

11 ай бұрын

Indicative of a much better time!

Watched these with my daughter when she was small. It followed Sesame Street. After lunch, Lilias Folan Yoga was for Daddy.

I remember when Spiderman would come out on the Electric Company. That was the best. Things were so much easier as a little kid in the 70's

I watched this every day when I was a little & had no idea I was was watching Morgan Freeman! 🤯 I remember all these skits!!

@CarlSims6969

5 күн бұрын

Same, lol.

The Easy Reader is the best. It’s on Electric Company that I first saw Morgan Freeman when I was just kid. Didn’t expect he’ll be a big big star when the show ended.😊

When you watched the Electric Company as a kid it made you feel cool and hip though you where only 6.

Shawshank was one of the best films ever, Morgan Freeman you are my favorite actor. I watched as a kid Mr.Morgan Freeman on the Electric Company kids show.

I forgot he was on that show. He’s still the man. Loved that show.

I love these!! You have no idea what an impact this program made in my life. I was dyslexic and had such a hard time in school and the Electric Company really helped my understanding of things I struggled with. Besides the fact that it was so entertaining and fun, I think for me that's what was needed to capture my ability to comprehend. I love Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno and the gang... I would personally thank them if I could!

Brings back good memories! Came to the U.S in the early 70's and I learned how to speak & write English thanks to Electric Company and Sesame Street.

I remember watching the Electric Company in the 70s as a kid. Morgan Freeman is timeless.

My reading teachers!

Though it was produced for six seasons, The Electric Company continued to run in repeats into the mid 1980's.

Electric Company & Zoom were the thing back in the day - memories to make me smile - thanks! 😊

I'm watching this 1970s show and Sesame Street. 😄

Edutainment! Easy Reader...and his girl Valerie The Librarian (Hattie Winston). 1970s/80s PBS had all the great kids shows from Sesame Street, Zoom, The Electric Company. 3-2-1 Contact, Inside Out, Mister Rogers Neighborhood, Big Blue Marble, On The Level, Vegetable Soup, Thinkabout, Self Incorporated, It Figures, Bread & Butterflies, Give & Take, Trade-Offs, All About You, Slim Goodbody, High Feather, Reading Rainbow and many, many more!

Thanks for the reminder of the electric company! It was great!

Man I remember watching this I was so young life was so good not a care in the world except watching this show! ❤️😢

'The greater the mind, the greater the need for the simplicity of play'.

Thank you so much. This is my favorite show. The best show ever made. 🦄

Rita and Morgan❤Still groovy cats from the 70s. Beloved childhood memories and look at them now!!

Please, someone see to it Mr. Freeman sees this delightful walk, down memory lane. I was a child watching all of these and loved when he had his screen time on EC or SS. My mother used to say I'd light up, as soon as Morgan was on the t.v.

"You might want to do something about that cold, Brenda!"

They should have made the "Jimi Hendrix Story" with him. Morgan is an actual left-hander. 🎸

Elementary school...Cool. Wasn't until several years as a young adult I found out about Morgan Freeman..even better

Aw Morgan Freeman. I feel privileged to have grown up watching him as an actor starting with Easy Reader.

This is how I learned English when I came to this country oh I loved The Electric Company ❤❤❤❤

I thoroughly enjoyed this.

I will never forget morgan freeman coming to the theater i worked at from 79 to 81.

The teacher would turn this show on and leave the room. Break time for everybody

I watched this everyday after school 💐

I remember this show. It was the coolest way to learn English. Morgan Freeman & Rita Moreno doing the dual slicing word pronunciation. I had neighbors from Czechoslovakia. Very helpful show. Thanks for the memories of when shows for kids meant something. Like Big Blue Marble and SchoolHouse Rock! Unforgettable shows! 👏👏👏💐🏆🫶😇

Damn....the 70s were a trip, man!

That bring back so many wonderful memories I learned so much from the electric company💯💕🤩

You should put Rita Moreno's name in the title too. There were two Oscar winners on this show.

@ournostalgicmemories

Жыл бұрын

I Love Rita! But all these clips feature Morgan.

70s Morgan Freeman is groovy this was a treat...

Morgan Freeman, Irene Cara, Rita Moreno, Bill Cosby (yeah, I know), that was a lot of talent for PBS in 1971.

I was in the audience when this was broadcast, .... Mr Freeman was higher than kite, such a cool dude

@nikslived-114

10 ай бұрын

If I don't recall. I thought that he had to do this job as some sort of public service. Do to him getting Caught up in some sort of snowstorm if you know what I mean.😂

@unbehagen686

9 ай бұрын

Morgan Freeman turned down a drama scholarship to volunteer for 4 years in USAF, radar technician/repair, with honorable discharge. He can be as high as he wants!! 🇺🇸❤️🤍💙🇺🇸

@JimGeigerMusic

7 ай бұрын

There was no audience. Kids would have made a huge distraction with laughing and talking. It was shot in a closed studio with a lot of outdoor scene cuts.

@JimGeigerMusic

7 ай бұрын

​@@nikslived-114He worked in film and theater during the 60s and early 70s before being cast on the show. He was never busted for drugs or anything . Some people will believe anything

@byronspears9395

19 күн бұрын

🤩😇Psychedelic = Funkadelic 🫵🏾🤘🏾

This is great, and i can feel that Easy Reader Groove!