January 01, 2007

Easy Reader The Electric Company Video

The Electric Company was an educational children's television series produced by the Children's Television Workshop, and broadcast 780 episodes over the course of six seasons, from 1971 to 1977.

The original cast included Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno, Bill Cosby, Judy Graubart, Lee Chamberlin, and Skip Hinnant. Ken Roberts, who was best known as a soap-opera announcer, was the narrator of some of the segments during the first season. Watch unforgettable video clips of this amazing show every Monday here at Nostalgia Manila!


Easy Reader
"Readin' stuff is outta sight!"

"Easy Reader, that's my name, umm, umm-umm!"—Segments featured the title character, a smooth hipster who loved to read at every opportunity and every printed thing he saw (Morgan Freeman), teaching words of the day. Often associated with Val the Librarian (Hattie Winston). His name was a pun on the title of the the film Easy Rider. Panuurin natin!

More Electric Company Monday video clips: The Adventures Of Letterman: Singing in the Train

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