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Oct 25, 2021 · In October 1971, The Electric Company flipped a switch and hit the public TV airwaves, aiming to use sketch comedy and animated shorts to teach kids to read.
Nov 25, 2021 · 50 years ago, The Electric Company premiered its first broadcast. The public broadcasting show aimed to use sketch comedy and animated shorts to teach kids to read.
- Elizabeth Blair
The Electric Company employed sketch comedy and various other devices to provide an entertaining program to help elementary school children develop their grammar and reading skills. Since it was intended for children who had graduated from CTW's flagship program, Sesame Street , the humor was more mature than what was seen there.
Oct 21, 2011 · From its first episode on Oct. 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...
Oct 25, 2021 · When The Electric Company debuted in October, 1971, television hadn't seen anything quite like it. Psychedelic graphics, wildly creative animation, mod outfits, over-the-top characters and sketch comedy all functioned to serve the same goal: teaching kids to read.
The Electric Company: With Jim Boyd, Morgan Freeman, Judy Graubart, Skip Hinnant. A comedy variety show that teaches basic phonetic and grammar concepts using live-action sketches, cartoons, songs, and Spider-Man episodes.
Oct 25, 2021 · When The Electric Company debuted in October 1971, television hadn't seen anything quite like it. Psychedelic graphics, wildly creative animation, mod outfits, over-the-top characters, and sketch comedy all functioned to serve the same goal: teaching kids to read.
