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The Electric Company

7.3·6 seasons·780 episodes·28 min avg.

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.

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Oct 25, 1971
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Oct 25, 1971

This program concentrates on the two sounds of G.

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Oct 26, 1971
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Oct 28, 1971
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Oct 29, 1971

The short vowel O, the vowel digraph ou, Silent E, and the suffix -ing are highlighted.

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The combination ad, consonant digraph th and the closing syllable -all are highlighted.

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Nov 8, 1971
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Nov 9, 1971

The short O sound is tops among the phonetics concepts in this episode. (No pun intended.) But the show also discusses the consonant digraph sh.

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Nov 10, 1971

Mortimer ound The Director: On silent e s Love of Chair last word: elephant.

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Dec 14, 1971

The consonant H, the consonant blend -rd, and the vowel digraph ou are highlighted.

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Hum hot dog hold on there ar off hop/hope ing ing w/Lorelei Milkman Love of chair heros last word: holding

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The consonant V and the consonant digraph ch are among the concepts highlighted.

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Cast

13 credited
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

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