The Electric Company segments with Morgan Freeman | 1970s

[@elmobolan4274]

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

[@LIL-MAN_theOG]

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

[@patrick764]

Remember Zoom?

[@Roughneck26]

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]

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

[@17dragonflymoon]

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

[@Resolution1on1]

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]

Me and you must be around the same age frame

[@peacebewithyou6048]

Morgan--straight from his gig as JIMMY HENDRIX!

[@spideranansi929]

Haha, you really think so?

[@jacquesjoseph2022]

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]

🤫

[@justman4891]

Human cloning has been a thing for many years

[@ookie4179]

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

[@d.shannon261]

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

[@hunkajunkracing134]

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

[@oliviastar3812]

@@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.

[@murallivengadasalam1300]

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

[@gertibell]

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]

Hell yeah!! Same here. A+++

[@61countdown]

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]

Same

[@brendalee1265]

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

[@TheSolitary1]

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

[@HereForTheComments]

What was gonna explode you?

[@jacb630]

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

[@lavellhall7650]

And shows like "Zoom"

[@zephyrr108]

Before you explode?

[@glitzyglam7827]

Same! Hope you’re doing better

[@bahiras]

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

[@alimantado373]

I only know him as God😆

[@elsongs]

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

[@matthewcole4753]

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]

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]

and She's a true GOAT.

[@dancingpixie6120]

I didn’t know that 🤯

[@Zoloft77]

Millie the Helper

[@Tonyvideoguy]

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

[@ScaryStoriesNYC]

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

[@PoetryETrain]

lol...

[@brettshrekington]

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

[@brettshrekington]

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

[@ladyrocker63]

That's the style in the 70's

[@hittingnote75]

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

[@jeanneratterman]

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]

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

[@edwardmchalejr8214]

totally agree.

[@jennyjumpjump]

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

[@kenb2671]

Him with Spider Man.

[@johnhill8535]

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]

Thank you for "serving." Literally.

[@19sl57]

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

[@Duke_of_Prunes]

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]

Is your mama still alive?

[@stohandmadejewelrycraftcorner]

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.💕💕💕

[@555tracy]

Yes! Get these few educational TV shows, then spend the rest of the day until the streetlights came on, being physical and interacting with neighbor kids of various ages.

[@tracyr173]

So true and the music from the seventies are the best.

[@bluv6430]

Gen-X childhood stuff right here.

[@justanotherguy469]

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]

Older Gen X childhood

[@warrenny]

@@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.

[@alfx5432]

I was born in 61 i saw this when I was in grad school. This was 1970 maybe I was 9 Gen x born. Born from 1965 - 1980

[@crosisofborg5524]

This is boomer stuff too. I watched it.

[@laurabedford5095]

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

[@laurp627]

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

[@edkeaton]

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.

[@barischlosser1014]

The gift of this positive programming, so grateful!

[@brianl9579]

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!

[@juliemccauslin5807]

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

[@clyde642006]

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!❤

[@malandjodanho9855]

Or easy Rider

[@rozchristopherson648]

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!!! 🧡🧡

[@phydellisedmonds3819]

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]

Awe Big Blue Marble!❤

[@nowintroducinghertome]

Mr Rodgers in the neighborhood 😂😂😂

[@marigold3687]

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]

Me too!

[@aequoria2949]

Me three!

[@seanryan3020]

Me four!

[@tamarajohnson7826]

Same!!!

[@christienelson1437]

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]

Wasn't Freeman carrying on with his adopted granddaughter?

[@kathyp1563]

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

[@melissahirst3078]

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

[@kevinscharick3174]

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.

[@pheddupp]

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]

I learned English watching Sesame Street.

[@carissafisher7514]

I was born in 1976, and it was hard for me to follow what was happening in this show because I couldn't read yet.

[@rvprossjjlrzar]

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!

[@Redlined997_C2S]

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

[@philliphwillis2854]

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]

Same here.

[@Jessie-w5f]

59 years old here! What a time to grow up! Even my parents loved this show! This and Sesame Street, Mr Roger’s Neighborhood and ZOOM

[@unseenentity326]

Brenda Bradley sounded like Peter Griffin.

[@Intentionaltia]

😂😂

[@squigtonianmayhem4602]

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

[@seanryan3020]

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

[@daowonimdee]

Lol. It did.

[@chantellebravo2493]

😂😂😂😂

[@levyoliver5363]

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

[@madalynmoth4263]

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

[@user-et2fj8xm5l]

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

[@benitasteffan7404]

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.

[@markb6295]

If you're watching this you had a great childhood

[@madalynmoth4263]

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]

I remember. :)

[@philliphwillis2854]

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

[@Wolf-nk4wf]

Ahh! The 70's what a Awesome time to be a kid! I'm 58, Honestly It Tugs at The Heart! Thank You!!

[@frankscarborough1428]

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

[@margaritaontherocks3887]

Oh the memories. I watch this, zoom, reading rainbow, sesame street, I learned English and to read and write watching these shows as a kid. Can't forget fraggle rock.

[@philliphwillis2854]

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.

[@tedingalls9760]

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

[@davidreidy5750]

This was my show next to Sesame St. and the Great Space Coaster in the early NYC mornings.I miss this stuff.🗽♥️

[@deannaperkins754]

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

[@rdarkjoy]

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 ❤️

[@ladyloli48]

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

[@josephperreault2063]

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

[@robinmcintyre3472]

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

[@percivalhowell8957]

Je suis content de voir que Morgan Freeman n'a pas tjrs eu 50ans, merci pour la découverte

[@maryhartman9253]

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

[@glennhoddle10]

One of the most amazing things about The Electric Company is that when the show first started, Rita Moreno was almost 40 & Morgan Freeman was almost 35 but they both looked like they were in their mid 20s !

[@blakepowers777]

This show taught me to read. Why don’t kids have shows like this anymore? I’m 52 now. But when I was in 1st grade, I was in the 6th grade reading class. I even had a lady come to my house when I was 4 to tape record me reading a few books. It all got me bullied but that’s how it goes I suppose. ❤

[@SaraSmile70]

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

[@EddieButler-fv9tr]

Loved this show as a kid

[@zekesanchez1851]

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

[@crosisofborg5524]

I used to watch this all the time when I was a kid.

[@C-rations2394]

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

[@vkdee44]

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

[@MsLemon1971]

It was a great time. That wholesome innocence is gone from our lives.

[@s.patrick6136]

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

[@paulmoore7064]

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

[@bxpress6507]

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

[@barbiejohnson2813]

🥰✌️👍😂 Heck yeah, I loved this show ty for posting this💖

[@lb8141]

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

[@Sabotage_Labs]

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

[@Studycase3000]

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.

[@Jeremiah-wd1wv]

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

[@annmorgana2848]

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

[@InSearchof8]

60 yrs old, and I LOVED this when I was a much younger lad. Better than Sesame Street IMHO and they had Spiderman.

[@payaj2815]

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

[@bob4analog]

Indicative of a much better time!

[@tizocalonzo7652]

I thoroughly enjoyed this.

[@seanryan3020]

It took me from the 80s to the 90s to stop automatically referring to Morgan Freeman as, "Oh yeah, from the Electric Company!"

[@MrSteeljazz]

I remember watching this show as a kid in northern 🇳🇬back in ‘77. I never knew the names of the actors. Great show, along with Sesame Street. HEY, YOU GUYS! Classic memories. Great post.

[@SADFORIAN]

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

[@dancingpixie6120]

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]

Same, lol.

[@LaDominicana2011]

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.

[@SanithDemil]

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

[@sunnyluv179]

Thank you for the memory kids need these type of shows

[@kimlr-herring]

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!😂😂😂💙☮️💚

[@LisaCranston-v9q]

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

[@micahmaresca9763]

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.

[@auntoneyofuntease6704]

Born in 74' and I always remembered Morgan Freeman and he was my favorite from this show.

[@mermaidme25]

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

[@maryroberts2099]

Yep

[@samueleversley3956]

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

[@ellenbryn]

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]

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

[@waltond1127]

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

[@ManuelTubens-u6b]

I grew up watching this show. I’m 58 years old, and I still remember as a child I wouldn’t miss an episode.

[@alexisgolden4505]

This brings back so many good memories. Between watching Sesame Street and The Electric Company, I developed my love for reading and became a good speller. The music made me get up and dance every time. I’m 58 years old, and I wish the children of today could be exposed to REAL learning like this instead of the nonsense they’re pushing in schools today. I pray the school systems get back to the basics - reading, writing, and arithmetic. You all take care. 🙏🏾

[@robertroud327]

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

[@mermaidme25]

thank y'all so much for posting this. I have been a life long reader because of shows like this back in the day!!!!!

[@markdanielczyk944]

Mr. Freeman is still one of my childhood heroes!

[@mhowell9915]

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

[@joannewatts9892]

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

[@MrJearley6]

Thank you !! This Video bring back memories for me !!

[@kevinmahernz]

It's amazing to see Morgan Freeman as he was over 50 years younger! I saw The Electric Company as a kid in the 80s, can't recall anyone that was in it and never knew till now that he was one of the main characters. Looking at this in 2023, I'm thinking Stanley is a chat bot....

[@M4STERcontrol]

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