The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
Watch the electric company's greatest hits & bits YesMovies. When "The Electric Company" made its television debut in October 1971, it was instantly clear that it would fulfill its mission of helping struggling and reluctant readers. With a ground-breaking and diverse cast, clever writing, innovative direction, and an original visual and musical style, the show was so effective that by the end of its first season, nearly a quarter of all US schools were using the show in the classroom. Generations of young people learned to read from the series, making it one of the most important and enduring shows in American television history. "The Electric Company's Greatest Hits and Bits" is a clip-filled celebration featuring many of the series' most popular segments (with Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno and the rest of the multi-talented Electric Company cast),and includes new interviews with cast members Jim Boyd, Judy Graubart, Skip Hinnant, Tom Lehrer, Rita Moreno, and Joan Rivers, as well as with series creator Joan Ganz Cooney.
- Genre: Documentary
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- Cast: Luis Ávalos, Jim Boyd, Joan Ganz Cooney, Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman, Judy Graubart, Skip Hinnant, Tom Lehrer, Rita Moreno, Joan Rivers, Tom Lehrer
