A comedy variety show that teaches basic phonetic and grammar concepts using live action sketches cartoons songs and spider man episodes.
The electric company characters.
Pbs broadcast 780 episodes over the course of its six seasons from october 25 1971 to april 15 1977.
The electric company is an american television series for young children ages 6 to 10 on pbs derived from the 1971 series of the same name like the original this version was produced by sesame workshop the series ran on pbs kids go.
A fourth season was planned but the show was canceled before it went into production.
Antigone carruthers b edit.
130 episodes were.
The following list is of both the real and animated characters of the electric company in alphabetical order by first names.
As well as this the show taught children lessons about friendship kindness doing the right thing and teamwork targeting 5 to 10.
Here s my list of the top five characters from the original electric company tv series that ran on pbs from 1971 1977 and then much later on in reruns.
A page for describing characters.
The last two seasons remained in reruns until 1985.
It covers specifically english and language arts teaching pronunciation spelling and other grammar skills.
In the first season he was strictly off.
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With jim boyd morgan freeman judy graubart skip hinnant.
Bebe spamboni benny ruiz brewster.
Kermit reacts to the characters of the electric company during the opening number of out to lunch.
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After it ceased production in 1977 the program continued in reruns until october.
The electric company was a live action series produced by the children s television workshop following the success of sesame street developed by sesame alumni including dave connell the program ran on pbs from 1971 to 1977.
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From january 23 2009 to april 4 2011.