Morgan Freeman on The Electric Company
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- Morgan talks about making 'The Electric Company,' and meeting fans of the show.
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Morgan Freeman on The Electric Company
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It was amazing to view Morgan Freeman on that iconic children's show when I was young, and to see him later as this amazing actor is the icing on the cake! Such an awesome and very talented man, in everything that he has done.
Easy Reader. He got me through grade school. Whenever the other kids made fun of me for wanting to sit and read during recess, I'd think, "Screw them. EASY READER says it's cool to read!"
👏👏👏
Very true.
Same man !!
I'm with you!
No doubt.
Morgan Freeman could talk me through a bowel movement and it would still sound like a TED talk
B-O-W + E-L = Bowel
Oh my goodness three years later, i am lol at your comments. Hehe. I love youtube!
you is stoopid 🤣 🤪 😜
I grew up loving The Electric Company. In my youth in Seattle I remembered it was considered across the board, by young and old, as an unquestionably outstandingly good positive thing. Ah nostalgia, those were the days. Thank you Morgan and Jimmy.
Me too! Well, Federal Way, but close enough. We also had JP Patches!💗
Come on, everybody: "Top to bottom, left to right. That reading stuff is-a OUTTASITE!"
LOL. It was groovy man. Can you dig it?
It was outtacitious!😂
The Electric Company was gold for me. One of my most fave childhood TV shows along with Sesame Street.
I was listening to my Electric Company Spider Man record album that I got in 1977 and it's narrated by Morgan Freeman! It's great listening to him tell the story of Spider Man.
Morgan freemans voice is something else
Ez Reader had a theme song and Morgan sang it…it is adorable.
We must protect Morgan Freeman
Especially with all those whores trying to ruin his good name.
georgemiser He literally tried lifting women’s skirts without their consent.
georgemiser aside from that he’s also just kind of an ashsole
Roshan Ailani he LITERALLY did that? Show me the LITERAL proof? How can you go around just saying stuff like this with no justification ?? Oh yeah, just be a female
He apologized about that so theres your proof.
As a 5-year-old, I LOVED Sesame Street and Electric Company. Those 2 programs contributed to my ability to learn how to read quickly.
I gotta tell you, I am 55 now and I LOVED Easy Reader!! I see how funny the name is now referring to Easy Rider. Watching now shows me how hip and fun the character was. Just like Sesame Street which I watched too, they had a little something for the parents in there too. Mr. Rogers I also still love as well.
This is the first thing I think of when I hear the name Morgan Freeman!
Uh, uh, uh!
They should preserve the vocal cord of Morgan Freeman when he passes away just like they save the brains of brilliant scientists!
they should turn them into cello strings
That's not creepy at all 😀
When I was a kid (I'm 53 now), I had *SUCH* a crush on Easy Reader!
A lot of regretful people thinking of what his autograph is worth today...
Exactamondo.
Some people said the same about Vanilla Ice
I don't think 3/4's of the audience was even born in the 1990s let alone old enough to watch Electric company from the 1970s.
I was born in 2001 and watched electric company at my grandparents house cus all they had was PBS. Never judge!
@@hamosally3860how cool! were you watching 1970’s Electric Company reruns or was it a reboot?!
As Dracula: "I love the letter 'v' because my favorite word starts with the letter 'v.' And do you know what my favorite word is? My favorite word is....'vanilla!'" Funniest thing Morgan Freeman ever said on that show.
Sesame Street, Electric Company, Mr. Rodger's Neighborhood, Carrascolendas, Villa Allegre! , 5 days a week from the time I was 6, a major part of my early education came from PBS.
So I'm not the only one who remembers Ville Allegre
Don't forget Zoom.
FINALY! He comes out about the Electric Company....❤️
Yes,after much hostile silence he's talking about it.Better late than never!
@@georgemaster9271Kimmel put him on the spot. haha Gen X wants that hug real bad. 😂
Yes. EC was an off-limits topic for years w/Morgan. Glad he’s mellowed out on this. Now, if only someone could get Susan Dey to talk about the Partridge Family.
@@SamWestingwhy?
Accomplished actors sometimes don’t want to talk about early roles that are embarrassing for them to talk about.
Wow! Morgan Freeman is just as funny here as he was on The Electric Company! Though he didn't enjoy doing that show - he was embarrassed doing a kids' show and only did it because it was his "first taste of financial security" - he really showed his comic and dramatic versatility on it, from Easy Reader to Mel Mounds to Marco the Magician to Vincent the Vegetable Vampire, and many more. That was a fabulous start for such a great actor. Thanks for posting!
Gotta start somewhere.
He is in a 1979 movie with Hattie Winston and Saundra Pearl Sharp and he plays an addict who jumps from a roof, its a good movie and he is amazing in it.
If only he had known back then what he meant to us kids, I'm sure he would've been happy doing that show.
Those people who got his autograph and threw them on the floor must be kicking themselves. Those autographs must be worth a small fortune now.
Who's narrating Morgan Freeman's life?
god.
😂💜😂💜😂💜😂
the king of cool I'm sure it's the other way around
Why would Morgan Freeman narrate himself?
I’m not religious but when I think of “God” I picture and hear Morgan Freeman bc that movie he did with Steve Carroll I think it was
*God
This man Morgan is so authentic.
I LOVE Electric Company! Great for helping kids read
Morgan Freeman was great as Easy Reader. He made it cool to read.
All those discarded autographs... probably worth thousands of dollars today but were thrown in the trash that day... shame...
I LOVE THE ELECTRIC COMPANY !!!
I hv always preferred that to sesame street
Morgan Freeman
I hope u know u hv a lot of malaysian kids that learnt a lot of English from that show
-from Malaysia
I loved both.
If anyone kept their Easy Reader autograph, I have to wonder what it would be worth now.
That's were I first saw him on Electric Company in the 70s
Unlike on May 5, 2020, I was able to fully watch this video tonight. It was nice to actually hear him talk about his time on "The Electric Company". He rarely talks about his time on the show! 🤓
I still watch the Electric Company once in awhile. Its got an awesome sketch comedy vibe, and it is really fun and happy.
He will always be Easy Reader to me.
I remember reading only because I HAD to ~ but when I saw how much fun Easy Reader was having when he read, THAT opened my eyes to an entire world of fun reading. Now my favorite books are those that were made into movies. I enjoy watching the movies first, because you get the characters' voice in your mind {The way they talk and sound}, so when you read the book, you get more detail, and many questions answered. When you read the lines that were put into the movie, you kind of hear them read in the movie characters' voices. But when you go the OTHER way {Book before movie}, more often you will be asking "Why wasn't {Pick a Scene from the book} put in the movie?!?"
53 i remember that show on PBS :) The Electric Company
So many good things about The Electric Company. I still love the song 12345 678910 11 12.
@@davidcrowley6216 That was Sesame Street. Electric Company dealt only with reading.
Sad that he hated being on the Electric Company. I loved that show, and loved him on it. He will always be Easy Reader to me.
I want every single one of those signed pieces of paper that people didn’t want! ❤️🤟🏻😍
There was an episode of Electric Company where Big Bird met Fargo North, Decoder. And another where Oscar shares a scene with J. Arthur Crank.
Can you imagine if you were on of those people who dropped his autographs. I bet they're a rare find now! The fools!
Praise To That Man👆
Morgan Freeman and the Electric Company, taught me had to read before I was in Kindergarten. Thank you, Mr. Morgan Freeman!!! And now I take baths in my casket?
Morgan Freeman will ALWAYS be Easy Reader to THIS proud Gen Xer! Nowadays, he's Easy Reader reading scripts narrating shows and advertisements!
Marcellooooo! The word is “snap”. SNAP!!!
I love Morgan Freeman. He's an incredible actor.
"HEY YOU GUYS!"
Rita!!
I saw Morgan Freeman movies a couple of times before I realized he was in The Electric Company. I remember thinking he looked familiar. I must have been 6 when the Eclectic Company came on, I was a big fan! Thanks you!
Electric company was my show back then.
I watched The Electric Company.....I miss it and my children and grandchildren missed out.
He's Vincent the Vegetable Vampire.
I remember an electric company segment where morgan tasted 2 kinds of cola. one was in a light brown cup with a light yellow lower case q on it and the other was in a light brown cup with a light yellow lower case m on it. hattie Winston or lee chamberlain is also in that segment. when morgan tasted the q cola, he made a yucky face but he swallowed it. the m cola tasted even yuckier and he spat it out and then said something about both colas being from the land of yuck. I hope someone posts that segment on youtube
It’s amazing you remember that!
Easy Reader that’s my name....I go Uh uh uh
I’m not a Jimmy Kimmel fan, but I am an Easy Reader fan!
Mellow Mel Mounds with Pounds Of Sounds comin' to you tune goons and sound hounds with the latest from the Short Circuits......
I agree with what you just said, being an EC fan back in those days. (The show helped me especially to learn to read.)
Morgan gets major props for being Easy Reader. Like seriously. I could care in the least about his fame afterwards. Him and Rita were legends!
What a man, such a amazing actor and what a talent!!
"Hey you guuuuuyyys!" Wasn't Morgan also Varny the Vegetable Vampire?
*sings* I'm Vincent the Vegetable Vampire! In the nighttime tomatoes start to scream! It's only Vincent the vegetable vampire...reaping in the garden of your dreams...
@@TheKobolos Thank you!!!!!!!!!!
MARCELLO!!!!! and the sign would get smacked from his hands
I wish I had just one of those little pieces of paper.
Wouldn't his sign signature be worth a good amount of money today .. I feel those people missed out of a good investment there
Yep a couple of grand for sure ;0)
Easy Reader, Dracula, Mel Mounds, and the mad scientist.
Finally someone asked Morgan Freeman about his time on Electric Company....however I hate it was Kimmel. Easy Reader was the best. Although, not the best interview...would like it more serious.
I want him to read me a bedtime story
We loved you, Morgan! Thanks for being a reading role model for generations of people!!
It would be an honor to meet him!
gawd...that's probably the first time in 45 years that Morgan's talked about The Electric Company! 😆
may have been in preschool... rode bus from Gary In. to see the show live.. had some problem.. turned around and went back without seeing a thing
Electric company was one of my favorite shows
I remember the first time I saw Morgan Freeman in a movie and thought, "Hey! That's Vincent The Vegetable Vampire!"
People over 50 are hilarious
I always envisioned viscous off camera knife fights.
Wow! I never knew it was Morgan Freeman on the Electric Company! Okay, does anyone remember Zoom? Or was that just out of Boston?
Loved Morgan and Electric Company back in the day. ❤
What a great guy. We are not perfect and neither him but let's not forget he played god several times so have respect. 😅
I thought he was great on The Electric Company. Crazy start for such a great acting career. Very talented guy.
He's right you know.
Easy reader was the coolest when I was growing up and I still love to read.
He probably signed his name as Morgan Freeman and nobody knew who he was
Easy Reader did a promo with Big Bird re Nashville TV stations switching channels.
Big Bird and Grover each cameoed on _The Electric Company._ IIRC Bird went to consult with Fargo North, Decoder on a puzzle. Grover ... I think I remember him at a diner? Don't recall specifics though.
Kimmel is taking one for the team. lol There's an entire generation who LOVES this guy for something he hated doing. I know he thinks it's beneath him, but the Electric Company was a jam and really creative. He should be proud or it
Morgan Freeman takes himself too seriously sometimes
Best actor of my lifetime.
i could listen to this mans voice all day
When morgan is on tv all granpas wake up to watch him ...
Thank you mr Jimi Hendrix ,you re good actor
He is Mr Electric Company
I love him doing Dracula
I will forever love me some Morgan Freeman
I would have kept my autograph Mr. Freeman! Peace!
He will always be The Man from The Electric Company!
I used to love The Electric Company!
I always wondered if he and Hattie Winston ever dated seriously... they were a HOT couple in many scenes!!
Hattie Winston was married to Hugh Wheeler, who orchestrated a few of Stephen Sondheim’s 1970’s broadway musicals. I cant remember the name of the movie she did with Saundra Pearl Sharpe, but look it up on youtube. Morgan has a small role in that movie too, and Hattie’s character was a singer!
Search Merciful Servant
Makes you wonder what his 12 years were like between The Electric Company and Lean On Me.
Macy's Turkeyday, probably.
We could've gone down a great rabbit hole of Easy Reader stories but he chose to ask the dumbest questions.
You know they were kicking themselves for not keeping his autograph years later, after Morgan really blew up😂
Un-Foo was my favorite.
He played Dracula on the Electric Company.
Loved The Electric Company. Sesame Street rebooted by Monty Python...
Spiderman though ...
It sounds like the crowd noises are being volume controlled
Morgan should have sung his Easy Reader theme.
Hes such a gentleman to everyone!
Easy Reader and Big Bird did a network channel change spot a long time ago. So technically they did work together more than that parade.