tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352536197106136774.post8857163245986120978..comments2023-10-28T05:08:25.942-05:00Comments on Lunch Break: Holy Camp Value, Batman!John Jansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08241558776415884637noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352536197106136774.post-35237092776173016232008-06-23T12:08:00.000-05:002008-06-23T12:08:00.000-05:00Sunnyday,Until I rewatched some EC episodes in rec...Sunnyday,<BR/><BR/>Until I rewatched some EC episodes in recent years, I'd forgotten that Morgan Freeman had been part of the cast.<BR/><BR/>Naive,<BR/><BR/>Right you are.<BR/><BR/>The show ran until '77 (the year I was born), but it was shown in reruns until 1985.John Jansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241558776415884637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352536197106136774.post-11787433568659700642008-06-20T23:12:00.000-05:002008-06-20T23:12:00.000-05:00I recently found the Electric Company on DVD at ou...I recently found the Electric Company on DVD at our public library, and like you I remember it fondly. So, I had to take it home! What a cast! It's as great as I remember. I laugh to it still, and trust me, there's not much TV I enjoy these days. And it really does help children learn to read - as they read along on the screen. My three year old loves it! <BR/><BR/>My wife can't believe that there were people on TV in the 70s who were anything other than white. (She's not from the States.) And my 10 year old poo-poohed it at first, but is also watching now. He does tire of the three year old playing the intro song over and over ad nauseum. <BR/><BR/>It seems though, that this show would have already been old when you watched it. It started several years before you were born...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352536197106136774.post-44365955454039101472008-06-19T22:28:00.000-05:002008-06-19T22:28:00.000-05:00Haha!! This didn't strike a familiar chord, but up...Haha!! This didn't strike a familiar chord, but upon playing it and hearing them "sing" in their own Electric Company way, I did remember this segment. <BR/><BR/>It's fun to see Morgan Freeman in his Electric Company days; the movie characters he plays are so deep and serious...sunnydayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15866905031172910302noreply@blogger.com