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''The Electric Company'' is an American educational children's television series that was directed by Bob Schwartz, Henry Behar (1972–75) and John Tracy (1975–76), written by Christopher Cerf (1971–73), Jeremy Steven (1972–74) and John Boni/Amy Ephron (1972–73) and produced by the Children's Television Workshop (now called Sesame Workshop) for PBS in the United States. PBS broadcast 780 episodes over the course of its six seasons from October 25, 1971, to April 15, 1977. (In many areas, a preview special, ''Here Comes The Electric Company'' (pilot episode), was seen in syndication through sponsor Johnson Wax on many local commercial stations during the week before its 1971 debut.)〔(Ad for "Here Comes The Electric Company" from "St. Petersburg Times", October 21, 1971 (page 8-D); from Google News Archive. )〕 After it ceased production in 1977, the program continued in reruns until 1985, as the result of a decision made in 1975 to produce two final seasons for perpetual use. The Workshop produced the show at Second Stage, located within the Reeves Teletape Studios (Teletape), in Manhattan, the first home of ''Sesame Street''. ''The Electric Company'' employed sketch comedy and other devices to provide an entertaining program to help elementary school children develop their grammar and reading skills. It was intended for children who had graduated from CTW's flagship program, ''Sesame Street''. The humor was more mature than what was seen there. ==Performers== The original cast included Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno, Bill Cosby, Judy Graubart, Lee Chamberlin and Skip Hinnant. Most of the cast had done stage, repertory, and improvisational work, with Cosby and Moreno already well-established performers on film and television. Ken Roberts (1971–73), best known as a soap-opera announcer (''Love of Life;'' ''The Secret Storm''), was the narrator of some segments during season one, most notably the parody of the genre that had given him prominence, ''Love of Chair''. Jim Boyd, who was strictly an off-camera voice actor and puppeteer during the first season, began appearing on-camera in the second season, mostly in the role of J. Arthur Crank. Luis Ávalos also joined the cast at that time. Bill Cosby was a regular in season one, and occasionally appeared in new segments during season two but left afterward. Nevertheless, segments that Cosby had taped during the first two years were repeatedly used for the rest of the run, and Cosby was billed as a cast member throughout. Similarly, Lee Chamberlin also left after season two, but many of her segments were also repeatedly reused; consequently, she was also billed as a cast member for the rest of the show's run. Added to the cast at the beginning of season three (1973–74) was Hattie Winston, an actress and singer who later appeared on the show ''Becker''. Beginning in season four (1974–75), Danny Seagren, a puppeteer who worked on ''Sesame Street'' and also as a professional dancer, appeared in the role of Spider-Man. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Electric Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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