The
New York Times recently
reported and Early Ed Watch has
spread the word that PBS is bringing back that wonderful 1970s-era children's television program
The Electric Company. The original show sought to boost literacy skills among early elementary students. It ran from 1971 to 1977.
In addition to
Sesame Street cameos, visits from Spiderman, and characters dressed up in gorilla suits, a number famous actors were members of the cast of
The Electric Company, including Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno, and Gene Wilder.
Now if only
Sesame Street would bring back the
cookie eating Cookie Monster everything would be right with the world again.
Alexander Russo reports that the power is back on, so to speak. PBS is bringing "The Electric Company" back to television in January. Of course, The Education Optimists passed along this news back in May ['A Live Wire: The Electric Company Returns'].
