When The Electric Company debuted in October 1971, television hadn't seen anything quite like it. Psychedelic graphics, wildly creative animation, mod outfits, over-the-top characters and sketch ...

Almost everyone can tell you how to get to "Sesame Street." But many may have forgotten -- or be too young to ever have felt -- the power of "The Electric Company." Thanks to a box set released ...

The Electric Company is an educational American children's television series that was produced by the Children's Television Workshop for PBS in the United States. PBS broadcast 780 episodes over the ...

You'd be forgiven for forgetting that there was a live-action Spider-Man on TV years before Tobey Maguire donned the red and blue on film, and you'd be forgiven again if you thought the first one was ...

He also had recurring roles on "ER" and "Hangin' With Mr. Cooper" and appeared in such films as "Hollywood Homicide" and "The Ringer." By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Avalos played Doctor Doolots — a ...

When The Electric Company debuted in October 1971, television hadn't seen anything quite like it. Psychedelic graphics, wildly creative animation, mod outfits, over-the-top characters and sketch ...

In October 1971, The Electric Company flipped a switch and hit the public TV airwaves, aiming to use sketch comedy and animated shorts to teach... 50 years ago, 'The Electric Company' used comedy to ...

NPR's been on air for 50 years. And we've been looking back at 1971, our birth year - the news, the music, the TV shows - like this kids show that launched 50 years ago today. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE ...