In the 1970s, for instance, Freeman played "Easy Reader" on the children's show "The Electric Company." This interesting tidbit goes viral from time to time as social media users share images from ...

Freeman starred on The Electric Company, a sketch-comedy program on PBS that helped kids with their reading and grammar skills. Maybe you remember Freeman as Easy Reader. Or DJ Mel Mounds.

There are plenty of reasons to revisit the early-'70s children's TV series The Electric Company ... characters like Freeman's print-addicted Easy Reader and Skip Hennant's word detective "Fargo ...

Despite the success of Sesame Street, "most people thought it was anathema to try to use television to teach kids to read," remembers Barbara Fowles, who was part of The Electric Company's ...