Easy Reader

[mclovinjk]

GIGGITY? 0:52

[KulpyKulp]

Season at the very least?

[KulpyKulp]

Does anyone know what episode this is?!?!?!

[steve7138]

Love it when he's the DJ saying "Righteous Out-of-sighteous!"

[mzrealm]

They totally had sex afterwards. Let me rephrase that, one does not simply compliment Morgan Freeman and not have sex with him afterwards.

[nfinn42]

@mzrealm I wish I could vote this comment up twice. Ever see "Ten Items or Less"? ^_^

[BKRudy1970]

Morgan Freeman scared the shit out of my 5 year-old ass watching this show when he was in the Dracula getup.

[lagrimasnegras88]

Holy shit Morgan Freeman used to be young?

[Jenna424]

When I was three, Morgan Freeman was my first crush.

[Hurricane333]

@Jenna424 Good for you?

[mcnriq]

Will Smith

[TheDimsh]

Behrudy supporting the Mike Ross community

[th0mez]

wah teh fook

[toothdok50]

What a great actor! This was a big part of my childhood and how nice to know we all had to start somewhere! Mr. Freeman is a classy guy even when he's teaching kids. Love the video memorabilia.

[mmagar5754]

You don't add an S if there is more than one "MAN", thanks Morgan Freeman! My ingrish much bettah now . . .

[landrykkb]

It took me a long time to realize it was Morgan Freeman who was on the Electric Company all those years.

[SplinterCell37]

The original old spice guy :P

[GladiatorShield]

#LOL

[GladiatorShield]

#FAIL

[godofflamers]

Sheep: shoop ship sheeps?

[EmbiggenedJ]

@Motorcyclephil Actually, I think his face emits light.

[blingadingading]

I WISH I HAD GROWN TO THIS

[GmodDTM]

Hey look it's Freeman when he was in his 40's

[TheTallMan35]

@GmodDTM Late 30s. And his voice/mannerism is exactly the same as it is now.

[Motorcyclephil]

Couldn't they have dried his face, damn it was shinny

[sweetnpeachy1]

@Motorcyclephil Low budget show, but it was great!! My son loved watching it!

[nagzul]

@Motorcyclephil oh that's just part of his natural shiny goodlooking self.

[ikie12pts]

And your point is?????? "What does shinny mean?"  I don't get it.

[trackto2012]

aww i didn't know he had dimples

[BlackHoleSlut]

What's this broad doin' hitting on someone while taping a kid's show?

[Mochagirlaz]

Still handsome after all these years....mmm, mmm, mmm!

[Dump1992]

oh god.. i mean.. oh morgan..

[nrwilliams015]

1-2-3 Morgan Freemans, A-Haa-Haa-Haaaaaaaa!

[fakespotter]

God is a good looking guy

[houseoftrash]

Cute as hell

[Squiggy2010]

they can't see past Morgan's shades.

[JamesTKirkCobain]

He aint got them stoopid dots all over his face like he gots now.

[Dyostab]

That was hott.

[MassHero]

The fuck was that

[lvpdesign]

@MassHero The 70's

[Acroman12]

LAWL

[geekypoppet]

daaang!!! morgan freeman just got cooler :D

[riceboy1701e]

Ahh...the voice of God, and the intro to the CBS Evening News. Just too fab.

[grumpypant]

Without Easy Reader, I would probably ended up at San Quenton Prison by now! Thanks for the memories, Morgan!

[berner]

His skin is just so shiny :o

[banquo3]

Ahh yes, remember the days before everyone had cable tv and tv sets did things like that all the time.

[bratrat]

When you make reading cool- you KNOW you're doing it right!

Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane....

[deezvids]

Morgan Freeman rocks... bottom line. :)

And he's also the only actor from this show whose career didn't go south after this show....

Now, Rita Moreno had a good run too, but Morgan Freeman became a big name on the silver screen. :)

[feelinitinmytoes]

Ummm Bill Cosby???

[deezvids]

Okay, Bill Cosby too - ease up on the caffiene...

[feelinitinmytoes]

caffeine...I don't get it. Guess you were just saying something to be saying it.

[smg02lu3]

@deezvids Rita Moreno is one of only a few people to have won all four major awards. the Grammy, the Emmy, the Tony and the Oscar.

[TheAnneelise]

gosh he's a handsome man!!!

[Nativechica]

Yes he is. Just gorgeous. haha

[bratrat]

gugo1234, he HAS aged well.

Making reading cool since the 70's-*YAY!*

[calvinandhodge]

I love morgan freeman...but hes an ugly mother fucker haha.

Pause at :51 .

[WestCoastSoulja]

hell yea

[DiscoStuInTibet]

you know...his hairline has stayed the same for near 40 years at least

[Rogue158]

@DiscoStuInTibet It really is no different just grayer

[alexl1001]

Hey! What did they do to the sound?? Where's the sound?

I Need to hear Easy Reader reading to me!

[alexl1001]

oops. I had my volume slider all the way down! Duh!

Never Mind!

[raygordon]

Best. Children's. Character. EVER.

He made reading COOL, and not like some dweeb trying to act cool. I watched these shows LIVE.

[proud2Bprude]

LOL groffo12345 you are right. *giggles*

[alexl1001]

You know what Easy Reader always says:

"Get Busy Reading, or get busy dying."

[themaxxfan]

@alexl1001 LOL, good one!

[Apallo313]

morgan freeman always looked old....i feel like he was 40 when he was born

[ProudAnselmo]

Yeah, he's like the black Abe Vigoda.

[gugo1234]

Which is a good thing since he gets more charming with age.

[alexl1001]

Morgan Freeman is great in everything he does. I'll never forget Easy Reader! We need a new show like "The Electric Company"... not just a re-make of it, but a whole new show for kids. By the way, that woman's voice sounds familiar. Anyone know who she is?

[DrJPhoenixx]

The woman is Judy Graubart ( may have misspelled her name). YouTube the 1972 Shake and Bake commercial and you'll see her.

[alexl1001]

I don't think I ever heard of that woman... but I think what it is, is that she sounds a bit like Terri Garr. Doesn't she?

[BostonSunToo]

I thought the same thing... only to me it sounded a LOT like Suzanne Somers when she played that ditzy blonde chick who lived with Jack and Janet on Three's Company.

[NoMercyJustCruelty]

So ox beome OXs and moose becomes mooses.

[Apallo313]

and fish become fishs and mouse becomes mouses? lololol

[groffo12345]

You know the more I think about it now as an adult, Easy Reader was a pimp!!! LOL!!!

[Mortskcab]

he tought me how to read

[whosgumisthis]

he shoulda threw in a "mr andy duphraine"

that woulda been the balls.

[DianaDeLuna]

Hell yeah, he's a good-looking guy!

[jallendubya]

Every time I see him in Batman or Kiss the Girls I think of Easy Reader dont forget Bill Cosby was on Electric Co. as well. Ah the memories good s**t.

[wallflower419]

Morgan Freeman! I had forgotten he was on the Electric Company. I didn't think it was possible for me to like him more. He IS the man!

[silkyang]

Morgan Freeman is STILL tha man! He was one of my favorite parts of the show :)

[sassytangerine]

Morgan Freeman was and still is the coolest!

[StukInBuf]

Bar none.

[jhutch524]

Morgan Freeman, what a great reading teacher!

[uniquess]

Hay is that Morgan Freeman!!!

I grew up on this stuff, this and the "ELECTRIC COMPANY" 

boy do I feel old!

I think Morgan must look back on this stuff and feel a great sense of pride. He was responsible for a lot of kid learning how to read.

[smashwhammy]

This WAS part of the Electric Company

[Blacktiebaconfat]

Anybody else notice that this woman's reactions ("what?", "no?") sound a lot like the reactions that elderly woman gave to John McCain when he chastised her for calling Barack Obama an Arab?

[theobserver317]

Easy Reader was the COOLEST! I am sure this is one reason I love to read to this day.

Thanks, PBS!

[hobbitbuddy]

Mr. Freeman, if you ever see this, I'll bet you have no idea how you inspired a generation of kids to read. And we thank you!

[EVHisgodyoumuppet]

That's wrong, you don't always add an "s". In the case of words like octopus, you change the end for "i". YEAH!

[tracyblogger]

Except for the graying hair, the man has BARELY AGED in almost forty years.

[mitts61]

Black don't crack!

[heyheyheydude]

you can tell Judy Graubart wanted to jump Morgan's bones throughout all 6 seasons of TEC, you can tell by her narration..

[singingnymph]

I can't blame her!

[MintySpunkBubble]

I'm not American and I wasn't even born yet, but I still think how awesome it must have been to have Morgan Freeman teaching you how to read and spell on a Saturday morning.

[wookie72]

Believe me, it was.

[cannos09]

The voice!

[rockybudgeboa]

Please be well Mr Freeman. WE LOVE YA

[katalina2007]

Be well, Morgan! I love ya, man! And, I thoroughly enjoyed watching you on Electric Company :)

[johnnecron]

I was in Missisippi back in 1973 and I would watch this show .

[ukcats99]

watched this as a kid and now that i m grown up morgan freeman is one of my favorite actors

[Tigertony67]

I have fond memories of this show as a kid and even now. He's was one of my favorite class acts then and even today. A true hero. Very down to earth and grounded. Hope to meet him someday. Thanks Morgan!

[LaDracul]

Well, at least he's not narrating this...

[vookap]

HA!!!

[Ambri121314]

No, that comes later...

[zetasong]

...snoopy as joe cool was how i figured out what was cool.....

[Dulcimerist]

I think Morgan Freeman once mentioned on Conan O'Brien that he was on the Electric Company, in an interview perhaps ten years ago or so. My favorite sketch was when Easy Reader was jogging in a park, saw a "Slow" sign, and then started running in slow motion. He rocked!

[reyguel]

Easy Reader....The original Mr.Cool!

[madamecarroll]

I heard that he was alcoholic back then because he was "stuck" on a children's show. I hope that's not true becuase we really loved him then. I never hear of him mentioning that he was on this show.

[djfly2006]

Morgan is one of my fave actors. NONE of my friends remember this show. Now I can prove I was right by telling them Morgan was on a kid's show! Thanks for this!

[MINESWEEP2k]

Easy Reader, a good looking guy. No arguement here, Judy Graubart, no arguement here.

-MINESWEEP

[davevontexas]

Morgan Freeman is not merely the official Voice of Gravitas (tm), he is the pope of all Generation X.

This is the man who earnestly babysat a generation of post-sixties baby-busters. This is the man who cynically gave voice to the angst of the same generation in Se7en.

This is a man who has wrestled with the legacy of Sidney Poitier and paved the road for LeVar Burton.

I would take a bullet for this guy.

[BaronUnderbite]

Preach it homey, preach it

[XTREME2DAG]

MORGAN FREEMAN RULES!!!

[Shaun1gza]

easy reader rules

[theBeardedGun]

One debaunaire motherfucker. That man could tell me I had cancer, and I would immediately spring an erection.

[sonic880]

Easy Reader is the man. Stewart Scott and SHAQ wish they were Easy Reader in their dreams.  Booyeah!

[bigbadwolfbear]

Morgan in 3d! Great! Thanks GuyS

[jpowell180]

Get busy readin', or get busy dyin'.

Absolutely doggone right!

[HtotheB]

Oh, my god! I'm so happy to have found this! YAY!!!

[StaceSesame]

Morgan Freeman was so young here!