Rita talks about THE ELECTRIC COMPANY

"I made up some of my own characters. Which just worked wonderfully. My little brat. I played a brat whom I named Pandora. Cause when they opened the box, out she came with all the evils of the world. And she wore big blonde sausage-curls ... My daughter loves her. I still do Pandora for her. And she wore a big Baby Snooks kind of dress. Big pink dress with a huge pink bow. And she always had mary-janes that were swallowing up her socks. Cause I remember when I was a kid, my socks were always being swallowed up by my shoes." [Rita Moreno]

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[BellaCaramia]

HEY YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who didn't love The Electric Company? One of the best memories of my childhood.

[author]

Rita was definitely the most entertaining person on The Electric Company. And my favorite character that she played was that really mean movie director. It was funniest towards the end of those movie director skits when Rita would give up and do something desperate, and then all the other actors would have trouble restraining their laughter.

[Dodgerfn5]

Rita is an absolute gem and still shines today!

[texasghost]

What I find fascinating between children's teaching programming in the 70's compared to shows like Word Girl now are so far more advanced.

Going from the 70's words the Electric Company taught like...Greedy Greg grabbed the green grapes....to shows like Word Girl that teaches words to kids such as....crestfallen...or Marauder or Spritzer.

You would have never seen those words on the 70's shows.

[gordogreat74]

I've only seen her on The Muppet Show & The Electric Company, she was hilarious on both!

[jakedakota1]

my mom knows ritas daughter fernanda besties!!!!!!!!!

[lexiconlover]

two people don't know how to read

[thanksforthemessdick]

oh man RITA MORENO IS STILL HOT!!!

[zcg3]

Still a beautiful woman...

[bigpopparamma]

@author

The name of the director she played was Otto, based on famed director Otto Preminger. One other character of hers I knew, whom I hated, was Pandora the Brat.

[Thirdgen83]

Hippies and druggies are NOT a "race"...

[cottonwhiskersuk]

HEY YOU GUUUUUYS!