Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood were the big kids on the block, but I was always partial to Electric Company.
As an educational program, it was just more fun and seemed to take itself less seriously than Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers.
And, it had one thing the other two didn't.....Spiderman...
That's right. Marvel Comics, in an effort to cultivate young readers, allowed Electric Company to create short comic vignettes.
So, where's the educational part? Well, Spidey himself only "spoke" in comic "bubbles", while the other actors froze to allow the viewer to read it (get it? READING PRACTICE THROUGH COMICS...INGENIOUS!)
Thanks to YouTube, here are some of Spidey's best (often featuring Morgan Freeman):
Spidey vs. the Yeti
Spiderman meets the Wall
Spidey - A Night at the Movies
The Beastly Banana
Spidey - The Birthday Bandit
Spidey vs. the Blue Beetle
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