Lee Chamberlin, an original cast member of the 1970s' PBS children's show The Electric Company has died. She was 76. That show was amazing for launching some careers, including Lee. She is the woman on the far left. Also in the photo are Bill Cosby, Rita Moreno and a very youthful Morgan Freeman.
Rest in peace you classy lady.
ReplyDeleteThat makes me sad. Loved that show when I was a kid.
ReplyDeleteElectric Company was the funkiest, most urban thing allowed in my white bread, Southern Baptist house. My brother and I were both big fans; we're both still happily stuck in the '70's.
ReplyDeleteGreat show, great cast.
ReplyDeleteLittle known fact, one of the Emmys in Rita Moreno's EGOT is from this show.
Oh man.. I l oved the Electric Company. I was super excited when they relaunched it, but it just wasn't the same.
ReplyDeleteRIP Lee, RIP
HEY YOU GUUUUUUUUYS!
ReplyDeleteLoved that show, except that the Monsters sketch scared the bejesus out of me.
Such a cool show, very innovative for the time. RIP
ReplyDeleteWe would watch The Electric Company in class. Lazy teaching, I supposed.
ReplyDeleteSuch a great show! RIP, Ms. Chamberlain!
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ReplyDeleteI LOVED the bit where she and Morgan Freeman would do words...
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RIP
Tom Lehrer's music made this show even more memorable!
ReplyDeleteBut also provided one of the scariest bits ever for me on EC - the 'ly' song with Dracula. omg.
"...you enter a very dark room, and sitting there in the gloom is DRACULA - now how do you say goodbye?
...immediately, immediately, im-me-di-ate...LY!"
Great, talented team. RIP Miss C.
OMG, I loved that show--I can still call the theme song up to mind.
ReplyDeleteAnd wow, what a wonderfully diverse photo this is.
I loved the Electric Company as a child. RIP Lee. Thank you for being a part of my childhood/memories.
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ReplyDeleteI loved that show! Spent many hours watching that and ZOOM :-)
ReplyDeleteLove that show. RIP
ReplyDeleteElectric Company and The Magic Garden are the 2 shows from my youth I miss the most.
ReplyDeleteThe Banana Splits would be on that list, but I have seen a couple episodes the past few years.
RIP
first time iver ever seen a young morgan freeman
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These Jive Turkey's not realizing how hip EC was. Black brothers and sisters working side by side with the honky brothers and sisters to help make kids live better through learning. Not to mention Spidey Super Stories, which is still the best representation of the Spider-Man costume in any form of media.
ReplyDelete"We're gonna turn you on, we're gonna turn on the power" This show was such an iconic moment of it's time, people can't understand how awesome it was unless they were there.
That reboot they did a few years back sucked! Nothing like the original and didn't deserve the title the Electric Company.
LETTERMAN!
ReplyDeleteNever heard of her or the show.
ReplyDeleteRIP anyway.
I never got into the Magic Garden, but my brother loved it. I asked him why recently. "The skinny one was smok-in'!" LOL
ReplyDeleteKids' shows were so much better back then. My favorites were this, Zoom and Schoolhouse Rock. There wasn't any of that PC pablum that passes for kids' shows now. You can thank that purple nightmare.
ReplyDelete@Lioness: You know them Magic Garden Hippy broads were playing w/ each other's Chuckle Patch off camera. They had to be.
ReplyDelete@Count: I'm sure they were. My brother wouldn't have minded seeing that, even at that age. ;)
ReplyDeleteFind memories of that show :)
ReplyDeleteShe is one of the few cast members aside from Rita Moreno and Morgan Freeman that I actually remember. If you are a late Boomer, both Lee Chamberlain's and Ann B. Davis' deaths this week are a mild punch in the gut. I know both of these ladies will RIP. Much less so for those of us still entrapped in flesh.
ReplyDeleteRest in peace. I loved that show growing up! They don't have anything like that now...banana splits was another great one.
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she sure was a wonderful woman, she died at peace with her children by her side. She was in many movies and tv shows, All My Children's Aunt Pat, in the James Earl Jones' King Lear etc.
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