Editing The Electric Company (section)

==Performers==
The original cast included [[Morgan Freeman]], [[Rita Moreno]], [[Bill Cosby]], [[Judy Graubart]], [[Lee Chamberlin]] and [[Skip Hinnant]]. Most of the cast had done stage, repertory, and improvisational work, with Cosby and Moreno already well-established performers on film and television. [[Ken Roberts (announcer)|Ken Roberts]] (1971–1973), best known as a [[soap opera]] announcer (''[[Love of Life]]''; ''[[The Secret Storm]]''), was the narrator of some segments during season one, most notably the parody of the genre that had given him prominence, ''[[Love of Chair]]''.

[[Jim Boyd (actor)|Jim Boyd]], who was strictly an off-camera [[voice actor]] and puppeteer during the first season, began appearing on-camera in the second season, mostly in the role of J. Arthur Crank. [[Luis Ávalos]] also joined the cast at that time.

Cosby was a regular in season one, and occasionally appeared in new segments during season two, but left afterward. Segments that Cosby had taped for the first two seasons were repeatedly used for the remainder of the series run. Similarly, Chamberlin was a regular for the first two seasons, and her segments were also repeatedly used throughout the show’s run. As a result, they were billed as cast members throughout the whole series run.

Added to the cast at the beginning of season three (1973–1974) was [[Hattie Winston]], actress and singer who later appeared on the sitcom ''[[Becker (TV series)|Becker]].'' Beginning in season four (1974–1975), Danny Seagren, a puppeteer who had worked on ''Sesame Street'' and also as a professional dancer, appeared in the role of [[Spider-Man]]; [[Marvel Comics]] published ''[[Spidey Super Stories]]'' that tied into Seagren's appearances as Spider-Man in character, who never spoke aloud or unmasked himself.