In the mid-’70’s, Morgan Freeman played a character called “Easy Reader” on the iconic show “The Electric Company.” Check out his work and wish him well in his recovery after he was injured in a car accident.
From a third season black and white kinescope, Dwayne (Gregg Burge) is going around dressing and acting just like Easy Reader (Morgan Freeman). When old Easy finds out, they square off in a rhyming game and it sounds like an old school MC battle.
Hippie Time!
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Morgan Freeman is a str8 up legend and a pioneer for not jus african american actors but african americans period…GET WELL SOON….big homie
ayo, that kid had some serious moves!
they spell fine, but the dialogue is grammatically incorrect.
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That kid was movin! You just don’t see good dancin like that anymore!
That is cool. My son and I just watched it and he enjoyed rhyming with ole Easy Reader. Way to go PBS!
~an involved parent
this use to be the shit bacc in the day yell