Network: PBS
Episodes: 780 (half-hour)
Seasons: Six

TV show dates: October 25, 1971 — April 15, 1977
Series status: Cancelled/ended

Performers include: Jim Boyd, Morgan Freeman, Judy Graubart, Skip Hinnant, Rita Moreno, June Angela, Mel Brooks, Luis Avalos, Joan Rivers, and Gene Wilder.

TV show description:
An entertaining educational program that uses sketch comedy to help elementary-school children develop their reading skills.

Regular characters include The Blue Beetle, Jennifer of the Jungle, J. Arthur Crank, Pandora, Millie the Helper, Easy Reader, and private-eye Fargo North, Decoder.

The series was developed by Children’s Television Workshop which also produces the popular Sesame Street series for preschoolers.