Yes, the esteemed Oscar-winning film great, whose every rumbling word seems to bear incredible dramatic weight, used to say things like "Righteous, delighteous and out-of-sighteous" while co-starring in the landmark educational series "The Electric Company."

Produced by the Children's Television Workshop, two years after that company burst onto the TV scene with "Sesame Street," "The Electric Company" was a similar blend of education and entertainment that featured short comedic sketches and cartoons.

Morgan Freeman appeared in all six seasons of the series -- and that's no small feat, as it, like sister series "Sesame Street," produced a whopping 130 episodes per season instead of the conventional 22.

Some of Freeman's recurring and memorable characters on the show included Count Dracula, Easy Reader and DJ Mel Mounds, coiner of the aforementioned "out-of-sighteous" phrase.

Freeman wasn't the only major star on the series, and in fact, at the time, he wasn't even the biggest. His career was still getting started when the show premiered in 1971, while co-stars Mel Brooks, Bill Cosby and Rita Moreno were already famous names.

The Children's Television Workshop, though later renamed Sesame Workshop to bring more focus on its most famous production, was also behind a number of other educational series, including "3-2-1 Contact," which ran from 1980 to 1988, and later "Mathnet" and "Ghost Writer." All of its programs aired first on PBS in the U.S.

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