Free to Be… You and Me
Animation | Family
Release Date
March 11, 1974
Duration
48 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
Free to Be…You and Me, a project of the Ms. Foundation for Women, is a record album, and illustrated book first released in November 1972, featuring songs and stories from many current celebrities of the day (credited as "Marlo Thomas and Friends") such as Alan Alda, Rosey Grier, Cicely Tyson, Carol Channing, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross, among others. An ABC Afterschool Special using poetry, songs, and sketches, followed two years later in March 1974. The basic concept is to encourage a post-60's gender neutrality, while saluting values such as individuality, tolerance, and happiness with one's identity. A major thematic message is that anyone, whether a boy or a girl, can achieve anything.
Casts
Self - Host
Marlo Thomas
Self
Alan Alda
Self
Harry Belafonte
Baby Boy (voice)
Mel Brooks
Self
Rita Coolidge
The Principal (voice)
Billy De Wolfe
Self / Young Girl
Roberta Flack
Self
Rosey Grier
Self / Young Boy
Michael Jackson
Self
Kris Kristofferson
Dudley Pippin (voice)
Bobby Morse
Self
Tom Smothers
Self
Cicely Tyson
Self
Dionne Warwick
Self
Peter DuPre
Man in the Maternity Ward
Stuart Pankin
Self (scenes deleted)
Dustin Hoffman
Self (uncredited)
June Angela
Self (voice) (uncredited)
Carol Channing
Self (uncredited)
Rafer Johnson
Voices (uncredited)
Ron Marshall
Self (uncredited)
Diana Sands
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