Morgan Freeman once played a singing vampire obsessed with vegetables

Morgan Freeman as you have never seen him before!

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"The Electric Company," an 1970s educational children's TV show, once featured Morgan Freeman as a vampire named Vincent who loved vegetables. In fact, Morgan Freeman was part of the regular cast throughout the show's six-year run on the air.

 

Morgan Freeman's vampire character goes vegetarian. I somehow find myself imagining him draining Rita Moreno, then thumping himself on the head and saying: "Wow, I coulda had a V8!"

MORGAN FREEMAN ON HELIUM TALKING ABOUT SCIENCE! ITS AWESOME!

Morgan Freeman on helium

Courtesy of - By James Hibberd http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/05/22/morgan-freeman-on-helium/         

 

We could tell you that this clip below is from the fifth season of Science Channel’s Through the Wormhole, a documentary series exploring the mysteries of of the universe that returns June 4. But all that does is delay getting to the point, which is that this clip features the show’s distinguished host Morgan Freeman on helium.

 

Yes, the soothing baritone of the Oscar winner who has guided us through a prison incarceration in The Shawshank Redemption, helped us survive a meteor attack in Deep Impact, and convinced us in our weak late-night hours to buy McDonalds or use our Visa card in various commercials gets squeaky on a noble gas.

 

The best part: There’s hugely no compelling reason for him to do this in the segment, it doesn’t demonstrate any kind of scientific principle, he just does it while talking about strange situations in science. Bonus point for the balloon matching Freeman’s shirt.