Release Date

11 Mar, 1974

Runtime

00:48: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

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Actors

Marlo Thomas

Alan Alda

Harry Belafonte

Mel Brooks

Rita Coolidge

Billy De Wolfe

Roberta Flack

Rosey Grier

Michael Jackson

Kris Kristofferson

Bobby Morse

Tom Smothers

Cicely Tyson

Dionne Warwick

Peter DuPre

Stuart Pankin

Dustin Hoffman

June Angela

Carol Channing

Rafer Johnson

Ron Marshall

Crew

Lucille Clifton

Herb Gardner

Dan Greenburg

Carl Reiner

Betty Miles

Mary Rodgers

Shel Silverstein

Peter Stone

Phil Ressner

Charlotte Zolotow

Bruce Hart

Norman Steinberg

Alan Uger

Carole Hart