Free to Be… You and Me
Free to Be… You and Me

Free to Be… You and Me

1974-03-11 - 48 minutes

6.72 / 10

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.

Screenplay

Writer - Alan Uger

Genres

Animation

Family

TV Movie

Documentary

Videos

Parents are People - Free to B

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Cast

Marlo Thomas

Marlo Thomas

Self - Host

Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks

Baby Boy (voice)

Billy De Wolfe

Billy De Wolfe

The Principal (voice)

Roberta Flack

Roberta Flack

Self / Young Girl

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Self / Young Boy

Bobby Morse

Bobby Morse

Dudley Pippin (voice)

Stuart Pankin

Stuart Pankin

Man in the Maternity Ward

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Self (scenes deleted)

June Angela

June Angela

Self (uncredited)

Carol Channing

Carol Channing

Self (voice) (uncredited)

Rafer Johnson

Rafer Johnson

Self (uncredited)

Ron Marshall

Ron Marshall

Voices (uncredited)

Diana Sands

Diana Sands

Self (uncredited)