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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.
Cast: 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
Writers: Lucille Clifton (Story), Herb Gardner (Story), Dan Greenburg (Story), Carl Reiner (Story), Betty Miles (Story), Mary Rodgers (Story), Shel Silverstein (Story), Peter Stone (Story), Bruce Hart (Writer), Norman Steinberg (Writer), Alan Uger (Writer), Carole Hart (Writer), Marlo Thomas (Writer)
Editors: Jim Hanley, Craig McKay
Sound Designer: Jim Hilton
Costume Designer: Frank L. Thompson
Direction team: Larry M. Davis (Assistant Director)
Producers: Carole Hart, Marlo Thomas, Norman Steinberg
Production: Fred Wolf Films
